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No buying unnecessary toiletries April 2014

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  • 166million
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    edited 21 April 2014 at 8:58PM
    OK Here goes: edit - 11 down already with the TAs :T

    Natural Collection Vanilla Body Spray- in use
    Body Shop White Musk EDT- in use
    Ghost Whisper perfume - in use
    Next Just Pink Body Lotion - in use
    Blistex Intensive Moisturiser - in use
    Quinoderm Cream 1x25g, 1x50g -in use
    Magnolia Extra rich hand & nail cream - Marks & Spencer - in use
    Gentelle Moisturising body lotion with cocoa butter - in use
    Driclor deodorant - in use
    Oxy seaweed power deep calm balm - in use
    large white shower puff - in use
    Avon Senses Mystique Shower gel not much left - in use


    Sainsbury's antibacterial hand wash honey and willow bark -in use
    radox sleep easy - in use
    Potions & Possibilities Fatigue Relief Gel - in use
    Handy Lemon and Key Lime Hand Sanitizers - in use

    Try and use up
    potions & possibilities anti fatigue bath & shower gel nearly empty
    Champneys Illuminating Beauty Balm nearly empty
    Avon - Ageless results intensive line filler nearly empty
    Loreal Volume Shocking Mascara - very old may chuck
    garnier bodytonic firming lotion nearly empty
    Aromatherapy Tea tree Foot Lotion nearly finished
    Body Tonic Garnier firming lotion - nearly finished
    boots peel off face mask tea tree witch hazel nearly empty
    radox muscle soak not much left

    Make Up
    2x small round blushers - pink
    Vichy Dermablend Foundation Opal nearly empty
    Lip Gloss - think its Rimmel but name has worn off - brown colour
    Mascara - Rimmel Max Volume Flash - ultra black
    Eye Pencil - small, brown 02 think its Beauty without cruelty
    Pressed Powder Barbara Daly Make Up - warm
    No 7 Mineral Perfection Foundation new ivory
    Solait Bronzing Cream with shimmer
    Eyeshadow Palette (Browns) - just says Markwins International on the back
    2x circular bronzer palettes - one nearly finished
    Rimmel Hide the Blemish Concealer nearly empty
    Revlon Colourstay foundation - nearly finished
    17 Smooth Matte Lipstick – Nearly Nude
    Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner - Obsession
    Beauty without cruelty soft kohl pencil - Teal
    Vichy Dermablend Concealer
    Eyeshadow Palette from C&A! - The Gift Shop
    Une - Healthy Glow mineral powder - H01
    Rimmel Volume flash Mascara Brown
    Eye Pencil 01 Black - Tesco Make Up
    6x4 mini eyeshadow sets
    Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner - Red Diva
    The Colour Institute Lip Gloss - Red
    Beauty without cruelty eyeshadow 08 Tamarind
    Small box of four lipgloss colours, brown, peach, pink
    Sample Chanel Mascara

    Everything Else
    Facial
    Oxy seaweed power Clear pore exfoliant
    benefit ooh la lift
    Skin Clear oil free Mattifying lotion – boots
    Eucerin Dermo Purifyer Cleanser
    Balance Active Formula Instant effect wrinkle filler
    Ponds Institute essential care cold cream
    Tesco Vitamin E Face Scrub
    Goldshield tea tree Facial Moisture Cream
    no 7 anti ageing facial sun protection 50+
    Skin Clear Oil absorbing sheets - Boots
    Clinique Take the Day Off makeup remover
    Clinique Liquid Facial Soap oily skin formula
    Clinique Clarifying Lotion 3 - 200ml 4/5 left
    Clinique Anti Blemish Solutions Clarifying Lotion
    Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel
    Olay Nature fusion Night Cream
    Lavender & Tea tree clarifying faceMask
    Clearasil Ultra Toner 200ml 1/3 left
    Champneys Skin Conditioning Toner
    Champneys Skin rescue Rejuvenating Night Cream
    Naturaleve Rejuvenating Balm -rose geranium & pomegranate
    Boots Time Delay Youth Maintain Luminosity Serum
    2x Garnier Ultralift samples
    Simple Light Moisturiser

    Hair
    Vo5 extreme style gunk go shampoo
    Tresemme Smoothing Serum
    Caring Shine Conditioner - sachet Schwarzkopf
    Aussie Dual personality hairspray

    Perfumes
    212 Sexy perfume
    Outspoken Intense perfume
    Rive Gauche perfume

