No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries October 2013

seasideDreamer

First UU of the month my aloe vera deodrant:( Think I'll get those ones next as they are better than the other ones I have left for sure. Smell nicer too.

FairyShazza

I'm in for October please

Even though I only recently joined the thread I've noticed it really has spurred me on to use up stuff. Even my husband has noticed my myriad of baskets, boxes and stacks of toiletries have gone down in the bathroom. Seeing things disappear is really giving me the motivation to push on and I even left Boots without anything extra to the one thing I went in for which I did actually need.

I still haven't done my stash list. Currently trying to finish all my work for a course I've been doing for the past year as it needs to be done before the baby arrives. When things have calmed down a bit I will get round to compiling a list - I like the idea if carrying around a copy of it in your bag so you can double check it before buying anything.

A friend of mine once put up a quote on her FB about not keeping things for best (like in the thread description) and I'm really trying to put that into action as I'm very guilty of doing that myself. Why keep things for best? Treat each day as if its your best

mcculloch29

Yup. You are worth it, those products are meant to be used, not to sit in bathrooms and bedrooms, gathering dust, or sitting in drawers. I used up all my "pink rose candles" (see sig. and intro) a long time ago.
Will have some more "ordinary" UUs soon.

FairyShazza

Over the past few days I've used up quite a lot of mini products, trial sizes, perfume samples and GWPs.

Have got a few splutterers on the go at the moment and going to start sifting through my stash boxes and move some things across to my currently using pile. Still think there's going to be quite a lot to put on the swaps group though

dolly84

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

spreadsheets helped me too, i like seeing lists and charts and graphs. the spreadsheet made it seem more real than the humongous pile of stuff lying around the house :rotfl:

i also have a sheet with lists and pictures of all the things ive decided are my HGs so whenever im temped to give into things i dont love, i can look at i and remind myself i can have the product i really really love if i dont waste money and time on things i dont like just because its there and cheap.

That's my problem - seeing something on a good offer and buying it even though I may never have tried it and certainly won't love it. Much better to buy just the things you love and the odd new thing here and there.

FairyShazza wrote: »

I'm in for October please

Even though I only recently joined the thread I've noticed it really has spurred me on to use up stuff. Even my husband has noticed my myriad of baskets, boxes and stacks of toiletries have gone down in the bathroom. Seeing things disappear is really giving me the motivation to push on and I even left Boots without anything extra to the one thing I went in for which I did actually need.

I still haven't done my stash list. Currently trying to finish all my work for a course I've been doing for the past year as it needs to be done before the baby arrives. When things have calmed down a bit I will get round to compiling a list - I like the idea if carrying around a copy of it in your bag so you can double check it before buying anything.

A friend of mine once put up a quote on her FB about not keeping things for best (like in the thread description) and I'm really trying to put that into action as I'm very guilty of doing that myself. Why keep things for best? Treat each day as if its your best

So true, I used to save things but now I just enjoy what I have.

Have my first uu of October

Bare Minerals Original Mineral Veil -2g - WBA and have another this size and a full size in the stash. I prised the bottom off the pot to get the last bit out but in fairness there was barely any left so the click and lock packaging is more efficient than I expected.

TheOxfordOwl

My beginning of October stash INs in blue, UUs in red

Body moisturiser (1.75L)

1. NSpa Vanilla Creme Brulee body cream 50ml.
2. NSpa Lemon Souffle body cream 50ml.
3. Givenchy Ange ou Demon Body Lotion 200ml.
4. Our Patch Lavender Hand and Foot Cream 75ml.
5. The Body Shop Moroccan Rose Body Butter 200ml.
6. NSpa Passionfruit Body Butter 200ml.
7. NSpa Peach Body Butter 200ml.
8. Burts Bees Milk and Honey body lotion 25ml
9. The Body Shop Papaya Body Butter 200ml.
10. The Body Shop Passionfruit Body Butter 200ml.
11. E45 Cream 125ml
12. Bio Oil 200ml.
13. Bio Oil 200ml.
14. Boots Natural Collection Wild Strawberry Body Cream 250ml.
15. Nivea Creme 10ml.
16. Pink Owl Foot cream
17. Yves Rocher Raspberry body lotion 50ml
18. Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula sachet

Hand cream
1. Burts Bees Hand Salve 8.5g
2. L'Occitane Rose Petals Hand Cream 30ml
3. L'Occitane Date Flower Hand Cream 30ml
4. Soap and Glory Hand Food 50ml
5. The Body Shop Wild Rose Hand Cream 30ml
6. The Body Shop Wild Rose Hand Cream 30ml
7. L'Occitane Rose Tendresse Hand Cream 30ml
8. L'Occitane Subtle Violet Hand Cream 30ml

Face moisturiser (325ml)
1. Mizon Multi Function Snail Repair Cream 75ml
2. Garnier Moisture Match (Green) 50ml
3. Korres Black Pine Anti-wrinkle Eye Cream (sachet)
4. Johnson's Daily Essentials Hydrating Day Cream 50ml
5. Nivea Daily Essentials Express Hydration Primer 50ml
6. Balance Me Moisture Rich Face Cream 20ml
7. Nivea Pure and Natural night cream 50ml
8. Aromatherapy Associates Rose Cream 30ml

