No Buying Unnecessary toiletries in November

miclare

Hello all, this is my first time posting on this thread but I think it's time I stepped up and joined in! Hoping seeing everything written down will help me to resist buying things - I nearly bought some Ojon on offer yesterday but stopped myself after thinking I'd have to add it to my list! Need to get this list down as the more I buy the more money I'm wasting with all this sat in the cupboard

So here goes, am not including make up as I dont really have a problem with that and dont own/wear a lot, same for nail polish. But am including bits I've bought for the girls as it doesnt all fit in the box now so must stop and use it all up! And am not including the mini bits in my going away bag either! Currently being used things are in red and UU are in bold, things I desperately want to UU have a *. I did sign up to a few beauty boxes (currently on my last SSB and will continue with Amarya) as there lots of sample sized bits that I'm going to try and focus on and get the total number down lots by december!

Total: 109
Goal: Get to end of Dec with less then 100 items on list!

Face: 39
2x LE superskin moisturiser 50ml HG
Origins ginzing 15ml
LE ST 200ml HG
LE C&P 200ml HG
ren peel mask 15ml
LE mask 15ml
*ginvera marvel gel 10g
*bs vit e night cream 50ml
origins drink up 30ml x 2 HG
BM lip salve 10ml
*ren eye gel 3ml x 2
*clinique scrub 100ml
*bs mask 100ml
ren night serum 10ml x2
ren night cream 5ml
steamcream 75g
LE moisturiser dry/sensitive 15ml
BM eye cream 7ml x2
LE exfoliator 50ml
ren cleansing gel 25ml + 15ml
bs vit e 15ml
LE superbalm 5g
l'occitane cream 15ml
nivea wipes
s&g wipes
origins mad+ 10ml
origins cleansing milk 30ml x2
origins modern frictions 15ml x2
Weleda night cream


Body, hands and feet: 16
*S&G hand food 125ml
*s&g heel genius 125ml
boots cracked heel repair 150ml
*whitegrape hand cream 25ml
Dove deo
BS hand and foot 125ml
*bs mango butter 50ml
*burts bees hand 20g
bs vit e butter 200ml
johnsons holiday skin 250ml
Origins hand cream 75ml
Origins foot cream 150ml
BooBoo bust firmer
BooBoo body butter



Bath/shower: 11
s&g sugar crush scrub
Molton Brown scrub bar
boo boo bath soak 50ml
s&g breakfast scrub 300ml HG
bb body wash 88ml
bs shower gel 200ml


Hair: 19
B&B sunday shampoo 250ml HG
Ojon oil 45ml
Lavera mask 125ml
*bs detangling spray 250ml
*bs straightning balm 150ml
organic surge shampoo 250ml
organic surge conditioner 200ml
Argan oil 100ml
LE shampoo 200ml
LE shine treatment 50ml
B&B shampoo 250ml
Ojon dry shampoo can
Batiste dry shampoo
Macadamia mask 250ml
ojon mask 50ml
XXXcant remember name will fill in later xxx 150ml
B&B deeep
B&B mending shampoo


Baby/toddler: 24
Oilutum cream 150g
Bepanthem sensitive moisturiser
*Cowshed baby cream 75ml
*lush bath bomb things x 5
BB wash 235ml x2 + 50ml
Original Sprout hair and babywash
E45 bath 500ml
Cowshed baby wash 75ml
Organic babies salve 30ml
organic babies moisturiser 30ml
organic babies wash 30ml x2
BB lotion 75g x2
Booboo baby lotion 100ml x2
Booboo baby bubbles
Booboo baby bottom butter 40ml
cussons baby bath 50ml



UU/GA/TOs:
Bumble & Bumble Sunday shampoo HG
BS shea body butter WNBA
simple moisture boost spray 50ml WNBA
ren face scrub 25ml WNBA
BooBoo baby bubbles 250ml WBA
lush bar WBA
dove hand cream WMBA
Dove deo WBA
LE moisturiser dry/sensitive 50ml WNA
LE bodywash 200ml + 30ml GA
ren renew mask 15ml WMBA
s&g butter 300ml GA
s&g pulp friction 250ml WNBA
organic surge scrub 200ml GA
s&g clean on me 500ml GA
John Frieda shampoo 50ml GA
JF conditioner 50ml GA
Dove shampoo 250ml GA
Dove mask 50ml GA


Ins:

HappyTorty

indiepanda wrote: »

Really must try a LOT harder this month. Got to be strong and ignore all the Christmas gift catalogues and emails coming though (Yes that means you Mr L'Occitane).

I think about the only thing I might need this month is toothpaste, new heads for my tooth brush or mouthwash, tooth cleaning stuff just isn't exciting enough to keep buying more.

I UU a tube of hydraluron this morning. Was very disappointed with it, it was meant to boost moisture but it made my skin drier. WNBA.

have you considered putting all those emails in a separate folder, and making it so that all future emails go to that folder? That way if you do want to look at them you can, but if you dont, then they are separate from your normal emails. i've separated ALL my emails and it has helped my spending sooo much!

xcarlyx

Tomorrow think I might do a stock take of all my toileteries oh god lol

rising_from_the_ashes

Quick question if I may ...... how do you count things like face cleaning cloths / wipes etc?

