No Buying Unneccesary Toiletries April 2016

VALM

Ladies, I set out below my updaed PP List and Finish 7 by Summer. Have decided that, following the Kon Marie approach, there are products that are no longer bringing me joy and I want to be rid of them, namely the Clynol leave in conditioner and the Elemis Evening Blooms oil. The hair product, if I'm totally honest, has never done anything beneficial for my hair! It just keeps looking reproachfully at me from the bathroom count so it's going. I have flushed the Elemis oil down the toilet as a) MrM finds the smell really disagreeable and b) it has destroyed my cuticles. They are really harsh, ragged and sore. Any recommendations for a remedy, ladies?

[STRIKE]Clynol leave in conditioner.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Vichy eye cream [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Elemis Lime Blossom Balancing Cleanser [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Elemis PCMC [/STRIKE]
Liz Earle Skin Relief Light - please let this end soon!! I won't throw this away as it is effective but not as effective as the Normal/Combo one.
[STRIKE] Liz Earle Exfoliator [/STRIKE]
L'Occitane Bon Mere rose soap.
LIZ Earle Orange Blossom body lotion. Have not used this as much recently and need to switch back to it. Have been enjoying the Jack Wills Hope Cove body butter instead.
Hand cream and hand sanitisers. I am using a really strange hand cream at home. It is from Boots. The range is called Florence Anne. It applies lovely but then dries and makes my hands feel like they have a "dusty" cast on them. Very weird.

My 7 for Summer items are :-

[STRIKE] LG eyeliner [/STRIKE]
Benefit Boing - only have a rim of product around the outside now.
Benefit Lemon Aid - hit pan but not as much as Boing.
Laura Geller Bronze n Brighten - still going strong. Have more patches of pan though.
Smashbox It Girl lipgloss - UU! - still need to pull another one out of stash to replace this.
Sephora by OPI mini Dear Diary - as mentioned am using this as base coat to UU.
[STRIKE] Elemis Evening Blooms oil[/STRIKE]

Am going to repaint my nails tonight and am going to wear OPI Amore at the Grand Canal again.

Emma regifted to me a Royal Jelly gift set she was given for Christmas. Not sure that I want it. May ebay it.

I spent what seemed like ages yesterday cataloguing a load of CDs and DVDs found in Emma's room via Music Magpie. Have only made £5.00 which seems so little for so much work!!

VALM

VALM wrote: »

I opened one yesterday : Lancier The Methid Polish. It felt nice actually. After I've UUed that I have a small tube of Elemis Gentle Rose Exfoliator to UU then can buy Cup o Coffee.

This should have read "Lancer The Method Polish". After posting I had a look for it online and for a full size it is £60! Will not be repurchasing.

VALM

dolly84 wrote: »

I also have some ins

Bobbi Brown Stick Foundation in Ivory
Bobbi Brown Long Wear Cream Shadow Stick in Golden Pink
S&G 3D Gloss Stick in Pinkfetti
S&G 3D Gloss Stick in Pink a boo
The Balm Mary Loumanizer
The Balm Down Boy Blush
The Balm Hawaii Palette
Free makeup case
Prada Candy Kiss 50ml
Prada Candy Kiss Hair Mist 20ml

The Balm products were on 3 for 2 with a free makeup case which has gone to DD, I wanted to get the Bobbi Brown pale pink blush but The Balm one is very similar and a bit cheaper.

I commented to Emma that it was a shame that the Superdrug local to work does not sell The Balm but am thinking now that this would have been a killer. Emma owns The Mary Loumanizer. I can't remember which forum member has a thing for highlighters but Emma has this thing also! She went out with friends on Friday night and was showing me photos on Saturday of herself and the wonderful highlighter she was wearing that she borrowed from her friend's sister. The highlighter came in the Smashbox Shape Matters palette that was released last year and it limited edition however she then told me that she had already applied Mary Loumanizer, Becca Moonstone and a Mac one before applying the Smashbox highlighter! Yes, it looked glowy and bright but so would anyone with four different ones applied! The Mary Loumanizer on its own though is beautiful. Haven't seen Down Boy Blush but do have a small sample size of Frat Boy which is nice.

I thought the free make up case was quite nice.

abbe89

VALM wrote: »

I have flushed the Elemis oil down the toilet as a) MrM finds the smell really disagreeable and b) it has destroyed my cuticles. They are really harsh, ragged and sore. Any recommendations for a remedy, ladies?

I have a little bottle of almond and rose oil that I got a while ago from a nail salon which I really love. I also have a body shop rose oil roll-on nail oil which I have on my desk at work - that's really lovely too.
If you have any coconut oil, I think that would be good as well! A friend of mine swears by it for all sorts of beauty needs!

dolly84

VALM - if you have any Liz Earle Superbalm in the stash I find that very effective on cuticles as is Burts Bees Lemon Cuticle Butter.

The Down Boy blush is a blue toned pink which may not suit your colouring so much, I looked at the Frat Boy blush but felt it was a bit warm toned for me.

I have some uu's

Ren Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask 15ml - I like this but it is expensive (I have bought a full size in the past) and doesn't seem to go as far as clay masks so WNBA, I do have another tube this size in the stash.

Boots Extracts Almond Body Butter 50ml - WBA, this is really lovely.

Avon Youth Maximising Serum 10ml - this was a GWP and I only used it because I had it, it was very strongly perfumed (unnecessary really). This is the last day time serum that I have in the stash and I am going to see how I get on without one, I used to manage perfectly well before they existed so should be OK.

Aromatherapy Associates Hydrating Rose Face Mask 50ml - this lasts forever, it is a gel which I don't find particularly hydrating so WNB.

I also TA

Amie Spring Clean Cooling Clay Mask 50ml - this sets like cement and removing it is too harsh on the skin.

I also GA

Model Co Blue Eyeliner to DD
Avon Vivid Supershock Liquid Eyeshadow to DD
Himalayan Herbals Clay Mask 50ml to DH to use as an exfoliating face wash as this sets on the skin and is too hard to remove.

mrs-moneypenny

Gave DD1 a bottle of curl relaxer hair serum Dh got me for Christmas. I'm a bit lazy and tend to wash and go and let my hair dry naturally without bothering to blow dry so it would have been wasted on me especially as it wasn't cheap. I know dd uses it as it was her who recommended Dh got me it as a treat.

pirateyqueen

1 UU – Imperial Leather marshmallow shower gel - WBA, smelt nice and was cheap, but I have a few shower gels in the stash.

lucia22

UU

Boots Extracts Festive Spiced Apple Body Butter 50ml - WDBA. This was lovely and did the job well - skin felt softer than it has done using previous body butters. I liked the scent too.

Will hopefully use up some more things in the shower tomorrow.

Also a few INs

Sanctuary Spa 5 Minute Thermal Face Mask 100ml - only £3! (old packaging) in The Factory Shop so had to buy it
Loreal Body Lotion 250ml - bought to add to stash since it was only £1
Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer - bought to replace the current which is almost used up. Won't start until I've hit pan on that.

savingfortomorrow

Used up Clinique eye cream. I fear it is discontinued. Have a guerlain in to finish so no replacement on the horizon.

Finished trilogy rosehip and antioxidant. It was fine, not stunning but fine. I have the divine oil by claudlie to use. I want to se what is out there.

I_Love_comps

A UU for me =

Hemp Hand Protector from the body shop. - WBA- This hand cream is very good for my dry hands. I always buy this when on offer in the body shop and also use my body shop card to gain more discount. I have other hands creams in stock so will use those first before buying again.

UU's now = 7 Ins = 6