No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in August!

mad_scientist

Happy birthday Flirtini, I hope you had a great day, remember age ain't nothing but a number! (and I'm 32 so I've lived to tell the tale of leaving my 20's :rotfl:)

paperheart wrote: »

mad_scientist - a 'decades worth of perfume' that sounds amazing! I am quite envious (though I realise this goes against the spirit of what I am trying to achieve here). I love fragrance and the bottles they come in.

I'm not very happy with my gigantic perfume stash because it means I won't be able to buy any nice new stuff for the forseeable future! When I was rooting through my stash to list them allI found bottles that hadn't seen the light of day for years, nothing seems to have gone off yet

I have managed the first temptation of August and returned my Avon book with no order, phew!

mad_scientist

sunshineyday wrote: »

Hi Maddiemay, I saw this article discussed on another forum, it may be of some interest to you

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181468/Big-beauty-brands-dropping-cruelty-free-animal-testing-policies-sell-products-China.html

Thanks for the link to this article sunshineyday, it was interesting reading. I read all the criticism of UD last month but hadn't realised that L'Occitane were selling to China as well. I'll need to go back to the BUAV website to read up on bunny friendly toiletries!

Fiasco55

I am back in for August. I need to catch up so just a quick post to say my Ins/Outs

In - Freebie Olay Regenerist cream

UU- Kenneth Turner Nature Nurture hand lotion 50mls. WMBA - it was nice to use and had a lovely consistancy. I am now back to the S & G Hand Food. Returning to this after using something far better is making me resent using it. I am hating this and have decided to donate it into my work as a communal hand cream.

Also - Quickies Nail Varnish remover - WBA as they are handy and they work.

Hope everyone is well. I will be able to catch up tomorrow as RL is taking up all my time at the mo.

Willowbee

maddiemay wrote: »

Thank you for your concern:A, I am currently using a Clinique, too lazy to go and look if it is SPF 30 or 40, and I have a small size of a Decleor to try afterwards. I have always used at least SPF15, which is the reason, I believe, that I am less lined than a lot of my peer group:D.

Hurrah! That's a relief :rotfl: I kept thinking of it at the oddest times but I might have known that you'd be well prepared with good sun protection :cool: It's good to know that looking after your skin has paid off so well :beer:

I have my first used up of the month :j:

REN Moroccan Rose Otto Body Cream (50ml) - really lovely to try but in an annoying inflexible tube that was v tricky to get the product out of (I remember someone else having this problem).

Kaz2904

In Bedroom drawer:
Soap: 22 oz in 6 separate bars
Shampoo: 1 bottle of tresemme
Hand Cream: 3x TBS hemp, 1x Sea spa, 2x No7 P&P 25ml samples, 1x hand lotion gadi minerals 250ml, 1x cuticle oil
Face cream: No7 Lift and luminate day cream 2x 10ml, P&P eye cream 7ml
Cleanser: No7 cleanser, toner and eye make-up remover 30ml of each,
Body butter: 3x TBS coconut 200ml, 1x TBS coconut shimmer 200ml, 1x TBS Shea 200ml, 1x TBS hemp foot protector 100ml.
Aloe heat lotion
Wax: 800g in 2 tubs
5x mens sray deodorant
3x talcum powder- I don't even use this stuff
300ml bubble bath
[STRIKE]5[/STRIKE] 2 (40ml) bottles of shower gel
3x Royal jelly bath gift sets.
For holiday: 2x sun cream f30 & f50, 2x aftersun, 2x loreal solar expertise facial sun cream f50+ & f25, 4x FCUK sport lip balm
10 nail varnish
1x NV remover
250ml vaseline
2 packets cotton wool balls
2x mascara
2x unopened eye-shadow gift sets
1x lippie
2 pairs scrubbie mits, 1 puff
1x lavender essential oil
2x Virgin vie 1step face base
In bathroom:
1x bubble bath
1 bar of aloe vera soap.
1x FCUK red shower gel
1x 40ml No7 Blissful body wash
1x Olay regenerist thermal cleanser
1xTBS coconut body butter
17 face lotion sachets
2 fake tan enhancer sachets
1 face mask
1 bottle tresemme shampoo
1 bottle tresemme conditioner
Dove stick deodorant
FCUK shave gel
2 packets of q-tips
mens deodorant
mens no7 face cream
bio oil
tcp
2x hair gel things
1 FCUK deodorant stick
2 tubes toothpaste
1 gellibaff
Contact lens stuff.

That's my updated list. I expect to need to be looking at purchasing shower gel around Christmas time unless a) I buy some when we go to Florida (next Sunday- YAY!) or b) we still haven't run them down enough to need to replace.
When I do need to replace them, I will of course, shop around and probably buy in bulk to get my moneys worth

Happy birthday flirtini, enjoy being 29

SuiDreams

Willowbee wrote: »

Hurrah! That's a relief :rotfl: I kept thinking of it at the oddest times but I might have known that you'd be well prepared with good sun protection :cool: It's good to know that looking after your skin has paid off so well :beer:

I have my first used up of the month :j:

REN Moroccan Rose Otto Body Cream (50ml) - really lovely to try but in an annoying inflexible tube that was v tricky to get the product out of (I remember someone else having this problem).

Same here lovely body lotion, just a pain to get out of the tube, is the full size the same I wonder?

Dollypop_2

Late to the party again!

Hi Everyone ***waves madly***

I'm in again, I did quite well in July and I'm hoping to keep it up for August!

ruby_eskimo

Pasturesnew - I would love to know how you only manage to spend £1 a year on deodorant!! I probably have to buy some every month on average!

Have a few splutterers going on at the moment and feel a bit weird that I have to replace them. I liked the feeling of going to the cupboard and knowing there was something there to take it's place!

maddiemay

sunshineyday wrote: »

Hi Maddiemay, I saw this article discussed on another forum, it may be of some interest to you

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181468/Big-beauty-brands-dropping-cruelty-free-animal-testing-policies-sell-products-China.html

Thank you for this, very interesting, I can see that as I look to buying replacement products I am going to have to do a lot more research, trouble is I now feel I need a lot more help from the high-tech stuff. Off now to try and find a source for Dr Bronner instead of L'Occitane liquid soap, so far from civilisation, but will phone the health food stores locally or possible try Faith in Nature, local Oxfam sells that.

dolly84

PasturesNew wrote: »

I can't believe the prices you lot pay for stuff.... I bought a bottle of shampoo and conditioner, each for 50p in a sale in December 2008 - they lasted just over a year, then I started using up previous/old bottles ... and am now in a position where by the end of 2012 I might have got through all the old odds/sods and need to buy one of each at the start of 2013.

Toothpaste = £2/year.
Deodorant = £1/year

That's my lot!

Oh, I did have to buy some sun cream 2 weeks ago. £3.33 in Tesco - that'll do for this year and next year.

I think my first thought to this was 'good for you'. I have to wash my hair everyday as it is fine and looks dreadful otherwise and I am not prepared to look dreadful for the sake of it. Toothpaste - £2 a year - seriously - my teeth are here to stay I hope and I use a good toothpaste to ensure they do. Deoderant - £1 a year - I think I use a spray can in a month a roll on probably lasts 3 months so I don't think there is any way you can use it everyday. I just won't be smelly for the sake of it.

I don't drink a lot, don't smoke at all, don't take drugs, don't have lavish holidays or nights out, don't eat tonnes of takeaways so spending on beauty luxuries is my little indulgence.