No buying unnecessary toiletries April 2014

SarahB1989_2

On the topic of UD dupes, I have Naked 2 and the MUA equivalent and whilst they look the same shades the MUA one is pretty rubbish in comparison, stays on for very little time at all and very shimmery.

2 UU today:
- S&G Peaches and Clean. WBA, love the smell and its lasted me over 3 months.
- Clarins Hydraquench (mini). Not a fan, am sure I've tried it before and loved it but this just made me really shiny.

dippy3103

kadison wrote: »

Hello all, can I ask a question to all those who use Benefit's They're Real Mascara? How are you meant to apply it? I applied it like a normal mascara and it pretty much stuck my upper and lower lashes together, so much so that I daren't have closed

Did you "go vertical" - ie turn the brush up & separate the lashes using the prongs on the end of it? I found this out watching the Benefit lady on QVC.


Damn QVC for having a dedicated beauty channel on 658. Way too tempting.

I have now managed a whole week not buying toiletries, so another £1 in my stash cash

Dazedandconfused

Clutterfree wrote: »

Lots of posts on the Urban Decay Naked palettes.

There is a new make up range on the block that has dupes for all 3 Naked palettes, they are called the Iconic palettes and they are only £4.

http://www.makeuprevolutionstore.com/index.php/eyes/palettes.html

A blogger has done comparison swatches here for Naked 3 and Iconic 3 and I think they are pretty good dupes.

http://www.petitmoi-bigworld.co.uk/2014/04/makeup-revolutions-iconic-3-palette-vs.html

I already have all 3 Naked palettes and MUA 1 & 2 so won't be buying, but they do look pretty good...

Ooh never mind their naked dupes I like the look of the essential mattes palette and also their foundation looks super pale. I can never get foundation light enough. Might have to give it a go

Clutterfree

dippy3103 wrote: »

Did you "go vertical" - ie turn the brush up & separate the lashes using the prongs on the end of it? I found this out watching the Benefit lady on QVC.


Damn QVC for having a dedicated beauty channel on 658. Way too tempting.

I have now managed a whole week not buying toiletries, so another £1 in my stash cash

Grrr, that Benefit woman drives me mad when she shouts " go vertical" :mad:

dippy3103

Clutterfree wrote: »

Grrr, that Benefit woman drives me mad when she shouts " go vertical" :mad:

Me too!! Obviously not that I watch it very often. Honest..... :rotfl:

Clutterfree

First UU for April... :T

Clinique take the day off balm 125ml - WBA and already have one in stash.

dippy3103

UU the pomegranate shower gel- half a bottle of it in DS (7) bath gave him a bubble mountain! He was very happy in his bubble mountain having a candle lit bedtime story in the bath (he has joint hyper mobility syndrome so warm baths are very soothing and winds him down).

Ladies- consensus of opinion please. Free cosmetics on magazines can't count as buying surely? After all I'm only paying for the magazine not the cosmetics surely...

getting-there-slowly

5 UUs already this month! A record for me I think. :j
4 boring things and a clarins hydra quench cream - bought when living abroad and have been home 3 years next month WNBA too expensive for not a lot of benefit.

kadison

OK here is my first list of updates for April......

UUs
Along Came Betty One Pot of Polish 300ml - Nice and scrubby, WBA.
Boots Royal Jelly Body Wash 250ml - WNBA, they've changed the smell again and it's not that nice!
Batiste Dry Shampoo mini 50ml - WBA, HG
Baylis & Harding Rose & Raspberry Body Lotion 300ml
French Connection Body Spray 75ml
No7 Brush Cleanser (Cleansing wtr) 200ml
Philosophy Old fashioned eggnog shower gel 480ml
The Body Shop Strawberry Beautifying Oil 100ml

GA/TA (Having a clear-out, sending most items to refuges etc.)
Colour Institute Shimmer Body Powder Sealed with a kiss
E.L.F Eye Shadow Palette Hazel eyes 2 - WNB any of these again, the pigments are almost non-existent, will stick with MUA for cheapie make-up in future!
E.L.F Eye Shadow Palette Blue eyes 2
E.L.F Eye Shadow Palette Brown eyes 2
E.L.F Shimmer gloss Love
Elizabeth Arden Beautiful Color Luminous Lipgloss Diamond
Elizabeth Arden Beautiful Color Luminous Lipgloss Red Door
Jenny Packham Salonniere Lipstick Coral
Lypsyl Lip Balm Cherry
Lypsyl Lip Balm Strawberry
MUA Fashionista Plumping Lip Glaze Fashion Fuschia - Made my lips tingle so much they hurt, lovely colour but WNBA
MUA Trio Eyeshadow Passion - Fab but old now
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 4ml - Metallic Kings Road - Went all stringy for no reason, had a full size one which was fine so have changed to this.
Tesco F&F Lip Colour 2.5g Wall Street
The Body Shop Shimmer Palette Oh deer!

IN and TA
Benefit They're Real Mascara - Waste of money as previously said!

NBI
Nails Inc. Nail Polish 10ml - Metallic Kings Road - Was in ebay stash but have moved over as above.

INs
Nivea Hydro Care Lip balm x 3 - I go through a lot of these and they were half price (75p) in Tesco
W7 Lashed Up Mascara - In 99p shop, came with a free black kohl which I will give away as I don't use these.

dippy3103 wrote: »

Did you "go vertical" - ie turn the brush up & separate the lashes using the prongs on the end of it? I found this out watching the Benefit lady on QVC.

I did all of that nonsense, nothing made any difference, written off as a total waste of money, thankfully there aren't too many of those!

kadison

dippy3103 wrote: »

UU the pomegranate shower gel- half a bottle of it in DS (7) bath gave him a bubble mountain! He was very happy in his bubble mountain having a candle lit bedtime story in the bath (he has joint hyper mobility syndrome so warm baths are very soothing and winds him down).

Ladies- consensus of opinion please. Free cosmetics on magazines can't count as buying surely? After all I'm only paying for the magazine not the cosmetics surely...

It depends if you would buy the magazine without the freebie....personally I only buy Heat! regularly and only buy mags with freebies FOR the freebies so I count that as buying, hth.