What’s In My Trash? March 2021

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At the end of the first quarter of 2021 and I am still behind in total value but ahead in total items. I feel like I didn’t use that much this month. This month was a whole blur.

Skincare (14)

Glow Recipe Avocado Melt Retinol Eye Sleeping Mask I loved this so much. So much so that even though I have so many eye creams I bought another one already. I actually saw results and quickly with out irritations this was a really good eye cream. The only sorta down side is that it isn’t really hydrating so I would either layer another eye cream over it or skip this one or two nights a week in favor a hydrating eye cream but I don’t even care because personally I don’t need a very hydrating eye cream every night. I am so in love with this. It is a really thick balmy texture two so it doesn’t migrate into your eyes or all over your face and it really made all the fine lines disappears so much love for this.

Repurchase: Literally did the night I used it up

BioRepublic Aloe Rescue Mask this was fine a moisturizing sheet mask.

Repurchase: No

Skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid Boost 360 Eye Cream this was thick but blended in pretty well and was very soothing. I liked this a lot a little went a long way.

Repurchase: Maybe

Belif Moisturizing Eye Bomb I just used this for some hydrating in conjunction with the Glow Recipe eye cream. I don’t care for this I feel like it is really expensive for a do-nothing hydrating eye gel it is just light and lightly hydrating.

Repurchase: No

Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cream this was nicer then I expected. I thought this would be really heavy and thick kinda like the First  Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream but this is really light and fast absorbing. Pretty nice cream. I have plenty of moisturizers that I love so I wouldn’t repurchase this but I liked using it.

Repurchase: No

Philosophy Renewed Hope in a Jar Peeling Mousse I hate these kinds of products. The ball up on your skin to make you think that it is dead skin cells, it isn’t that’s just a chemical reaction between your skin oils and the product, and the real exfoliation is usually chemical or should be on an expensive product like this. This did nothing. I just don’t get along with Philosophy skincare.

Repurchase: No

Naisture Tea Tree Mask Pack this is fine there isn’t much to say about most sheet masks. I feel like they are all just ok unless they are super amazing or super awful there isn’t much to say about them.

Repurchase: No

Dr. Dennis Gross Ferulic + Retinol Wrinkle Recovery Peel I think I liked this but only using it once and then I have one more I’m not going to see any results but it didn’t upset my skin and my skin felt nice in the morning.

Repurchase: No

Beekman 1802 Milk Foam Calming Bubble Mask this was whatever I don’t feel like it did anything and bubble masks are fun but a little bit of a pain because they are messy and you can’t really do anything else while you are wearing them.

Repurchase: No

Dermalogica Skin Smoothing Cream this was unimpressive and a bit thick for my taste.

Repurchase: No

Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant so I have tried this before and didn’t like it. I found out I had used it wrong I tried it again correctly where you dissolve this in water or a cleanser and then let it sit on your face and while better, I still don’t like it. It is messy and a pain for a pretty mediocre exfoliating experience.

Repurchase: No

Strivectin Anti-Wrinkle Wrinkle Recode Line Transforming Melting Serum can you marry a skincare product because I want to marry this. It actually works like it actually got rid of lines that were forming on my face and I love it so much and I am so sad that it is $89 because I think I am going to go into actual shock when I go re buy this in the future.

Repurchase: Yes

The Beauty Crop Avocado Hydrating Eye Mask I didn’t really these they didn’t stick well and didn’t have a ton of serum so it felt like they were doing nothing.

Repurchase: No

Lord Jones Acid Mantle Repair CBD Moisturizer this was very thick I actually got two nights out of this packet. I don’t know if it did anything after two used but it felt really nice on.

Repurchase: Not at this point

Random (2)

White Vintage Mickey Mouse Pouf (not pictured) last of my Mickey Mouse poufs I liked these and they lasted a super long time.

Repurchase: Yes

Lush Shower Bomb in Comfort Zone (not pictured) the quality of this did n ot meet my expectations it lasted two showers but it melted weird and was messy and didn’t really steam or add much scent to my shower and I love the comfort scent from Lush but this did not do it for me.

Repurchase: No

Home Scents (4)

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Blueberry Maple Pancakes I love all the blueberry scents from bath and body works they always have such a good scent throw and I love sweet bakery scents.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Copper Coconut Candle this is one of my favorites it smells like girls scout cookies to me and I like it a lot. I don’t know if it is special enough to class as one of the candles I am still willing to buy from Bath and Body works we will see.

Repurchase: Maybe

Bath and Body Works Whipped Coffee Candle this burned through really really fast and it must have burned really hot because it melted the sticker on the outside. Not great.

