No Buying Unneccesary Toiletries May 2016

mcculloch29

Food for thought. My HG list ...
Body butter/cream/lotion: Dry oil sprays are my favourite, I don't get Avon delivered any more but I like the Garnier ones I've tried. I also like Garnier body lotions, particularly the gel type ones.
No particular body butter favourite, though I like vanilla and spicy scents.

Shampoo: I like Nioxin for deep cleansing, and Aldi Coconut for everyday use. I like Ever Pure but I've been given so much to trial over the last year that I won't get back to buying it for a long time


Conditioner/treatment: Aldi Coconut conditioner is as good as anything I have ever tried. I have a Toni and Guy leave in conditioner that I am spinning out as I think it's been withdrawn. See remarks re shampoo.

Shower gel/body wash: Original Source apart from the chocolate one although I like Aldi's own and Wilko's own too.

Body scrub: I use body brushing, rather than a scrub with microbeads, as these harm the marine environment.

Deodorant: Definite HG: Mitchum roll on, any type

Hand cream: I like Neutrogena, but not really got a HG.

Foot cream/lotion: Definite HG: Aldi Lacura Hydro Urea.

Lip balm: Quite like Burt's Bees Coconut and Pear, and Carmex Cherry, as it has SPF.

Toothpaste: Any Colgate Total Care or Sensodyne. Thera Med when I can find it.

Mouthwash: Generic chlorhexidine gluconate one, rather than expensive Corsodyl

Soap: Definite HG: Dove, any one.

Bubble bath: Don't use, I only take showers, but I use an Avon intimate wash in my portable bidet for daily hygiene

Moisturiser: Quite like Revitalift, quite like almost any Olay. Must have an SPF for the day. Olay Revitalift for night. Also love L'Oreal's Magic Blur, as it has the same texture as Murad moisturiser. I would have Murad as a HG if I had a £60 moisturiser income.


Eye cream : Aldi's one that is only on Specialbuy usually. Liked the Murad one I had to trial.


Serum – Any with hyaluronic acid, apart from Oz Naturals.

Toner: Don't use, have a L'Oreal one that's lasted ages.

Micellar water: I like the L'Oreal one for mature skin.

Face wash : I don't use scrubs with microbeads (see above) but I love theMurad face wash (white tube with green flash). I shall cry when it is used up (freebie).


Facial wipes – Definite HG: Aldi Lacura pink packet for mature skins

Perfume: Definite HG: CK One and also Lady Millionaire

Hand wash/sanitisers: Anything at all, my hands are very happy with whatever they are washed with. I will have to try and find something without microbeads to clean my hands with when I have been fiddling with my trike's chain and gears.


Cotton wool pads: Aldi's are as good as anything, and their man size tissues are good. Better than Kleenex.

mcculloch29

UU High Born hyaluronic serum that was sent to review.
WIB? Yes, although it isn't cheap, but about the same as the Yves Rocher one I buy regularly for my sister. (c. £26 for 30 ml).
Have a Revitalift serum and a hyaluronic acid one, both sent for review, in the queue next. Both were good when I used them for a week for review.

Gemzie121

Lou85 - they only have stores in the USA but I pick up my b&bw stuff on eBay, there's usually quite a lot on there

fixx

No UUs or Ins, I'm just a bit annoyed today as my skin is playing up and I've only changed one thing - a new moisturiser. I'll do a scrub and a mask over the weekend and see if I can sort it. It might just be a hormonal reaction too. On the plus side, it's my second to last face cream in the stash, woohoo!

Making up for my face, I'm loving my nails today - I've decided to play around with my glitters while I have them out, and have painted my nails with Rimmel Space Dust in Moonwalking, and I can't stop staring at them now - loving the glitter I'll stamp over the top at some point too I think for variety.

Gemzie121 - love the HG list idea, I do actually need to write mine down to remind myself :O It's so interesting to see other people's too.

shandyclover

Gemzie, sorry about the stress, I had a unpleasant scene with a customer the other day when I asked for ID and ended up being shouted at for a good 10 mins in front of a que of people, by the time the customer moved on I was literally shaking and dropping things. As soon as I got home I went straight for a bath with a Lush bath bomb - there is something about some scents that is so soothing.

My HG list so far, my long term goal is to use up what I have then try and stick to this list as well as minimize wherever I can.

