MEO

No its not a spelling mistake I did mean MEO.

On a forum I frequent they've been discussing cheap beauty/facial products. Well of course I was immediately hooked into joining in.

So it turns out that this cheap magical facial product is none other than EO or Emollient Ointment to you and I. A huge magnificent tub at £2.50 from your local chemist. As good as Eve Lom said some. Whilst others through their hat into the ring with Liz Earle - very similar consistency.

Well they had me at £2.50. I had the zit from hell and my skin has more outbreaks than a US disease testing centre.

I should have known then.

This M (for magic of course, silly) EO is applied to a wet face and left for a few minutes. Then you need to wash it off with a muslin which has been wrung out in hot water. The scrubby effect of the muslin contributes to the magic.

What ensued then was a discussion on Boots muslins, store own brand muslins and Liz Earle muslins. Good old Liz with the most expensive came out best of all.

Their came the obligatory sharing of links for the best/cheapest supplies.

So I hit the link to the online chemists. MEO hit the shopping basket first. Then I discovered cheap hayfever tablets with 28 tablets for 39p. That's certainly less than the ASDA price! Well then I remembered I was going out and I'd binned all my make up in the interests of hygiene. No I hadn't it was that old Cleopatra was the last one to use my eyeliner.

To cut a long story short my £2.50 tub of EO ended up costing me £27. You know where I'm going with this don't you?

Muslin hunt so me heading in the direction of the Liz Earle's seconds shop on Ebay. They were a steal at £7 for 6. Then I saw the cutest little Liz Earle holdall just the right size to hold the MEO. Well I don't give my beauty tips to just anyone ;-)

Then as the postage was the same for additional items this sweet little bottle of body wash dropped in to the basket. Destined to head into the bathroom cupboard with all those other sweet little bottles. Another £20 later.

Ever had the idea it would have been cheaper just to go and have a facial and relax for an hour?