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No buying unnecessary toiletries April 2014

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  • Dyed my hair today so that's 1 out, I use Schwartzkopf and got 3 boxes last time it was on offer, so only 1 left in the cupboard now. Looking forward to trying a different shade after that!
    New graduate trying to get debt-free.
    Make £5/day challenge: August £84.08/155
    I owe £5400 (plus £
    34,000 Student Finance)

  • seasideDreamer
    seasideDreamer Posts: 1,363 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    UU Sally Hansen Strengthening PolishRemover not particuarly exciting as I'll have to go buy more now! Hope everyone's had a good weekend? Even four days off wasn't long enough:eek:
    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
  • SmarterNotHarder
    SmarterNotHarder Posts: 250 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 21 April 2014 at 9:14PM
    you wait for some UUs for ages and then they all come at once!

    Sanctuary Spa Foaming Cream Scrub 200ml
    WBA, but will use up other stuff first. I love Sanctuary, but I like a break now and again :)

    Botanics Conditioning Body Lotion 200ml
    WNBA - I got this cheap on clearance and it was ok but I found it a bit watery to be honest

    Schwarzkopf Professional BC Hairtherapy leave in spray coditioner 200ml WNBA This is a stash relic and was a posh conditioner bought from a hairdressers years ago. I doubt they do it any more in any case, but it's no better than anything else. This was a PRCP product and then disappointing when I got round to using it :(

    Marc Jacobs Honey Perfume sample WNB This was nice enough, but I need to use up what I have and there's others I like more for when I can get more.

    ETA forgot one!

    Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion Sample Got this from the Clinique counter a while back :) Not sure if I'd buy, but I wouldn't complain if I got bought this as a present :D Maybe I'll buy the set once I've got through my stash!
  • 166million
    166million Posts: 1,233 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hope you have all had good Easter weekends. I have finally finished couple of items.

    Clearasil ultra scrub nearly empty - in use used up have used this for years but this was a slightly different formula bought off amazon the normal ultra scrub is usually good but this one wasn't - it says it's Blemish+Marks scrub.

    oxy seaweed power fresh skin wash nearly empty - in use used up
    Haven't been impressed by the Oxy seaweed stuff but I have really horrible acne so it's probably not right for my skin. Seems to make me really red

    Have also nearly finished up one of the old body tonic bottles- I used to love this stuff, feels so fresh after a bath or shower, don't know if they still do it? Lovely citrus scent

    Also tried to paint my nails as I do every year or so and then realise it's not for me. Will probably try and ga my one remaining nail polish. Just looks awful and goes all over my fingers then chips off. Don't see the point.
    Will be back in the next few days to read and contribute a bit more
    **Debt Free as of 15:55 on Friday 23rd March 2012**And I am staying that way
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  • suzitiger
    suzitiger Posts: 947 Forumite
    Well HEY!
    I have just found you again :j
    With 11 days left until the wedding I've been working flat out to get as much money as possible and I have NO time it seems for anything at the moment.
    I have still been using up as much as I can and I will be back in May to graduate soon I hope!
    Lots of love, I'll try and lurk as much as I can :D
    Don't turn a slip up into a give up:D
    *NSD Challenge Nov 0/10* *£10 a day challenge Nov £0/£300*
    No buying unnecessary toiletries challenge-in it for the long haul
    :D

  • Hey suzi! Not long now, you must be thrilled!

    I'm swinging by quickly to report one UU, was clearing out my handbag when I found a L'occitane verbena cooling hand gel 10ml with one use in it, so used it up and chucked it quick. According to the stash list I have another 10ml gap somewhere, but WNB, it doesn't really do anything for me and leaves my hands feeling oddly dry yet sticky.
  • mcculloch29
    mcculloch29 Posts: 4,972 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler
    A PP UU Aldi Lacura Anti Ageing Moisturising Lotion, 500ml.

    WIBA? You bet! This one is a Dove anti-ageing looky-likey, in a maroon bottle. It always sells out before the others, and no wonder at £1.29 for 500 ml. The other one is a Nivea dupe, (dark blue) smells like it too. Plus there's one that I haven't worked out yet in a white and pale blue, perhaps it's an original.

    Anyway I still have loads of Avon Care lotion and cream that I bought in a panic when my Avon girl said she was giving up. It was after that I discovered just how good the Aldi was. It was on half price coupon so they'd got in extra stocks at Aldi, normally it's sold out when I need some.

    I have nearly used up another Aldi Lacura 10% hydro urea foot cream and my store still has some left from Feb. So I bought another one for £1.99. At 5ml a day, they are lasting a month, which isn't too bad.
    Erma Bombeck, American writer: "If I had my life to live over again... I would have burned the pink candle, sculptured like a rose, that melted in storage." Don't keep things 'for best' - that day never comes. Use them and enjoy them now.
  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    asset2004 wrote: »
    :) thanks but no thanks, I have gone right off S&G, finding the smell too sickly and hate the smell when it goes off and I think quite a few us on here have too :o

    i was only trying to be helpful and wasnt forcing anyone into it:o

    after i was picked up for the mistake of putting 2 for 3 instead of 3 for 2 i realise maybe i shouldnt have bothered posting it at all.
    Sorry

    ill try and only post correct useful stuff in future:o
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • Happygreen
    Happygreen Posts: 2,949 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i was only trying to be helpful and wasnt forcing anyone into it:o

    after i was picked up for the mistake of putting 2 for 3 instead of 3 for 2 i realise maybe i shouldnt have bothered posting it at all.
    Sorry

    ill try and only post correct useful stuff in future:o

    It's all a matter of taste, isn't it ;). I still like S & G and so do my lovely daughters, suggest away, Mrs -M :D
    First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win - Gandhi
  • girlybags
    girlybags Posts: 505 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I like S&G too. Heads up on 3 for 2's etc always welcome in my book :D
    Never say never
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