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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries September 2024

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  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
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    2 UUS and a TA

    Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue - my HG although i have 2 x the ALDI dupe which is just as good.

    Bare Minerals Pressed Mineral Veil - another HG. Have new one ready.

    Grogu lip balm - TA - this has made my lips so dry. Have switched to a Burts Bees one. Will clean the Grogu pot out to keep though cos its so cute.

    Replaced this in my PP List with ELF Concealer whuch is due to have the stopper removed.

    Have removed the stopper from my Cosmic eyeshadow too. Will miss this when its done.
    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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  • Clutterbug07
    Clutterbug07 Posts: 490 Forumite
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    edited 13 September 2024 at 10:17AM

    PP list- 24 for 24: 15 gone so far!

     1)              Benefit Gogo Tint: bright cherry lip n cheek tint.  Probs will last a hundred years!

    2)              Sugarpill loose eyeshadow in Absinthe:  A sparkly green, of which I have many.

    3)              DERMATORY - Hypoallergenic Cica Gel Cream 50ml

    4)              NEOGEN - Dermalogy White Truffle Serum In Oil Drop

    5)              The Body Shop- Body Yogurt in Strawberry

    6)              MAC Black Cherry Glow Play Lipbalm:  bought in 2021.... probably should use this up now!

    7)              Rimmel Oh My Gloss! Plump in Angel Shimmer: love this, but got it in Dec 2022 so time to get this used up. New addition to PP list.

    8)              Cetraben Moisture Protect Facial Cleanser (200ml): need to start face washing more instead of just using micellar of an evening, so to stop the lazy, putting this on my list. New addition.

    9)          New addition:  Umberto Giannini Grow Tonic: do these work? shrug, who knows. But I don't use them frequently enough anyway!

    10)          New addition:  Hair Syrup Rosemary Oil "Grows-mary" -100ml



    UU
    • The Body Shop- Body Yogurt in Strawberry: from my PP list! :-)  Nice light texture for spring/summer, and smells delicious!  I'd buy another body yogurt next year when it warms up again.  Now onto a body butter.
    • Sample sachet - IUNIK Propolis Vitamin Synergy Serum: final one of these, had 2, now none.
    • Boots Acetone Free Nail Polish Remover 200ml: and finished this up last night.
    • Sure Invisible Aqua anti-perspirant deodorant - 250ml: my work one finished yday

    IN
    • Sure Invisible Aqua anti-perspirant deodorant - 250ml: work replacement
    Jan Grocery Challenge 2023:  £181.18/£400
    OSWLC 2023 Q1:  0/10
  • Have a few more UU to report from the weekend:

    Byoma Brightening Serum: WBA and have already got one to replace it with.  It's hydrating and has all the things that my skin loves.  Have actually replaced it with a Beauty of Joseon sample that I found in the move.

    ELF Power Grip Primer: WBA, love this and have a couple more ready to go.  I prefer to buy the mini ones as 2 mini's is the price of a full size but you actually end up with more product and it's easier to get it all out of the packaging.

    Skin and Me Treatment: WBA, use this as my retinoid but have delayed the new replacement as have a few lactic acid samples to use up first that will do pretty much the same thing for a few weeks.

    Biossance Copper Peptide Serum: WBA, this really does help plump and hydrate my skin.  It works out cheaper per ml compared to The Ordinary version.  The one I used up is a mini and have now replaced it with a full size one.


    Updated PP list for September:

    Byoma Brightening Serum
    ELF Superhydrate Moisturiser

    La Roche Posay Anthelios Dry Touch Gel Cream SPF 50+
    ELF Power Grip Primer Mini
    Lush Yog Nog Shower Gel

    TBS Camomile Cleansing Butter
    TBS Hemp Hand Cream
    Beauty by Joseon Eye Revive Serum
    Avene Eau Thermal Water Spray
    Sol de Janeiro Body Mist (it was a gift, I have no idea what the different fragrances are!)
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • Two more UU this morning (I'm on a bit of a roll!)

    TBS Hemp Hand Protector - WBA, I think this is probably my fave hand cream as it actually makes a difference to my hand and nail health.  Have replaced it with a TBS spiced orange one from last year which I think is the last hand cream I have so will have to actually purchase something soon.

