Category: What’s In My Trash?

What’s In My Trash? October 2019

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The month of spooky is over and now it is full on Christmas season there is already Christmas music and movies playing.

Skincare (9)

Medusa’s Makeup After Glow Facial Serum I loved this so so much and will probably have to repurchase. It is expensive for such a small amount but it did last me a very long time. I only need about three drops for my whole face. This is a grapefruit oil serum/moisturizer and it made my face look and feel so glowy and soft and it smelled so amazing I just really loved it and am missing it already but I have a few thing in reserve that I need to give a shot before I repurchase this.

Repurchase: Yes

Body Prescriptions  Micellar Foaming Cleanser I didn’t really like this cleanser it didn’t remove makeup and I found it pretty drying and stripping on my skin. My girlfriend on the other hand loved it and said it made her skin clearer so you know differing opinions.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Facial Cleansing Oil in Totally Rad I love the cleansing oils from FCS they even remove eye makeup with out stinging or making a film on my contacts. They don’t emulsify at all which is the only down side but they really work perfectly all the same.

Repurchase: Absolutely

Wander Beauty Baggage Claim Gold Eye Masks these are the only eye masks I have ever use that actually work they hydrate and take away dark circles lines and puffiness they stay on really well so I can wear them while doing my eyeshadow and use them to make a crisp line as well as catch fall out these are great.

Repurchase: Yes

Double Dare OMG! 2 in 1 Detox Bubbling Microfiber Mask this was a two-step mask first is one of those bubbling sheet masks that is supposed to cleanse your skin and remove your makeup and exfoliate. I don’t know how it could do all those things I would not trust this to remove my makeup but my skin did feel clean and soft after it. The second step is a hydrating mask that I didn’t really like it was sticky and thick and didn’t seem to absorb well.

Repurchase: No, I do have another one.

Valjean Labs Restore Facial Serum I didn’t like this I don’t feel like it did anything for my skin and it was sticky.

Repurchase: No

Clinique Dramatically Different Hydrating Jelly this is a water gel moisturizer I don’t love it but I’ll use it when I have it which is  fairly often. It is very light and watery.

Repurchase: No

7th Heaven Green Tea Peel-Off Face Mask this did nothing the only good thing about it was that it didn’t hurt when I peeled it off.

Repurchase: No

Smartly Unscented Facial Cleansing Wipes these were pretty drying and not very effective.

Repurchase: No

Random (3)

Fortune Cookie Soap OCD Hand Sanitizer in Third Times a Charm this was super old it had lost its scent I had been using it so long. I love their hand sanitizers I find them less drying then other had sanitizers.

Repurchase: Yes

Secret Deodorant Ph Balance in Shower Fresh. I liked this a lot I forgot that I liked this line of deodorants I would repurchase.

Repurchase: Yes

Koh Gen Do Pure Cotton Pads these are super super soft which I really enjoyed but I don’t like cotton pads that have unfinished edges because I feel like they get fluff everywhere and I don’t like that. These are pretty big though so I cut them in half to get double the amount of use out of them.

Repurchase: No

Home Scents (2)

Bath and Body Works Summer Suntan Candle this is my all time favorite candle they make I smells like summer and suntan lotion and reminds me of the beach and I just love everything about it. This pretty glittery rainbow jar they did for pride month was really awesome too.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Vampire Blood Candle I really wanted to love this the jar is pretty the wax is this gorgeous bloody red color when it was melted. But there was no scent throw on this at all. I also lost the jar it grew legs and walked away.

Repurchase: No

Lip (2)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Shine Bright Sheer Shimmer Lip Balm this was so good it tasted good and smelled good kinda fruity. It felt so nice and moisturizering and smooth on I loved it so much sad to see it go.

Repurchase: If this formula comes back yes

Platinum Endontics Lip Balm this is like a random giveaway item you get for free from a million different types of places this one happens to come from the dentist and it is an oddly nice lip balm it is really smooth and coating so it feels like and protecting on my lips and is a nice vanilla flavor.

Repurchase: No because it isn’t for sale but I will use them when I get them.

Makeup (4)

Bare Minerals Whipped Velvet Long Wear Eyecolor in Gilded Beige I didn’t really like this as a liquid eyeshadow it was boring and not super impactful. I used it up as a highlighter it was pretty but not over the top. I’m glad I got some use out of it but I didn’t really like it.

Repurchase: No

Medusa’s Makeup Witch Lash in Electric Blue I love this mascara so so much the witch lash mascara is in my top 5 mascaras and their blue mascaras are really pigmented and show up so well.  I also like how long and feathery it makes my lashes look.

