No buying unnecessary toiletries in October

emsjune78

A UU last night and an IN this evening:

UU - Santuary Body Lotion - WBA (although I can't imagine ever running out of body lotion!!) - nice clean spa like scent, light lotion that sank in well and well designed bottle which you could use without having to cut open part way through!

IN - Garnier Olia Silk & Shine Conditioner - read about this oil based hair colour recently so thought I'd give it a whirl while its on introductory offer - no ammonia so hopefully will smell better and be kinder to hair. I only count the conditioner as don't stash colours unless they're 2 for so much on offer and they are most definitely not unnecessary - I need them to cover my greys! :eek: Will most likely do the colour tomorrow night so I'll let you know what the results are in case anyone else is curious.

Spending_Vs_Saving

Still no more UUs to report as yet but in the interest of practicing for halloween i have applied a lovely shade of green Avon face mask to hopefully calm my angry red spots.

Hope everyone is well and to those who have a showergel addiction ...i have 6 bottles of the stuff but guess what .....no shower :rotfl:oh well its a good job it works as bubble bath just the same!

VALM

dolly84 wrote: »

Painted my nails last night in Avon Gunmetal.

I own this colour as well dolly and have pulled it out to use soon. x

rogueylawyer wrote: »

Ok, deep breath. I'm going to join in on this challenge.

I've been trying to do this unofficially for several months, but I think I need to be named and shamed.

Last year in the Boxing Day Sales I bought an *awful* lot of body products. I spent a total of around £120 for enough bath products to last me, what I thought would be, a year.

We're moving house in two months and I have just packed a box of toiletries that I know I'm not even going to get to before we move (several shower gels/bath bubbles open in bathroom but I've tried to finish one thing before opening another). The box includes 7 full size bottles of shower gel, 5 FS body butters, 2 FS body lotions, 4 bottles of lens solution (lenses are being cancelled as soon as I get the next batch through) 2 bottles of insect repellant (?!) a bottle of sunscreen I don't think I've even opened.... never mind on all the miniatures of body wash/bubbles/lotion.

I've scaled right back on the makeup and now have basics I maintain whilst trying to use up all the 'extras' but I still spent £30 in bodyshop and god knows how much in Boots last month!

I really don't think there's any hope for me. One day I will be found dead in the house, surrounded by nothing but a million bottles of body wash...

Welcome. I too can relate re: shower gels. My stash always grows at Christmas time too with the influx of pressies and those bargains I couldn't resist. Am still working my way through them now. x

InaPickle

dinglefoot wrote: »

Haha Pickle, your location 'Jar of vinegar ;o)' really tickled me - thank you :rotfl:

The amount of times I've not done things up properly and they've leaked and made everything around them sticky. I ruined some once-worn skinny jeans by doing that once :mad:

I feel your pain: a bottle of Estee Lauder's finest Doublewear foundation did the same to me once on a train in China, destroying a white T shirt and meaning I didn't have any foundation for the rest of the year as all the shades over there were far too dark for me! :mad:

dinglefoot

InaPickle wrote: »

I feel your pain: a bottle of Estee Lauder's finest Doublewear foundation did the same to me once on a train in China, destroying a white T shirt and meaning I didn't have any foundation for the rest of the year as all the shades over there were far too dark for me! :mad:

Oh no, and Estee Lauder as well I'd be incredibly mad :mad: Foundation is the one product I cannot live without (I have awful skin ) so I'll take note that I need to take lots of foundation with me if I ever go to China, just in case

evilsquid1603

emsjune78 wrote: »

A UU last night and an IN this evening:

UU - Santuary Body Lotion - WBA (although I can't imagine ever running out of body lotion!!) - nice clean spa like scent, light lotion that sank in well and well designed bottle which you could use without having to cut open part way through!

