Boots Grabbit Bargains Part 27 - Post your finds here

passion8

lm07 wrote: »

hi passion8,
maybe it's just my greasy skin!! ha!!
it's not great staight onto any dry patches. I don't use any particular moisturiser first just whatever's to hand but i allow time for it to soak in first. this is cos the application is quite absorbent and i've found that if i put the MF on straight after some lotion it will try to wipe the lotion up and compact on the application and then get more of a caked look. would be just easier getting out the old trough(!).....

Thanks again lm07 Had to snip the post, sorry but it's that caked effect that I seem to have achieved the few times I've tried it. I'll try again with it using different moisturisers, but the whole texture of the foundation itself just seems wrong Maybe I've got too used to the liquid foundations.

Trough sounds good though, or trug and trowel

pollsdolls wrote: »

No Passion hun it's not just you, it comes to us all eventually. But all you young ladies look away now as this might make you nauseous. You will have to deal with this in your later years;)

Ladies of a certain age... Cough... should always use a really good moisturiser otherwise its like painting a newly plastered wall with emulsion, the plaster just sucks up the paint:eek: :eek: with that horrible slurpy sound and your face will feel and look 'set' You will then get the 'Barbara Cartland effect'

Face
I always use Olay regenerist serum (Don't skimp).
Then the (really good) moisturiser.
Then the foundation,(the highly intelligent one from No 7)
Then the bronzer.(At the moment I use a Revlon one from poundland as Boots changed theirs and put all different colours in it, and I looked like coco the clown with it (I bought 2 as well) :doh:

Re the layers, I only use a sunscreen F50 + a tinted moisturiser with a sun factor. Try it and see. The No7 tinted moisturiser is good for this.

I can no longer mix Serum + moisturiser + foundation + sunscreen as I always feel like I want to peel a few layers off :rolleyes: :rolleyes: and I can never get my sunhat on properly

Re the lips. I use the No7 lip screen (with optional lippy on top)

HTH (My bill is in the post)

hiya pollsdolls Funny you should mention Barbara Cartland, as I imagine that's the effect that particular MF foundation would give if not used with the right moisturiser

I'll have to copy and paste the above (cheque's in the post btw ) but if I had to go through all of that rigmarole, I'd be putting my make-up on before I went to bed, instead of taking it off :rotfl:

When dd got married, we had a professional beautician doing the make-up, and that what you mentioned about being able to peel it off was exactly how I felt that day I couldn't stand it, there was layers and layers of what I can only imagine was how grease paint feels like

I need to rethink this whole thing LOL. Sorry to quote all of the post - didn't know quite where to snip it. But as a basic summary, I need a good primer to put under the emulsion? Either that or use geordie_lass's sunglasses and hairstyle combo :rotfl:

Thank you all the same x

(From a totally bewildered 50+ yr old lol)

Mangomilk

skibster wrote: »

Why oh why do a few SAs seem to enjoy being nasty? All she had to do was ring it up, and tell you no if it beeped ... which it wouldn't have. But good for you for walking off, and that SA just did herself out of a commission.

I know Bootsing is a smaller scale, but it makes me think of the scene in Pretty Woman where Julia Roberts went back to the shop that wouldn't serve her before, her arms laden with thousands of dollars of shopping, and said, "You work on commission, don't you? Big mistake!" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Skibster you are absolutely right, don't understand how their brains work and what's the benefit of being nasty.
Anyway went upstairs and told the lovely SA honestly that the No7 SAs are "scary" and I don't like paying there, she laughed and said she found them quite intimidating too:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

pollsdolls

claire1234 wrote: »

hiya,

if the end date is the 14th june on the save £5 on no7 make up; does that mean that the last day to spend them is friday (tomorrow) or could i still spend them on saturday?

i`ll be going to a bigger boots on saturday,

thanks!

You can still use them on Saturday Claire:j :j

-MRS_T-

Looking for some help please peeps

I am going to visit my friend tmrw in newcastle and obviously I will be taking a trip to boots in the metro centre oooh how exciting.

I am looking to see if you could help me with a shopping list please. I have the following vouchers

350 points wyb no7 washing and bathing
250 points wyb botanics mask
free trevour sorbie product wyb from the ts long hair range
free trevor sorbie conditioner wys shampoo pc voucher
save £2 on pantene voucher
save £5 on olay total effects moisturiser
free umberto gianni conditoner express voucher

think thats about it. I am hoping there is some glitches that I can use for these. Thanks in advance

mrs t

Mangomilk

claire1234 wrote: »

hiya,

if the end date is the 14th june on the save £5 on no7 make up; does that mean that the last day to spend them is friday (tomorrow) or could i still spend them on saturday?

i`ll be going to a bigger boots on saturday,

thanks!

If it's a lovely SA then it will be interpreted as Saturday is last day, if it's a nasty one then Friday :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

claire1234

thank you

AB_KW

jtb2412 wrote: »

I think AB_KW has poisoned the Ted Baker Stuff :rotfl: (joke !!!!)

C'mon, you've got to tell us ....... can't deal with another 7 pages of guessing games :eek:

well if you really want me to .........

AB_KW

rubylou88 wrote: »

Boots could do with price scanners like you get in Tesco's that would be so helpful.;)

i totally agree with that. thing about the tesco scanners is that it doesn't tell you if it is part of an offer which i think it should. I would deffo buy more if i knew it was on 342 or something

AB_KW

pollsdolls wrote: »

:eek: :eek: :eek: Thinks I will steer clear of TB from now on, don't like the sound of that ingredient.

I think the best one to put in the TB and all the products is the one that clouds the judgement of all SA's and makes them issue treble pts for every purchase. (I wish):rotfl: :rotfl:

have you been at the drink cabinet again polls? :rotfl:

pollsdolls

passion8 wrote: »

When dd got married, we had a professional beautician doing the make-up, and that what you mentioned about being able to peel it off was exactly how I felt that day I couldn't stand it, there was layers and layers of what I can only imagine was how grease paint feels like
I need a good primer to put under the emulsion? Either that or use geordie_lass's sunglasses and hairstyle combo :rotfl: (From a totally bewildered 50+ yr old lol)

pollsdolls wrote: »

Face
1)Serum
2)Moisturiser.
3)Foundation,
4)Bronzer

Passion just remember the 4 steps above, it wont take you a minute. Honest.

Failing that use use geordie_lass's sunglasses and hairstyle combo :rotfl:

Just passed My 1000th post!!!!:j