Repurchase: No

Hand Soap in Vanilla Nutmeg this is a unbranded soap that I picked up at a Marshalls or TJ Maxx like years ago I forgot I even had it until I found it in the back of a cabinet So long that it had lost its scent. This was fine as a soap a soap it literally lasted forever there is more in there but I can’t pump it out and I don’t care enough to pour it out and use it up. It smelled nice when it had a scent.

Repurchase: No

Lip (5)

Victoria Secret Goodnight Kiss Overnight Lip Mask this was fine it was more like a glossy balm then a lip mask but it tasted really good it was a really interesting vanilla and it was thick and fine.

Repurchase: No, too expensive

Medusa’s Makeup Lip Balm in Cha Cha Cha Cherry Bomb of the three lip balms I have tried this was my least favorite from them the flavor was very off and it was really melty and gross I didn’t love that this was tinted either. I also do not under stand how this is priced at $8.95 none of their other lip balms are even close to that in price it makes no sense.

Repurchase: No

Columbia Candle Supply Green Apple Lip Balm this came weirdly with a wax melt order I made a long time ago and it isn’t even a product they sell. I don’t know it was weird. This balm had no flavor even though it was supposed to be green apple but it was a super nice balm it had that thick slippy feel I like.

Repurchase: Can’t

Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy  I really like the Fresh balms they are feel so nice on and they taste and smell really good but I hate how soft they are because they break and I go through them really really fast which is not great for the price.

Repurchase: Probably not

Elf Lip Exfoliator in Cherry Tart they have since renamed this flavor to sweet cherry. When I got this I thought it was the best lip exfoliator but I have grown past it. I don’t love how sticky it is mixed with the balm in it I find it surprisingly mess and hard to get off as well as it leaks every where into the packaging making it messy.

Repurchase: No

Lotion (1)

Burt’s Bees Body Lotion in Milk & Honey this was nice it smelled like honey it was really thick and moisturizing. I am really glad oi Cut this open because there was so much left in the tube like 2 weeks’ worth of lotion that was couldn’t be squeezed out.

Repurchase: Maybe, I have so much lotion

Bodycare (2)

Bath and Body Works Merry Cherry Cheer Shower Gel this was nice it was all the fruity scents I like with cherries and raspberries and such I liked it. The purple color was fun too.

Repurchase: Maybe

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Walnut Body Scrub in Sorcery & Seduction, so just to call myself out I used this on my face and body because their walnut “body” scrubs are the same formula as the walnut face scrubs they used to make that I loved. I know walnut scrubs can cause a lot of skin irritation and problems for a lot of people so don’t do what I do but for me my skin really responds well to walnut scrubs. That said the scent on this was so strong, it was meant to represent Jafar and it really did, that I used it more on my body then face because it was a lot of scent to have up that close to my nose. I loved it but the scent not so much.

Repurchase: Not in this scent

Perfume (2)

Juicy Couture Perfume Malibu I liked this a lot but I preferred the other two versions of malibu the surf and the la la. This has been discontinued so it really doesn’t matter either way.

Repurchase: No

Pinrose Secret Genius I liked this a lot it is the kind of sweet perfume I really like. I liked Gilded Fox a lot better so would purchase that over this.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (3)

Bumble and Bumble Bb. Hairdresser’s Invisible Oil Heat /UV Primer I don’t really like heat protectants I find them always to be sticky and heavy in my hair. And I just struggle to force myself to use them.

Repurchase: No

Pravana Chromasilk Vivids in Magenta (not pictured) this was good it is a professional hair dye that I don’t know if a non-cosmetologist can buy so I wouldn’t be able to buy this. I did like this better than the dyes I can normally access it dyed faster and with less mess.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Restorative Hair Mask in Not Now, Ma! I really like their restorative hair masks they have almost a balm texture so a little goes a long way and it ends up always coming down to the scent for me and this smelled very fruity and delicious.

Repurchase: Yes

Declutter (5)

Skinfix Foaming Oil Cleanser (x2) I hated this it didn’t feel like it was cleaning my face at all just like there was oil sliding around on my skin. And it just felt gross.

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Color Correcting Treatment I just hated this I couldn’t force my way through it. It was so sticky and thick that it was hard to blend in and it was really important to fully blend it is because it is green. I get that it is supposed to neutralize the red in your skin but it was so green it made my skin look grey and it was so thick and sticky.

Mac Lustre Lipstick in Hug Me I don’t loke this color it is a little too light on my and I don’t love the lustre finish.