IN - Garnier Olia Silk & Shine Conditioner - read about this oil based hair colour recently so thought I'd give it a whirl while its on introductory offer - no ammonia so hopefully will smell better and be kinder to hair. I only count the conditioner as don't stash colours unless they're 2 for so much on offer and they are most definitely not unnecessary - I need them to cover my greys! :eek: Will most likely do the colour tomorrow night so I'll let you know what the results are in case anyone else is curious.

i used that at weekend, its ok. it does smell a lot better then normal stuff! covers ok too, still got bits of red poking through underneath but i've yet to find a colour that gets rid of it!

maddiemay

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

hello Rogueylawyer!


i have a dilemma, some of my eyeliners are so old, despite daily sharpening, its an actual battle to get them to even draw a line on my eyelid, and i mean a pulling/digging in kind of battle. part of me is saying if they are this bad, they are dried up beyond use, nothing will work and i should just bin them as i find them like this and move on. but the :money: part of me is saying i bought them, i left them and i should bl**dy well put up with them and let it be a lesson to me next time not to over buy what will clearly go off. what would you all do?

I say sling them, not good to pull delicate eye tissue, I ended up with loads, 'cos they were always the cheapy option to get GWP's when the needed product was skincare and 2 purchases were needed! I recently had a session sharpening and testing them all and throwing the duff ones, as well as consigning all the new, but wrong colour GWP lipsticks to the charity shop. Take a deef breath and do it:)

rogueylawyer

Thanks for the welcome. In the interests of full disclosure, here's my list. I'm almost embarrassed to post this.
This list does not include any makeup, nail polish (I only have a few, I'm a biter) massage oils, essential oils or my shampoo and conditioner (got it down to one full size of each) or shave gel (again only one).

My partner has just looked on in disbelief as I have emptied three full drawers to list and count up...

My one final note of denial - the mini soaps are not to be used, they were something collected by my partner when he used to work away.


Toiletries

Open
Lush blue skies bath bar
Body shop lemon and thyme shower gel
Sanctuary enriching body wash
Body shop spiced vanilla body wash
Champneys relaxing dream bath
No7 luxurious foaming shower oil
Body shop scrub jolly orange
Body shop scrub cranberry

Olay gentle cleanser
Liz earle cleanse and polish
No7 radiance boosting cleanser
Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream

Body shop aloe eye cream
Simple age resisting day cream
Simple age resisting night cream
Simple pore minimizing cleanser/toner
Aloe vera gel
Neom real luxury body oil

Unopened – full size

Shower/Bath
Dove Go fresh body wash grapefruit and lemongrass
Bodyshop Spa Wisdom argan and orange blossom bath and shower gel
Sting in the tail gin and tonic bathing gel
Body shop earth lovers cucumber and mint shower gel
Body shop spa wisdom japan adzuki bean and rice shower gel
Body shop cocoa butter body wash
Body shop cranberry joy shower gel

Body lotion/butter
No7 completely quenched moisturizing body lotion
Body shop cherry body butter
Champneys relaxing body butter
Sanctuary body butter
Sanctuary relax body butter
Moonflower body lotion
Body shop spa wisdom African scrub
No7 silky leg oil x 2
Body shop spa wisdom japan yuzu and rice body milk
Scholl deep moisturizing foot cream
Cuticle oil
Cuticle remover
Cuticle balm

Scrub
No7 cleansing body polish
Lush bar scrub
Lush Mint julips lip scrub

Cleansers/moisturisers
Simple eye makeup remover
Olay complete UV fluid
Olay gentle cleanser conditioning milk
Sophyto super skin concentrate
Aromatherapy associates rose radiance serum
Simple hydrating light moisturizer
Body shop cucumber freshening water
Liz earle toner mini

Soaps

Lush white soap
Body shop lemon soap
Ocean soap
Pink grapefruit soap
Imperial leather soap x 5
Mini hand soaps x 15

Sun care
Soltan invisible transparent spray factor 50
Soltan once factor 50
Soltan moisturizing sun care spray 50+ mini
Soltan once face factor 30 mini
Soltan after sun hydrating body lotion
Simple sun sensitive facial lotion 50+
Soltan after sun spray
Soltan invisible 30+ dry touch spray mini