Repurchase: Yes

Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray this is my favorite setting spray it really works and it isn’t sticky, doesn’t smell weird and sprays out really nice and even.

Repurchase: Yes

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara this is a really great mascara it really is as great as all the reviews it makes my lashes look really bold and full. I don’t like how hard it is to get off but It is a great mascara.

Repurchase: Yes

Lotion (3)

Bath and Body Works Bourbon Strawberry & Vanilla Body Lotion This smelled nice really sweet and that fake strawberry scent but really no bourbon scent. The body lotions are fine but nothing special.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Wendy Bird Aloe Me Whipped Cream I love all the scents from the Second Star to the Right Collection the aloe me whipped creams are really nice they aren’t as sticky as aloe but lighter than a regular whipped cream lotion.

Repurchase: Yes

Ahava Dead Sea Water Mineral Hand Cream I loved this it smells like the ocean which is so calming and lovely to me. It was also really creamy and hydrating.

Repurchase: No

Bodycare (4)

Lush Secret Arts Jelly Bomb this was so fun and cool. It was a bath bomb that fizzes and changes the water color but in the bath bomb was like seaweed jelly that made the water extra soft and really made my skin feel so amazing this was ten times better than any other bath bomb at that. There was like no scent from this but it turned my water perfectly black and I love not being able to see through the water at all so that was great. It totally stained my tub though which was not so great because the last thing I want to do after a bath is wash my tub but still really enjoyed this.

Repurchase: Maybe, I don’t take a lot of baths and this is $8 for one bath

Bath and Body Works Shower Gel in Waikiki Beach Coconut I loved the coconut scent of this it was great.

Repurchase: Yes

Cauldron Bath Bomb I don’t know where this came from. It turned my water a really fun green color and it was super fun wathing it all bubble out of the cauldron. I didn’t love the scent though but it was nice.

Repurchase: No, I don’t know what it is or where to get it.

Bath and Body Works Rainbow Body Oil in Marshmallow Magic I loved the Marshmallow Magic scent and would love for BBW to bring it back but this oil was a miss for it had way to much alcohol in it and would sting my skin after shaving. It was pretty and smelled nice though.

Repurchase: No

Perfume (1)

Cosmos by Zoella I only have 1 left from this four scent set I bought and I can’t wait to be done with that one. I didn’t like any of these perfumes they all smell really cheap and don’t last long. I got sucked in my cute bottles and my punishment to myself is that I need to use them up completely.

Repurchase: NO

Haircare (3)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Greased Lightnin’ Hemp Seed Leave-In Conditioner  this I didn’t like it was messy it would like leak out of the bottom of the sprayer while I tried to use it. It was kinda thin and sticky because I think the heavier good part of the conditioner was leaking out and the scent was off-putting to me too musky. This was a fail. I am very picky with leave ins they have to be perfect or I hate them.

Repurchase: No

Moroccanoil Color Depositing Mask in Hibiscus I said this before this is just a really expensive packet of hair dye and there is better hair dye for cheaper.

Repurchase: No

Pantene Intense Rescue Shot Ampoule this made my hair feel so so soft I really liked this mask. I hated the packaging though I wish it came out of a bigger hole because once this really slippery mask was in my hands it was really hard to keep squeezing the tube without it falling out of my hands. There is also something so nice about those old school hair brand scents like Pantene.

Repurchase: Yes

Declutter (2)

Elf Mineral Infused Mascara this was so natural it felt and looked like nothing was on my lashes at all and that is not a look I go for. I don’t have time in my life for crappy mascara.

Vitamasques Face Food Strawberry Yoghurt Mask this has strawberry in it and since that time I had a bad reaction to strawberries in skincare I am too afraid to use strawberry products I can’t patch test first so I will add this to the declutter bin for someone else to try.

I am coming into the season where I will be adding so much stuff into my collection over they next 3 months so I really need to put using product up into high gear now this was a slower month after using alot in September so I really need to be at double this for November. Bit disappointed in myself this month.

Total This Month: 33

Total: 473

Approx Value This Month: $257.42

Approx Paid This Month: $73.76

Approx Total Value: $2,528.11

Approx Total Paid: $717.03

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What’s In My Trash? September 2019

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So I am back after some technically difficulties that caused the site to be down for a few days so sorry about that but it is all sorted out now and we are back up and running.

I have used up so much stuff this month alot of it on vacation so there are some separate pictures of those items.