Skincare
1. Origins Drink Up Intensive Mask 30ml
2. Burts Bees Soap Bark and Chamomile Deep Cleansing Cream 20g
3. Boots Botanics All Bright Gentle Cleansing Cream 250ml
4. Boots Botanics All Bright Gentle Cleansing Cream 250ml
5. Boots Botanics All Bright Cleansing Toner 250ml
6. Benefit The Porefessional Primer 7.5ml
7. Boots Essentials Cucumber Cleansing Wipes
8. Boots Essentials Cucumber Cleansing Wipes
9. Boots Essentials Cucumber Cleansing Wipes
10. St Ives Apricot scrub 150ml
11. B Pure Micellar Water 200ml
12. Origins Drink Up Intensive Mask 50ml
13. Boots Botanics Rosewater Toning Spritz 150ml

Body washing (285ml SG + 400g soap)
1. Balance Me Super Toning Body Wash 100ml
2. Greek Passion Olive Oil with Honey Soap 100g
3. Hey Soapy Soapy Parma Violet soap 100g
4. Hey Soapy Soapy Mint and Menthol Soap 100g
5. Hey Soapy Soapy Mintra Soap 100g
6. NSpa Indulgent Angel Cake Bath Melt 350ml
7. NSpa Skin Glow Sea Salt Scrub 650g (2/3)
8. NSpa Skin Glow Sea Salt Scrub 650g
9. Soap and Glory Clean on Me shower gel 75ml (2/3)
10. Arran Aromatics Feelgood Formulas Bergamot and Ginger Shower gel 30ml
11. Arran Aromatics Feelgood Formulas Bergamot and Ginger Shower gel 30ml
12. Yves Rocher Raspberry Shower Gel 50ml

Haircare (shampoo 1.63L, conditioner 1.025L)
1. Philip Kingsley Elasticizer 40ml
2. Herbal Essences Bee Strong Shampoo 400ml
3. Herbal Essences Bee Strong Conditioner 400ml
4. Aussie Miracle Moist Shampoo 500ml
5. TreSemme Heat Protect Spray 250ml
6. Head and Shoulders Classic Clean shampoo 250ml
7. John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Shampoo 250ml
8. TreSemme Hair Spray 500ml (1/2)
9. Nicky Clarke Smooth It Over Hair Serum 75ml
10. Ojon Damage Reverse Restorative Hair Treatment 150ml
11. Bumble and Bumble Thickening Hair Spray 50ml
12. L'Oreal EverRiche Shampoo sachet
13. Aussie Miracle Moist Shampoo 75ml (1/3)
14. Aussie Miracle Moist Shampoo 75ml (v little left)
15. Aussie Miracle Moist Conditioner 75ml (full)
16. Superdrug Naturals Coconut Shampoo 50ml (nearly full)
17. Superdrug Naturals Coconut Conditioner 50ml (2/3)
18. Superdrug Coconut and Almond Conditioner 250ml
19. Superdrug Coconut and Almond Conditioner 250ml
20. Arran Aromatics Feelgood Formulas Lavender and Lemongrass Shampoo 30ml
21. Herbal Essences Bee Strong Shampoo 10ml sachet
22. Herbal Essences Bee Strong Conditioner 10ml sachet
23. Toni and Guy Shine Gloss Serum 30ml
24. Frizz-Ease Secret Agent Finishing Cream 100ml
25. L'Oreal EverRiche shampoo sachet

Lipbalm
1. Nivea Soft Rose
2. Nivea Pearly Shine
3. Nivea Soothe and Protect
4. The Body Shop Born Lippy Strawberry
5. The Body Shop Born Lippy Raspberry
6. The Body Shop Born Lippy Guava
7. The Body Shop Born Lippy Passionberry
8. The Body Shop Born Lippy Satsuma
9. The Body Shop Born Lippy Stick Plum
10. The Body Shop Dragonfruit Lip Butter
11. Burts Bees Beeswax Lip Balm
12. Blue Owl (mint)
13. Pink Owl (strawberry)
14. Yellow Owl (vanilla)
15. Silver Owl (toffee apple)
16. Korres Pomegranate Lip Butter
17. Korres Wild Rose Lip Butter
18. Shell Lip Balm
19. The Body Shop Honeymania Lip Butter

Other
1. Mitchum Advanced Control Deo Stick
2. Witch Stick
3. Aquafresh Ultimate 100ml (1/4)
4. Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief 22ml
5. Lloyds pharmacy Double-sided Square Cotton Pads
6. Mitchum Advanced Control Deo Stick
7. Yves Rocher Raspberry Bath cube
8. Eden Organic Care Avocado Oil 100ml

LUSH

Shower Gel (1.05L)
1. Happy Hippy 100g
2. Dirty 250g
3. Flying Fox 250g
4. Rose Jam 500g
5. Freeze 100g
6. Ponche 100g
7.It's Raining Men 250g

