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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries May 2026
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UU - I finished a small Clinique powder eyeshadow from a palette. Granted there wasn’t much left to use, but it must have been months of daily use back when I was wearing that one regularly previously. It was just a mid brown with a slight shimmer and I have tons of other similar ones. I have gone onto a couple of other browns - a darker one and a lighter one that I use together.
My No.7 eye pencil only has one more sharpen left in it, so it should be gone within a week.Updated last day of the month… focus, improving overall net wealth…
Mortgage: starting at -£222,469 (Jan 26) now at -£220,913 (Jun 26)
Postgrad Loan: starting at -£8,974 (Jan 26) now at -£7,868 (Jun 26)
Personal Loan: starting at -£11,466 (Jan 26) now at -£10,494 (Jun 26)
Emergency Fund: starting at £5,511 (Jan 26) now at £2,529 (Jun 26)
Investments: starting at £50 (Jan 26) now at £832 (Jun 26)
Jan 27 Tax Fund: £2,336 / £3,298.
Net Wealth: starting at £18,778 (May 26) now at £19,586 (Jun 26)
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UU- Nuxe Very rose 3-in -1 micellar water - 100 mls
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UU - Flormar Set and Refresh Primer Water-125 mls
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Evening everyone,
My Weekly roundup
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Lush polar bear soap - smelt lovely but didn’t lather very well
Tesco soleil spf 50 face cream - this is the best spf I’ve tried, it makes my skin so soft have replaced with another one I had in my stash
urban decay double down brow - hit pan on the colour I use in this and have used it all up only took me 6 years!
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Anastasia Beverly Hills dipbrow - to replace my urban decay eyebrow putty.
NYX jumbo eye pencil in yogurt - have been using this as an eyeshadow lovely shimmery shade.
MAC lipglass in Spice - I’ve been after a brown nude lipgloss and this was 25% off in Boots
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In - The Ordinary Toner, Alternative All-in-one bar, they better be good as I bought them as soap.
LHJ - Lush Happy Hippy shower gel, at the stuttering stage, probably got one more wash in. Also Upcircle Coffee + Rosehip oil face scrub. I use it on my body as well but it seems to keep going and going (this is a good thing unlike the shower gel which I'm over).
PP - Upcircle Hand Cream. I put it on to get my small bangle over my hand every morning which seems to be working.
NBI - Upcircle Passionfruit body oil. It is lovely.
GA - might put my Simple SPF moisturiser on the free app as I prefer using proper sun screen.
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UU - Attitude Super Leaves colorfsst conditioner -240mls - WBA
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- Garnier Micellar- sensitive 700ml: Got the replacement in May when I knew this was running low.
- MAS Protect & Hydrate Sunscreen SPF 50
- Garnier Micellar Water Oil Infused Facial Cleanser 400ml
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- L'Oréal Paris Elvive Hydra Pure 72H Purifying Shampoo: my shampoo is running low, replacement
- Batiste Dry Shampoo Brunette Colour: ditto
- essence Jelly Grip Hydrating Primer: this ran out the other week, so this is a replacement
- Boots Anti-Dandruff Ketoconazole 2% shampoo: this ran out ages ago, so also replacement
- L'Oreal Paris Lash Paradise Mascara Black Waterproof: current one is dry and harder work than I would like, so it will be gone this month, so this is the replacement
- Mad About Skin- Protect & Hydrate Sunscreen- SPF 50, 100ml x 3: Can't run out of SPF, so ordered these as I'm on my last tube. My fave SPF, plus no skin reactions from it which is great! They have a deal where you buy three and it saves you 33%, so saves me money in the long run to do it this way.
Jan Grocery Challenge 2023: £181.18/£400
OSWLC 2023 Q1: 0/100 -
UU: I have finished off my No. 7. brown eyeliner pencil - it's too teeny to sharpen any further even though I tried. i don't feel one way or another about whether I would repurchase, as it was ok but not a standout, so I'd buy it again if I wanted a lowish priced one that's solid but indistinguishable, but I have quite a few others to use first so probably won't. I have replaced it with a partially used Clinique eye pencil in Brown Sugar.
Updated last day of the month… focus, improving overall net wealth…
Mortgage: starting at -£222,469 (Jan 26) now at -£220,913 (Jun 26)
Postgrad Loan: starting at -£8,974 (Jan 26) now at -£7,868 (Jun 26)
Personal Loan: starting at -£11,466 (Jan 26) now at -£10,494 (Jun 26)
Emergency Fund: starting at £5,511 (Jan 26) now at £2,529 (Jun 26)
Investments: starting at £50 (Jan 26) now at £832 (Jun 26)
Jan 27 Tax Fund: £2,336 / £3,298.
Net Wealth: starting at £18,778 (May 26) now at £19,586 (Jun 26)
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Final UU for May
Mini Water Bank - Laneige wmba Quite liked this as a light-weight day cream. NIce texture and fragrance. Have a lot of moisturisers to go through before I can even think of buying any more.
So May has been a good UU month - 11 out and only 3 in (all minis from a beauty box)
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