What do you do with unopened toiletries you don’t want?

[StepsNotMiles]

Hi all
I have ended up with about a years worth of various toiletries but they are not brands that I normally use. I feel bad about wasting them so I am wondering what other people do in situations like this

Do you just use them anyway, give them away or have another solution? I would love to hear your tips

Raffles or charity shops

I donate to charity shops or to those collecting for school tombolas etc.

Offer them to a charity shop. If they can't sell them, the volunteers might like them.
Offer them on Freecycle.
Make a little hamper of them to give to a friend.

School fairs mostly. Food banks/refuges/charity shops otherwise.

Free cycle or school pta

food bank. There are also Hygiene banks.

Schools will take them for raffles and fairs.

Food bank or the local RSPCA rescue centre for their fairs.

Local food bank were happy to take mine

Boots - The Hygiene Bank drop off points. You could add some practical stuff too like toothpaste and toothbrushes.

You could offer them to your local hygiene bank.

Donate.

Local food bank, though i do use up dodgy bubble bath and shower gels decant3d into a squirty bottle as hand wash in the bathroom, it's all soap after all!

Charity shop. They seem to sell well and I’ve bought a few things there myself.

Women’s refuge

a supermarket near me collects for a local hygiene bank. I tend to use everything I’m gifted to be honest. But my husband had some shampoo in a gift set and he’s bald… so we really didn’t need that 😊

Donate to a Women’s refuge

Swap them with friends, donate to food banks or a local charity that gives out sleeping bags and toiletries to the homeless, or give them to a group at work who do regular raffles and things to raise funds for keeping a little community garden going outside the office.

Years ago I worked for a place where someone organised an event where we took in a load of toiletries and perfumes that we hadn't used, so we could all swap with each other. Everyone paid £1 I think. Maybe it was for Comic Relief or something like that.

I find they go really quickly on olio

I run one of the “community pantry” type initiatives that MN hates so much (set up your tackle food waste and similar).

We encourage people to leave them with us and they are always well received.

Food banks will take toiletries.

Offer to friends and/or put in the food bank tub.

Our local food bank also runs a hygiene bank so collects these items. Maybe worth checking yours out too

I generally feed them into dc's schools and sports clubs for raffle prizes. One or two quite pricey ones I've sold on Vinted.