Soap (700g)
1. North Pole, White 33g
2. Sexy Peel 62g
3. HIWTK 99g
4. Bohemian 100g
5. Ice Blue 76g
6. Ice Blue 42g
7. Ice Blue 93g
8. Ice Blue 96g
9. Ice Blue 96g
10. Queen of Hearts 115g
11.Noriko 120g
12.Figs and Leaves 176g
13. Northern Lights 75g
14. North Pole (both colours) about 30g

Bath bombs
1. So White
2. So White
3. So White (small)
4. Secret Santa
5. Dragon's Egg
6. Ne Worry Pas
7. Lord of Misrule
8. Half a pink thing
9. Soot Ball

Bubble bars
1. Brightside
2. Brightside
3. Amandopondo
4. French Kiss (1/2)
5. Ceridwen's Cauldron
6. Rose Jam
7. Dorothy (purple)
8. Carrot
9. Pumkin
10. Pumkin
11. Pumkin
12. Penguin
13. Sunnyside
14. Gold FUN 100g
15. Half a purple thing

Massage bars
1. Each Peach (fragments)
2. From Dusk til Dawn
3. Midnight Massage
4. Midnight Massage
5. Therapy

Skincare
1. Catastrophe Cosmetic mask
2. BB Seaweed mask
3. 9 to 5 cleanser 240g
4. Eau Roma toner 250g
5. Eau Roma toner 100g
6. Skin's Shangri-La moisturiser 10g
7. Fresh Farmacy face wash 50g
8.Catastrophe Cosmetic mask
9. Let The Good Times Roll Cleanser

Other
1. Aqua Mirabilis (1/2)
2. Ro's Argan Body Conditioner 45g
3. Ro's Argan Body Conditioner 225g (1/2)
4. Chou Chou I Love You Toothy Tabs
5. Silky Underwear 60g
6. Sugar Scrub
7. Ultimate Shine shampoo bar
8. R&B Hair Moisturiser
9. Lush Dream Cream Hand and Body Lotion 100ml
10.Celebrate body lotion 45g
11. Lustre Dust
12. Celebrate lip tint
13. Fair Trade Honey shampoo 75g
14. Smitten hand cream 45g

98 normal items, 51 Lush items at the start of the month!:o

rosemary54

thanks sundaygirl am in again.
well started the month being very bad:rotfl:recently joined John Lewis beauty club(from their website if I remember) and had an email before my holiday with coupons for samples,went in store thinking there would be none left BUT came away with
Estee Launder week supply of serum
clarins as above
Elizabth Arden similar capsules
so 3/4 still available:)
Then went to Molten Brown with a £10 off £20 spent coupon from a mag(?GH)bought a handwash and hand cream and got a free mini wash

Then Occitanne where they did not have the divine lotion I had a coupon for but gave me a small hand cream worth £8 instead:)

THEN(OMG) into boots

Benefit little love potions for £29.50 which is supposedly 60% off full price items,will use 6/10 and sell the rest....did actually want primer and as lasts well anyway the mini were ideal
plus 3 fro 2 on pantene shampoo/cond for thickening old hair:rotfl:plus 200 extra points coupon plus no 7 skincare £5 off so got wipes for £2(did need some)why are they so dear tho???!!!

so can I please bring a cushion to the naughty step?my excuse is need cheering up as feeling grotty due to foot and other problems and starting physio tomorrow(and its raining!)

asset2004

seasideDreamer wrote: »

First UU of the month my aloe vera deodrant:( Think I'll get those ones next as they are better than the other ones I have left for sure. Smell nicer too.

who makes this?

I have a UU - Time Delay facial exfoliator - bought a few years ago with a Boots glitch reduced to £2 and get 200ACM points back :T so FREE! Well would be silly not to. Anyway think this could be the last one in the stash for me.

I do have several INs - Tesco facial scrub/wash is on 3for2 but there's a voucher in the Boots mag for £1 off when buying 2, so works out at 50p when buying 6. I bought 6 . Also their facial wipes were 3for2, at 45p each = 30p each for 3, I use these in my gym bag which reminds me I think I finished the last of my wipes last month and not reported them and because I've been off work this week not been in the gym bag.

luvlycake

The best thing I did to reduce my stash was to collect it all together and store in one place. Well, actually it's 3 boxes and a drawer but you get the idea. Just seeing how much I have helps. I keep a list of HG items too so that when I want to replace something I know where to turn.

kadison

I just have to post this, I'm in complete shock!

My friend Tori announced about three weeks ago that she was about 8-10 weeks pregnant.....then.......she goes for the scan and finds out she's actually THIRTY-ONE weeks pregnant.....then....this morning comes the announcement that she gave birth LAST NIGHT!!!

Eight weeks early so the baby is staying in Neonatal for a few weeks but they're both doing well, I just cannot get over the shock!!! I am so used to friends posting about being sick of being pregnant as they're a week overdue and all the planning, these two haven't even had time to buy a pram let alone sort out the nursery!

It must be so much for them as it's their first, but they're obviously so happy, bless them :D:D

Oh and those who don't want to buy shower gel, stay off the l'occitane sale xx