Category: What’s In My Trash?

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

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I know its already the end of June but here are my May empties. I’ll get back on track soon. When who knows but eventually.

Makeup

First up is 6 Ulta Matte Lip Creams that I am decluttering. I really hated the formula on these they feel super nice and creamy when you put them on but they ever dry down and never get totally matte they just aren’t what I want in a liquid lipstick. These are more like a melted matte lipstick sort of like the melted lipsticks from Too Faced which I am also not a fan of. These are getting passed on to a new home with my mom who actually really likes this formula.

Repurchase: No

Carmex Chapstick this is my favorite chapstick for when my lips are really dry and cracked this is a medicated lip balm and a staple for me in the winter.

Repurchase: Yes, already have

Rimmel Stay Matter Foundation this felt like it was going to be really nice when I was applying it but it was way to dry even for my oily skin it caked up and emphasized my pores and just did not settle on my skin in a flattering way at all.

Repurchase: No

Urban Decay Vice Lipstick Sample in Backtalk this is the perfect mauvy nude color for my skin tone and a really comfortable no drying matte formula not long wearing on transfer proof but it is a matte for like the summer or when you’re lips are too dry for liquid lipstick. I will eventually be picking this up in a full size.

Repurchase: Yes

Lotions

Dove Energy Glow Lotion this was gross it didn’t sink into my skin well and did not tan at all. It had a weird thin formula and then stained the crap out of the bottle it was just a mess.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company whipped creams I have 2 this month. As usual I love these its very rare for me to dislike one of these and then its usually just a scent preference issue. I go through at least one of their lotions a month. They are great the Bonjour whipped cream from the Beauty and the Beast collection was baby blue and pick it was very cute.

Repurchase: Yes

Exfoliators

Philosophy microdelivery exfoliating face wash this was terrible it didn’t exfoliate and felt like I was rubbing sand and water on my face. There are so many better products for much cheaper out there like the next product I used.

Repurchase: No

Etude House Baking Powder Pore Cleansing Foam this I loved I love all baking powder and baking soda cleanser they work well for my skin and this was not exception I would consider picking this up if I could find it some where. It exfoliates well with out totally stripping my skin.

Repurchase: Yes

Perfume

I used 2 Replica Perfume samples in Beach Walk and Lazy Sunday Morning. These are very much those scents that are supposed to be familiar to real life scents. They are cool but I like them more as linen sprays then actual perfume and that is what I used them for.

Repurchase: No

Hair Care

Obliphic Seaberry Hair Serum this smelled really weird and did not dissipate quickly. It also says for fine hair but weighed down my hair so much it was so heavy and had that really intense silicone feel to it this was just too much I feel lie you would need really course or curly hair for this to work for you.

Repurchase: No

Batiste dry shampoo I know this is supposed to be the holy grail not expensive dry shampoo but this did not work for me it smells like chemicals it made my hair sticky it did not last as long as my DryBar one that I love. The only good part is that it left less of a white cast.

Repurchase: No

Living Proof Timeless pre-shampoo treatment this smelled horrible like it had gone bad I hated using it. I also don’t feel like it did anything at all for my hair either negative or positive.

Repurchase: No

Shaving Cream

Skintimate Wintercare Shaving cream this came in a limited edition holiday set it smelled like floral berries which I hated and it was not a great shave cream it was pretty dry and not smooth at all.

Repurchase: No

Household Scents

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Room Spray in Zombie Repellent this smelled so good like a carnival and fall and so yummy I loved this to the last drop it is sad that these are only small runs so if you love  scent you can’t get it again.

Repurchase: Yes

Yankee Candle Honey Clementine Fragrance Spheres I used these in my car and they were pretty great lasted about 5 weeks and smelled like a sweet citrus. I enjoyed it and would consider purchasing again in the future.

Repurchase: Yes

Including my declutter it is not my best month and June is shaping up to be worse but oh well this is supposed to be a fun challenge not something to make my self miserable about. I am still consistently using things up and moving things out of my collection that I do not enjoy so it is going great. Almost halfway through the year and already almost at my goal of 180 products!

Total: 22

YTD: 119

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What’s in My Trash? (A.K.A An Empties Post) April 2017

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Hey guys long time away I started a new school semester and a new job and my schedule has just be batshit crazy working all kinda of hours and long shifts that I’ve been running around nonstop with no time for anything else.

This month I also grouped in some decluttering I did since I do not find seasonal or yearly purges to be enjoyable I actually get anxiety at the idea of letting go of my makeup I prefer to do little tiny declutters when the mood strikes me and count them as empties and that’s that don’t like it tough. 😛

So onto the items I used up this month.

