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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries January 2018

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  • wondercollie
    wondercollie Posts: 1,591 Forumite
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    VALM wrote: »
    l.

    I'm in again. Am on strict No Buy now for January and general low buy for rest of the year. We booked another trip to Orlando yesterday for October so I only want to buy new toiletries then. I will post a PP list later. .

    Totally relate to this VALM. We're leaving for Spain at the end of the month and I like to bring things home with me. Top of the list everytime is a Garnier body cream that isn't sold over here. I need multiple tubs of the stuff because my hairdresser and a coworker tried mine and loved it.

    I only fell of the wagon once over the Christmas sales. The Lancôme Christmas gift was on sale without the qualifying purchase, so I bought it for the lash primer and the serum (those two alone would have cost more than the $80) and split the rest with my DIL.

    Happy New Year to all
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
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    Totally relate to this VALM. We're leaving for Spain at the end of the month and I like to bring things home with me. Top of the list everytime is a Garnier body cream that isn't sold over here. I need multiple tubs of the stuff because my hairdresser and a coworker tried mine and loved it.

    I only fell of the wagon once over the Christmas sales. The Lancôme Christmas gift was on sale without the qualifying purchase, so I bought it for the lash primer and the serum (those two alone would have cost more than the $80) and split the rest with my DIL.

    Happy New Year to all

    It has to be done although we are going to Lanzarote at Easter and I usually buy fragrance from there. If I manage to finish a bottle perhaps I'll treat myself to a bottle of Paco Rabanne Olympea.
    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
  • First UU of January:

    Ila Shower Gel. WNBA. This was a freebie in a spa gift bag but not a nice fragrance.
    Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN
  • asajj
    asajj Posts: 5,125 Forumite
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    Thank you for the new thread and happy new year to all.

    I have some INs already =/ We were in Berlin for NYE and at the airport, the sales were on so I bought some items I've been wanting to buy for a while.

    Benefit Boing Concealer, Dandelion blush, Lancome Matte Shaker in Energy Peach. All of these were on my wishlist for a while and I was delaying to buy them but couldn't resist this time, especially when I was able to save money on them. I also bought Shiseido Waso Color Smart Moisturizer.
    ally.
  • Hi
    Id love to join in.
    Been looking at my stash and got soo much stuff I need to start using it up! Will list another day
  • Hi
    Id love to join in.
    Been looking at my stash and got soo much stuff I need to start using it up! Will list another day

    Welcome :A
    Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN
  • I would like to join please I have loads of stuff and will try and do a list later in the week. I do have a look fantastic subscription box but that is the only thing I intend to buy. I'm on a facebook group called boxession that is great for swapping things that I won't use too
  • I would love to join this challenge too. I have far too many products to list, if I did it would take me a month of Sundays to list them all. I have lots of half opened products which I would like to UU in 2018 before I go and purchase any more - I will make notes as I use those odds and ends and let you know if I would replenish the product in the future. Good Luck Everybody.
    No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in 2018 - UU 3/78

    £2018 in 2018 - £14.74
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
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    Hi
    Id love to join in.
    Been looking at my stash and got soo much stuff I need to start using it up! Will list another day

    Welcome MoneysavingmadGem.
    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
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
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    ljane16 wrote: »
    I would like to join please I have loads of stuff and will try and do a list later in the week. I do have a look fantastic subscription box but that is the only thing I intend to buy. I'm on a facebook group called boxession that is great for swapping things that I won't use too

    Welcome ljane16. I also have a subscription box that I'm keeping which is the Mani & Lola one from Nail Polish Direct. Like the sound of the boxession group and may well look into joining if I get any polish I won't use.
    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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