    Body Lotions
    Boots Winter body butter
    Johnsons Holiday Skin Body Lotion Medium - Dark
    Baby Oil - half a bottle
    Sainsbury's Baby Lotion
    Natures Renaissance hand and body lotion - white tea
    Superdrug Coconut &Shea butter body lotion
    Ghost Whisper Body Lotion
    Planet Spa Africa Shea Butter foot and elbow cream
    Body shop White Musk Lotion
    Coconut & Shea Butter Body Butter - think its Superdrug
    Champneys vitamiracle ultra smooth body lotion
    Pure Poison Body Lotion
    The Sanctuary Spa Body Lotion - Ginger
    Plantation Rose gardenia Body Lotion
    Fruitliicious Body cream - Blackberry Burst
    Champneys Citrus Glow Body Butter
    Boots Lavender Body Milk
    Boots oil of evening primrose body lotion
    Body Shop Vanilla Spice Shimmer Lotion
    Aromatherapy tea Tree moisturiser
    Crabtree & Evelyn Lily of the Valley Body Lotion
    Bronnley White Iris Body Lotion
    Marks & Spencer Magnolia Body Lotion
    Te Tao Tea for Body body lotion
    Nuage - Green tea, honey, vanilla moisturiser
    lavender aromatherapy body lotion
    aromatherapy estel tea tree hand and body lotion
    boots fresh - strawberry delight body cream
    aromatherapy tea tree body lotion
    virgin vie fantasia sparkling skin secrets
    Boots Aromatherapy Body Lotion - Geranium & Rosewood
    Aromatherapy Tea tree Body Lotion
    champneys perfect pedicure intensive foot butter

    Misc
    KY jelly
    biofreeze pain relieving gel
    Massage Clary Sage & Rosemary Pulse point roller
    Veet Sensitive Hair Removal Cream
    Corsodyl Mint Mouthwash 300ml

    Nails
    nature renaissance cuticle treatment
    ambray nail polish remover
    Rimmel I heart Lasting Finish Nail varnish Black Cherries

    Bath/ Shower
    marks & spencer waterlily crème bath
    essential Waitrose lemon blossom & amber foam bath
    Waitrose olive & jojoba foam bath
    Green Shower puff
    Boots Pageant Bath Elixir
    radox stress relief

    Unopened/ unused
    Body Shop Snowman tin with Shea sugar Body Scrub and Shea body butter
    White Musk Body Lotion small bottle x2
    Small Tisserand Revive Bath & shower Oil
    blue and pink shower puff
    body shop white musk bath salts
    pink heart shaped pumice
    Champneys Skin comforting bathing milk
    2* cream shower puffs
    1* white shower puff
    The Indulgent Bathing Company - Purple soap
    The Indulgent Bathing Company - Pink soap
    CK One Calvin Klein Soaps *2
    Boots Rose Body Cream
    Boots Rose Hand wash
    Cotton Lavender Bath Salts
    Baylis & Harding Frosted Cranberry Body Lotion
    Champneys Skin Comforting Body Butter
    Baylis & Harding Frosted Cranberry Glitter Body wash
    Black flannel
    Lush Bath Bomb -Twilight?
    Indulgent Bathing company Sleepy Head Bath Potion
    Indulgent Bathing company - brown soap
    Boots Rose guest Soap
    White bath Salts
    Indulgent Bathing Co Total Detox Bath Potion
    White bath bomb with pink bits
    Marks and Spencer soap roses
    winter in venice pomegranate body lotion
    Baylis & Harding Frosted Cranberry bath soak
    Champneys Skin Comforting Shower Cream
    winter in venice pomegranate hand cream
    Champneys aqua therapy purifying spa treatment (4*bath powders)
    pink flannel
    reddish pinky bath bomb
    little wooden pot with scoop for bath salts
    Sainsbury's antibacterial hand wash aloe Vera

    Thrown Away, Given away or Used up
    Boots Facial Hair removal Cream threw away as old and nearly finished
    Black Mascara threw away - dried up
    Brown mascara threw away - dried up

    Double Mint Toothpaste - Marks & Spencer threw away - dried up
    Blistex soothing splash threw away
    Veet Hair removal Cream threw away - old and dried up
    cranberry capsules threw away - very old
    nicorette patches - threw away
    beauty UK Perfect Matt foundation - Beige threw away as old and nearly finished
    Clearasil ultra scrub nearly empty - in use used up
    oxy seaweed power fresh skin wash nearly empty - in use used up

    I will need deodorant this month but am going to try to not buy anything else.
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  • I'm in there are certain products I will not buy

    Hair shampoo and conditioner for red hair with henna in

    The story with this is that I used to swim a lot and it used to strip the colour in my hair so I used to use red products a lot.
    Now I don't really swim due to back, neck and shoulder problems so they are not getting used up as I only use them once a week now and that's if I remember just to give the hair a boost

    Current stash is

    1x red henna shampoo but I'm sure I have at least one more knocking around somewhere poss in my suitcase or swimming bag
    5x red hair conditioners and again must have at least one more that's 1/4 full some where

    I shouldn't run out of regular shampoo this month as I just finished one but if I UU normal conditioner I can buy another

    Lipbalms which aren't tinted for some reason I have 6 and I may have more somewhere

    Face creams
    Current stash
    1 x vit E face cream which is nearly UU. This is now a body cream being used after I shave my legs as it's going off
    1x natural high day cream. This is what I'm currently using and is less than 1/4 so I will be UU this this month
    1 x natural high day cream which is full
    1 x lacura face cream which is in those squirts bottles. I think it's about 1/2 full as I got bored with this. I must use this up next
    1 x lacura night cream which is full
    I also have 1 x natural high radiance balm about 1/2 full
    1 x natural high radiance balm which is new
    1 x natural high face mask which I don't even use as I tend to make my own face masks.

