No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries December 2015

VALM

rdone wrote: »

How are you getting on with your Chistmsa UU challenge from Valm for those who signed up? My foundation is starting to splutter which I am very excited about! Keeping my fingers crossed it'll be gone by Christmas!

Have UUed one full sized body lotion and am making good progress with a second one. The bottle of OPI Pirouette My Whistle feels like it is everlasting - I do keep topping it up with nail lacquer thinner though.

Repainted my nails last night using OPI Press Star for Silver with Celestial is More on top. My thumb nail has already chipped massively though so will have to touch up tonight. Is anyone else signed up for the opi.com newsletter? They have been sending daily advent deals via email and some have been really good.

I did go to the Trafford Centre on Saturday and had my brows tinted and waxed at the Boots Benefit Brow Bar. MrM was a sweetie and treated me to some Benefit goodies for Christmas. Got the Easiest Nudes Ever kit, Dallas and Dandelion powders. I asked the SA to apply RSVP cream shadow and love it. Very subtle. Hence why I got the Easiest Nudes Ever kit.

MrM also got me a new Chanel lip gloss - 447 the Limited Edition Christmas gift. Very sheer, very glossy, very shimmery - lovely. Can't wait for Christmas to play with these.

Plumpudding

Hello

A few UUs (and some steady ins from my advent calendars, which I'm not bothering listing here)
Bee Good eye cream - WMBA, I like this brand, not too pricey
Dr Hauschka cleanser - Didn't get on with this, or maybe I was applying it wrong, am about to finish the other smaller size I have. WNB
L'Occitane The Vert and Bigarade fragrance - quite liked, was very fresh, this might not be the season for it though
Kneipp relax bath oil tangerine 100ml - WBA I've had a few Kniepp products from beauty boxes and while they are not especially beautifully packaged, they do relax me and they smell great and aren't too costly.

dolly84

VALM wrote: »

Have UUed one full sized body lotion and am making good progress with a second one. The bottle of OPI Pirouette My Whistle feels like it is everlasting - I do keep topping it up with nail lacquer thinner though.

Repainted my nails last night using OPI Press Star for Silver with Celestial is More on top. My thumb nail has already chipped massively though so will have to touch up tonight. Is anyone else signed up for the opi.com newsletter? They have been sending daily advent deals via email and some have been really good.

I did go to the Trafford Centre on Saturday and had my brows tinted and waxed at the Boots Benefit Brow Bar. MrM was a sweetie and treated me to some Benefit goodies for Christmas. Got the Easiest Nudes Ever kit, Dallas and Dandelion powders. I asked the SA to apply RSVP cream shadow and love it. Very subtle. Hence why I got the Easiest Nudes Ever kit.

MrM also got me a new Chanel lip gloss - 447 the Limited Edition Christmas gift. Very sheer, very glossy, very shimmery - lovely. Can't wait for Christmas to play with these.

I have the Easiest Nudes kit and one other I think it may be Glamorous nudes (the one that didn't have the sparkly silver in which I think was sexiest nudes), I love RSVP but my favourite cream shadow is Birthday Suit.

dolly84

It has taken a lot of willpower for me to resist the Body Shop 40% off and free body butter but I have so far and also the 7 piece nails inc set on QVC was a close call but I've had 11 coloured polishes in this month and two top coats, plus I hate paying their exorbitant postage prices.

momobingu

GA's:
2x John frieda shampoo & conditioner

UU's:
Eye patch 1x
Lush retread sample

Gemzie121

Bit slow for UU currently but one to report tonight:

Beauticology sweet gingerbread body butter 50ml- Wmba but only because it smells so nice. I was so disappointed to find this wasn't that moisturising and it takes literally forever to sink in, you have to rub it in for ages and ages. Such a shame as I love the scent. I have another in stash but not sure if I'll buy any more. Might try the body shop ginger one at some point hen I've reduced my stash of body butters, body shop ones tend to be really moisturising, just hope I like the scent of body shop as much as this.

Dolly84 - I'm trying hard to resist body shop too. Im a bit skint any way (thankyou Christmas and pony haha) and have a big stash so don't need anything. The only things I wanted were the plum hand cream (which is out of stock), the plum shimmer spray (not on the website) and the Apple and cranberry eau de toilette which appear to have been discontinued (which is a shame as I love them both so much!!!) now trying to ration the apple and cranberry edts I have as looks like I won't be able to replace them I was hoping to get the Apple body mist too. Don't need them really, but I do love the scents and with 40% off and a free butter it would have been a nice saving. Never mind. Trying to tell myself I don't need another butter anyway, Shea is one of my favourites though. Do already have a 200ml Shea so I don't need another do I?! I'm one of those people that if I love the scent of something I feel the need to buy lots of replacements so it never runs out /just in case I can no longer buy it. I got burned once when my favourite next perfume got discontinued anyway won't be doing the body shop offer this time. I'll be good :A

VALM

dolly84 wrote: »

I have the Easiest Nudes kit and one other I think it may be Glamorous nudes (the one that didn't have the sparkly silver in which I think was sexiest nudes), I love RSVP but my favourite cream shadow is Birthday Suit.

I did like that sparkly silver colour too but have colours like that in my Smashbox Full Exposure palette.

VALM

dolly84 wrote: »

It has taken a lot of willpower for me to resist the Body Shop 40% off and free body butter but I have so far and also the 7 piece nails inc set on QVC was a close call but I've had 11 coloured polishes in this month and two top coats, plus I hate paying their exorbitant postage prices.

I think my shopping days with TBS are over. Emma used to really like their tea tree cleanser and seaweed moisturiser but has switched to LE for both cleaner and moisturiser now. I do love their body butters but don't mind using other brands.

My Avon order arrived yesterday. I thought I had ordered a set of three hand creams but when I opened the box I have a hand cream, body lotion and body scrub. Plus I ordered a body butter from them so definitely will not be tempted by TBS.

VALM

I have a UU to report at last!

L'Occitane almond body scrub. This is a very lovely product. Has a paste like consistency, smells gorgeous and left my skin feeling so very very soft. However it's a hefty price (probably due to the glass jar it was contained in) and I have other Dave scrubs that work just as well for a fraction of the price. Maybe when I need another scrub I'll consider treating myself to this. I remember that I bought this one when I had visited L'Occitane to collect a free gift as there was a generous money off voucher in with the free gift. Would buy this again if there was a substantial saving to be made again.

Hermia

VALM wrote: »

I think my shopping days with TBS are over. Emma used to really like their tea tree cleanser and seaweed moisturiser but has switched to LE for both cleaner and moisturiser now. I do love their body butters but don't mind using other brands.

I haven't bought anything from TBS for ages. I just find their products so expensive and they don't work any better than many other cheaper brands. I used to shop with them as a teen because of their ethical/natural/animal rights reputation, but nowadays there are so many companies who do that stuff better than them.