    Sol de Janeiro Body Mist - WNBA, it was a gift and the scent just wasn't me.  It did last quite well though but back to working though all my perfume samples.  I'm on a mission to get through them all by the end of the year.


    Updated PP list for September:

    Byoma Brightening Serum
    ELF Superhydrate Moisturiser

    La Roche Posay Anthelios Dry Touch Gel Cream SPF 50+
    ELF Power Grip Primer Mini
    Lush Yog Nog Shower Gel

    TBS Camomile Cleansing Butter
    TBS Hemp Hand Cream
    Beauty by Joseon Eye Revive Serum
    Avene Eau Thermal Water Spray
    Sol de Janeiro Body Mist (it was a gift, I have no idea what the different fragrances are!)


    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • UUs
    • L'Oreal Paris Lash Paradise Mascara - Black, Waterproof: My fave mascara.  Either I used A LOT of mascara since the start of July though, or this one was a bit drier than normal- it's just getting hard work to use so I'm calling it done.  Eye makeup is my thing and I can't be doing with super dry mascara.  Using one in my stash next that was a gift with purchase, will see how it does.
    • Hair Syrup Rosemary Oil "Grows-mary" -100ml: from my PP list! Hmmmm, I don’t use rosemary oil enough for it to have any effect on hair growth I don’t think (it's probably not even once a week at the weekend that I use this, maybe every other week or every 3 weeks?), but I do like to do a hair oil every now and then for conditioning purposes, but I think rather than this I'll just use say, the avocado or olive oil I already have instead of anything specific.  My friend did compliment my hair though this weekend saying it looked nice and glossy and I'd used this on Saturday!
    • Sure Invisible Aqua anti-perspirant deodorant - 250ml: my home one
    • Pampers Harmonie Aqua Baby Wipes: my work one
    • Maybelline Fit Me Matte & Poreless Oil Control Setting Powder - Translucent: bought the replacement for this last month

    INs
    • Toni & Guy Sea Salt Texturising Spray 75ml: My current one is almost done, and although I won't be air-drying my hair for much longer as it'll be too cold, I need some for my minibreak to Valencia later this month so my hair doesn't look totally rubbish! :-P  Otherwise I'd have held off now for the year.
    • Batiste Dry Shampoo - Medium & Brunette 200ml: Current one running low, so a replacement
    • L'Oreal Paris Infallible More Than Concealer- Bisque: There is LOTS of windowing.  From last time I imagine there is a good chunk left, but I can't run out when I'm in Spain, so buying replacement now
    • e.l.f. Power Grip Primer: Current one is running low

    PP list- 24 for 24: 16 gone so far!

     1)              Benefit Gogo Tint: bright cherry lip n cheek tint.  Probs will last a hundred years!

    2)              Sugarpill loose eyeshadow in Absinthe:  A sparkly green, of which I have many.

    3)              DERMATORY - Hypoallergenic Cica Gel Cream 50ml

    4)              NEOGEN - Dermalogy White Truffle Serum In Oil Drop

    5)              MAC Black Cherry Glow Play Lipbalm:  bought in 2021.... probably should use this up now!

    6)              Rimmel Oh My Gloss! Plump in Angel Shimmer: love this, but got it in Dec 2022 so time to get this used up. New addition to PP list.

    7)              Cetraben Moisture Protect Facial Cleanser (200ml): need to start face washing more instead of just using micellar of an evening, so to stop the lazy, putting this on my list. New addition.

    8)          New addition:  Umberto Giannini Grow Tonic: do these work? shrug, who knows. But I don't use them frequently enough anyway!

    9)          New addition:  Hair Syrup Rosemary Oil "Grows-mary" -100ml


    Jan Grocery Challenge 2023:  £181.18/£400
    OSWLC 2023 Q1:  0/10
  • Have been using up loads of travel sizes from airline bags and was delighted to find that you can submit most of the packaging through the boots recycling scheme 
    so a planned boots shop of just over £10 gets you £5 worth of points back
    it a bit of a pfaff but handy if need to replace things
  • Got some gooduns today!

