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No buying unnecessary toiletries in September
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Thank you kiplingmonkey! I am in once again...it's my first proper full no buying toiletries month since months ago...let's see if I can do it!! Very tempted to make it a no buying magazines month too as I spend way too much money on those too!0
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Wow ItzyBitzy that's quite a list!
I joined for the last week of August and had 3UUs and 3INs...I'm focusing on using up my make-up stash and not allowing myself to buy HG Benefit Powderflage until I have 5 make-up UUs.
Here goes for September (UUs crossed out, Ins in blue):
Bathroom Items
[STRIKE]Trevor Sorbie beautiful burnette intense treatment[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2x[/STRIKE] Aussie mega shampoo
Aussie mega conditioner
Neutrogena visibly clear blackhead eliminating scrub
Nivea Daily Essentials Face Wash
[STRIKE]Palm Olive aroma therapy absolute relax shower gel[/STRIKE]
Radox clary sage bubble bath
Colegate cavity protection
[STRIKE]2x[/STRIKE] Listerine fresh burst
Boots waxed dental floss
Braun Oral B 3000
[STRIKE]Palm Olive citrus burst shower gel[/STRIKE]
Radox Revive shower gel
Sanctury salt scrub
[STRIKE]2x The Soap Farm bathbombs[/STRIKE]
Non-bathroom Items
No7 Protect and Perfect day cream - HG
No7 Protect and Perfect night cream - HG
No7 Protect and Perfect serum ([strike]mini[/strike] and full size) - HG
Boots essentials nail polish remover
2x Garnier Simply Essentials soothing 2 in 1 make-up remover - HG
Ciate rich papaya foot renew potion - HG
Clynol thicken hold 4 hair thickening elixir
Aloe Propolis crème forever
Shockwaves Go Matt Clay – WNBA see ‘wants’ section
Sure Maximum protection - HG
Benefit Jiffy Tan
[STRIKE]Garnier amber solaire after sun with tan[/STRIKE]
Garnier body summer body moisturising lotion
[strike]No7 calm skin redness relief balm[/strike]
No7 heavenly hydration moisture mask
Eau pure body lotion
Nip + Fab frown fix
[STRIKE] Nip + Fab adbo gel[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Product trial eye cream[/STRIKE]
Nivea hydro care lip balm
Perfumes
Dior Pure Poison - HG
DKNY Be Delicious fresh blossom
Vera Wang Princess
Hands and Feet
Boots intensive foot softener
Scholl hard skin remover
Rimmel nail white pencil
[STRIKE]18x[/STRIKE] 17x nail colours
2x crackle effects
1x 17 Nail Xtras double gloss top coat - HG
Make-Up
[STRIKE]Ecotools bamboo foundation brush - HG[/STRIKE]
L’Oreal studio secrets smoothing resurfacing primer - HG
Bourjois healthy mix serum gel foundation - HG
Bourjois healthy mix correcting concealer
Benefit girl meets pearl
Vivo blush highlighter duo sugar candy
[STRIKE]Natural Collection eyeshades sea shell[/STRIKE]
Lancôme Hypnôse mascara - HG
L’Oreal Carese lipstick Aphrodite scarlet
5x Lancôme juicy tubes mini - HG
Coleur caramel gloss 811
Natural Collection liquid eye lines black
17 solo eyeshadow darkness
The Face Shop eyeshadow 23
No7 stay perfect shadow mini - island sea/ truffle
No7 stay perfect shadow full size – silver lining/ oyster/ [STRIKE]midnight blues[STRIKE]
The Body Shop eye colour 31/ 07/ 02
Maybelline superstay 24 colour rose dust/ raspberry
17 blusher damson wine
Benefit blusher Hoola/Georgia
[STRIKE]Benefit stay don’t stray[/STRIKE]
Benefit watt’s up
Benefit lemon aid
Benefit moon beam
[STRIKE]The Body Shop eye definer 10[/STRIKE]
Barry M lip lacquer crayon 10
[STRIKE]Natural Collection moisture shine rose petal[/STRIKE]
No7 liplicious sweet peaches mini
[STRIKE]No7 precision brow pencil 10 brown[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Rimmel renew & life brightening powder[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]No7 anniversary eye trio flirty 50s[/STRIKE]
Benefit smoking eyes kit
[STRIKE]No7 exquisite curl 02 brown/black[/STRIKE]
Maybelline one by one Volum’ express waterproof
[STRIKE]No7 amazing eyes liner 10 brown[/STRIKE]
Lancome eyes virtuose - eye shadow palette
At work
[strike]Protect and perfect hand cream[/strike]
L'occitane Mango Flower hand cream
Other beauty related
[STRIKE]£25 spa finders gift card[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]£45 vouchers for local beauty therapist[/STRIKE]MFW: Nov 2008 £156k, Jun 2015 £129k, Jun 2017 £114k.0 -
forgot to say on the other one - thanks to KiplingMonkey for starting us off!!