Skincare (24)

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel I thought I was going to love this since I love the eye cream so much but this had a fragrance I didn’t like it was a bit floral and just unnecessary. It was a nice light hydrating but watery moisturizer that I would use again I might see if they have a unscented version.

Repurchase: Maybe

Origins Clear Improvements this is an ok clearing mask but I don’t think it is too magical I prefer the tea tree one from The Body Shop. I cut this open which I don’t do often with face masks because it isn’t always enough but since I more area treat then full face mask with this it got me a whole application extra out of it.

Repurchase: No, but I do have more of this so you will see it again eventually

Clinique Dramatically Different Hydrating Jelly I don’t love this moisturizer it basically turns to water when you touch it and can be really hard to apply. But it is does feel cooling and nice and basic on and I like it for that. I get this in samples a lot so I I will use it but It isn’t special it is also not going to be enough if you have dry skin.

Repurchase: No

Tarte Knockout Tingling Treatment this is a Salicylic and Lactic acid treatment/toner to clear skin and exfoliate I really really liked it it did help clear up gunk in my pores and it did do a little chemical exfoliation but not a ton. I would consider re buying this. This also smells and tastes if it gets in your mouth exactly like malt vinegar.

Repurchase: Maybe

Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti Aging Serum I don’t know what this was supposed to do but it felt nice and thick in a good way.

Repurchase: No

Belif The True Cream Aqua Bomb I don’t really like the Aqua Bombs but I had it so I used it. I find them sticky and not that hydrating.

Repurchase: No

Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser I hated this its heavily fragranced and sorta feels like you are washing your face with had soap.

Repurchase: No

Coola Mineral Sunscreen Unscented Matter Tint in SPF 30 (2) I am on the fence with this one it looks and feels nice and matte and smooth at first but then it gets pretty greasy though out the day. But it doesn’t break me out so I don’t know.

Repurchase: Maybe

Coola Sport SPF 50 Sunscreen in Fresh Mango this is really sticky and white I can’t tell if it was breaking me out or not.

Repurchase: No

Dr. Jart+ DermaClear Micro Makeup Remover (5) These are really  nice and gentle on my eyes but really really effective for removing eye makeup. They are kinda milky so they are not for touch ups but I like them.

Repurchase: Yes

Be Fine Single Serve Gentle Cleanser (2) this was like washing my face with water and it smelt bad.

Repurchase: No

Be Fine Single Serve Exfoliating Cleanser this is really sticky and chunky.

Repurchase: No

Kiko Milano Pure Clean Eyes & Lips Makeup Remover I got this in a little travel set with a milk lotion. This was ok at getting makeup off but not strong enough for very heavy eye makeup or waterproof mascara. So while it was gentle and didn’t sting my eyes I wouldn’t recommend.

Repurchase: No

Kiehl’s Turmeric & Cranberry Seed Energizing Radiance Face Masque I don’t feel like this did anything and it was kinda drying. This just left me really confused this did not invigorate my skin or brighten it.

Repurchase: No

Garnier Skinactive Moisture Bomb The Super Hydrating Mask Anti-Fatigue this is really nice in the sense that it felt so soothing and nice and moisturizing on but in terms of doing anything not really. The fit is also kinda eh on this the eye holes are really small. These are so inexpensive though that they feel nice enough to be a nice treat. I was able to snag two of these for free with a Garnier coupon and for free or the very cheap price I would coupon them for they are fun and nice.

Repurchase: Probably

Cetaphil Hydrating Eye-Gel Cream this felt super nice it was really bouncy if that makes any sense.

Repurchase: No

Philosophy Ultimate Miracle Worker Eye Cream this was only like 5 days worth of eye cream so I don’t know if it really does anything but it is a really thick cream that feels nice if that is something you are into.

Repurchase: No

Philosophy Purity Hydra Bounce Eye Gel hydrating but not really much else.

Repurchase: No

Random (9)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Dim the Lights Mini Headache Oil this is one of those essential oil headache/muscle relief type roller balls it was nice it felt soothing and relaxing but it didn’t do much for actual headaches other than being mentally soothing and relaxing. The fumes on this were pretty strong though and would bother my eyes sometimes. Anyone ever rub muscle rub in their eyes by accident? Just like that. I would probably consider trying a product like this again but not this one.

Repurchase: No

Sweet & Shimmer Face & Body Wipes Mini Wipes in Vanilla Bean I always pick these up when Ulta has them for the holiday sales. I love that they smell good and are tiny because I use them for removing swatches. Love these.

