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Bodyform sanitary towels are great, 89p in Savers.

Soda crystals are £1 a bag and sort out blocked/slow running sinks or showers easily. Pour a decent amount over and rinse through with boiling water. Also good for cleaning a smelly washing machine, put a cupful in the drum and rub on a high heat.

Radox salts for £1 a box are just as good as any of those fancy bath salts and great for muscle aches.

Boots handwash is brilliant for much cheapness, I've got the lime just now which is so zingy and the raspberry is great too.

E-cloths might seem expensive to buy but last forever and you can use just with water. I have cleaning cloths and drying cloths. Works on all my kitchen surfaces, mirrors, dusting, cleaning sinks and toilets, windows etc. No smearing and can just he chucked in the washing machine. I've got a floor mop too, velcros off and into the machine.
Follow the soda crystals with a squirt of white vinegar first before the boiling eater and it’s even better!
 
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Lidl siempre tampons, 69p a box I think? Better than £2.99 for tampax
 
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Lidl siempre tampons, 69p a box I think? Better than £2.99 for tampax
Not tried those, do they have applicators? I once tried Lidl for tampons but at the time could see none with applicators. I do love the Aldi tampons though, would not pay Tampax price at all.
 
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I once got a box of the cheap Aldi applicator tampons where half the box either had no string, or one that was not very well attached. I noticed one but carried on using them thinking I'd check, forgot and ended up having to fish the tampon out at the end of my period that I thought I'd already removed coz it was stringless!

I now always check applicator tampons have a string on before I use them 🙈. Only ever happened with the cheap ones though.
 
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On the subject of tampons I was feeling cheap so bought boots own brand. I feel like the applicator was a bit stiff compared to tampax but other then that exactly the same and only £1 for a box of 20!
 
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I don't like Lidl's own tampons. They're very cardboard like.
The sanitary towels are great though, and even better ate unscented.
 
I might kick myself for this 😆
I like https://www.approvedfood.co.uk/
They sell out of date or ‘nearly’ out of date food
Often big brands like hotel chocolat etc. Great for cereal bars / snacks / stocking up on stuff for the house.
there’s a minimum spend sadly! So I only order a few times a year. But worth knowing about 👍 (shop around tho, not everything is always cheaper, but sign up to email alerts as stock changes daily, I don’t work for them btw lol)
 
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Superdrugs vitamin E skincare/face range. Their hot cloth cleaner is a winner and gives some of the well known high end brands a run for there money. Comes complete with a muslin face cloth as well which is so nice and leaves your skin feeing soft but clean.

The Ordinary and The Inkey List are so reasonable for the price and have some gems in their lines - The Ordinary foundations being a fave, great selection of undertones and shades and looks flawless on! I also have their concealer and have about 5 different shades so I always have one that works for whatever im using it for

LA Colours make up - their lipgloss and liners are amazing for the price

NYX micro brow pencil - not *the*cheapest on the market but practically identical to the ABH brow wiz I used to swear by and for less money. It seems to last longer too
 
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I might kick myself for this 😆
I like https://www.approvedfood.co.uk/
They sell out of date or ‘nearly’ out of date food
Often big brands like hotel chocolat etc. Great for cereal bars / snacks / stocking up on stuff for the house.
there’s a minimum spend sadly! So I only order a few times a year. But worth knowing about 👍 (shop around tho, not everything is always cheaper, but sign up to email alerts as stock changes daily, I don’t work for them btw lol)
If you eat a lot of protein bars (or know someone who does) then https://foodcirclesupermarket.co.uk/ is really good. My partner likes the odd Clif bar and the prices here are really good, and they have really cheap Kind bars. I’ve used them quite a bit and found their customer service helpful too.
 
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Boots Natural Collection stick concealer (not the liquid concealer) is maybe not the cheapest out there but for £1.99 it's nice and thick, comes in several shades, and is good for covering up blemishes - it's not designed for under eyes. Definitely better than some of the more expensive brands I've tried
I second this. I also use Natural Collection foundation- used to use No7. Stay Perfect foundation but the NC stuff works just as well for me and is £2.99 whereas the No7 stuff is £14.95 🤨
 
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Groovy Biscuits (FKA "Disco Biscuits" until some humourless person insisted on it being changed cuz it's slang for ecstasy) which are available at Aldi, 99p and delicious. Aldi nappy bags are cheap and stronger than some of the more expensive ones

Superdrug own brand tampons are pretty good
 
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The Burger sauce in Aldi is the exactly the same as the McDonald's sauce.

The Linda Macarthy's range of vegetarian food is great too.
The same with their fruit and veg

Chunky chips are lovely and skinny chips are great. £1 too, again less than 1/2 the half the price of Marks.



Also their ice cream is even better than Ben And Jerry's

And their pink G+T half the price of other shops.

Also their cleaning products are half the price of Poundland. 60p for kitchen cleaning wipes, l'm having that.
 
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Superdrugs vitamin E skincare/face range. Their hot cloth cleaner is a winner and gives some of the well known high end brands a run for there money. Comes complete with a muslin face cloth as well which is so nice and leaves your skin feeing soft but clean.

The Ordinary and The Inkey List are so reasonable for the price and have some gems in their lines - The Ordinary foundations being a fave, great selection of undertones and shades and looks flawless on! I also have their concealer and have about 5 different shades so I always have one that works for whatever im using it for

LA Colours make up - their lipgloss and liners are amazing for the price

NYX micro brow pencil - not *the*cheapest on the market but practically identical to the ABH brow wiz I used to swear by and for less money. It seems to last longer too
That Superdrug vitamin E range smells so good 👃🏻

I love wet n wild for eyeliners, cheap, cruelty-free and most things are vegan.
 
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I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but Layering Lab perfumes from Superdrug are bloody amazing. Last year I got Blossom which is a dupe for Alien, and then I got Alien at Christmas. They smell exactly the same. My 100ml blossom bottle was £7, and I keep one at work and one at home.

superdrug have got the bottles in the sale at the moment in 15ml sizes, and they have come out with a rant of deodorants and shower gels. I’ve bought a bunch so I’ll show you guys later when I pick them up today.

also second the Superdrug vitamin E range; really helps my skin!
 
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I get my baby wipes from Amazon. 18 packs for £13 and they clean my toddlers bum much better than the Huggies I used to get 👌🏻😂
 
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I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but Layering Lab perfumes from Superdrug are bloody amazing. Last year I got Blossom which is a dupe for Alien, and then I got Alien at Christmas. They smell exactly the same. My 100ml blossom bottle was £7, and I keep one at work and one at home.

superdrug have got the bottles in the sale at the moment in 15ml sizes, and they have come out with a rant of deodorants and shower gels. I’ve bought a bunch so I’ll show you guys later when I pick them up today.

also second the Superdrug vitamin E range; really helps my skin!
i asked my husband to buy me Blossom for Xmas instead of Alien 😂
 
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