    UU
    • Essie- Strong Start base coat: got super low and too hard to work with now so calling it.
    • Essie Apricot Nail and Cuticle Oil:  Pleased with this one! had this oil pre-spreadsheet but never used nail oils till last year!  I have another one ready to go (was a gift with purchase), but I think I will fill the empty bottle with the avocado oil I have so that I can keep one bottle downstairs by the sofa and one on the nightstand for maximum opportunities.
    • Cetraben Moisture Protect Facial Cleanser (200ml): From my PP list! SO glad this is done, it's a remnant from last year when I had all my skin issues.  It was good for that and if it happens again I will go back to this, but it's such a weird product, it feels like moisturiser more than face wash
    • Kerastase shampoo- Bain Divalent: This was a nice shampoo, it does feel good quality when you're using it.  Might repurchase at some point when I am feeling more flush
    • The Body Shop handcream - Warm Vanilla:  Get me using up a handcream! This one was at work.  Not sure when I got this but it was a Christmas gift one year. Smells nice, and not too heavy so quite good for work
    • Collection- Brow Kit: I'm not sure when I got this, it's not on my sheet so it might pre-date and I started this in 2022. I'm not a huge brow person, so this basic lil kit was perfect- had a dark brown shadow and a brown waxy one and came with a little brush and a little spoolie. I'd have repurchased except I couldn't find it on the website so not sure they do it anymore. Gonna keep the brush n spoolie, they're handy.

    Throw Away
    • Maybelline-The Colossal Curl Bounce Mascara- Very Black: Started using this last week, and my eyes were really sore and tired and irritated, so I think it was this.  Binned it and bought my HG on Saturday.

    INs
    • L'oreal Lash Paradise Mascara- waterproof, black: My eyes have been feeling a bit better since stopping that other mascara!
    • Maybelline Express Brow Fast sculp mascara- Clear: Freebie gift with my Boots order the other week, forgot to add it here.  Kind of annoyingly I just bought a brow kit to replace the one I just finished, but now I got this I could have just used it alongside brown eyeshadow in the brows and spent no money on it. Boo! hahaha I don't know if this is any good, we shall see.
    • NYX Butter Gloss Bling- 03 Pricey:  What happens when I go into Boots with a girlfriend- we swatch everything sparkly and leave with something! Lol. It wasn't too expensive at least despite being called pricey!  :D 

    Jan Grocery Challenge 2023:  £181.18/£400
    OSWLC 2023 Q1:  0/10
  • Updated PP list- 24 for 24: 17 gone so far!

     1)             Benefit Gogo Tint: bright cherry lip n cheek tint.  Probs will last a hundred years!

    2)              Sugarpill loose eyeshadow in Absinthe:  A sparkly green, of which I have many.

    3)              DERMATORY - Hypoallergenic Cica Gel Cream 50ml

    4)              NEOGEN - Dermalogy White Truffle Serum In Oil Drop

    5)              MAC Black Cherry Glow Play Lipbalm:  bought in 2021.... probably should use this up now!

    6)              Rimmel Oh My Gloss! Plump in Angel Shimmer: love this, but got it in Dec 2022 so time to get this used up. New addition to PP list.

    7)          New addition:  Umberto Giannini Grow Tonic: do these work? shrug, who knows. But I don't use them frequently enough anyway!


    Cetraben Moisture Protect Facial Cleanser (200ml)

    Jan Grocery Challenge 2023:  £181.18/£400
    OSWLC 2023 Q1:  0/10
  • I keep meaning to use the Boots scheme so thanks for the reminder @angieb15edin

    Another UU from the weekend: 

    TBS Camomile Cleansing Butter - WBA, it's good as a first cleanse at night.  Have replaced with the same.


    Updated PP list for September:

    Byoma Brightening Serum
    ELF Superhydrate Moisturiser

    La Roche Posay Anthelios Dry Touch Gel Cream SPF 50+
    ELF Power Grip Primer Mini
    Lush Yog Nog Shower Gel

    TBS Camomile Cleansing Butter
    TBS Hemp Hand Cream

    Beauty by Joseon Eye Revive Serum
    Avene Eau Thermal Water Spray
    Sol de Janeiro Body Mist (it was a gift, I have no idea what the different fragrances are!)


    Not sure I'm going to have any other UU's this month but will definitely have more in October.
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • Oh, forgot to add that I hit two pans as well- Zesty in my Beauty Bay Tropical (16 pan) palette, and Brass in my BPerfect Antidote palette- both beautiful shades!
    Jan Grocery Challenge 2023:  £181.18/£400
    OSWLC 2023 Q1:  0/10
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