No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries October 2015

amfowler

Plumppudding I use a whole one when I use them, however I don't have time to take baths often so I enjoy them when I do. I usually get the cheapest ones though. I have heard from a lady who crushes hers up then uses a scoop to use them.

getting-there-slowly

I'm in again - I must do better this month and sort out a pp list.
No ins last month but not many outs either - and it's coming to the time of year where people by me smellies because they don't know what else to buy and don't like giving me vouchers

rdone

Welcome amflower!

I feel the same WeAreGhosts, it seemed like a long month as I had nothing to report, I'm hoping this month will be better!

I received my boots Christmas vouchers on Wednesday so me and the OH went to our local out of town one last night and I was hugely disappointed. Not sure if it's just too early or the range is just so very small this year?! We did get 3 packets (3 for 2) of Yankie candles. It was the pack with 6 of the mini's in each for £10.99, one for his sister (he has her in "secret" Santa), one for my mum and the free one for me! Also got a cute little outfit for our niece which was half price. And then used about a billion vouchers. I don't tend to spend much there so wanted to use as many vouchers as possible to get use out of them!

The lovely lady who served me told me they will have 4 big event days before Christmas with the first being on the 29th October and it starts at 12.

indiepanda

Some INs to declare

I also got tempted by Marie Claire because of the L'Occitane handcream - think I got the Rose.

I also bought In Style which I don't generally buy, purely because it also has good freebies on the front - REN set including 10ml V-Cense night cream, 10ml Vita Mineral Day Cream and 3ml Vita Mineral eye gel. 50ml of the night cream is £32 so the 10ml tube of that is worth £6.40 alone which is more than the magazine costs.

I've got another small tube of the V-Cense on the go from a trip away earlier this year. I am not sure it is a HG product, but it's plenty nice enough to make it good to use while on my travels. I tend to get away once a month on average, and that's going to increase with my new job.

BlueEyedGirl

Didn't get tempted by Elle for the free nail polish... YET!

fixx

Plumpudding wrote: »

I have a qu for the ladies who love Lush. Do you use a whole bath bomb per bath? It seems a really expensive way of having a bath to me. But also seems a shame to break them up. I've got one to use, and it feels too luxurious to chuck the whole thing in!

Bath bombs - yes, I would usually use a whole one, unless it had already broken up in a storage box or something. I've sometimes got selections of smaller ones in gift sets, which have been good.

I'm the same as amfowler though - I don't often take baths, so I'm happy to use a whole one and soak for ages

If I'm buying though, I normally go for the bubble bars instead, and I'd only use 1/4 or 1/3 of those per bath - they're very easy to break up.

asajj

I'm so tempted to buy Gucci Bamboo

VALM

BlueEyedGirl wrote: »

Thanks Dolly for the new thread :wave: I finally started sorting through my stash again yesterday and checking my list off, will post a new one later. I cannot believe we are in October already!

For those hand cream lovers, the new edition of Marie Claire is out today and it comes with one of four L'occitane travel hand creams!

Thanks for this. Will look out for this mag when I'm back unless I come across it over here. Like ve to buy multiples of these to give to friends at work for Christmas plus I only now have a very small hand cream stash at home. Am using the L'Occitane lavender hand cream here as it is so soothing.

VALM

dolly84 wrote: »

Welcome amfowler.

I repainted my nails last night with Essie China Doll - a very pretty pink. I did my toes the other day with Liz Earle Signature Blue, I don't like it so much on fingers but it looks fab on my toes, if anyone has it and isn't keen it is worth a try.

I think I ended September with 24 uu's and no ins which I am super pleased about, if I can carry on like that till Christmas then I should notice a difference in the amount of space all this stuff is taking up.

I had my nails painted with Shellac gel last week and am still impressed by it. Am getting some re growth but they don't look bad still.

I gave the LE colour away to a friend for her 9 year old cos I just couldn't carry it off.

VALM

Plumpudding wrote: »

Well, October is merely hours old and I've already got 6 ins to declare... I happened to see a nice Klorane wash bag in the BHF shop this afternoon with make up remover, shower gel and lovely gentle shampoo, and then when I looked a bit closer it had three caudalie sachets in it too, so I thought I better get it, given that I never see anything worth having toiletry-wise in the 2nd hand shops.

But I do have a UU Montagne Jeunesse peel off face mask. I love the peel off side of this (for me, this will always be what a face mask really is) but not convinced that it's right for my skin at this stage. I have another in the bag of sachets.

I have a qu for the ladies who love Lush. Do you use a whole bath bomb per bath? It seems a really expensive way of having a bath to me. But also seems a shame to break them up. I've got one to use, and it feels too luxurious to chuck the whole thing in!

I like the bubble bars purely because they are easier to break up.