No buying unnecessary toiletries in January 2014

rogueylawyer

Clutterfree wrote: »

Laughing here Roguey.
I can just imagine your panic, thinking "oh no I'm going to have declare this lot!" :rotfl:

I LOVE Nivea Happy Time shower cream, it is orange blossom so is not too overpowering but so refreshing for the morning.

They were all new items for me but I did leave the store muttering to myself 'this is why I have a stash': it was a bit annoying as I could have picked up the eyebrow pencil I use if I'd have known, but heyho.

hammyham wrote: »

whilst having a break I was having a google on 'being addicted to cosmetics'. Not that I am suggesting you ladies are, but I think I am, which is worrying! I found this article and found it quite interesting, and also it made me feel better to think I'm not the only one!

http://jezebel.com/5595902/when-being-a-product-junkie-becomes-a-problem

as long as I can access the sink etc in my bathroom it's ok...but there again I do store most things in my room! xxx

I have been struggling recently, my anxiety was through the roof and I wasn't sleeping before christmas. All the household chores had slipped and the place was a mess. It was only after I spent a solid day sorting out, tidying and decluttering that I realised how much it was the mess affecting me. My mother has been a hoarder and very dysfunctional. Whilst I no longer have any contact with her (for this and other reasons), the idea that I was becoming my mother had slipped into my head.

This is one of the reasons why I want to use up toiletries, look after myself and sort out my debt. I also know now that this is going to take time and there aren't quick fixes: another lesson I unfortunately had to learn the hard way.

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

I'm actually embarrassed by it!

Nothing to be embarrassed about! Enjoy using your products and don't repurchase the items you don't love!

pixtotts

I hope your ready for this...
I have a few more bits to add when I find them they are in hiding it seems..
IN/ Nearly empty - PP / Empty / Special occasion product / possibly going on ebay... /Out - thrown/sold/given

Bath... -18
Body Shop - Mango Showergel
Body Shop - Spiced pumpkin
Ted Baker - Bodywash
Wilko - Sweet Vanilla & Honey shower smoothie
Body shop - Mango soap
Body shop - Heart soap
Bomb cosmetics - yellow stripy soap
Bomb cosmetics - brown soap
Bomb cosmetics - Luxury bath box - 6 bath bombs
S&G - The Scrub of your life
S&G - Sugar crush
Bodyshop - Peppermint foot scrub
Avon - foot soap... thing...

Body - 24
212 VIP - Body lotion
Body shop - Mango body butter
LUSH - Charlotte Island - body tint
Vaseline - Feet and legs stimulating
Superdrug - tan activating suncream
Johnsons - Dreamy skin body lotion
Johnsons - Baby moisturising cream
S&G - Butter yourself X2
S&G - the righteous butter
Body shop - Satsuma puree body lotion
Body shop - Satsuma puree body lotion
Johnsons - Baby soothing naturals
Boots - Wild strawberry body lotion
Ted Baker - Body lotion
Ted Baker - Body souffle
CK - Euphoria - Body lotion - 100ml
CK - Euphoria - Body lotion - 200ml
CK - CKin2u - Body lotion
FAB - body moisturiser - MINI
Boots - cocoa butter - body butter
Vaseline - intensive rescue
Garnier body - summer body - gradual tan
Nivea - Soft - Moisturising cream

Hair 27
James Brown - Photo fabulous - hairspray
James Brown - Photo fabulous - mousse
Loreal - Elnett flexible hairspray
Garnier - fructis - microhold hairspray
Percy & Reed - Quite Frankly Flawless Finishing Polish - 100ml
Superdrug - Styling fibre putty
Lee Stafford - Wonder Web
Lee Stafford - Salt Spray
Lee Stafford - 2nd day hair conditioner - leave in
Lee Stafford - Night patrol
Lee Stafford - Dehumidifier
Lee Stafford - Dehumidifier - MINI
Charles Worthington - dry-ends serum spray
Pantene - Anti fizz serum - small bottle
Pantene - Split end Serum - tall bottle
Body shop - Cottonseed - curl boost
Syperdrug - dry shampoo - X4
Schwazkopf - heat protect
VO5 - heat protect
VO5 - Volume heat protect
Tresemme - iron style heat protect
Body shop - coconut oil hair shine
Trevor Sorbie - shampoo
Trevor Sorbie - Conditioner

