No More Buying Unnecessary Toiletries Until...August 2015

VALM

Sundaysgirl wrote: »

Well done on unsubscribing indiepanda, I love the idea of beauty boxes but have never ordered one as I know it would be a terrible path for me to go down!! Maybe one day once my stash is more under control...

dolly I love the HT after sun body butter, it is holiday personified for me :-) I have one stashed, along with some others, and think it is my HG.

Slow going this month as I'm mainly using new-ish full sizes but I have a UU:

8/121. Sanctuary body butter 100ml - love this and WDBA, absorbs well and smells divine. I have replaced with the final one left from the original haul of trios purchased last Spring - I bought 39 :eek: so can't believe this day has finally arrived, but I have loved using them and not sickened at all - that must surely be a HG item!!

39. Did you think there was going to be a War? 😄 congrats on using them all though. I admire your tenacity.

VALM

dolly84 wrote: »

VALM - I freeze the dish from one of my tart warmers, it is a fluted thing and I have to leave it ages to get the wax out. I have another all in one tart warmer though (like an oil burner) it is glass and a sort of crackle glaze and I'm worried about putting it in the freezer.

I have taken the kids out today to a lovely little town we visit quite regularly, there is a Yorkshire Soap Co there and lots of other shops selling lovely soaps etc, I resisted them all.

I put a glass burner in the freezer. Obviously let it get back to room temperature before burning it again.

Love the Yorkshire soap co. In York especially near Christmas time.

VALM

Another UU. Just like buses - another PP item :-

Champneys hand cream WDBA. Got this as a gift. Gorgeous texture and fragrance. A contender for HGS. Will see how I feel when my tube of L'Occitane lavender hand cream has gone.

indiepanda

Sundaysgirl wrote: »

Well done on unsubscribing indiepanda, I love the idea of beauty boxes but have never ordered one as I know it would be a terrible path for me to go down!! Maybe one day once my stash is more under control...

dolly I love the HT after sun body butter, it is holiday personified for me :-) I have one stashed, along with some others, and think it is my HG.

Slow going this month as I'm mainly using new-ish full sizes but I have a UU:

8/121. Sanctuary body butter 100ml - love this and WDBA, absorbs well and smells divine. I have replaced with the final one left from the original haul of trios purchased last Spring - I bought 39 :eek: so can't believe this day has finally arrived, but I have loved using them and not sickened at all - that must surely be a HG item!!

The beauty boxes are a nice idea but invariably you don't always like or use everything you get, so you need to have someone to pass the items that you aren't going to enjoy onto. I really shouldn't have gone there with the size of stash that I had. I think I'd got bored of looking at some of it - there's some brands in there I really wouldn't buy now - but if I am not going to TA then I need to just use.

39 body butters and you've UU in a year and a bit - that's impressive - your skin must be super soft! I don't always get round to putting any lotion on in the morning - always do my face, but if I am tight for time the body gets skipped.

I have one more UU - Korres Jamine shower gel. I don't think they even make this scent anymore. It was nice enough but I WNBA even if I could.

I have a dreadful habit of wanting to get shower gel / body lotion that will complement my perfume, and I wear lots of different perfumes so hence lots of different coordinating toiletries. This one had been bought to go with a Jo Malone perfume that I UU ages ago and has also been discontinued.

I need to curb this, though I can't quite picture me ever having just one unscented body lotion and shower gel on the go - I like nice smelling things too much. Cut back anyway - have the unscented to use when wearing some of my more unusual perfumes.

dolly84

I had another uu today which I had forgotten

Percy & Reed Finishing Polish 100ml - this was a Glamour freebie ages and ages ago, it is very good but was a LHJ. I have another in the stash but for now am moving onto a mini Charles Worthington Frizz cream type thing.

evilsquid1603

Out
Laura Mercier primer - still can't decide if i like this or even if it actually does anything! on to another tube of this now.
Liz Earle travel size C&P - HG
Elemis travel size toner - WMBA if it was part of a set. this is like the LE one, nice but when it runs out I'm not rushing to buy another as the Avene water spray at £6 a can does the same job!
Urban decay eyeliner in baked- these really are good quality but this colour was never going to be used as eyeliner! i bought a set yonks ago with 15 eyeliners in in the sale in a rainbow of colours on the premise of "its £1.50 a pencil!". i gave away the ones i clearly won't touch like blue and i'm re purposing the browns, bronzes, greys etc as eyeshadow sticks. they are all ridiculously long wearing and are lasting me a whole day at work without budging one bit so i am very impressed with them!
Mac eyeshadow - these don't happen that often so :beer::j:T this was a lovely bronze colour that layered very well with the urban decay pencil.

Ins
i made the error of calculating how much of a saving the mac eye set was. it worked out at essentially a 3 for 2 on 3 HG items so ins of mascara, gel eyeliner and pencil liner.

Also Ins of the Espa summer beauty book. this has deluxe sizes of the pink hair and scalp mud, moisturiser and the serum which (and i never thought i'd say this!) i think is a much nicer facial oil than the LE superskin and it smells divine!

also picked up an urban decay eyeshadow that i was eyeing up in sephora with my debenhams points from the credit card so it cost me £3.

indiepanda

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

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Urban decay eyeliner in baked- these really are good quality but this colour was never going to be used as eyeliner! i bought a set yonks ago with 15 eyeliners in in the sale in a rainbow of colours on the premise of "its £1.50 a pencil!". i gave away the ones i clearly won't touch like blue and i'm re purposing the browns, bronzes, greys etc as eyeshadow sticks. they are all ridiculously long wearing and are lasting me a whole day at work without budging one bit so i am very impressed with them!

I think I had the same set, although mine wasn't in the sale. I am the odd one that likes the coloured ones though - never wear black eyeliner, mainly shades of brown and bronze, but rather fond of greens and turquoise / teal blues. They are fab quality as you say - really long lasting and glide on really well.

I have an in to confess to - bought a mini bottle of OPI in "My Gecko does tricks" - it's a really bright shimmery green - not something for every day but fun for a change.

momobingu

UU:
Nars Foundation
Lush Comforter bubble bar

evilsquid1603

indiepanda wrote: »

I think I had the same set, although mine wasn't in the sale. I am the odd one that likes the coloured ones though - never wear black eyeliner, mainly shades of brown and bronze, but rather fond of greens and turquoise / teal blues. They are fab quality as you say - really long lasting and glide on really well.

it was a good set and I've still got the sharper that came with it too!

I'm the complete opposite, i can't leave the house without black eyeliner on and i have a stupid amount of them in all shades of black and all different types of formulas! if anyone ever needs a good black eyeliner recommendation, I'm your girl! :rotfl:

indiepanda

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

it was a good set and I've still got the sharper that came with it too!

I'm the complete opposite, i can't leave the house without black eyeliner on and i have a stupid amount of them in all shades of black and all different types of formulas! if anyone ever needs a good black eyeliner recommendation, I'm your girl! :rotfl:

It wouldn't even have occurred to me there were multiple shades of black.* I wish it suited me - anytime I get an eyeliner included in a gift with purchase or in a beauty box it's always black. However, only warm colours work on my skintone so I can't use them.

* However, I heard there are lots of shades of grey... was it something like 50?