Repurchase: Yes

Ulta Beauty Smarts Mask Removing Cloths so I used these as disposable wash cloths for travel and loved them of course they stopped selling these but I think I found potential and much cheaper replacements on Amazon.

Repurchase: Not these

Sweet & Shimmer Brush Cleansing Wipes (3) these have been game changing for me because I can bring just a few brushes instead of a lot of brushes with me. These don’t replace washing but they work for like having to be out and doing makeup.

Repurchase: These or others but glad I know they exist

Dove Men Clean and Comfort Antiperspirant this smelled like baby powder ew. Hated it.

Repurchase: No

Aquaphor Ointment Travel Size I love Aquaphor for chapped skin and lips and any little scrap or whatever I need it for.

Repurchase: Yes

Tommy Bahama Conditioner I used this bottle to shave and it was fine I usually do that with hotel conditioners and it is fine.

Repurchase: No

Home Scents (1)

Bath and Body Works Deep Cleaning Hand Soap in Boardwalk Vanilla Cone I loved the scent of this it really did smell like a vanilla ice cream cone with the like chocolate on the top. Such a yummy scent. I don’t love the Deep Cleaning hand soaps I would opt ofr the creamy one or the foaming when (if it comes back around we all know how bath and body works can be) I buy it again.

Repurchase: Yes

Lip (1)

Blistex Complete Moisture I love this chapstick it is so smooth and moisturizing on and it feels so good. It also has this nice light sweet lemon type scent/flavor that I really adore. The only this I don’t like is that if I apply to much which I tend to because of how good it feels it cakes up really white and thick on which is not a good look.

Repurchase: Yes

Makeup (8)

Smashbox Photo Finish Lip Primer this wasn’t a great primer it didn’t grip eyeshadow well and didn’t prevent fading at all.

Repurchase: No

Too Faced Shadow Insurance this was a great primer I really want to try it some more. It wasn’t too sticky my eyeshadow looked great all night.

Repurchase: Probably

Tarte Lights Camera Lashes I don’t like this mascara I find it too heavy on my lashes.

Repurchase: No

Bare Minerals Prime Time Eyelid Primer this was a terrible primer it did nothing I would want a primer to do. It didn’t prevent creasing didn’t make my shadows last longer or make them look brighter or grip them either.

Repurchase: No

Cover Fx Mattifying Primer with Anti-Acne Treatment I don’t think they make this anymore but I really liked it it was silicone based but felt smooth and nice rather than that slippy feel.

Repurchase: Maybe

Pur Cosmetics Get a Grip Eye Shadow Primer this was a good primer but very sticky and hard to blend over I know some people prefer a sticky base and this might be one to try I just don’t like sticky bases.

Repurchase: No

Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Zero this can’t be sharpened anymore so its done for. I love these eyeliners they are smooth and creamy and long lasting. I I have a strong feeling that the L.A. irl eyeliners are the same formula though baased on a green one I tried from them so I will be trying the black one from them before I would go to repurchase this. If it is the same I would only rebuy these for color I can’t get in the L.A. Girl Line.

Repurchase: I never thought I would say this but maybe not

Physicians Formula Butter Highlighter in Rose Gold so technically this isn’t empty but I have hit major pan its getting old and it is way to dark for me like ten months out of the year so I am letting it go and I feel like I have given it enough effort to call it an empty and not a declutter. My empties my rules. It is a nice creamy pretty look but it tends to fade away fast.

Repurchase: No

Lotion (2)

Paul Mitchell Energizing Lemon & Sage Body Lotion this I picked up at some hotel some where you can’t buy it I don’t think. It smells so nice but it does leave my skin really dry. Which is unfortunate I have a few other at home that I will use because it smells so good though.

Repurchase: No

Nivea Aloe Vera Body Lotion this absorbed well into wet skin but otherwise it was just meh to me I don’t like very basic lotions like this just not my preference but I know this would be great for people who need and like simple lotions.

Repurchase: No

Bodycare (5)

Bio-Oil (2) I had two packets of this so I gave it ago this seems like an oil you need to use a lot of at a time and it is pricey. So for me no thank you. It is also unscented which is not my preference but important for those that need that or like that. This is a pretty thin non greasey oil that didn’t spread very far.

Repurchase: No

The Fortune Cookie Soap Company Sea Salt Body Scrub in Sandy Toes and Sunkissed Nose I really liked this it had that perfect sandy summery beachy scent and was a ice scrubby scrub. The only thing I don’t like is how fast you use up scrubs that are in this loose consistency.

