£100 Per Year Beauty Products Challenge - Month 7

Joining in with the challenge set by El from A Thrifty Mrs blog, I am attempting to spend no more than £100 in a year on beauty products and toiletries.  I have been aided in this challenge by a rather large unused stash of products, which I am slowly working my way through.  (I'll do an update of what is left in the stash in next month's post).

January has been a slightly more expensive month than it needed to be, mainly because of treating myself to some new nail varnishes in the post Christmas sales, but even so, I haven't gone too far over the budget of £8.33 as I have actually spent £10.86.  I'm pretty confident that I will be able to make up for this overspend in the next couple of months.

The current spend on this challenge now stands at £59.92/£100 with 5 months remaining.

This month's expenditure was on the following:

Shampoo - £1.89

Nail Varnishes x 5 - £3.50 (A set of 9 bought in the sales (half price) and 4 bottles removed to be used as advent gifts for Little Bird next Christmas)

Cotton Wool Pads (100) - 50p

Smart Price Hairspray - 37p - I must admit that this was not my best purchase on this challenge.  I bought this price range as it was this or spending over £2, as the normal range I use that costs around 70p, was out of stock in two stores I visited.  I wouldn't buy this again as I don't find it holds well at all and I am looking forward to it running out.

Toothpaste x 6 - £3.60 - I bought a supply of these from Approved Food to keep us going for a while.

Nail Varnish Remover Pads 2 x 25 - £1 - Useful for carrying in my handbag as I often do my nails on the go.

Boots Seventeen Blemish Stick - Free with Boots Points (Normally £3.99)


Total Expenditure - £10.86

Not a bad month, but as my school reports used to say.  Could do better.