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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries May 2017

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  • lucia22
    lucia22 Posts: 285 Forumite
    UU
    Simple Kind to Skin Cleansing Wipes (25 pack) - These were great and really did a good job of removing excess makeup so they were great when in a hurry. I won't be replacing these immediately as I'm aiming to use up some cleansers instead.

    Will come back and add my updated PP list later. I have a few LHJs to add to the ever expanding list!
    No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries 2019 Total UU since 2016 - 396 | Total February UU - 1
  • seasideDreamer
    seasideDreamer Posts: 1,363 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Thanks Sunny_money and mad_scientist...lets see if I last this time! I think I just cant be doing with all the stuff around me anymore and am finding many products a bit samey these days so it seems silly to have many. I dont really enjoy Lush bathbombs anymore only the bubble slices...they used to be a big problem!
    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
  • pinkfluffybabe
    pinkfluffybabe Posts: 2,989 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Academoney Grad
    VALM wrote: »
    4 Liz Earlier Hand Repair Lavender and Basil I have never had a hand cream some horrible. I think I'm going to email them. It just smelt of clay and nothing else and didn't absorb well. Very disappointed.

    That's really disappointing, nothing worse than poor hand cream!
    Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN
  • sstevo19
    sstevo19 Posts: 1,517 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    seasideDreamer I'm feeling the same way about Lush at the minute. I haven't bought any Lush products since March. Which is shocking for me :O
  • sstevo19
    sstevo19 Posts: 1,517 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    One UU from last night:

    Caudalie Vinosource Moisture Recovery Cream sample WPNB as full size. Was nice and moisturising, but way too fragrant to use on my face.
  • pinkfluffybabe
    pinkfluffybabe Posts: 2,989 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Academoney Grad
    First UU of May:

    Elemental Herbology Balm Cleanser WBA. Really nice to use, worked very well with the Emma Hardie cloth.
    Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN
  • pirateyqueen
    pirateyqueen Posts: 463 Forumite
    100 Posts
    1 UU, living proof travel size conditioner, shampoo should follow shortly. I bought the travel size set to see if I like it enough to spend the money on the large ones, and I think I do! WBA
    No more goo hoarding!

    2018 UU: 9 IN: 1 TA: 0 Total: 58/67
    2017 UU: 50 IN: 16 TA: 2 Total: 42/78 2016 UU: 53 IN: 17 TA: 0 Total: 36/72
    2015 UU: 74 IN: 43 TA: 3 Total: 32/64
    2014 UU: 114 IN: 67 TA: 7 Total: 38/92
  • dolly84
    dolly84 Posts: 5,851 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    A few uu

    Weleda Oat Replenishing Shampoo - DS used this and it was fine for his hair but did nothing for mine WNBA.

    L'Oreal Ever Sleek Conditioner
    - did the job just fine WMBA but I do have at least one more in the stash.

    L'Oreal Clay Shampoo - this was DD's and she liked it for her greasy roots. WBA.

    Cutex Nourishing Nail Polish Remover WBA
    Debt Free and now a saver, conscious consumer, low waste lifestyler


    Fashion on the Ration 28/66
  • mcculloch29
    mcculloch29 Posts: 4,972 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler
    UU Aldi Lacura Expert day cream. WIBA? Not just yet, this is a really rich, thick moisturiser and although I have mature skin it doesn't need anything quite this heavy. Which is quite reassuring, as I'm 60 next year.

    TA Aldi Lacura Argan Oil Day Cream. I didn't think it was that old, but it had solidified in the jar. I'd used about two thirds of it. WIBA? No, it doesn't have an SPF, and is targeted at women literally half my age. Perfectly pleasant to use before it went off. I'd intended to use it as foot cream but there are plenty of other candidates for this.
    Erma Bombeck, American writer: "If I had my life to live over again... I would have burned the pink candle, sculptured like a rose, that melted in storage." Don't keep things 'for best' - that day never comes. Use them and enjoy them now.
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I have a GA. Elemis Botanical hand cream. Don't know what it is with me and handcream at the mo but I could not stand the smell of this. Really overpowering. Given to a work colleague.
    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
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