Updated list
toiletries
cleanser
Liz Earle full size x 3
Liz Earle mini
Elemis travel size
Bare Minerals mini
REN
Balance me
toner
liz earle spray
liz earle 30 ml
moisturiser
liz earle dry
Liz earle light
korres magnolia bark
Aubrey organic rose
Elemis day cream x 2
Bobbi brown hydrating face cream
REN night
REN Day
Yon Ka
L’occitane mini
algenist
facial oil
liz earle superskin 10ml x 2
Homemade oil
Nuxe
Pomegranite
Antipodes
aesop
balms
trilogy
liz earle superbalm x 2
Figs & rouge x 2
Balance me x 2
Face sunscreen
none left! :j
eye cream
origins ginzing
Origins ginzing mini
bobbi brown x 2
estee lauder
Origins plantscription sample
Sephora gel
REN gel mini x 2
Clinique
Balance me
Eyelash Serum
Urban decay
masks
liz earle intensive moisture
liz earle oil control
elemis papaya enzyme peel full size
elemis 1/2 size x 3
origins oil control big
Origins oil control small
REN
Omorovicza
REN glycolatic
Aubrey sensitive
exfoliator
liz earle
REN
spot products
bare minerals blemish therapy
Liz earle
clean & clear
origins
Neals yard
Liz earle eyebright
Full size x 2
Make Up Remover
Sephora full size
Taaj
Bioderma x 2
serum
Bare minerals x2
Clarins x 2
bubble bath
none left! :j
body wash
REN only one left! :j
body scrub
REN only one left! :j
body lotion
REN mini
Elemis full size x 2
Lavera
Hand Wash
Liz Earle
hand creme
clarins
Lavera x 2
Madara
Elemis
Neom
body oil
none left! :j
sun cream
none left! :j
shampoo
liz earle 1/2 size
liz earle full size
l’oreal
Skin Blossom
conditioner
liz earle full size
liz earle 1/2 size
l’oreal
Skin Blossom
Hair mask
Akin
Phillip B
mousse
john frieda only one left! :j
hair mist
bed head x 2
neal & wolf
john frieda
hair spray
L’oreal TEC x 2
Hair Oil
make up
foundation
mac
bare minerals full size x 2
Bare minerals half size x 2
Dior
Smashbox
Susan Posnick
powder
shu uemura
bare minerals mv illuminating
urban decay
urban decay travel size
Laura mercier secret brightening
Laura mercier setting powder full size
17 shine control loose powder
Smashbox mini
Smashbox deluxe
Bare Minerals pressed mini
Multi use
Illamasqua
Laura Mercier
jouer
make up sprays
avene x 3
primer
clinique
stila x 2
laura mercier secret finish
Laura mercier Foundation Primer x 3
RMK
Smashbox mini
Laura mercier radience
Benefit that gal x 2
Bare minerals full fize
Bare minerals half size
eye primer
bare minerals br opal
bare minerals normal
urban decay
benefit stay dont stray
benefit stay dont stray travel
Trish McEvoy x 2
concealer
laura mercier sc
bobbi brown corrector
bobbi brown concealer
benefit erase paste
bare minerals bisque x 2
Benefit powderflage x 2
Laura mercier undercover pot x 2
Laura mercier secret concealer
Smashbox
Bare minerals eye brightener
eye shadow
bare minerals primer shadow
bare minerals high shine
bare minerals creme de la creme
bare minerals velour
bare minerals beagle
bare minerals sassy
bare minerals panache
bare minerals gold & blue
bare minerals satin ruffle
bare minerals smoulder
bare minerals 1980’s
bare minerals black leather
bare minerals rock star
bare minerals rock star
bare minerals magnifique
inika gun metal x 2
Inika peach fetish
Benefit birthday suit
mac painterly
mac blackground
mac my dark magic
mac carbon
mac trax
mac 4 colour pallette
mac summer stash
mac Iced delights duo
Dior black smokey eyes
Dior taieulleur bar
