What’s In My Trash? (A.K.A. An Empties Post) March 2017

Apparently I was busy this month. I almost doubled the my goal of empties this month. Not even sure how I managed that.

Look at them all this picture just gives me such a happy satisfied feeling.

As usual I will be breaking them down into categories and giving my opinions on them.

Lotions

6 used up lotions and one I’m decluttering.

3 Fortune Cookie Soap Company whipped cream lotions. Two I used up and one of the black jars (It’s Showtime!) that I am decluttering. I love these lotions I use them all the time I’m sure everyone is super bored of seeing these already. I really wasn’t fond of the way It’s Showtime smelled so I am getting rid of it.

Repurchase: Yes

I also have a Hydrate Me stick from Fortune Cookie Soap Company. This is a sort of stick lotion that I applied in the shower right before I got out smelled amazing but wasn’t my preferred way of lotioning it took to long to sink into the skin.

Repurchase: No

Everything Balm by Cake Beauty this smelled amazing so sweet and vanilla like. But it is really just fancy Vaseline. It can supposedly be used for anythign but I was only able to use it for lip balm. It also clogged my pores around my mouth if I used it to much. This was nice but not for me.

Repurchase: No

Lemon and Cream lotion also from Cake Beauty this I loved this was a great lotion that absorbed quickly and smelled edible. Like a perfect lemon and vanilla cupcake I loved it and used every last drop.

Repurchase: Yes

Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream this was a great littl elotion I used it on my hands and it absorbed quickly and there was no scent really. If unscented is something you look for this is a great lotion, I like scented lotions so I would probably not buy this for me.

Repurchase: Probably Not

Serums

Drunk Elephant C- Firma Serum this is a vitamin c face serum that is quite pricey. I did not like it I got 2 uses out of this packet and it was very sticky.

Repurchase: No

Sunday Riley CEO this is also a vitamin c serum that is also a moisturizer this I liked slightly better then the Drunk Elephant but it took forever to absorb into my skin.

Repurchase: No

Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Skin Therapy Oil this was horrible it was crazy greasy and just awful run the other way from this. It left pools of oil on my face I had to was it off it was so bad.

Repurchase: No

Shaving

Eos shaving cream in pomegranate raspberry I do not like this one as much as I liked the vanilla shaving cream. I do not fee like this one gave me as close a shave or as long lasting. I would repurchase the vanilla one I will not repurchase this one.

Repurchase: No

Baby oil when I want a very close very smooth shave I use baby oil if you have never tried it you really should. It will kill your razor though so be prepared for that.

Repurchase: Yes

Face Wipes

Purity face wipes from Philosophy these are nice for just wiping your face in the morning but that is about it. They do not remove my makeup at all. They also aren’t soapy or overly wet or overly dry. They just aren’t anything special.

Repurchase: No

Pond’s Luminous Clean face wipes these wipes are a bit soapy but they do not leave a residue. They take off my makeup decently well and they are a nice strong cloth. If these are on sale I might buy them again but I am not wowed by them.

Repurchase: Maybe

NuFace Prep-n-Glow this was a one wipe sample and I loved it. These are expensive for face wipes but I may have to splurge on these one day. There is a cleansing side for removing your makeup and then an exfoliating side. This felt amazing and removed my makeup well.

Repurchase: Yes

Hair Care

Fortune Cookie Soap Company deep conditioner this was a nice conditioner very hydrating but not any other benefits. A little goes along way. I really like the marc anthony hair masks better and they are cheaper so I would not repurchase.

Repurchase: No

Dry Bar Dry Shampoo OMG this is the best dry shampoo ever I wish it wasn’t so expensive it really makes my hair look clean and smell great. Leaves a horrible white cast though that I really have to work into my hair.

Repurchase: Yes

Fortune cookie soap company shampoo this made my hair really dry so I ended up using it as a shaving gel to just use it up.

