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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries December 2015

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  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Benzine, I had a delivery by dpd on Christmas Eve and they were fantastic. Got an email giving me a time slot and a link to track the driver. The parcel arrived well within the time slot too.

    I ended up buying 2 X Real Techbpniques make up sponges from Boots yesterday on Buy one get one half price.

    I cleaned the bathroom too yesterday and have made up a list of PP items and items that will be finished during the course of Jan. Here goes:-

    PP list:-
    Boss Woman EDT - I was using this perfume constantly in the run up to Christmas and want to UU in Jan. I've had this bottle since 2002!
    Philosophy Pure Grace EDT - ditto though I don't know how long I have had this bottle.
    Vichy eye cream - need to make an effort to remember to apply this.
    Soap and Glory Foam Call - am going to use this only until it's gone. Probably have 1/5 left.
    Hawaiian Tropic face cream - it needs to be used.
    Sanctuary Spa souffl! - again, had this too long and it needs to go.
    OPI Bubble Bath mini. Each month I am going to try and UU a nail colour mini.
    Clynol leave in conditioner - again I've had this too long
    Sample sachets - not many of these left but I want rid.
    Lush Cupcake face mask - it's fresh and needs to go soon

    The following items will be empties as I use them in the course of a day in any event:-

    LE C&P
    LE Eyebright
    LE Skin repair moisturiser
    Elemis PCMC
    Vaseline deodorant
    Tresemme shampoo
    Lush Cup of Coffee mask
    Lush Porridge soap
    Lush Defluff
    Laura Geller Spackle

    The only products mentioned above that I will need to repurchase are deodorant, Defluff and Spackle. There is a Laura Geller TSV on 16 Jan and I think I will get it if it contains Spackle and BnB as I am low on both these products.
    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!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
  • I have some lush sale ins to declare as they have now arrived:

    Snow fairy shower gel 500g
    Rose jam shower gel 100g
    Love and light hand cream
    Santas belly shower jelly
    Cinders bath bomb
    So white bath bomb
    Baked Alaska soap
    Golden wonder bath bomb
    Strawberry feels forever massage bar
    Star dust bath bomb
    Respect your elders soap

    I've never smelt rose jam before but it's absolutely divine!
    No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries 2015/2016/2017/2018

    UUs for 2016: 513 In's: 447 UUs for 2017: 207 Ins: 161
    UUs for 2018: In's:
    Self Confessed Lush Addict!
  • asajj
    asajj Posts: 5,125 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Rampant Recycler
    Hi all, hope you had a great Christmas. Lost track of my UUs but I have no INs - thankfully they listened me and not bought me any toiletries.
    I will make another parcel for women refugee soon!

    Catch you later!
    ally.
  • DreamyP
    DreamyP Posts: 95 Forumite
    10 Posts
    I have 2 UUS

    1. N and Easy conditioning gloss x2 sachets. Loved this and the smell doesnt get to me like other conditioners with Dyes.

    2.Dove nutritive solutions oxygen moisture shampoo. WBA however I dont think this is available in the UK.
  • sam.4000
    sam.4000 Posts: 1,396 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 30 December 2015 at 5:48PM
    Hi, hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.

    I got back last night from a cruise round the Canary Islands. Good holiday. Naughty bit is the lush parcels that arrived today.

    UU's
    Amie Martifying face cream sample wnba was not a fan of it.

    Amie cleanser wnba as above

    Loccitane almond oil shower stuff wnba nice enough but I did not feel liked it cleaned me and I did not think it added much moisture to my skin that I still needed a moisturiser.

    Aveno moisturiser samples wnba used as body moisturer, they did the job

    Nivea soft moisturer wnba okay but not really a fan of the scent

    15 sachets of various moisturisers, serums, ampoules, shower gels and others.

    Vaseline moisturiser wmba nice enough and sank in quickly.

    ESPA eye cream sample wmba sank in really well and seemed to do good job.

    INS
    Love and light hand cream
    You nog soap both a present from someone
    A lot of lush products from the sale, far too many to list and still sitting in my lounge, delivery driver said his van smelt lovely. I spent a third less than I did last year. I am a great fan and will not stop buying and will stock up in the sale of I get the chance, I ordered at 4.15 in the morning from the ship, I know it sounds ludicrous but I still love it.
  • I caved in and bought myself lush snow fairy shower gel. I'm not sure if I mentioned/declared that or not. But I'm happy I did as it's become a bit of a ritual.

    My UU's:
    Lush Lord of Misrule bath bomb - wba
    Lush African Paradise body conditioner - wnba
    No buying toiletries challenge
    2015: 1348 UU's & GA's
    2016: 649
  • savingfortomorrow
    savingfortomorrow Posts: 1,058 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    edited 31 December 2015 at 10:50PM
    out mouth wash, out nivea micellar water lip balms and scrub that were gone off. no in. seem to have lost a bottle of double wear from the stash. (found it a few hours later}
    not loving the stash as am losing more products recently and others which have gone off. just need to clear the stash and buy good when i need it.
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    TA : 2 X Essence lip liners. These were too hard in texture.
    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!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
  • 666paw
    666paw Posts: 332 Forumite
    VALM wrote: »
    Sounds lovely. I need to bring my UD eyeliner out of my stash for use. It is purple so different for me.

    I love purple, always have done :)
    Which one do you have?
    MFI3 T3 # 75
  • 666paw
    666paw Posts: 332 Forumite
    Gemzie121, that's some ins. ;)

    Don't blame you or anyone who has ordered stuff. If it's something that you will use and not just store saving money in the process. Is that not what it's about?

    Our motto should be 'Don't buy just to hoard but buy to use'.

    666
    MFI3 T3 # 75
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