Body butter/cream/lotion:
TBS grapefruit body butter, or if it was released again Gok's Gorgeous body butter. I don't buy lotion anymore, I have come to realize they are just not rich enough for my skin.
Shampoo: Garnier Fructis, Swartzkopf Gliss, or Creightons Sunshine blonde tone correcting.
Conditioner/treatment: As above for shampoo. Also use Creighton's hair serum and/or Swartzkopf Gliss shine spray
Shower gel/body wash: I only use shower gel or body wash in the gym, Garnier cucumber in shower lotion, in the shower body wash/moisteriser type thingy, picked up on a whim from pound shop, and I love it, sadly now only seems to be found online!:(
Body scrub: Due to microbeads I don't use body scrubs anymore, have several pairs of scrubby gloves though and they seem to work as well.
Deodorant: No HG here, used to love the Lidl cien roll on one with the gold top, but we have since moved away from Lidl, and every time I have made a special trip to pick it up, I've been unable to find it.
Hand cream: TBS hemp hand cream in winter and Kamille sensitive hand cream the rest of the year.
Foot cream/lotion: I generally just use my body butter or hand cream here, in an attempt to minimize the amount of products I use.
Lip balm: Carmex tube in winter, Blistex moisture melt, Lypsyl cherry blossom, and Palmers chocolate-cherry chapstick the rest of the year. Nivea caramel cream lip butter would be here too, if it had spf in and was in a stick, I get coldsores from the sun so have to wear spf all the time, and I prefer the hygiene of sticks to pots (Yes, I have a bit of an obsession with lip balms/butters and tinted chap sticks!)
Toothpaste: Arm and Hammer whitening sensitive or Pearl Drops
Mouthwash: No HG as yet
Soap: Dove Shea Butter for winter, Dove Cucmber soap in summer, or any of the Italian soaps you can pick up in TKMax
Bubble bath: Don't use.
Moisturiser: Superdrug Naturally Radiant
Eye serum: No HG yet
Toner: Don't use
Micellar water: Use OCM and love it.
Face wash/scrub: No HG face wash, for a scrub I just use a little baking soda with water to avoid microbeads, as well as being cheap this has been the best face scrub I ever used!
Perfume: I buy the oils from Perfume Parlour. HG is Paris, but I keep trying lots!
Hand wash/sanitisers: Handwash no HG, hand sanitizer Carex moisture plus, only one that doesn't dry out my hands.

Gemzie121

Shandyclover - I know which ones you mean, it was the Madame glamour roll on. They did a pink flowers one too. I looked for them last time I was in as they were really good and I believe they are discontinued.

Sadly my resident didn't make it horrible news to go into work to. In fact it's been a horrible day from start to finish.

Eta

4 In's arrived this afternoon:

The bathing garden plum ballet hair and body mist
The bathing garden snow globe sugar scrub
B&bw vanilla Bean Noel hand wash
B&bw sparkling snow pocketbac

Very excited to use as they all smell wonderful. These will be put away for use over the festive season this year.

VALM

lucia22 wrote: »

Thanks Val, I will look into getting the Benefit primer. I will have to save up a bit as I'm trying to save the pennies though.

I have 2 UU to report. I emptied 2 hotel freebie shower gels into my hand wash as I have 30+ shower gels including plenty of minis anyway. I used up one of them before but it was nothing special so I won't miss using them in the shower:

UU
Olivia Shower Gel 60ml (x2)

I'd suggest that you ask an SA to try it on you and if it wears well buy a pot. It's really good value as the pot lasts me a good year.

VALM

Gemzie, sorry to hear about your resident. X

Another UU : L'Occitane Divine oil. Think I'll keep an eye out for discount code to buy some of this although the pot of Vichy cream I am using at the mo is only 8ml so shouldn't last much longer and I can then move onto a richer cream.

Gemzie121

2 UU this morning:

TBS aloe calming toner 60ml- WBA did the job well, I didn't love the smell but it did what it needed to do and was a handy sized bottle for my sleep ins at work. Need to remember to put a replacement in my bag before I go to work tonight. Got more of these in stash.

Soft & gentle watermelon & lotus deodorant spray- WMBA this wasn't a scent I particularly liked but the spray itself did the job well. I'd probably get this again in a different scent. (Think I already have other ones of these in stash). Again I need to remember to replace this tonight as this was from my work bag for sleep ins.

dolly84

My HG list:

Body butter/cream/lotion: Any Philosophy one but they are hard to get, Boots Body Butters or Garnier 7 day Body Lotions.
Shampoo: Not really found one since my hair went curly.
Conditioner/treatment: Macadamia Oil Deep Repair Mask
Shower gel/body wash: Any Philosophy one or Soap & Glory
Body scrub: None
Deodorant: Mitchum Roll on
Hand cream: Crabtree & Evelyn Gardners Hand Cream
Foot cream/lotion: Aqueous Cream
Lip balm: Blistex Intensive Moisturiser, Nuxe Reve de Miel
Toothpaste: Blanx for whitening, Colgate Total
Mouthwash: Corsodyl
Soap: None
Bubble bath: No7 (before they reformulated it), Laura Mercier Almond Coconut Milk, Soap & Glory Calm one Calm all.
Moisturiser: Liz Earle Normal/Combination
Eye Cream: Anything
Toner: Liz Earle IBST
Micellar water: Don't like the stuff much but La Roche Posay one is good.
Face wash/scrub: St Ives Blemish Fighting
Perfume: HG was New West Woman but that has long since been discontinued, current ones are CK Eternity, YSL Paris, Prada Candy and Philosophy Amazing Grace
Hand wash/sanitisers: Don't use sanitiser and no preference on hand wash