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Are you addicted to beauty products? If so, please join - we are "Beauty addicts anonymous" 💜

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Experiment627 · 28/01/2022 09:22

This is "Beauty addicts anonymous", a wonderful community of beauty product addicts & we have been going a hot minute... some may say we are enablers... many would say that they are much more intentional about their stashing and usage since joining this sisterhood.

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FiveShelties · 08/08/2022 12:02

@supadupapupascupa that is a amazing 😁

Experiment627 · 08/08/2022 14:11

Holy Moly @supadupapupascupa that is amazeballs work!

supadupapupascupa · 08/08/2022 18:22

Grin but the JOY!!!!

Fraaahnces · 09/08/2022 07:28

I am so impressed @supadupapupascupa!!! I did similar and ended up whittling my routine right down. Sometimes you have to do this to know what you really like.

PomRuns · 09/08/2022 08:58

Great system and would imagine unique in enabling but also focusing 🤣

PomRuns · 09/08/2022 09:00

@OchonAgusOchonOh I have a big Elemis peel
too from a beauty box- I’m tempted to just give away.

PomRuns · 11/08/2022 15:57

3Lab WW cream - loved it but it's so expensive.

Sarah Chapman Skinesis ultimate cleanse. Had a weird smell and wasn't that effective.

neom wonder balm. Didn't do much. not a rp for me.

Espa refining skin polish. Not as good as Demalogica.

99/100
10 samples.

PomRuns · 11/08/2022 15:59

99/120

Are you addicted to beauty products? If so, please join - we are "Beauty addicts anonymous" 💜
OchonAgusOchonOh · 11/08/2022 17:30

PomRuns · 11/08/2022 15:59

99/120

You're nearly there! Well done. I think I still have around 100 items to go.

MidnightMeltdown · 11/08/2022 17:47

My empties:

77) Dr Russo single application all day SPF 30 moisturiser: while I like the idea of an spf that you only have to apply once a day, I really didn't like this product at all. It was very thick, sticky and greasy, and the brush applicator felt really unhygienic. Yuk! Used it up on my arms.

78) Crabtree & Evelyn Rosewater hand cream: lovely scent, really smelt like fresh roses rather than the artificial rose scent that you usually get. Not the most moisturising hand cream that I've tried though.

79) Frezyderm sun screen: I really liked this. It's like a very silky serum and doesn't clog the skin

80) Medik8 Hydr8 B5: nice hyaluronic acid. Much preferred to the horrid sticky dr sebagh one that I was using before.

Total 80/125

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MidnightMeltdown · 11/08/2022 17:49

I recognise a couple of those empties from last years F&M advent calendar @PomRuns - they still sitting unopened in my stash! Blush

clary · 11/08/2022 19:37

@PomRuns i loved that WWlab cream, it was gorgeous. Sadly not in this years F&M or I might be tempted.

Fraaahnces · 14/08/2022 08:03

I am being ruthless at the moment.
Today I decluttered the Tart Tartelette palette. I have had it for years and despite it being 100% neutral, useful-coloured mattes, I rarely used it because it was patchy, blended abysmally and didn’t play nicely with other palettes. I never liked the scent either. Absolutely unnecessary.
Decluttered four Colourpop lip pencils. They were great, cool-toned shades, but they simply dry out quickly - to the point where you pull the lid off and the entire coloured part (the lead?) falls through the plastic outer bit. Disappointed because cool-toned neutrals that don’t pull grey or purple are hard to find!
Also decluttered a heap of Colourshock Eyeshadows from Colourpop. Can’t fault them, but they were ancient. Also bulky. I have kept three, but I am not promising that they will last long either. If I don’t reach for them by the end of August, they’re going bye-bye.

Experiment627 · 14/08/2022 08:51

@Fraaahnces such strength! Well done on being ruthless!!!

I definitely need to do this with my make-up collection as well as loads of other non-beauty related stuff

Experiment627 · 14/08/2022 08:51

Strikethrough fail 🙈

WhatTheFuckingHell · 14/08/2022 19:58

Uuuuuummmm. Is this for people who have too much beauty stuff and yet still continue to buy more? Oh and do your dh’s not know about it and are continually perplexed that you always seem to have a different perfume on every day of the year? If so I think this is the thread for meBlush.
whatthefuckinghell MUST be STRONG and resist the feelunique GWP….. although I COULD spend the £135 on some new skincare for dd, 11 (if you know any great brands that would be super helpful), some shower gel for dh and I’ve run out yeh right of my loccitane bath oil…..<wanders of thinking of ways to justify it>

clary · 14/08/2022 20:12

@WhatTheFuckingHell you have found your people 😀

An empty from me, dermslogica serum from the JLP AC. I loved this and it was a really good size as well, good job JL 👏👏

Have other sera to go at tho

Experiment627 · 14/08/2022 20:14

Welcome @WhatTheFuckingHell!!! You are in great company here! Love your name BTW!

Experiment627 · 14/08/2022 20:15

@OchonAgusOchonOh just saw you come up in a MN email!!! You are famous 🤩🤩🤩

OchonAgusOchonOh · 14/08/2022 20:59

Experiment627 · 14/08/2022 20:15

@OchonAgusOchonOh just saw you come up in a MN email!!! You are famous 🤩🤩🤩

Why? What did I do? I don't get any emails.

Hope it was my good side on show🙆

Experiment627 · 14/08/2022 21:15

It was your cross body side @OchonAgusOchonOh !!!

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OchonAgusOchonOh · 14/08/2022 21:26

Experiment627 · 14/08/2022 21:15

It was your cross body side @OchonAgusOchonOh !!!

That would explain the new posts😄

S&B posters are brilliant. I have it narrowed down now and just need to actually decide.

WhatTheFuckingHell · 14/08/2022 21:52

Thank you all! I am looking forward to maybe using up my stash and definitely possibly finding some new HG’s! I am surfing the internet right now as I’m bored and I like the look of the vichy 85 (is it that?) serum (the hyaluronic acid one i think) has anyone used it? Thanks

WhatTheFuckingHell · 15/08/2022 07:37

Three empty’s from me!


  1. tbs kindness and pears shower gel, liked this nice consistency and great smell, but won’t be buying any more from them as their a mlm

  2. tbs mango hand gel. This is amazing love the smell but again, won’t be rp as mlm

  3. sample (I think from a tui flight at Christmas??) of rituals the ritual of karma face cream..liked this a lot and would rp

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Experiment627 · 15/08/2022 07:39

Yes indeed @OchonAgusOchonOh that would explain it!

Sorry @WhatTheFuckingHell I have not tried that Vichy serum.

So a few empties from me:


  • Superdrug Me+ tranexamic booster: I actually bought a new one of these without checking my stash and seeing I already had one on the go 🙈 anyhoo have been using on my decolletage as is supposed to help reduce redness... have not seen any change. Any recommendations in this regard? Maybe I need a stronger one - this one is 2.5%

  • REN ready stead glow daily aha tonic: am really not a fan... not keen on the smell and sometimes it sort of foamed on my skin... there are loads of other aha/bha tonics that I prefer out there

  • Phyto Panama balancing treatment shampoo: saw this on offer on line and decided to try out... many yonks ago I used one the creams... think it is Number 7 - after Lisa Eldridge recommended. This shampoo was ok with my oily roots but not the best I have used of late.

  • Dr Paw Paw scrub and nourish: one part of this tub is a lovely lip balm the other is a lip scrub which basically dried out and hurt my lips. I used the scrub up on my legs


Wishing you all a fabulous week!

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