Repurchase: No

Living Proof Prime Style Extender this is another miracle product that Sephora introduced me to. I thought this was going to be terrible. I put this in my wet hair before straightening and was like ok that didn’t do anything if anything it made my hair take longer to straighten. Then I spent time out in the rain with out my hair getting ruined and it stayed straight for longer so I am in love.

Repurchase: Yes

Quai Treatment mask this doesn’t tell you what it is supposed to do ans it really didn’t do anything. I really didn’t get the point of this.

Repurchase: No

Makeup

Elf Soothing Lip Balm I liked this especially for the price I believe it was about a $1. It was slightly tinted and very hydrating and smooth. The only problem was how quickly it would start to melt when you touched it to your lips so the tube got very messy very quick.

Repurchase: Maybe

Urban Decay Primer Potion this is the OG eye primer that every one has know and used. I have like 4 more tubes so I am not interested in repurchasing this any time soon.

Repurchase: Not for awhile

Beauty Tools

Sephora cotton rounds these were fine as good as any other cotton rounds. Im not picky.

Pur minerals beauty blender this was my first beauty sponge and it is a little bitter sweet to be letting it go but it is two years old and starting to fall apart its starting to have some little tears in it. I loved this though it is very soft and spongey.

Repurchase: Probably

Nail brush I like nail brushes for cleaning up after work. I work outside with alot of dirt and this helps clean it off my hands and nails. I have a few more but I will always have one around.

Random Extras

Sensodyne True White toothpaste this didn’t whiten my teeth so not useful to me.

Repurchase: No

Prada Candy perfume I liked this at first and then Idk I lost interest in it.

Repurchase: No


So I got 12 more this month then my goal. That is insane I am really proud of myself this month.

Total this month: 27

YTD: 57

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Whats in My Trash? (A.K.A. An Empties Post) February 2017

So here we are another month gone by seems like I blinked and it was over. So here are my empties for the month.

It really looks like a lot more then 15 products.

Body Care

I have my standard fortune cookie soap company lotion I go through 1 or 2 of these a month. I think everyone knows this by now.

Bath and Body Works Stress Relief Sugar Scrub this was fucking awful. It smelled way to strong the sugar crystals were huge and rough and very abrasive. Also there was so much oil in this that did not mix with the sugar it was a hot mess and gross.

Hair Care

Marc Anthony Nourishing Argan Oil of Morocco conditioning I really love this line of hair products. they are super hydrating and they don’t weigh my hair down. They also smell nice and are inexpensive. Highly recommend them.

Christophe Robin Shampooing Purificant this name just reminds me of winnie the pooh this is like one of those really intense clarifying shampoos. It super cleaned all the built up product out of my hair but it also really dried my hair out like my hair felt like straw definitively avoid this if you have dry hair.

Skincare

Sally Hansen finishing oil this comes in the little waxing sets you buy so I don’t know if you can even buy this full size but it is the only thing that will take the wax off my face after I wax my eyebrows. It does make me break out so I try to wash it off very quickly after I use it to avoid breakouts.

Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Framboos Glycolic Night Serum this is so expensive I got a sample of this in my October 2016 Sephora Play Box. The sample did last a very long time I used it pretty consistently 3-4 months. It did jack shit though I was no results no nothing from this.

Makeup

Its rare I use up makeup that isn’t mascara.

Tartist lip liner in Latergram this I hated it is one of those automatic twist up lip liners and it was very crumbly and dry it would break every time I would try to apply it. It also looked very dry on my lips.

This Benefit Stay Flawless 15-hour Primer is like a Porefessional in a stick form. It was a little to dry and way for me it tended to ball up on my skin. When I could get it applied just right it did look nice but it was alot of work for what it was worth. I am not even sure if they still carry this product in their line.

Perfume

So let’s see I have two samples of Tory Burch Love Relentlessly this smells so nice its floral but very light and girly I love it.