    Then
    1 x soap and glory eye cream just started
    1 x lacura eye cream just started
    And I think I have a dr hauschuka eye balm with 1/4 in somewhere

    I have 1 x superdrug simply pure cleanser about 1/2 full and
    1 x new soap and glory cleanser

    So no buying any of these thus month or for months to come
    I'm about 3/4 way through my makeup remover and toner and have no spares for those so can buy if I run out of those

    No body creams either
    I'm partway through a soap and glory spray lotion
    I have a body shop one to use up
    And a full tub of aqueous cream if my skin plays up

    No sunscreen
    I have at least
    2 x full size factor 50
    1 1/2 full size factor 30
    1 X factor 15
    Plus about 10 minis from a previous boots offer

    No buying bb creams as I have 1 x revlon where I've nearly used it up
    1 x revlon I've just started ( 1 in he makeup bag and 1 in the handbag)
    1 x full revlon
    1 x just started maybelline

    I think that's at least 6 months worth if not longer

    I will resist unnecessary purchases
    I'm allowed to buy perfume this month if it's on offer and shower gel. And a decently priced makeup palette
  • SarahB1989_2
    SarahB1989_2 Posts: 406 Forumite
    I'm in for another month!

    2 UU already:
    - Imperial shower gel, think it was a jasmine flavour? WNBA, always end up using loads and it doesn't feel that luxurious.
    - Lacura Aqua serum. Already have another on the go!
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    I owe £5400 (plus £
    34,000 Student Finance)

  • Clutterfree
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  • seasideDreamer
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    girlybags wrote: »
    Does anybody do this challenge with a monthly budget? And those of you who put cash in a pot for UU's, how much do you 'pay' for each item?
    Just thinking it might be better for me to do it this way as I'm clearly not very good at resisting purchases altogether :/

    I put a £1 in everytime I use something, amazing how quickly that builds up but some people put in roughly what a product costs, that's too:eek: for me I think.

    UU for me Wilko lip balm
    Debt free and busy treating myself:)

    No more toiletries/make up until I've used what I've got stashed since Jan 2011, graduated October 2012. Restocked Dec 13..damn those sales
  • seaside dreamer what a fab idea, i think i need to do something like this, it would make me more determined to use things up.
    Well done ladies on your great lists this month, it's lovely to see so many people taking part :)
  • seasideDreamer
    seasideDreamer Posts: 1,363
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    Its like a mini savings tin, the trouble is I've no idea what I'm saving it for!
    Debt free and busy treating myself:)

    No more toiletries/make up until I've used what I've got stashed since Jan 2011, graduated October 2012. Restocked Dec 13..damn those sales
  • girlybags wrote: »
    Does anybody do this challenge with a monthly budget? And those of you who put cash in a pot for UU's, how much do you 'pay' for each item?
    Just thinking it might be better for me to do it this way as I'm clearly not very good at resisting purchases altogether :/

    I dont have a budget

    I add £1 for every item we use including sachets to a sealed tin (DH and DD partake in the challenge), £5 for make up and £10 for perfume. I also add £1 for anything I TA, GA or ebay.
    No more buying toiletries
  • GA

    No7 lip crayon mini - this was a GWP and a work colleague was keen to try.

    INS

    2 x Mouthwash - this was necessary as DH took our last one in his overnight bag.
    No more buying toiletries
  • moneyless_mac
    moneyless_mac Posts: 532 Forumite
    edited 28 April 2014 at 10:04PM
    Attempting a PP list - will probably add/amend as the month continues.

    1. Soap & Glory Clean on Me shower gel - No1 nemesis - I have fallen out of love with the fragrance so can only bear to use it every few months - however I have several in the stash so its time to face my demons.

    2. Soap & Glory Righteous Butter - as above

    3. Origins plantscription serum uu WNBA thin and ineffective

    4. Elemis Frangipani oil 35ml uu WNBA didnt care for the fragrance

    5. Elemis Frangipani shower gel 50ml uu WNBA didnt care for the fragrance

    6. Clarins concealer

    7. Kleenex facial cloths uu wnba hated the feel

    8. Boots No7 purifying mask. uu WMBA but there are better masks.

    9.

    10.
    No more buying toiletries
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