Makeup Brushes

Starting off with my declutter we have 21 yes 21 crappy makeup brushes to declutter. These are all really scratchy flimsy not well preforming brushes that have been cluttering up my brush storage for too long. These are the kind of almost throw away brushes that come in these Ulta kits and other gift with purchase type things from drug stores.

Makeup

2 used up products and 1 I am decluttering.

Witch Lash Mascara I got this in my December Medusa’s Makeup Box I became obsessed with it since I opened it end of January. The formula is great it made my lashes look so fluffy and light which I like and I just loved it. The only complaints I have is that one it dried out faster then most mascaras I used it basically Feb-April so 3 months and it is bone dry now. My other complaint is that I feel like towards the end it was making my eyes kinda itchy. I attribute both of these to the formula being much more natural and then other mascaras so I think it just doesn’t last as long. For how much I love it I can live with that and as soon as I can justify buying mascara I will repurchase.

Repurchase: Yes

Urban Decay All Nighter  Setting Spray this was a great setting spray but it doesn’t seem that much better then some of the drug store ones I have tried.

Repurchase: Maybe

mPrincess Pressed Eyeshadow in Chestnut I received this in my Ipsy Bag in March and the pigmentation on this was horrible it was patchy hard to blend and I have a million browns I do not need to keep a crappy eyeshadow around.

Repurchase: Not even if you gave it to me for free

Hand Sanitizer

Two hand sanitizers not my to see or say here very generic:

Repurchase: Yes

Home Goods

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Linen Spray in Wendy Bird I have one more of these I love this product idea and this scent you spray it on sheets in closets where ever to freshen up your linens. I loved to spray this on my pillows and comforter before I went to bed.

Repurchase: Yes

Fortune Cookie Soap Company candle this was ok nothing special.

Repurchase: No

Fragrant Jewels Candle in Wicked this is one of those candles that has the rings in it that can be worth a ton mine wasn’t but it was a very pretty ring. This candle also smelled really nice and had very long burn time but not a huge throw. I liked that this was interactive it made it more fun.

Repurchase: Yes

Hair Care

Marc Anthony Hair Care Aloe Vera and Jasmine Deep Conditioning Treatment this made my hair feel and look alot thicker which was very cool but it also made my hair feel kinda sticky and hard to brush or run my hands through like when you spray way to much dry shampoo in your hair. I would only repurchase this if I had a special occasion where I wanted super hair.

Repurchase: Maybe

Tresemme shampoo I don’t even know how old this is I kinda just finished it off as shaving cream to get this thing out of my shower.

Repurchase: No

Facial Care

6 products.

Dickenson’s Facial wipes these were ok I picked them up on clearance because I emergency needed face wipes they worked fine and I liked the witch hazel in them.

Repurchase: Yes

Philosophy Purity Face wipes I don’t like these I don’t feel like they remove makeup or dirt off my face at all.

Repurchase: No

Peter Thomas Roth Acne Dots these are holy grail amazing for those under the skin/cyst like pimples that I tend to get when I am very stressed out. These act as a drawing salve and help pull the gunk out after like 12 hrs or sleeping in them for the night you can usually pull the sticker off and the pus pours out in a really gross but satisfying way and the bump is much smaller and less red.

Repurchase: YES

Etude House Baking Powder cleanser this was a nice sample and I like it alot I really like baking powder cleansers they work well with my skin. I prefer the Biore one to this so I will not repurchase this.

Repurchase: No

Dermadoctor Amethyst Clay Mask I really loved how this smelled how it felt on my face it was purple it made my skin soft I love this and have a few more samples of it left. I dread repurchasing as it is expensive so I may stick with my other clay masks.

Repurchase: Maybe

Tarte Frxxxtion Stick we all know I love this I have talked about it a million times I love it.

Repurchase: Of course

Miscellaneous

Sephora brush cleaner this got my brushes very clean but also left a stiff residue on them that I didn’t like.

Repurchase: Maybe

Fragrant Jewels Wicked bath bomb this smelled nice and turned my bath black like my soul which I love but it also kinda stained my tub and I had to scrub it off. The ring in this was also pretty.

Repurchase: No

Wildfox perfume meh smelled to floral for me.

Repurchase: No

Woah more than double my goal maybe I can get 365 empties for the year a empty a day would be pretty damn impressive for me. Before I started this I was terrible about using stuff up I would just keep lit bits around.

Total: 40

YTD: 97

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

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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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