Repurchase: Maybe

Bath and Body Works Shower Gel in Poolside Pop this was a fruity fun summer scent and a good shower gel but I have tons and the scent is long retired.

Repurchase: No

Spongelle in Quince Blossom I love these sponges for travel but this scent was a bit more floral and powdery then is my taste.

Repurchase: No

Perfume (5)

The Fortune Cookie Soap Company Dreamer Shimmer Perfume Oil I loved this scent one of those typical fruity candy sweet scents that I adore this was almost like sweet tarts but less sugary sweet. I am terrible at describing scents. I wish this hadn’t had all the glitter in it but I would get this scent again in other forms or if there was no glitter if it comes available again. The FCS perfume oils last forever on my skin hours later I can usually smell them no matter what I have been doing that day.

Repurchase: Yes

Moschino Toy 2 Perfume this was kinda a nothing scent really.

Repurchase: No

Juicy Couture Oui I like this one I have it in a full size.

Repurchase: Yes

Coach Floral I don’t normally like floral scent but this one was quite pretty and very tolerable.

Repurchase: No

Zoella Bake My Day Perfume this smelled so fake and cheap I hated using this up I didn’t like any of the Zoella perfumes that came in the set I bought they all smell cheap and fake and even though they are cheap they are not worth it.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (6)

Moroccanoil Color Depositing Mask in Hibiscus this is not really a color depositing mask it is pretty much just a packet of dye. And it worked it dyed my hair and pretty evenly too but I would expect that from dye. I can get better quality dye for cheaper. This also left my hair a bit frizzy which my normal hair dye would not have. I bought two packets of this but one was almost enough for all my hair so I didn’t open the second yet I will use it up but this is not worth it just buy a regular jar or bottle of hair dye you will be better off.

Repurchase: No

DevaCurl No-Poo Decadence I tried a few samples of this before I committed to a whole bottle and I had loved the samples but after getting through a whole bottle I am mostly ambivalent about it. It was fine but not as magical as the samples. It left my hair drier then I would prefer and a bit more tangle prone then my hair ever usually would be. My hunt for my perfect no poo shampoo continues.

Repurchase: No

Bed Head After Party I love this product it is like a smoothing cream with that standard Bed Head fruity scent (that is clearly the theme of this empties). It only takes like three or four pea sized pumps to smooth out my hair and leave it soft and shiny but with out feeling like there is anything in my hair. I don’t like that sticky heavy feeling of having product in my hair. I have a smoothing serum I want to try but I have doubts it will hold a candle to this. Like it looks like suck a gimmicky bottle and concept but it really does revive your hair and make it look so pretty and styled when I have actually done nothing but brush it.

Repurchase: Yes

Marajo Cleansing Cream I like this cleansing cream alright this packet was far to small for my hair so I had to supplement with the next product and it was not great for my hair.

Repurchase: No

Tommy Bahama Conditioner this was awful as a conditioner my hair felt so dry. Ugh I hate hotel hair products.

Repurchase: No

Marajo Deep Butter Treatment I really like this hair mask I have a full size of it too. This saved my hair after the conditioner fiasco.

Repurchase: Probably, It is expensive

Declutter (14)

Seraphine Botanicals Liquid Coal Waterproof Liquid Liner this was really hard to use and I would have to go over it to twice to get a solid black like and it was hard to get neat precise wings for me so this one is a pass.

Colourpop Brow Boss in Brunette this is just too light and too brown of a color for me.

Touch in Sol No PoreBlem Primer I just don’t like this primer it is too slippy leaves my skin feeling greasy and I don’t find it pore filling.

Kat Von D Everlasting Face Shaper Bronzer in Shady Business 1 this got shattered I am not really sure how but I never liked it so it is no loss. It was too orange and way way to shimmer for my liking.

Medusa’s Makeup Metal AF Lip Gloss in Hells Bells these are not lip glosses they are metallic liquid lips and the formula on  them is fine they aren’t too drying they stay on ok I just don’t like this Barbie pink color and won’t ever use it.

Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Liner in Blacquer this I really don’t know what is going on I’ve heard such rave reviews about this eyeliner but I couldn’t get it to transfer to my waterline at all. I tried warming it up on my hand, it was impossible to get off so I imagine if I had gotten it on my eye it would have been good. I don’t know if I got a dud or what but this was unusable.