I have several packs of 30 / 20 + ones in use so have counted each individually .... not sure if this is right tho or if you'd just count the full packs?

TIA - a bit bowled over by my total atm - def need this challenge!

I just see things on offer any buy more ......

HappyTorty

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Quick question if I may ...... how do you count things like face cleaning cloths / wipes etc?

I have several packs of 30 / 20 + ones in use so have counted each individually .... not sure if this is right tho or if you'd just count the full packs?

TIA - a bit bowled over by my total atm - def need this challenge!

I just see things on offer any buy more ......

I would count each packet once, rather than each wipe (if that's what you mean), especially if you are getting overwhelmed. To be honest it really is whatever works for you. As long as you are helping reduce your stash in some way or another HTH

I've done this challenge a couple of months back and it really did help me. It made me ask 'do i really need this?'. And just think the offers will be on again, so by the time you have used up what you have the offer will be back on.

rising_from_the_ashes

Thank you HappyTorty - think I will amend and count each pack ..... feeling a bit (well a lot really!) overwhelmed with nearly 500 items!

Since there's around 200 + items on the face wipe / cloth lists that makes it a bit more copeable with!

VALM

Spending_Vs_Saving wrote: »

So far i'm very impressed by it the texture is far more creamy than i was expecting and the blush seems very understated on me so it goes with the look i was trying to achieve

I have a Laura Geller ethereal rose blush like that. I also like Benefit Dandelion which I don't own any more. Only had a small sized in the Powder Pop compact released some years ago. MrM's cousin's daughter (does that make her second cousin?) has an interview with Benefit next week. Here's hoping she gets it.

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

yup, its pink. its a very reddy pink - almost like they've scrimped a bit too much on the red colouring to save money when it was made!

when its on, it looks red but its certainly not a pillar box red and it does retain its pinkish tinge

A really good pillar box red is Nails Inc Victoria and Albert (I got this free with a mag some years ago). Maybelline Cherry is a good dupe of this too.

xcarlyx

I have nearly 300 nail polishess

VALM

maddiemay wrote: »

I found Glamour with the blue polish today, but not the red.

We are staying in the south lakes, Staveley, between Kendal and Windermere, a tiny cottage on a farm, it looks to be a bit in the wilds, so hoping no snow:eek: We have had loads of walking holidays in the Lakes, but will be car tours for me and perhaps sitting in the car and reading while OH and the real MM go for walks. Hoping that the Autumn colours will be good.

I hope you have enjoyed your week off, it seems to have passed very quickly:(

Ruby_Eskimo, have a great holiday, I would like to visit Budapest sometime.

I love Kendal. We usually either stay there are in Carnforth at the top of the lakes. If you are buying food on the way down there is a lovely place called Greenlands Village at Tewitt Lock (just past Carnforth) that sells home produced sausages and burgers. The cafe there is called Wellies and they serve this food there also. Greenlands Village itself encompasses a farm which is a lovely place to take children as it's very hands on being able to feed and pet the animals. There's also a pottery barn, garden centre and wine shop there although the wine is pretty expensive. Enjoy your break. My week off was good thanks. Am glad I've had a week of rest really as work is going to be pretty busy when I get back. One of the Solicitors left on Friday and isn't being replaced so we are absorbing her workload.

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Quick question if I may ...... how do you count things like face cleaning cloths / wipes etc?

I have several packs of 30 / 20 + ones in use so have counted each individually .... not sure if this is right tho or if you'd just count the full packs?

TIA - a bit bowled over by my total atm - def need this challenge!

I just see things on offer any buy more ......

You should count them as full packs so when you finish a pack this counts as a UU.

VALM

xcarlyx wrote: »

I have nearly 300 nail polishess

Haven't counted mine in a while but there's definitely over 100. I don't know what it is with me that makes me want them so much but each time a new Season rolls around I look at them and think I don't like them then I see them in the shops or on QVC and feel I need them. I then con myself into thinking I don't have similar colours! When we were in JL on Thursday I showed MrM the OPI top ten kit of minis that I would really like. Unfortunately Emma was with us and piped up that I own some of them (reciting the ones I do already own) and saying that I have similar colours to the rest. In all honesty I would really like to have Tickle my Francey which is in there but there's something about owning all those minis that does it for me. Maybe it seems like a selection box??

I do have my first UU to report and a couple of INs:-

3ml Elemis Time Defence Wrinkle Delay. I used this from MrM's mini stash (made up of samples he's received from timetospa). It's ok I think there are 2 more of these I can use until I can order my LE (waiting for pay day).

Yesterday I bought a can of Batiste as the one in use needs a good shake before it sprays so is spluttering and some steeping tablets to hopefully clean my nails once I've removed this blue lacquer.