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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries October 2021
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@VALM I tried the Inkey List once upon your recommendation and found it good and effective. WMBA.
UU - Hydra-Activ Smart Nutrient Day Cream. Great texture and feel on the skin but not moisturizing enough. This was from a Beauty Box I think. WNBA.
1 TA - NYX Strictly Vinyl Liner. Dried up so goes to makeup recycling.
I ordered the Cult Beauty advent calendar. I haven't had one for 2 years and liked the look of this so decided to gift myself.ally.2 -
Hi All
Could I join you please? I was here a few years ago under a different name, VALM, I certainly recognise your name.
I still have oodles of make up and toiletries to use and desperately need to save money so for each item I finish I will pop £1 in a pot, I did this before and it soon mounted up, particularly as I have a lot of travel size and mini items in my stash mainly from beauty boxes and Beauty Advent Calendars.
I will try and get a stash list together but that may take a while! In the meantime I will pick a few items to target and start there.
Looking forward to de-stashing, pampering and money saving
MvTMMMortgage (Nov 20- NOV 39) originally £130,999 (Interest only) NOW £104,774 (approx 78% equity)
Over payments 2020 £750/£750 (Mortgage payments only start Dec 2020)
Over payments 2021 £9,000 /£9,000 Over payments 2022 £7,629/£9,000 (£1,371 short of target)
Over payments 2023 £2,620/£9,000 (£6,380 short of target)
Over payments 2024 £5,406/£11,000
Over payments 2025 £814/£5,600 (fix rate exp Dec 2025)
Loan £13,338
Total Savings £5376
Premium Bonds - £838
YBS Xmas Regular Saver - £4504 -
Hi All
Could I join you please? I was here a few years ago under a different name, VALM, I certainly recognise your name.
I still have oodles of make up and toiletries to use and desperately need to save money so for each item I finish I will pop £1 in a pot, I did this before and it soon mounted up, particularly as I have a lot of travel size and mini items in my stash mainly from beauty boxes and Beauty Advent Calendars.
I will try and get a stash list together but that may take a while! In the meantime I will pick a few items to target and start there.
Looking forward to de-stashing, pampering and money saving
MvTMMNot buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN2 -
uuClearsil Bar Soap - I actually quite liked this, very lathery and had a nice scent.Debt Free and now a saver, conscious consumer, low waste lifestyler
Fashion on the Ration 28/662 -
Hi everyone I used to post a few years ago but I fell off the beauty wagon so to speak and collected a lot more products. I’ve got products everywhere in house and am aiming to just have products in bathroom and one draw in bedroom. Please could I rejoin on here? I need to thoroughly sort out my stuff and will do a proper list.£2 savers club 2025 #2= £484
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Treasurequeen said:Hi everyone I used to post a few years ago but I fell off the beauty wagon so to speak and collected a lot more products. I’ve got products everywhere in house and am aiming to just have products in bathroom and one draw in bedroom. Please could I rejoin on here? I need to thoroughly sort out my stuff and will do a proper list.Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN1
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Do you mind if I rejoin - over the last few months I have bought a load more toiletries so need to get reducing it down again. I need to finish going through what I have and then I will share lists of what I have and what I plan to clear out.
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Hi All
I still haven't had time to make a list but I have sorted through more of my stash and targeted some items to use up, mini size products that have been loitering in my washbag. I have placed these items in a basket in the bathroom as a prompt, I'm loving the focus already as it is making me establish a proper night-time skin regime, something which has slipped lately. I've earmarked my tin for all of the £1s from each item used and hope to leave it until it is full! I should be making my first deposits this weekend
MvTMMMortgage (Nov 20- NOV 39) originally £130,999 (Interest only) NOW £104,774 (approx 78% equity)
Over payments 2020 £750/£750 (Mortgage payments only start Dec 2020)
Over payments 2021 £9,000 /£9,000 Over payments 2022 £7,629/£9,000 (£1,371 short of target)
Over payments 2023 £2,620/£9,000 (£6,380 short of target)
Over payments 2024 £5,406/£11,000
Over payments 2025 £814/£5,600 (fix rate exp Dec 2025)
Loan £13,338
Total Savings £5376
Premium Bonds - £838
YBS Xmas Regular Saver - £4503 -
Welcome to all the newbies and returners.I have a uuBlushberry Botanicals Natural Cream Deodorant in Peppermint & Tea Tree - this is the second one of these I've finished, I find them effective, this one smelt of buttermints.Debt Free and now a saver, conscious consumer, low waste lifestyler
Fashion on the Ration 28/662 -
Welcome all the returning forumites. Good to see people returning to the fold, as it were. Ha Ha.2 more UU : Lacura Glycholic pads. Love these. Think I have one more pot in my stash.Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar hand wash. I'm wondering whether this was old stock. I couldn't detect much fragrance when this was first opened however I had Covid at the time and couldn't smell but once that sense returned I still couldn't smell this. I have rotated the hand soap from the kitchen back to the bathroom and replaced the kitchen one with B&BW Kitchen Lemon.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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