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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries January 2017

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  • sstevo19
    sstevo19 Posts: 1,516 Forumite
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    One UU this morning:
    Bioderma Sensibio Light WMBA. I'm undecided on this. If I use too much it causes problems, too little and my face is tight. Hmm...

    Another problem I'm having is that all but two of the hand creams my mum bought me for Christmas has mineral oil in them, and they are not very effective. I'm applying it constantly during the day. I don't want to seem ungrateful, so I'll use them, but they're not that effective. I've used half of a 50ml one in 12 days. :/
  • VALM
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    The bottle of Murad Clarifying Toner that I ordered at weekend has already arrived. V impressed. Will decant it into the spray bottle I've been using when the current small quantity I have has been UUed.

    Had to repaint my nails this morning as I managed to melt most of the Essie top coat off whilst washing the pots last night. Am wearing OPI By Popular Vote. Lovely kind of raspberry red.
    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!

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  • maddiemay
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    Pleased to report that 10 days in, I have miraculously manged not to buy anything yet:D, although I got very close to caving in and ordering the QvC TSV of Decleor products, but we had to go out for the day, it was a very long drive so no time before we left and on our fairly late return crashed with a cuppa and a sarnie, I remembered it at about 11:15, but by then it was wait list only and I thought I might end up with a used return if I went on the list:(
    The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. (Abraham Lincoln)
  • Hello everyone!
    Got some more UUs.
    9. Kind Natured Ylang Ylang and Jojoba Shampoo WBA. Sticking with SLS free where I can so these are a good option.
    10. Garnier Micellar Oil Wipes WDNBA. These are the gold sort of colour packet. They make my face sting horribly. The ones in the pink packet are so much nicer.
    11. Freedom Fixing Spray WDBA. Already have a back up.

    I also sold 24 items on eBay! I'm putting money away whenever I UU or sell something so this is a good start to that. I was quite shocked by what I managed to save in my little pot last year. The idea was to use that money for any toiletry purchases in the sales but I've got loads left so I'm just going to use it for any toiletry/make up purchases until it runs out.

    Couple of INs:
    7. Kind Natured Argan and Kukui Oil Shampoo. These were a third off and I only have half a bottle of SLS free shampoo left.
    8. No7 Eye Make Up Remover. My current one is nearly finished and I thought I'd try this while I had a £5 off voucher. Can't seem to find an eye makeup remover I like.

    They've started adding the Valentines stuff to the Lush site though you can't buy them yet. I don't think there's much I'm that interested in luckily! Maybe one bath bomb and a couple of bubble bars.

    Hope you're all having a good week!:)
  • Instead of leaving all my toiletries on the side, taking up space in the bathroom, i've placed them all in a bag big enough to hold them all.

    Working my way through a big bottle of ultrabase at the moment! Goes out of date this year.
  • sstevo19
    sstevo19 Posts: 1,516 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    They've started adding the Valentines stuff to the Lush site though you can't buy them yet. I don't think there's much I'm that interested in luckily! Maybe one bath bomb and a couple of bubble bars.

    I have a £20 gift card for Lush and I'm going to be going to a store just after they release the Valentine's products, I'm going to see which ones I like the best and spend my money wisely :)
  • UU 3 for January. Still not bought anything!

    Trilogy cream cleanser. WBA. Need to work through stash first!
    Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN
  • maddiemay wrote: »
    Pleased to report that 10 days in, I have miraculously manged not to buy anything yet:D, although I got very close to caving in and ordering the QvC TSV of Decleor products, but we had to go out for the day, it was a very long drive so no time before we left and on our fairly late return crashed with a cuppa and a sarnie, I remembered it at about 11:15, but by then it was wait list only and I thought I might end up with a used return if I went on the list:(

    Well done for resisting! I want to try decleor more properly but I'm resisting until I've UU lots of things. It's not top top of the lengthy mental wish list..... So it needs to wait.
  • My eyes were so irritated yesterday and last night it was really sore. I think the new moisturizer really effected them, I am gutted as the moisturizer can't be applied near the eyes. I had to buy la roche posey toleraine to try and settle the skin. I didn't want to buy new items but i had to sort out the inflammation.
  • UU Wilko Winter Berries Shower Gel Is it isn't it Boots sale tomorrow:eek: My local still had 50% after close, normally as soon as they close the signs change. There wasnt a great deal of choice anyway and I cant be doing with fighting over smellies so it may be pretty limited by lunchtime anyway:A
    Debt free and busy treating myself:)

    No more toiletries/make up until I've used what I've got stashed since Jan 2011, graduated October 2012. Restocked Dec 13..damn those sales
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