The Balm Meet Matt(e) Trimony in Matt Moskowitz I have another Meet Matt(e) shadow in Matt Kumar and that one is great and blendable. This purple Moskowitz shade is so patchy and hard to blend it just does not perform well for me.

Elf Gotta Glow Lip Tint in Perfect Berry this is one of those color changing balms but it is weird. It barely changed in then there would be random patches that were a little purple and it just looked odd as hell. I have this same on in pink and it doesn’t do that but it is in my maybe declutter pile because it is really pink and I don’t know if I want to keep it, but that is for a different day lol.

Lipsmacker in Silly Strawberry last summer Target had a Disney collection for Mickey’s 90th birthday and there was a pack of like 5 Mickey themed Lipsmackers that came our and it was cheap like no more then 5 or 6 dollars so I had to have it even though I don’t always love Lipsmackers. I know I used on up and I am using one now that I like ok. But this strawberry one is so artificial and thick and gross I hate it and I am not going to kill myself to use a lip balm I hate that cost like a dollar or less.

Tresemme Fresh Start Volumizing Dry Shampoo this made my hair feel sticky and look greasy.

Sleek Highlighting Palette in Distorted Dreams as pretty as the colors in this the formula just was not it didn’t apply well or last at all it was just a mess.

Kiss Professional Makeup Lip Stain in Lost Cherry this was not a great lip stain no lasting power even though the color was pretty.

Urban Decay Primer Potion in Minor Sin I don’t like shimmery eyeshadow primers. Tarte Tarteist Lip Paint in Rosé this is just too light a color for me and too peachy.

So much stuff this month so proud of myself. Alot of declutter because there was alot of things I didn’t like this month that I had put my mind to try which both feels good and a bit anoying because I don’t like getting rid of or wasting stuff.

Total This Month: 75

Total: 440

Approx Value This Month: $266.25

Approx Paid This Month: $134.87

Approx Total Value: $2,270.69

Approx Total Paid: $643.31

I have a really good ratio of paid to value of used products going on here I feel really good about how my empties have been going this year now. I wasn’t feeling stressed about empties this year which was making me feel stressed like I wasn’t doing enough. #anxietyproblems

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What’s In My Trash? August 2019

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Well this month has been better but I am so sad summers at an end. 🙁 I thought I was using up a ton this month but it turns out I really didn’t which is kinda unfortunate. I did use up alot of lip balms and hair products for me so that feel slike a big accomplishment so maybe that is why it felt like so much.

Skincare (8)

NuFace Prep-n-Glow Dual Sided Cloth I have gone on and on about these I love them and I save them for a special treat because they are pricey.

Repurchase: Yes

Blaq Mask I liked this my skin felt really soft after I got two uses out of this little tube. I don’t feel like the ingredients in this are the greatest for skin so I would not repurchase.

Repurchase: No

Garnier Skinactive Refreshing Remover Face Wipes I like these face wipes a lot I will probably repurchase they are soft enough I would like softer ones but I don’t know it that is realistic. I don’t find these are harsh or drying or irritating as a lot of wipes are.

Repurchase: Yes

Wander Beauty Baggage Claim Gold Eye Mask I thought these would be totally gimmicky but they actually really worked. My under eyes were looking wrecked from stress and not sleeping and I was dehydrated and so everything was all lined and dark and I looked like I had recently died and I needed to go out. So I whipped these on while I was applying my makeup just for any kinda moisture I could get and they were great. They stuck on my face really well while I did my makeup I even cheated and used them to get a really pretty wing without struggling because the seal on my face was that good. When I took them off my under eyes were so much more hydrated and less lined and felt softer and better. The dark circles were lessened but not totally taken away which makes sense that’s internal and external treatments can only have so much effect.

Repurchase: Yes

Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Eye Treatment I hated this I felt like it did nothing it wasn’t moisturizing enough it did nothing positive for my under eyes.

Repurchase: No

Lancome Bi-Facil Eye Makeup Remover this was totally great too my eye makeup off easily didn’t sting it was great and identical to the Sephora Bi-phase eye makeup remove that I have used for years. The Sephora one is half the price and is identical and I love it. So while this was great did everything it claimed save your money and get the Sephora one.

Repurchase: No

Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion uh this might be the best sunscreen I have ever used. It is matte and nice feeling on it doesn’t feel sticky or weird it doesn’t make my skin look a weird color. I wish it wasn’t so expensive.

Repurchase: Yes

Urban Decay Quick Hydra-Charged Fix Complexion Prep Priming Spray I got this with Sephora Points and I loved it so so much it made my skin feel so hydrated and soothed and I loved every minute of using it but it is so expensive for a facial mist. I really have to think about if I would want to spend that.