Hand cream [STRIKE]7[/STRIKE] 6
S&G - Handfood X3
S&G - Handfood - MINI
Loccitane - Shea Butter -30ml
Loccitane - Pivoine Flora -30ml
Loccitane - Fleur Cherie - 30ml
Norwegian formula - concentrated

Foot Cream 3
Boots - Foot cream
S&G - heel genius X2
Boots mediterranean olive, almond, and sage (< kinda like vaseline)

Make up - 44
Foundation - [STRIKE]7[/STRIKE] 6
Body shop - moisturising
Rimmel - Lasting finish
Rimmel - Wake me up
Avon - Magic X - TRIAL size
Lily lolo - mineral - popcorn - TRIAL size
Lily lolo - mineral - in the buff - TRIAL
Maybelline - Dream Creamy

Concealer - 1
Bloom

Blusher - 2
Body shop - summer
Gosh - blush -39 Electric Pink

Mascara -6
Rimmel - Glameyes - Brown black
Rimmel - Scandel eyes - Black
S&G - Thick & fast X2
MUA - Every lash - black
MUA - Every lash - brown black

Liner - 13
Eyeko - Purple
MUA - Contour - brown
MUA - Contour - Green
Tesco - Black
Gosh - Funky violet
Gosh - cool mint
Gosh - silver screen
Body shop - Blue Smoke
Gosh Green Gate
Gosh - Golden .... - green
Gosh - Lemon soda
2true - pure white
BeautyUK - Black

Eyeshadow - 12
Benefit - Cream shadow/liner - Get Figgy
MUA - palette - undressed
MUA - tro - eden
CK - Bare silk
Gosh - Quad - "pixie make up"
Bourgois - Citron givre
Bourgois - Tabac Blond
Natural Collection - white opal
Tesco - Shade 5
Mememe - pistachio
Boots- collection - trio - Green with envy
Maybelline - 450 - Midnight blue

Misc - 4
HD Brow - Brow Beater
MUA - Eye Primer
Murad - Skin primer
Lilly Lolo - Flawless Matte finishing powder - TRIAL

Skincare - [STRIKE]13[/STRIKE] 14
S&G - Peaches + Clean
Clean+Clear - Morning energy - facial wash
Boots - Botanics - Cleansing foam wash
Benefit - it's potent - MINI
Benefit - Moisture prep - MINI
Clean+Clear - cleanser
Nivea - Rich moisturising day cream
Johnsons - Day cream
Bodyshop - seaweed - day cream - MINI
Simple - revitalising - eye roll-on
Bodyshop - Vitamin C - Eye reviver
Bodyshop - Vitamin C - Facial spritz
Bodyshop - Seaweed - Ionic clay mask
S&G - Wish upon a jar
S&G - The Fab Pore

Lip products -32
Body shop - Wild Cherry lip butter - X2
Body shop - Born Lippy - Rasberry
Body shop - Brazil nut lip butter
Body shop - Hemp lip conditioner - X2
Aloe lips
Apple chapstick - X2
Carmex - tin
Carmex - tube
Carmex - tube cherry
Soft lips - Green packaging
Wilko- sooth and protect - grape
Wilko- sooth and protect - watermelon
wilko- sooth and protect - strawberry
Norwegian formula - 6 hour lip protect
Lip smacker - cherry coke
Lip smacker - double dip
S&G - Sexy motherpucker
S&G - Pink out loud
Maybelline - Baby lips - Cherry
Boots - Toffee kisses
Maybelline - Popsticks - 080 cherry pop
Bloom - lipstain - plum
Bloom - lipstick - matte - dusky pink
Bloom - lipstick - Ragtime
Gosh - lipstick - cappuccino
Natural collection - biscuit
S&G - lipstick - Naked beige
Benefit - posiepal - posietint + california kissin
Myface cosmetics - Lipstick - 152

