What can I buy for £5 that will make me look nice and feel like a treat

[ReallySpicyCurry]

I've been losing weight since July, and have just hit one of my mini goals. I have a horrible attitude to myself whenever I feel like I've "failed" at something, so I've been breaking the weightloss down into chunks, with small (non edible) rewards once I've hit certain goals, rather than trying to do everything all at once then telling myself I can't because I'm shit (and should therefore cry into my wine and crisps)

So £5 is my current budget for achieving this particular goal - and today I'm feeling really good about myself, pretty even, so I'd quite like something to reflect that. It's been ages since I've taken proper care of myself.

I'd get a really bright scarf, to dress up an outfit/coat that brings out the colour of your eyes.

Also doubles up as a face covering if you keep forgetting the bloody masks like I do!

Well done on your weight loss and discipline!

On the rare occasion I do treat myself, I get flowers or you could have a look on the next clearance website they do bits and bobs quite cheap. If you havent go an account already, you may even get a sign up bonus if you opt into their credit option x

I can recommend Nip and Fab's bubble masks. I use this one a few times a month and love how my skin feels afterwards: www.lookfantastic.com/nip-fab-glycolic-fix-extreme-bubble-mask-23g/11567217.html

It depends where you get it from but they are usually £4.99-£7.99.

Feel unique does five free samples and you just pay £3.95 p+p. You can choose from fragrance, hair care, skincare etc and you can do it once a month. I always pick five fragrances - they are the tiny samples ideal for handbags.

I'm having a look at Feel Unique but am being a bit thick - do you have to buy something "proper" to then add the free samples?

May I point you in the direction of this that I've just come back from the shops from this afternoon . It's also on buy 1 get 1free so I bought the Rplex range hair dye that is part of this range all for £5.
For financial reasons I had to cancel my colour and the biotin smoothing treatment I was going to have at hairdressers so really looking forward to giving this hair repair product a go.

https://www.superdrug.com/Hair/Hair-Treatments/Conditioning-Treatments/Superdrug-R-Plex-Hair-Repair-System-Treatment-Kit/p/769425?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtsv7BRCmARIsANu-CQdjwrmtn55Iivgd87o-hNH19iBMBgjAWo4TqjuR8yX-TRAASZSBsaArSREALwwwcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#bv-reviews

No you can just pick your five samples and pay the p and p. No other purchase needed.

Weird one here but hear me out:
Some spring bulbs! £5 will buy you enough daffs/snowdrops/crocuses for a big pot by the front door from B&Q. Come February you will reap the rewards - and more if you buy more the next time you're due a treat

Congratulations! That genuinely was so good to read (your mini goals and progress since July).

I think I would go with a fancier shampoo or conditioner than I'd normally get, or a far too expensive extravagant hand soap (since handwashing is so 'now' at the moment). Also very much like the nice underwear idea,

I bloody love this idea OP, it’s the sort of kick start I need to get healthy.

Personally for a fiver I’d get earrings, I love the chunky plastic variety so that’s perfect.

weight loss =need new knickers! (check if any shops have got sales on! Matalan? I have ordered some things on line - you might get some last season tops maybe?)

Girlwhowearsglasses aha, you're a girl after my own heart - I planted 50 bulbs last weekend. They aren't a treat, they're an absolute necessity in my world, like oxygen for the eyeballs anyway my dad bought me them.

I'm absolutely in love with the five samples for £3.95, it took me a while but I have chosen two fragrances, a Touche Eclat sample which I shall guard for mornings after non sleeping toddler nights, a lip and cheek balm, and face stuff. Bloody fabulous idea - I love the idea of having lots of little different things to try, I can do a mini facial/makeover and it will feel like a real treat. I also went slightly over my £5 by ordering a £1.70 exfoliating mitt and I've the rest of the suggestions duly noted - everything £5 for example, I'm already eyeing up some jumpers on that.

DinosApple I thoroughly recommend it. I have been trying to lose weight for ages, but had got into a nasty emotional rut, with a toddler who sleeps poorly, a grumpy teen, lockdown and DH and I both working and not much £££ to spend on holidays or big nights out - so wine/chocolate/cheese in the evening with a book or TV was my only affordable "reward" for getting through the week and my only adult time- terrible fucking habit and of course a vicious circle.

So I stopped buying and eating junk, and took up intermittent fasting/low carbing which is obviously having an impact on the grocery bill. I really struggle to spend money on myself, so this way I don't feel like I'm taking money away from my family, instead I'm redirecting what was an allocated amount for me anyway.

For my first stone off, I bought a magazine subscription. I have taken up running, so the next "big" reward was a subscription service to stream music, so I can listen to music on my phone while I run. I have had a few smaller rewards (wax melts, a big box of Earl Grey) for dropping a dress size/going down another BMI point, that sort of thing.

The key is they have to be affordable and you can't eat them. I know in some ways replacing one rewards system with another is perhaps not the healthiest option, but actually as time goes on and I lose weight, I find myself stabilising emotionally anyway - I'm no longer hooked on food or sugar, I don't feel so hungry, and mentally I feel stronger and more confident. Running helps massively actually, and I am so not a sporty person, but it just seems to work out a lot of my emotional crap. Also when I do buy something, it really does feel like a treat that I've earned and I don't feel guilty/like I'm going to plunge us all back into poverty