Repurchase: Maybe

Home Scents (5)

Victoria Secret Pink Body Mist in Citrus & Mint I mostly used this as a car air freshener and I really enjoyed the light minty smell. I don’t think this is sold any more they change the scents so frequently and this is so old.

Repurchase: No

Columbia Candle Supply Bubblegum Wax Melt not my favorite scent and not a great throw.

Repurchase: No

Swan Creek Candle Company Break Apart Drizzle Melt in Cherry Almond Buttercream these are my favorite brand of wax melts they have such a good throw and some really amazingly yummy and unique scents. This smells like a warm cherry icing but not sweet the almond really cuts the sweetness and the fruitiness so it is a very warm yum scent. I found and won all mine at an arcade and they are a whole selling website so a bit of a pain to buy from but I recently found a store that sells then so I can buy more in the future.

Repurchase: Yes

Air Wick 4 in 1 Air Freshener in Fresh Waters this was meh I like other scents more than this one.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Almost Alice Fortune Cookie Soap this was ok it smelled nice but at the end it sorta lost its scent. It takes so long to use up a bar of soap I get really really bored with them.

Repurchase: No

Lip (5)

Laniege Lip Sleeping Mask in Grapefruit this was nice like really nice but not nearly as life changing as every youtuber says it is. Like it don’t think it is worth the money there are much cheaper balms that feel just as nice. The nicest part about it was that it was quite thick (because it is a mask) that it would really cling and stay on my lips for a while and sink in. I got a gift set of this so I have a good supply of this in a few flavors to last me.

Repurchase: Probably not

Softlips Tropical Lip Balm in Peach. These tropical ones were ultra soft so it felt like they melted on to my lips which I like but it means you go through these so fast. I used the Coconut one from last month in like 2 weeks or a little less. This I had in my car and maybe got 6 weeks of off and on use. So these are not a good value I feel. This also smelled really artificial compared to the scent of the Coconut one that I really enjoyed.

Repurchase: No

Fresh Sugar Rose Tinted Lip Treatment I have a weird relationship which these I don’t like them but they feel nice but I don’t think they do much for my lips. I find the tinted ones to be really patchy and gross looking on my lips and to wear off weird. But they keep turning up in packs and in my subscription boxes so I just try to get through them. They are also so freaking soft that they melt and break and get messy as you are using them.

Repurchase: No

Sol de Janiero Brazilian Kiss Cupuacu Lip Butter this kills me beacause this is a fucking $18 lip balm and no lip balm has the right to be $18 dollars. This smells like delicious heaven though it is so coconutty and a amazing and is so thick and soft and nice feeling on my lips. I wish the lotion smelled like the lip balm.

Repurchase: I don’t know

Carmex Medicated Lip Balm pretty much my favorite drugstore lip balm I love the menthol tingle and the really thick feeling on my lips when they are chapped. I only like it in this chapstick form though not the pot or squeezy tube.

Repurchase: Yes

Makeup (1)

Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer this did nothing and was just meh.

Repurchase: No

Lotions (1)

Bath and Body Works Body Butter in Vanilla Bean Noel I do like the Bath and Body Works Body Butters they are thick and moisturizing (not as much as a fancy body butter though) they smell nice too. This was the typical vanilla scent from Christmas. I don’t think this is worth the full price at almost $20 just wait for the 75% off sale that is how I got my back up one.

Repurchase: Maybe

Perfume (1)

Givenchy Dahlia Divin Perfume I love Dahlia Divin I have a full size version and these samples are good for keeping in the car or your purse since there is no chance they can leak. Even though perfume in a foil packet it pretty awkward to apply.

Repurchase: Yes

Haircare (4)

Dry Bar Triple Sec 3-In-1 Texture Spray I like pretty much everything I have ever tried from the Dry Bar line. They all smell good and leave my hair feeling soft and hair like rather than stiff and gross. I don’t have a ton of use for texturizing spray in my routine like it legit took me 3 years to use this tiny can. SO for that reason only I wouldn’t buy it but it is great.

Repurchase: No

Keracolor Color Care Conditioner in Hot Pink I used this to try to keep up with the color in my hair it did work but it was hard to get an even application since it was so thick and so the color was still kinda uneven. If you are looking for like a glaze this might work out or if you have like only one or two really chunky strips of hair to dye. The conditioning part of this was great though it was a really nice hair conditioner.

