No buying unnecessary toiletries July 2014

pixtotts

kadison - isn't it just! I couldn't believe it!
Awww bless you only just missed his message last night then. Never been to Boston hope he has a fab time! How longs he gone for?


Does anyone in here dye their hair funky colours?
I'm brunette, henna'd brunette (but lush henna so apparently it's not so bad) but I kind of want to bleach the ends and dye them green... or maybe the whole lot... not sure how brave I am... anybody have any tips?
This is why my hair was so unhappy lol
x

kadison

pixtotts wrote: »

kadison - isn't it just! I couldn't believe it!
Awww bless you only just missed his message last night then. Never been to Boston hope he has a fab time! How longs he gone for?


Does anyone in here dye their hair funky colours?
I'm brunette, henna'd brunette (but lush henna so apparently it's not so bad) but I kind of want to bleach the ends and dye them green... or maybe the whole lot... not sure how brave I am... anybody have any tips?
This is why my hair was so unhappy lol
x

Yes, he's just sent me a message with an attachment so it's probably the photo of his room and the view he said he was going to send....

I don't have any tips on green I'm afraid, my hair is black naturally so I dye it a natural black or purple as it fades to dark brown and dark red respectively which still looks fine.

Babafette

It seems to have been quiet on here today.

I'm happy to report that OH kindly took me to Tesco earlier and I managed to get both Clinique chubby stick freebies with Glamour magazine.

kadison

Two footie games on today might explain it, there's one going on now, about an hour in so far....

maddiemay

No football here, been watching TDFrance and enjoying seeing the wonderful Yorkshire scenery (have spent lots of holidays there) and this evening watching [STRIKE]lusting after[/STRIKE] Inspector Montalbano;)

Have resisted all the magazine freebies so far, but might be tempted if I came across the chubby sticks.

emsjune78

Went and got the other chubby stick before... Good job I don't count make up in my stash! Got the last one too so obviously fate! they had everything yesterday but only the moisturisers left now. Having a rotten wk/wknd so a £2 treat is very easily justified, it could be a whole lot more expensive than that.

dolly84

maddiemay wrote: »

No football here, been watching TDFrance and enjoying seeing the wonderful Yorkshire scenery (have spent lots of holidays there) and this evening watching [STRIKE]lusting after[/STRIKE] Inspector Montalbano;)

Have resisted all the magazine freebies so far, but might be tempted if I came across the chubby sticks.

I've been watching the TDF today too, it is great watching them go through places we are so familiar with. We are going to see it today - can't wait, they are coming through a town just a few miles away.

maddiemay

dolly84 wrote: »

I've been watching the TDF today too, it is great watching them go through places we are so familiar with. We are going to see it today - can't wait, they are coming through a town just a few miles away.

I hope that you have a great time, it is a great thing to be able to be part of the build up, the publicity vehicles, freebies for the children, all the support cars, police motor cycles etc, noisy and exciting:D. A cycle road race on a flat stage is a bit of an anticlimax, sort of there they were gone, much better on a climb, do I remember you are going to try and see it on Holme Moss?

Have a great time. My OH is a lifelong cyclist, he had intended staying with family in Sheffield, but decided not too in the end.

FizzWhizz

pixtotts wrote: »

kadison - isn't it just! I couldn't believe it!
Awww bless you only just missed his message last night then. Never been to Boston hope he has a fab time! How longs he gone for?


Does anyone in here dye their hair funky colours?
I'm brunette, henna'd brunette (but lush henna so apparently it's not so bad) but I kind of want to bleach the ends and dye them green... or maybe the whole lot... not sure how brave I am... anybody have any tips?
This is why my hair was so unhappy lol
x

Sorry if this isn't what you want to hear but as far as I know, you can't bleach henna from your hair, it chemically bonds to your hair and can't be removed, you have to grow it out There is an excellent forum here where you will find a tonne of info on bleaching, dyeing and maintaining bright hair. If you do decide to try bleaching, I'd suggest cutting a small section from the underside of your hair, or save your "plug hole" hair for a few days, that way you can check the bleach's efficacy without frying your hair. HTH xx

We went to Godiva Festival in Coventry yesterday, it was an excellent day out and best of all, I saw my favourite band -- We Are Scientists -- for FREE They were on stage after Scroobius Pip and Dan Le Sac so most of the crowd moved away and we got right to the front I might be 36 in a couple of weeks but I can still "fan girl" with the best of them. Got a horrible migraine in the train home but it was totally worth it :cool:

Popped into MAC in Birmingham as we were walking between Moor St and New St as I wanted some MSF but the queue was horrendous so I left without buying :A

honey72

Hi everyone,

Not sure if anyone really recognises me as I hardly ever post on this thread.......this is mainly because I am so bad at sticking to the no buying toiletry thing and so am too ashamed to claim my IN's lol!

Anyway, I do read this thread everyday and feel as if I kind of know you all which sounds daft really, but true all the same. Just wanted some comfort after the weekend of hell that I've just had so I hope you don't mind me gate crashing for a bit .......with a non toiletry story too lol!

On Friday at 11.00am I had a phone call from school telling me to come in straight away as my thirteen year old son had suddenly gone blind!!! As you can imagine I panicked and drove like a lunatic to be with him. He was sitting with a teacher in the school office and when he heard me he started crying. I comforted him and said that everything would be ok and took him to the GP. He examined him straight away and told me I had to go straight to eye casualty hospital an hours drive away. We went home briefly to get some things and so that he could change his clothes because he was still in his PE kit. Sorry forgot to mention that he had been playing football when it happened but he didn't have any injuries whilst playing and no tackles at all so a complete mystery as why he should suffer complete visual loss in both eyes for no reason! He says he was walking back to the changing room with his friend when everything just went black. Anyway off we went in the worst driving conditions possible and eventually managed to find one parking space in the hospital carpark.

After seeing an eye doctor he said that he should have an MRI scan but to try not to worry because his pupils were reacting to light. By now it was 1.00pm and so his eyesight had gone for 2 hours so far. I remained very strong throughout for his sake when inside I was a quivering mess making deals with god about how he could take everything I own so that my son could have his eyesight back. Anyway to cut a long horrible story short about 4.00pm I left him to rest and told him to try to get some sleep whilst I just nip to the hospital shop down the corridor to get him some treats. When I came back he had slept for 5 minutes or so and when he woke he had recovered slight vision! He could see black and white shapes and outlines of things. OMG the relief of hearing this news was overwhelming and thankfully within an hour he could see again. Due to many doctors contradicting each other we didn't get the scan that day! We spent the night in hospital and yesterday he eventually had a CT scan which showed everything was ok. He also had blood tests done (only because I insisted). We were allowed home last night and I'm so pleased to say that he is in perfect health and playing his games online with his friends as I type :j

We have to be back in hospital by 9.00am tomorrow for more visual tests and will get the blood test results then too.

I'm sorry for the long post......be thankful.... it could have been much longer lol! I don't normally post anything personal about my life but just felt the need to get it off my chest. I hope you don't mind after all this has nothing to do with toiletries. Friday was the WORST day of my life so far and my husband and I have never felt so stressed and worried. I keep on asking my son if he's ok and can he still see properly as I'm petrified it will go again

This just goes to show that there are no guarantees in life. I'm just so grateful that his sight came back! He has had to wear glasses full times since the age of 3 and has a very strong prescription bless him.

Right off now to give him ANOTHER big hug