illamasqua static
bobbi brown galaxy
bobbi brown black velvet
bobbi brown brown pallette
bobbi brown peony & python
bobbi brown purple pallette
bobbi brown smokey eye pallette
Nars pandora
Laura mercier taupe palette
laura mercier mauve palette
Bare minerals renew
Laura mercier smoke
Laura Mercier blanc
Illamasqua neautral pallette
Illamasqua cream black
Illamasquq green creme
Bare minerals
Electric
Bare minerals palette
Jouer
17
blushers
Susan posnick
bobbi brown pink peony
bare minerals bright radiance
bare minerals warmth
bare minerals boost
bare minerals flirt
bare minerals clever
bare minerals chic radiance
dior travel kit
benefit thrrrrob
benetint
Bare minerals clear radience
Jouer
Dior
Bare minerals
eyeliners
bobbi brown black dregs
bobbi brown black
bobbi brown violet
bobbi brown chocolate
bobbi brown black mauve
bare minerals coffee 1/2
bare minerals coffee
bare minerals black 1/2 (MU bag)
bare minerals black jasper
bare minerals black sea
bare minerals slate
bare minerals black iris
sephora black
mac graphblack
mac smoulder
mac purple
DIOR black
DIOR black travel
body shop navy x 2
body shop black x 2
neals yard black
clarins bronze
urban decay perversion
urban decay zero
urban decay mildew
urban decay stash
urban decay corrupt
urban decay stray dog
urban decay uzi
urban decay bourbon
urban decay baked
urban decay rockstar
urban decay asphyxia
urban decay ransom
urban decay midnight cowboy
benefit eye bright
benefit eye bright
stila moray
illamasqua sealing gel x 2
Eyeko plum
Jemma kidd black
Illamasqua x 3
Bare minerals
Jouer
17
mascara
Dior Diorshow
Dior iconic
mac primer
Bare minerals def half size x 2
bobbi brown full size
bobbi brown travel size
Mac
Bare minerals curl and lengthen
Clinique high lengths
YSL mini x 2
Benefit mini
Lancome
Givenchy
Dior mini
Dior primer mini
Bare minerals
Anastasia mini
Anastasia lash fix
Essential care
Lip gloss
urban decay midnight cowboy
lip venom moon venom
lip venom twilight venom
lip venom twilight blush
lip venom mini
mac lady gaga
mac fab frenzy
bite prosecco
tarte nude
bobbi brown pink lilac
bobbi brown clear
bare minerals dani
bare minerals starfruit
bare minerals cherry bomb
bare minerals pizzazz
bare minerals savvy
illamasqua sangers
illamasqua sangers
Bare minerals
Terre d’oc
Bare minerals
Bite
Jouer
17
lip stick
NARS 413 bleecker
bobbi brown blue rasberry
benefit skinny dip
benefit frenched
illamasqua sangers
tarte true blood
bite pomegranite
bite rose
Bite mini x 2
jouer
Lip balm
liz earle pink
Jane iredale
John masters
Fresh x 2
Estelle & thild
brows
anastasia brow colour x 2
anastasia brow pencil x 2
anastasia brow gel
anastasia cooling gel x 2
laura mercier brow colour
HD Brows brow pallette
17 brow gel x 2
Bobbi brown brow kit
blotting paper
papier poudre
boscia
Palettes
Dior Holiday (still left: 6 eye shadows, lip gloss)
Dior Travel (6 eyeshadows, powder, blusher, concealer, 3 lipstick, lip balm, mascara, eye liner, lip liner)
Dior Minaudière (3 eyeshadows, 2 lipglosses)
Laura Mercier eye sampler (8 eyeshadows)
Laura Mercier (6 eyeshadows, 3 eyeliners, 2 blushers)
Laura Mercier (6 yeshadows, 2 blushers)
YSL (4 eyeshadows, 1 blush, 2 lip colours)
Bobbi Brown refillable pallette containing: bobbi brown pot rouge mini x 3, Benefit boing dregs, Benefit erase paste dregs.