Perfume + body spray -21
CK - IN2U - 50ml
CK - IN2U - 150ml < fair bit left but the bottle has gone yellow and the perfume has discoloured eek smells ok though - time to use it up!
CK - Euphoria - 50ml - nearing its end
CK - Euphoria - 30ml - nearing its end
Hugo Boss - Nuit - 30ml
Next - paradise escape - 100ml
Next - paradise island - 30ml

Body shop - Love etc... - 50ml
Juicy Couture - 30ml
Anne Sui - Sui Love < first perfume I ever bought
Next glow - 10ml
DKNY - Woman - 30ml
Body shop - Neroli Jasmin - body mist - 100ml
Fcuk - pure - bodyspray - 75ml
Next - Glow - 15ml
1000 kisses deep - 9g
Lolita Lempicka - sample
lolita lempicka - L'Eau en blanc - sample
Bodyshop - dreams - sample
Especilla Escada - sample
Avon - premiere luxe - sample



Start Total - [STRIKE]191[/STRIKE]
Outs - 8
Ins - 7
current - 190
Not as bad as I was expecting... a lot of lipsticks considering I was allergic to most until last year ! still allergic to majority of lip glosses though

x

rosemary54

ok so was a tad bad today!bought Molton Brown hand wash and cream set in JL sale(it is my fav scent orange and bergamot so will be used)plus a nails inc repair kit for DH as he has problem nails says its worth £42 costs £25 but was half price so thought it a bargain and I will get to keep the shiny top coat out of it.
apart from that only bought some popsocks and the bottoms of a pair of pjs from East for £5....they only had bottoms and were a lot cheaper than the full price,am planning to take on holiday as beach trousers as cotton with a blue and green print and very light so ideal for my carry on!!!(mean the case on the plane)holiday with an old school friend in April

TheOxfordOwl

My first two ins for January:

1. Baylis and Harding Black Orchid bubble bath 300ml
2. Baylis and Harding Black Orchid body lotion 300ml (I think)

My PP list for this month:

1. Lush Angels Delight soap - definitely don't need to buy any more soap!
2. Lush Brightside bubble bar - this is nearly a year old, from Easter, and I think it should probably get used up soon!
3. Nicky Clarke Smooth It Over Hair Serum 75ml - this is so ancient, and I have new, exciting hair smoothing things to move on to!
4. The Body Shop Guava lip balm - no need to buy lip balm for a long while.
5. NSpa Passionfruit body butter 200ml - moisturiser stash much better than before, but still too big for one little me!
6. Boots Botanics All Bright Cleansing toner 250ml - the alcohol in this is a little drying - I'm looking forward to moving on to their rosewater toner.
7. Lush Turkish Delight shower smoothie 45ml - this smells gorgeous, but Lush pots in the shower are just inconvenient!
8. Lush Ro's Argan Body Conditioner 45ml - this is so lovely, but I get through more moisturiser when not using it!
9. Lush Rose Jam shower gel 100ml - love this, but have a huge bottle of it.
10. NSpa Cherry Blossom and Rice Milk Wash Grains 75ml - interesting concept (dry exfoliating grains, mix with your own water/gel), but quite a small tub, so should get through this quickly.

I'll be doing this as a proper Project Pan - no buying anything in these categories until these products are all finished up!

honey72

Hi everyone,

This will be my first time posting on this thread but to be honest I have been lurking around for quite some time now. You seem to be a lovely bunch of ladies and I hope to fit in nicely seeing as I seem to have developed an addiction to all things beauty related recently.

It's only been this past year or so that it's gotten out of hand. I am particularly naughty when I see an offer for a free gift with purchase and have bought clinique bonus time and estee lauder GWP more times than I care to remember! Does anyone else seem to have this problem? I have make up bags coming out of my backside :rotfl:

I too have stuff in the bathroom cupboards, under my dressing table, in the kitchen cupboard by the sink and will be running out of space soon! Where do you all keep your stash? My husband is starting to comment saying things like "are you using all this stuff?"......oops!