Repurchase: Maybe

dp Hue ACV Hair Rinse this smelled like apple cider vinegar which I love but if you don’t, don’t get this. This was like a rinse to get product build up off your scalp I guess. It was ok I think it worked it was kinda hard to tell.

Repurchase: No

Madam CJ Walker Scent & Shine Coconut Oil they don’t sell this anymore and I am not surprised because it was not good it was really greasy looking in my hair and it smelled like fake coconut in a bad way.

Repurchase: No, obviously

Random (3)

Elf Flat Foundation Brush this served me well a brush to apply my mask but it is not falling apart after like 2 or 3 years of use which is very serviceable for the $1 this brush cost.

Repurchase: Yes

Pacifica Underarm Deodorant Wipes these are sorta touch up deodorant wipes that smelled like coconut they were super nice I kept them in my car and they held up well to all the temperature changes in a car. These worked well to touch up when I felt gross from being outside or what ever all day.

Repurchase: Maybe

Degree Motion Sense Deodorant in Fresh Energy this is my preferred deodorant even though it is expensive I like it and it works without having a strong smell. I like my deodorants to smell pleasant for like the first few minutes I have it on while I’m getting ready and then I don’t want it competing with my perfume all day.

Repurchase: Yes

Declutter (14)

Too Faced Hangover Rx Replenishing Face Primer (2) I tried a sample of this like 2 months ago I think and I didn’t  like it I found it to sticky and heavy for me and I was trying to pull a few things out of my primer drawer that was so over crowded and these had to go.

AOA Studio E103 Brush this was non stop shedding the whole time I was using it and it just won’t stop. Absolutely terrible.

Tarte Tarteist Lip Paint in Delish this is a pretty color but super uncomfortable to wear. It was peeling off and I could feel it on my lips all day.

Coola Mineral Sun Silk Creme Sunscreen this broke me out which a lot of sunscreeens do so it has to go it also left a heavy white cast on my face that did not want to sink in and it was thick and uncomfortable as well.

Sol de Janeiro Coco Cabana Cream (2) I love the scent of this but the lotion leave my skin so sticky and uncomfortable. I am giving these to my gf who loves them and they don’t leave her skin sticky so I will enjoy the scent vicariously through her. Not picture because they are already in their new home.

Clinique Chubby Stick Intense in 01 Curviest Caramel this is all gunky and chunk and smells a pit weird so I think it went off and needs to go. I don’t love these they are weirdly dry but still only a little more color then a tinted balm they are just kinda weird.

Sephora Velvet Eyeshadow in Creamy Green 10 this was like a weird cheap cream shadow I picked up once to get free shipping at Sephora and it was always terrible. It is a shimmery green cream shadow but the cream and the shimmer kinda separate on your eye and go in two differet directions not a good look at all. It also doesn’t come off very green either. It is also far from creamy it is very dry feeling and hard to work with.

Aurora Intensely Precise Eyeliner in Espresso this was a good eyeliner pigmented and smooth but the color is too light for the types of look I do and I don’t really like brown eyeliner.

Ciate London Eye Lustre Cream Shadow In Cupid this is nothing like the Stila liquid shadows this is mostly glitter and pretty quickly it broke up on my eyes and as highlighter leaving no color and a lot of glitter just kinda sliding around.

Morphe Liquid Lipstick in Bloodshot gorgeous color but patchy and smeary and wore of weirdly from just talking super unfortunate I loved the color and packaging.

Apocalyptic Beauty Holographic Warpaint in Sleek White Gold this was just ok and then it dried out. It was pretty like a cool shimmery gold veil of highlight but wore off very quickly this was like cool photo highlighter and not like do your makeup and go out kinda highlighter. I did use about half before it dried out which I still think is a pretty good accomplishment.

Ulta Professional  Flawless Prime I am pretty sure this isn’t sold anymore and I have no interest in trying it and it was one of the primers keeping my drawer from shutting so it got booted. It is also green and I don’t love green primers.

I am proud that I used a bunch of chapstick and full size products this month and got a bunch of things I don’t need or like out of my life.

Total This Month: 42

Total: 365

Approx Value This Month: $240.86

Approx Paid This Month: $32.64

Approx Total Value: $2,004.44

Approx Total Paid: $508.44

So I’ve only spent about a quarter of the value of the stuff I used and that is a pretty consistent statistic over the whole value of my collection and I am pretty proud of that statistic because when I look at my collection it can be like woah overwhelming but knowing I didn’t spend the full amount on most of it makes me feel better.

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