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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries September 2015
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Three INs today from a freebie giveaway last month:
Clinique Liquid Facial Soap Mild 30ml
Clinique Clarifying Lotion 2 30ml
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion+ 15ml0 -
BirdNerdSophie wrote: »Three INs today from a freebie giveaway last month:
Clinique Liquid Facial Soap Mild 30ml
Clinique Clarifying Lotion 2 30ml
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion+ 15ml
Ditto - lovely freebie but not so great for my numbers! INs 1-3/79-81.MFW 2017 #123 2018: £1,852.64/£39,200 (4.7%)0 -
1 UU and 1 TA today.
John Freida Blonde conditioner.WNBA, very nice scent and really left my hair quite soft though I am a bigger fan of skipping the conditioner and just using a hair mask instead. Nice but not HG status
Also Threw away a sample of Max factor foundation that i got free in a magazine...got halfway through doing one side of my face and couldn't stand the scent and texture of it any longer! very glad I got the sample so that I will NEVER make the mistake of buying this in storeJuly 2015 - £997 in Debt.
No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries challenge, started June 2015 UU x 18, TA x 6, IN x 26.
July 2015 - No more paying full price!!0 -
(There are too many nice beauty things to buy in Cornwall!)
INS
Tomato soap - it sounds awful, but it's really, really lovely. I might keep it as a hand soap though, not sure I want to smell like a tomato ....
St Eval Candle 'Embers' - it smells like a real log fire .... will be great for winter.0 -
Some UU's, yay!
- TBS Vitamin C Skin reviver. WNBA. Was ok, but nothing special. Think it was pretty old though!
- Clinique custom-repair serum 10ml. WMBA. Really liked this. Will try out a few others I have in the cupboard, but it's on the potential list.
- Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Mascara mini. WMBA. Really nice - but I don't tend to buy mascara, I prefer the minis, so much easier to handle than full size ones, and I'd never finish a full size one before it dries up!
- Clinique repairwear laser focus foundation sample. WDBA! Loved this - my new HG foundation! This is the reason I try foundation samplesQuite thick consistency, but light on the skin, great coverage, long lasting. I'm back using the foundation I have, but I'm buying this next time there is a good bonus offer on at Clinique.
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GA's:
No 7 teal nail polish
Paul & Joe nail polish
Lush shower gel sample
Penhaligons perfume sample
UU's:
Dior nude foundation - I was very pleased with this and sad it's all done but wbaNo buying toiletries challenge
2015: 1348 UU's & GA's
2016: 6490 -
Forgot to declare some ins from my Greek hols:
2 x Olive oil soaps
2 x nail polish removers
UUs:
Nivea Intensive Moisturiser : WNBA, really thin and watery and it felt like I was spreading plastic over my skin.
Nivea Stress Protector anti-perspirant: Not really sure if this works as claimed. Have others in the stash to uu so will test it for longer.
Next PP is to use up the mini products from previous beauty boxes before purchasing any new products.0 -
UU'ed several samples and INs of several samples too :eek:ally.0
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Just as I said I hadn't been offered any more freebies, I was...
Sunscreen, typical Am@zon to offer it in mid September.
and a Burts' Bees Nuts about Nature Gift Set.
I'd forgotten that I'd really disliked the foot cream out of this. The hand cream makes a good foot cream, bit heavy as a hand cream. The lip balm is great, so that was something!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.0 -
Hi ladies. It had all gone quiet on the UU front and then like buses five come along at once:-
Elemis Lime Blossom Balancing Cleanser. I had decanted this into a 15ml pot and now that has gone too. I do have a new full sized to open but am going to save it until I get back from my hols now. Will use C&P now all the time until I get back.
30ml LE IBST. Have decanted some of a 50ml travel size into this spritzer bottle and will get a bigger spritzer bottle to decant all my travel sizes into for my hols. Will have a full sized to use after those are all gone.
Sure deodorant. Have a Vaseline one to replace this with.
Sephora By OPI "I'm With Brad" 15ml bottle. Tried to use this last night and hardly any product was coming out. Do have a full sized OPI Royal Rajah Ruby which is same colour that I am wearing today.
Smashbox eversharp eyeliner. The tip broke off this this morning. WNBA as I just don't think they are good value. Don't get much product in them. Am thinking of trying kohl eyeliners again as I have not tried these for years and they all seem to have become a lot softer.Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!
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