So that's it for now. I really should look through everything that I have and list them on here :eek:

I think that I buy these things to make myself feel better. I have three boys that are all teens now and so I think I've been feeling a little lost and am trying to cheer myself up

maddiemay

Hugs to those that need them, pleased that you are getting your girlie holiday again Rosemary, those jammie trousers sound great.


On the subject of keeping toiletries at hand, I think that I may have gone a little OTT on this LOL
Next to my chair is the smallest table from the nest of tables approx. 9" x 15", currently residing on it are the following:-
Large mug of tea, part glass Lilt, LD large crystal file, LD large buffer, Aloe Vera lip salve, tube Voltarol Pain-eze, pot Arnica Gel, tooth picks, cuticle cream (might scrape 1 application from it), Gatineau Futur Plus mask, pot containing Elemis Frangipani oil now set as balm, Biostick light stick to treat pesky cold sore, 1 pencil, 2 coasters and mobile internet dongle. Bedside cabinet is in similar state. First job after drinking tea is a long overdue tidy up me thinks!!

luvlycake

Back onboard after a hiatus in December! Tackling that mountain of lotion one bath at time! :dance:

noelphobic

hammyham wrote: »

Hello again everyone! I've been lurking for the past few months, and although I have been recording my ins/outs, I haven't been posting as I feel a bit ashamed (my buying 'problem' is back with abundance! I've decided that today I will record everything and I'm thinking of taking a photo so I can feel empowered to do something!

Hope you are all well and having a lovely new years! x

The photo is a brilliant idea - not sure I could fit all my stash in on one photo though!


Definitely going to list everything though - haven't done that for ages and the stash is a little bit more organised now so should make it a bit easier.

ruby_eskimo

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

I'm actually embarrassed by it!

Don't worry, once I get round to posting my makeup stash list, you'll feel a lot better about yours!

kadison

Evening everyone!

I have some declarations, I'm not counting these INs as INs as they were ordered last year (feels so funny saying that!) and so were technically INs then! So I'm just adding them to the list quietly so they don't disturb a month of what is hopefully only OUTs! Very happy paying £47 for this lot, the Richmond Terrace one was essentially free as the £5 was for VIP membership with a free nail polish

Nails Inc. Nail Polish 10ml - Bling it on Emerald Queen Victoria Street
Nails Inc. Bling it on Emerald Glitter Pot Emerald
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 10ml - Magnetic Whitehall
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 10ml - Magnetic The West End
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 10ml - Nail Jewellery Royal Arcade
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 10ml - Special Effects Swiss Cottage
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 10ml Richmond Terrace
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 4ml - Foil Kings Road
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 4ml - Galaxy Westminster Bridge Road
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 4ml - Special Effects Regents Park
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 4ml - Graffiti Old Street
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 4ml - Fibre Optic Hampstead Court

UU

Yves Rocher Neroli EDT 0.7ml - Very nice, has gone on my wish list for the future
Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream 100ml - WDBA, HG

TA
Korres Abyssinia Oil Mascara Plum - Lovely colour but a total @rse to get off completely, nothing would shift it, so TA for that reason

SOLD (eBay)
Elemis Gentle Rose Exfoliator 50ml
Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream 30ml
Elemis Pro-Collagen Quartz Lift Serum 10ml
Elemis Skin Nourishing Shower Cream 300ml
L'Occitane Brightening Cleansing Foam 50ml x 3
Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Face Mask – 100ml

Catriona_P wrote: »

A question about mousse - how long should you keep an open can? I don't use it much and have an open can from 2008 . It still smells fine and looks fine but I'm terrible with expiry dates on cosmetics, if it looks ok and doesn't bring me out in hives I carry on using things far beyond the suggested date.

I think you can tell easily with hair products, they just won't do what they used to, if it's still working as it should then fine!

I'm beginning to think my Aussie serum has gone off, the other day it made my hair all lank, but it could be a bad hair day. It's been open 6 months longer than the jar thing states, so I think it may be time to chuck it....