The other two are a Chloe perfume that I can’t remember anything about and YSL Black Opium that was just very strong heavy perfume.

Random

 

So I have a Fortune Cookie Soap Company soap these “bar” soaps are shaped like fortune cookies and take a long time to get through this was in the scent BOOOOK from the hocus pocus box. its fallen to pieces now so Ive given up on it and moved on to a new soap.

Natures Bounty Hair, Skin & Nails Gummies this is my second bottle of these they taste good and I do think they make my hair softer.

Hello toothpaste tasted great and was an overall great toothpaste it is kinda expensive though so I don’t know if I’ll repurchase.


Once again right on goal with 15 products. 2 makeup products and 3 full size products go me.

Total this month: 15

YTD: 30

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Whats in My Trash? (A.K.A. An Empties Post) January 2017

So we are 1/12th done with 2017 already. That went by way to fucking fast. So I have a goal this year to use up 15 products a month for a total of 180 products used up in 2017. So here is how my first month went.

Lotions

As usual I have my Fortune Cookie Soap Company lotions 2 this month. I love them I use them all the time. they are very thick they don’t sink in that well or that quickly but the smell so good that I don’t mind.

Eye Products

Ulta Legendary Lengths Mascara

NOT legendary and not very lengthening go with all curled up in the gold tube much better.

Josie Maran Black Oil Argan Oil Mascara

This was  clump city and kinda made my eyes itchy. Happy to be done with this.

Givenchy Phenomen’Eyes Mascara

This was a one time use mascara which I have never seen before so cool, so messy. This was actually a pretty good mascara I got alot of volume and length, but the brush is just to huge to use comfortably.

Urban Decay Anti-Aging Primer Potion

Used up this primer sample. I’m sorta over the original primer I don’t feel it works the same anymore for me so I tried this it hung on to my eye shadow very well but i did see my eye shadow creasing which rarely happens to me.

Masks

Lush Mask of Magnaminty

A very scrubby very minty mask. If your skin is sensitive or you are sensitive to scent this is not for you.  I find this only really works for me ironically when my skin is super irritated and broken out and awful. I will repurchase this in the future but probably not for awhile I have so much skin care to get through.

Be Fine Warming Clay Mask

I don’t like this it is sticky and heavy. It is hard to apply it doesn’t really warm up at all it does nothing for me.

The Face Shop Character Mask in Panda

Well this looked terrifying on but aside from that it fit nicely wasn’t drippy it was a good mask.

Hair Care

Garnier Fructis Color Shield

I forgot that I didn’t really like this product and used it up again lol. Well it smells nice I do love that Garnier shampoo smell. This does nothing for my hair. Clearly I will not be buying this.

Random

Ponds Exfoliating Makeup Removing Wipes

I really had a love hate with these. I really liked the scrubby dots on them but they leave a soapy residue on your face and were not that great at removing my makeup

Medusa’s Makeup Brush Cleaner

This was horrible it did not clean my brushes at all. Not even a little I had to go back and use a second soap to get out all the stains from my makeup. To much work Cleaning brushes is enough of a chore, don’t need soap that sucks and makes it harder.

Bath and Body Works Twisted Peppermint Scent Portable

Grr these smell so good for about 3 minutes then you can’t smell them at all anymore. They do work slightly better in the summer then in the winter, but these are so disappointing and I have a bunch to use up. This is a straight up peppermint almost candy cane scent but not as sweet.

Secret Outlast Olay Deodorant

This is a hot mess literally. It melts and is gooey and stains and gets on everything.

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Perfume

I got this is one of my seasonal boxes from them and I’ve used it all up. Don’t remember what it was called and since all their stuff is limited edition it almost doesn’t matter. I do really appreciate the reusable atomizer they sent it in and will be cleaning it so that I can use that in the future.


So I got exactly 15 products this month and that perfume definitely snuck its way in there on the last day of January.

Total this month: 15

YTD: 15

Off to a good start.

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