A depressing realisation

~evanesco~

Mine's hair products. Gum, gel, wax, gunk, jelly, spray, spray wax, slime goop and ooddles of other stuff. Never really thought about it until now. I'm on a mission to use it all up. Nice one, I can't believe I'd missed this, I usually just buy one when I see one down a shopping aisle, not thinking about if I need another or not!! Think I'll do the same with our shampoo etc, there's a boxfull of half finished stuuf, and I'm sure I've got some expensive shampoo and conditioner that I haven't even opened that I bought when I was blond, I can't use it now as my hair is black and it'll strip the colour.

Alexnikov

Chaddee wrote: »

I had a similar moment with Lush products about a year ago. I decided to stop buying them and use them up - they all have use by dates for pete's sake! And I'm still getting through them - how embarassing! It's v satisfying when you get to the end of a bottle though

Oh me too, Lush is such a weakness of mine.

Handy hint though, wait till January and they usually run a "spend over £10 and get a free giftset" deal with all the leftover Christmas stock. I think I spent £10.50 or something like that and got about £30 worth of stuff free.

Naturally I chose the biggest box on the shelf

Jacks_xxx

~evanesco~ wrote: »

Mine's hair products. Gum, gel, wax, gunk, jelly, spray, spray wax, slime goop and ooddles of other stuff. Never really thought about it until now. I'm on a mission to use it all up. Nice one, I can't believe I'd missed this, I usually just buy one when I see one down a shopping aisle, not thinking about if I need another or not!! Think I'll do the same with our shampoo etc, there's a boxfull of half finished stuuf, and I'm sure I've got some expensive shampoo and conditioner that I haven't even opened that I bought when I was blond, I can't use it now as my hair is black and it'll strip the colour.

:wave: Welcome to the naughty corner honey!

Life would be pretty dull if we didn't have *some* vices huh?

I hear you on the subject of hair products hon - but with me it's hair masks and conditioner and serums.

I'm on a constant mission to get ever shinier hair so I have an arsenal of hair products on the go at any given time depending on what I think my hair needs on any given day.

Could you stick that pricey shampoo on eBay maybe?

Love Jacks xxx

Lemon_Tree

I've spent so much on lotions and potions through the doctors and it keeps coming back to aqueous cream and as i need a pot at work and one at home it's always paid for me to look around.
When i put up the post about asda & tesco's i thought, they'll just think 'oh it's only a quid why did she bother us with that'. Glad it will help you out. And i can confirm that it can be used in the shower, just check for slippiness (as you would normally do)

Jacks_xxx

Chaddee wrote: »

Aqeuous cream is great in the shower - you can use it to wash with, I do when my skin's bad.

I had a similar moment with Lush products about a year ago. I decided to stop buying them and use them up - they all have use by dates for pete's sake! And I'm still getting through them - how embarassing! It's v satisfying when you get to the end of a bottle though

:wave: I LOVE using something up and pitching it into the bin!

It's similar to the feeling I get when I kick a debt into touch.

Love it!:dance:

I think Lush stuff sounds lovely, but the shop is so heavily scented I can't even get over the threshold without getting an immediate headache and starting to wheeze so I just press my nose up to the glass on the pavement and confine myself to sniffing Lush stuff in other people's bathrooms!

Love Jacks xxx

marksandsparksgal

LOL I can also SO relate to this thread! I have a mountain of make up, it's truly awful. Though I was strong the other day in the Body Shop by refusing some shiny glittery green eye shadow, for the first time in ever, I was so proud!

As for this Aqueous stuff, I've found the cream on boots, but no shower gel, is this the right sort of stuff:

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_enlarge.jsp?productid=1072251&classificationid=1018009&slmRefer=000&imageid=1

Love a confused m&sgal xx

PS M&S £2.50 nail varnish, I can vouch for it, well the black one at least!

Jacks_xxx

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

i thought, they'll just think 'oh it's only a quid why did she bother us with that'.

OOh The thought never even crossed my mind hon.

My first thought was "Doh!"

followed swiftly by "that quid I save will buy 3 dark chocolate Bounty bars!"

Just as a random example...;)

And all the little savings add up in the same way that all the little spends add up don't they.

I am loving the moneysaving on this thread!

Love Jacks xxx

Jacks_xxx

marksandsparksgal wrote: »

PS M&S £2.50 nail varnish, I can vouch for it, well the black one at least!

I am SO going to M&S tomorrow! xxx

Lemon_Tree

marksandsparksgal wrote: »

LOL I can also SO relate to this thread! I have a mountain of make up, it's truly awful. Though I was strong the other day in the Body Shop by refusing some shiny glittery green eye shadow, for the first time in ever, I was so proud!

As for this Aqueous stuff, I've found the cream on boots, but no shower gel, is this the right sort of stuff:

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_enlarge.jsp?productid=1072251&classificationid=1018009&slmRefer=000&imageid=1

Love a confused m&sgal xx

PS M&S £2.50 nail varnish, I can vouch for it, well the black one at least!

they don't do separate shower gel you just good the stuff in the tub.

Bellie_2

Right it took me most of the evening but I have sorted out my make up and nail stuff, I have a pile to ebay and a pile to give away to family and friends that I never use but that cant be put on ebay, My make up case is looking rather empty now but I am reminding myself quality over quantity!!! Plus any money I make can go on new make up in the new year to replace some of the stuff I will have used up by then. :j