Perfume
Chloe
Valentino
Chloe Love x 2
Vera wang princess
Vera wang rock princess
Vera wang lovestruck
Diesel loverdose
nails
Sephora NPR
opi nail envy
malvala
elle
elle red
mexico
violet diamond
deborah lippman
bad romance
razzle dazzle
dior
gris montaigne
Purple revolution
nars
night rider
illamasqua
scorn
stagnate
throb
red polish
red glitter
snap
faux pas
bacterium
nails inc
in style brown
instyle candy
victoria
paris
shoreditch
hampstead heath
andrea fullerton
paittie
silver dot and flick
Paris
rmk
pink
leighton denny
pink
sex kitten
opi
4 x muppets minis
an affair in red sq
mad as a hatter
lincoln park after dark
the one that got away
sephora by opi
blasted silver
Zoya
Kristen
Butter London
Blowing rasberries
Blagger
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Thanks for starting us off Kiplingmonkey
I'm in for September, aiming for a no spend month except for my Amarya box :eek: first time I've aimed for no spend so we'll see how it goes!
Tried and failed to keep up with this thread in August, MUST TRY HARDER!
I didn't fall completely off the wagon though, using unheard off restraint I'm trying to use up the many trial sizes of face cream I have before re buying my beloved Liz Earle :A
Good luck to the other girls aiming for a no spend month0 -
Thanks Kiplingmonkey !!!
I am in again for September. I don't have much left, but all the items that I have are taking FOREVER to UU.No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries Challenge
TOTAL UU's in 2012: 588
Total UU's in 2013: 210
INS for 2013 starting March: 80 -
I'm in again, getting there through:)Debt free and busy treating myself:)
No more toiletries/make up until I've used what I've got stashed since Jan 2011, graduated October 2012. Restocked Dec 13..damn those sales0 -
Count me in too. I'm aiming for a no spend month, can't think of anything I need this month (or truth be told a LOT of months).
I've been debating ordering a beauty box but I think that can wait as treat till I have my stash well and truly under control.... so maybe the end of next year!
I used up a moisturizer this morning, have to confess I used the last little bit as a body moisturizer. It was a Neroli face cream from St Kitts Herbery that my sister bought me for Christmas a couple of years back. LOVE the smell (Neroli is my favourite essential oil) and the texture is nice. WMBA, they've relaunched in a pump bottle rather than the jar I had which I think is more hygenic.
However, I have a large stash of face cream so reckon it won't be till 2014 I might need one!0 -
Thanks Kipling Monkey for starting us off again.
I am in for this month too.
Last month I didn't buy any toiletries :j and I want to continue that this month. I still like my freebies but other than that I won't need any INs.
Total for last month is 14 UUs and 4 (non bought Ins).No buying toiletries Graduated May 2017Decluttered 2016 2469 items, 2017 1580 items :j2018 3060 itemsSealed Pot Challenge No 0380 -
This is what I like, a good start to the month with some UU.
Origins Mega mushroom facial wash - WNBA, it was ok but for what it does it's too expensive
JASON jojoba conditioner: WMBA - the one I had was great for my irritable scalp, but the listing on their web site now describes this as being for long and strong hair not itchy / flaky scalp so I am wondering if they have reformulated.
Got my box of face products out today to select a new face wash and face cream (finished that yesterday). Reminds me just how much choice I have - quite a lot of them are sample sizes but if I keep saving them for holiday because it's handy to have small ones I'll be using decades old cream when I go on hols post retirement - I'm 40 at the end of this month. Better to use when fresh.0 -
indiepanda wrote: »This is what I like, a good start to the month with some UU.
Origins Mega mushroom facial wash - WNBA, it was ok but for what it does it's too expensive
JASON jojoba conditioner: WMBA - the one I had was great for my irritable scalp, but the listing on their web site now describes this as being for long and strong hair not itchy / flaky scalp so I am wondering if they have reformulated.
Got my box of face products out today to select a new face wash and face cream (finished that yesterday). Reminds me just how much choice I have - quite a lot of them are sample sizes but if I keep saving them for holiday because it's handy to have small ones I'll be using decades old cream when I go on hols post retirement - I'm 40 at the end of this month. Better to use when fresh.
How about when your stashes get low to just save one or two travel size for your hols?MFW: Nov 2008 £156k, Jun 2015 £129k, Jun 2017 £114k.0
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