No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries - May

ruby_eskimo

Clutterbug07 said:

@ruby_eskimo are you UK based?  If so, you can get the BOJ sunscreen at a few UK K-Beauty sites if you didn't want to wait for Stylevanna!  Skinsider and PureSeoul are great, have used both sites a number of times, and apaz it's also at Sephora UK   Also, good tip for the Jason and the Argans- I might get that one for the husbs shampoo bar, I think it will work for his hair.

Yep in the UK.  Thanks for the heads up, have ordered from Pure Seoul before but it's quite a bit cheaper on Styelvana (plus free shipping for me) so I tend to order most of my K and J beauty stuff from there.  Didn't repurchase the BoJ this time, instead went for SKIN1004 Centella sunscreen that was getting rave reviews everywhere but it was so popular that it went out of stock as I was ordering.  So had to wait a little bit and picked up the Nivea to tide me over.  It's a little more shiny than I would usually go for but it was cheap and has good protection.  Hoping to not have to buy any more SPF till our trip in August where I'll go back to my HG La Roche Posay one which I know works in direct sun to keep me protected all day.

asajj

@ruby_eskimo yes, they seem to have several LP products on their shelves recently. I returned the dry shampoo and got a refund today. Have a Batista one on the go now so I won't purchase another one now but I would definitely repurchase LP one.

I also sold a Charlotte Tilbury cream eyeshadow and a Vieve Lip Dew Lip Gloss. Both were from a Caroline Hirons box and not my cup of tea due to colour/texture. I've done some tidying and I have way more products than I realised, which is a bit depressing!

lianne1984

UU a big bottle of Cussons Bubble Bath, don't have a replacement yet, will hold out til the weekly shop on Friday. 

Also think I'm going to have to throwout my PLouise eyeshadow palette as it does seem to be that that has caused irritation on my eyelids. I'm gutted as I loved it, it was huge and had the nicest colours

ruby_eskimo

That's a shame @lianne1984 - it used to be that you could get away with using eyeshadow that was past its use by date but I think the formulas these days have more cheap fillers in them which aren't so resilient.

Have 1 UU to report from the weekend:

TBS Edelweiss Daily Concentrate Mini: got this a freebie in a GWP and it was ok.  Lasted well over 2 weeks but didn't really notice that much of a difference in my skin compared to my Vichy Mineral 89 that I usually use.

Currently staying at my parents for a bit so didn't get a chance for the usual Sunday night pamper and had a few products that were spluttering too much to risk brining away with me, so I might not get many more UU's in before the end of the month (and probably won't be making much progress with the PP list either).

lianne1984

Finished my pot of Super Facialist Retinol Night Cream - really lovely stuff, was my 2nd pot, usually pick up from TKMaxx, but think I'm going to see what's on offer on the weekly shop on Friday and pick up a new night cream there.

Watty1

Hello all.   Late to the party but I'm going to join in. I cleared out an ensuite yesterday and found a lot of "products" and I know there is more in the main bathroom which includes 5 bottles of bubble bath, 8 shower gels of different sizes, 6 bottles of shampoo, a few bottles of conditioner and so the list goes on along with moisturisers (5) hand cream (4) and so on,   Surprisingly little make up survived my clear up because a lot of I either didn't like or really was just too old.  Perfume bottles have very little in but i will use up before buying more as i like all 3.

The back story is that I lived between two houses whilst avoiding an abusive ex and also just splurged on unnecessary spends because, well a cheap bottle of bubble bath seemed a treat.

After reading here I bought two cheap  pump bottles as some of the stuff I really don't like but it  could be used as hand wash so thanks for the inspiration.  Joining these challenges is part of my no spend commitment.

I'm also going to start using stuff rather than just stashing so i put a lot of stuff in pretty basket next to the sink and this morning actually pulled something out to use (sunscreen on top of my face cream as was going out and I got sunburn Sunday!).  

VALM

lianne1984 said:

Finished my pot of Super Facialist Retinol Night Cream - really lovely stuff, was my 2nd pot, usually pick up from TKMaxx, but think I'm going to see what's on offer on the weekly shop on Friday and pick up a new night cream there.

The night cream from the Pure range at M&S is lovely. 

VALM

Welcome @Watty1. Great job on the decanting.

I TA/UU 2 x Lip lacquers yesterday.  I say TA because I could have removed the stoppers from them both to get out more product but didn't like the colour (Too Faced Sugar Cookie) or formula (Kylie Pout) to do this. The Kylie one was drying from day 1 and I'm glad I redeemed Advantage points for it. Awful product.  The Too Faced one was drying out too however had I enjoyed the colour I would have persevered.

VALM

More UUS

Rituals Green Cardamum room spray.  I gott his as a GWP.  It was lovely.  Would repurchase.

Mugler Alien Goddess sample.  Again, lovely.  It's on the list.

The Body Shop Vitamin  Serum sample.  Another lovely product.  Lovely consistency and fragrance.

Clutterbug07

@ruby_eskimo its definitely cheaper ordering direct!  I did a bit of a big order to Yesstyle the other month and I got some great savings, but sometimes I do like things to arrive quickly so am prepared to order from UK sites every now and then too.  Let us know what the Skin1004 sunscreen is like when you get it- the BOJ one stung my face, so am interested to hear what you think of the SKIN1004- it has had rave reviews hasn't it!

IN

• Revolution Hydrate & Fix Fixing Spray 100ml:  My current will be not long for this world, and I'm replacing it with this.  Used Boots points to pay for it, so this was 'free'.