No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries November 2015...

asajj

UU-Estee Lauder Night Repair Serum. This was part of a gift set from last Christmas time and it is lovely. It was only travel size though. Currently Bazaar mag has this as freebie but I will give it a pass as I some Clinique ones to use. I'd buy a full size in the future though it is expensive.

Also UU 1 mini shower gel that I brought back from a holiday with me. No idea what I was thinking.

VALM

maddiemay wrote: »

Not VALM:D, but yes the OPI thinner should be fine. Mavala do one too, which I am currently using and it works fine, depending on where you live, might be easier to find than OPI.

I do have the OPI thinner but it's expensive stuff. This bottle has got to have been open a year or so though.

kiplingmonkey

Good evening everyone - thanks for the warm welcome back.

I remember Roesemary54 as well and was wondering how she was. Dolly84 - well remembered about the sock monkeys (not toiletries related) - probably raised about £600 for charity now and was due to have a year off but have been asked to help DD's Guide pack make them to raise some money at the christmas fair. I have been knitting blanket squares for charity this year and was hoping to do some bobble hats for the Innocent smoothie campaign, especially now I have seen the JL ad.

Anyway, back to the toiletries - I have drawn up my pp list for the rest of the month:

• Smashbox i-prime
• Boots No 7 stay perfect eye shadow base
• Bare Minerals prime time primer
• Estee Lauder sumptuous extreme mascara (GWP)
• Decleor aroma cleanse cleanser (50ml)
• Decleor aroma cleanse toner (50ml)
• Decleor 3 in 1 cleansing mousse (15ml) x 2
• Lush bath bombs x2
• Bare Minerals Moxie lip gloss 'big spender'
• Decleor armoessence iris (15ml)
• Decleor experience de l'age moisturiser (30ml)
• Decleor aromessence night balm iris (5ml)
• L'Occitane shea butter milk soap
• Benefit puff off (2.5ml)
• Liz Earle eyebright
• Gatineau floracil
• Molton Brown amber coccoon hand cream

Quite a lot of sample sizes on here but this will hopefully get me off to a good start reducing the hoard. I think having a pp list will help me focus and stop me from dotting about between brands/shades so much.

I am definately going to be in this for the long haul but I am really determined this time to get my stash down. No more Q TSVs/OTOs, magazine freebies or Boots OOTW. I am also going to be more ruthless about throwing things out which don't suit me as they just take up cupboard space and stop me from finding the nice things that do suit me. Hope to report in soon with some progress.

seasideDreamer

UU Bath and Bodyworks sweet pea body lotion love this, was all I had but I'm going to the US in 4 weeks:T:T Want to check out what other smells they have too. Usually just request sweet pea and Japanese cherry blossom.

sam.4000

Evening ladies

TA
13 alpha h balancing cleanser WNBA hate the product and after trying to use the product up for 18 months I am calling it a day. It does not seem to actually do anything, it does not seem to remove make up or actually cleanse my face. Life is too short to keep it, I don't like to throw anything away but this has only one place and it's the bin.

UU's
14 lush golden slumber bath ballistic WNBA I don't think I have ever seen so much glitter in a bath bomb in my life. What is the point in having a lavender/ bedtime bath bomb when you need to spend forever getting all the glitter out of the bath after. I split this into 2 I would dread to imagine how much glitter there would have been if I had used it all in one go.

15 rituals Tao silence hand scrub 200ml WNBA nicely scented but I don't really find hand scrubs very good so ended up using it as a body scrub and adding salt to actually be able to describe it as a scrub. Bought it cheap in a box so no loss.

16 palmers intensive hand cream WNBA I got this last Christmas from my mom who know I like hand creams and buys me several. It was quite good, I am not really a fan of cocoa butter scent which dominates this product but it did do something to my hands but I prefer another.

evilsquid1603

I have some INs, my love lula box came and I got the free elemis with Marie Claire and mascara from instyle.

Balanced out a bit with UU:
Origins mini Gin zing eye cream
Ren mini eye gel

Emilou87

Another 2 UU's for me today in the form of 2 samples

Palmolive Scrub Sample - Had a nice scent however I much prefer the Soap and Glory scrubs as they are scrubbier (not even a word haha) than this one was

Aveeno Body Butter Sample - Ok for what it was really. No scent to this but it was really mosturising.

I also scooped out a mango lip balm that I would not have used as I have too many and added it to some vaseline and sugar to make a lipscrub...Better I suppose than paying over £5 for one.

maddiemay

Good morning all, I have, at last, got around to doing my PP list, a bit optimistic on some items, but will help keep me focussed.

150ml Elemis Tranquil Touch Body Cream
50ml Gatineau Melatogenine Anti aging cream
15ml M&S Age Restore Eye cream
500ml S&G Clean on Me
15ml Clarins Skin Beauty Repair Concentrate SOS treatment
7g Nailtiques Cuticle & Skin Gel
15ml Elizabeth Arden basic toner
200ml LE IBST
300ml Molton Brown bath & shower
200ml Molton Brown body cream

I have quite a few part used travel sizes in my travel bag, unlikely to be going away much if at all, but will leave them until next month as I really would like to see off some of the full sizes.

maddiemay

Waves to Kiplingmonkey, great to see you back again. I too have been wondering about Rosemary54, I hope that she is well.

sam.4000 - It is interesting comparing notes on other's experience with a product, I really like the Alpha-H Balancing Cleanser, but I use it as a second cleanse, so I don't have the problem removing the make up.

VALM - The thinners are expensive, but as you say do last for a long time and it is great to save a favourite polish or topcoat:) At one time Sally Beauty supplies used to do one that was cheaper I think, but if don't live near any branches now. Ages ago I bought a huge bottle of Seche thinners for the Seche Vite, a good buy as the SV does have a tendency to thicken up. The Mavala one was £6 for 10ml and seems very economical to use too.

I have managed to resist all the magazine freebies, but nearly sucumbed to the Q** Decleor TSV, I will attempt to get through all the skin care products in time to buy next year's Christmas TSV:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

asajj

Sold a Body Shop perfume yesterday and added 4 samples to the box as a gesture to the buyer and of course for the thrill of getting rid of something