Other
Gorgeous feet powder soft refreshing lotion
Lavender body mist
Body shop peppermint foot lotion
Soap and glory slimwear
Champneys spa treatment relaxing pillow mist
Sanctuary sleep 4 in 1 elixir
Crabtree & Evelyn rosewater hand therapy
Cutex nourishing nail polish remover
Jungle formula green spray x 2
Jungle formula bite relief
Specsavers contact lens solution x 4
Muscle and joint gel
Dove go fresh waterlily and freshmint deodorant
Sure mineral spray deodorant
Body shop peppermint foot soak
Crabtree & Evelyn citron honey and coriander hand therapy
Cutex acetone free nail polish remover

Hair
Pantene ice shine serum
James Brown Rock Chick wave spray
Pantene whipped wax
Got 2B powder volume styler
Lee Stafford volume powder
BB Texture cream sample
Batiste cool dry shampoo
Umberto Gianni blow dry spray mini
Tresemme glossing spray
Charles Worthington dream hair hairspray
Trevor Sorbie volume mousse

Perfume
Coco Mademoiselle EDT unopened
Body shop Spa wisdom japan apricot and rice finishing mist
Coco mademoiselle EDT
Body shop cherry blossom EDT
Coco allure Sensuelle EDP
Coco EDP
Body shop spa wisdom orange blossom finishing mist
Armani Code EDP
Body shop Neroli Jasmin body mist


Miniatures

Shower/bath

Molton Brown cool buchu mini
Molton Brown warming eucalyptus bath and shower gel mini
Molton Brown bushukan citrus bodywash mini
Champneys spa indulgence oriental opulence shower cream
Dead Sea Source ginger body wash
Dead Sea Source nourish shea body wash
Elle MacPherson release the day bath soak
Body shop cocoa butter creamy body wash
Champneys spa indulgence oriental opulence bubble heaven
Champneys Spa indulgence thai royale bubble heaven
Champneys Spa indulgence Mediterranean bliss shower cream
Champneys spa indulgence exotic retreat shower cream
Sea wrack body wash
Body shop sweet lemon shower gel
Champneys spa indulgence Mediterranean bliss shower cream
Body shop shea shower cream
Sanctuary luxury bath float
Bath salts tube
Sanctuary sleep soothing bath float
Liz Earle botanical body wash

Body lotion
Ren neroli and grapefruit body cream
Dead Sea Source ginger body souffl!
Body shop sweet lemon whip body lotion
Dead Sea Source nourish shea body cream
Champneys spa indulgence Mediterranean bliss body hydrator
Elle MacPherson Bare body butter
Sanctuary comforting night butter
Champneys spa indulgence Mediterranean bliss body glow
Champneys spa indulgence oriental opulence body glow
Champneys spa indulgence oriental opulence body cream
Body shop neroli jasmine body lotion
Champneys spa indulgence exotic retreat body cream
Champneys spa indulgence thai royale body cream
Liz Earle energizing body lotion
Liz Earle nourishing botanical body cream


Scrub
Elle MacPherson fresh and smooth body scrub
Sanctuary sleep smoothing silk scrub
Liz Earle energizing body scrub


Cleanser
Vitamin E cream cleanser


Other
Sanctuary intensive rescue heel balm
Molton Brown amber cocoon hand wash mini
Elle MacPherson nourishing foot butter
Neal’s Yard Frankincense hydrating cream
Body shop rainforest moisture shampoo
White company conditioner
Elle MacPherson replenishing hand cream
White company shampoo


That's 174 items if I counted correctly :eek::eek::eek:

Itzybitzy

UU

Decleor Aroma Confort Hand Cream, 50ml - WNBA, nice cream but not keen on the smell!
Lush Soap, Honey I Washed The Kids - WBA but again. goes smooshy quickly!
Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream, 7ml - WBA, lovely cooling eyecream !

moromir

I have some IN's -

Dove Hair Therapy Colour Radiance Shampoo & Conditioner as part of a BzzAgent trial - looking forward to trying them.