Physicians Formula The Healthy Lip Velvet Liquid Lipstick in Noir-ishing Plum this is fine but I have lipsticks in this same color that just perform better. So I need to make cuts because I just have too  many lipsticks.

I can’t believe we are 1 yr from when the world shut down it is just been such a wild 15 months I just can’t even.

Total This Month: 38

Total: 114

Approx Value This Month: $292.95

Approx Paid This Month: $53.10

Approx Total Value: $819.35

Approx Total Paid: $176.77

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Ipsy March 2021 Subscription Box Review

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Ipsy Bag

Cost: $12 monthly, $132 annual

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month Ipsy sends out a cute makeup bag of samples and full size items. You can review your bag for points that you can trade in for reward items. The rewards change often and the range between 300 points and 1000 points. You can get around 95 points every month.

If you want to subscribe you can subscribe HERE and skip the waitlist. That is my referral link so I do get points to spend but I’m not an affiliate I don’t make any money or anything it’s just the same link any subscriber would get.

You can now customize your bag and pick out one sample per month that will get to be in your bag which is a pretty nice change even though it came with a price increase.

I really like the zipper pull on this bag even though the bag is not really my style.

Shaina B Contour Brush

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $23

This is not a $23 dollar brush it is very like it is not super soft the bristles are not cut perfectly like they should be on a brush this expensive. This was my choice for the month but is like a $5 dollar brush.

Eleman Beauty Eyeshadow Duo in Aerial & Luna

Full Size: 9 shades

Full Size Cost: $42

Sample Size: 2 shades, 2.1g

Value: $9.33

This is just not something I like. these are ultra glittery and frosty and I just don’t vibe with that I can see myself decluttering this after I play with it a bit. Swatched Below.

Milk Makeup Lip + Cheek in Werk

Full Size: 6g

Full Size Cost: $18

Sample Size: 6g

Value: $18

I tend to really like stick products and Milk Makeup products. This is a pretty dusty rose color that I think is going to make a really pretty blush. Swatched Below.

Mented Balms Away Coconut Lip Treatment

Full Size: 10 ml

Full Size Cost: $9.60

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $9.60

I was really excited for this I love a fancy lip balm. But this was slightly disappointing. This was a bit gritty probably to the instability of coconut oil, that melts and re solidifies pretty readily. I will still happily use it but the little bit of grittiness does not appeal to me.

Sleek’e Silk’e Deep Conditioning Hair Mask

Full Size: 210 ml

Full Size Cost: $16

Sample Size: 45 ml

Value: $3.43

I love hair masks I use them alot. And of course I will use a mask that promises silky hair but this smells awful so bad I don’t like it.

Not my favorite month to be sure. In regards to the low value last month I contacted Ipsy with mediocre results. I emailed them and the first response I got was like “Oh well we make sure all the values are good in each bag with great products sorry you were upset.” basically getting blown off and that was really annoying. Attached to that email was a survey where you could rate your response so I did said I was very unhappy that I was being blown off and no solutions were offered. Then I was immediately emailed back that they were sorry and they added a bunch of points to my Ipsy account. So that was how that all went.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $63.36

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 2

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 3

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 2

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Macy’s Beauty Box March 2021 Subscription Box Review

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Cost: $15

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon (sometimes $10), 5 deluxe samples and 1 bonus sample. Why not just say 6? I don’t get it. Lately we have been getting between 6 and 8 items per month you never really know how many things you are going to get.

All the brands will be brands you can find in Macy’s which is cool since they sell Mac and a lot of other brands that are never to rarely seen in subscription boxes.

The cool thing about the coupon is that it is good in stores and online also Macy’s does have sales and $5 products so if you are strategic you can score a free product every month. Depending on your state you may still have to pay tax but it is still basically free.

So not really happy this month at all. The coupon seems to have changed and it is not $10 off a purchase of $40 something I wont use because that’s alot of money to spend I hope the coupon changes back to normal because that is really disappointing after being able to use the coupon to get a free item for so long.

Glamglow Supermud Clearing Treatment

Full Size: 50 g

Full Size Cost: $60

Sample Size: 7 g

Value: $8.40

I don’t really like the Glamglow masks. I find them to be really over rated and not the greatest quality for the pricepoint.

Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber Gel Mask

Full Size: 150 ml

Full Size Cost: $55

Sample Size: 14 ml

Value: $5.13

Ugh this mask it haunts me. Every time I finish one another one comes into my life. It isn’t that its bad by any means it totally does what it says with calming irritated skin but with out clogging pores its a good mask I just don’t like cucumbers.

Harper + Ari Uplift Mini Bar Bath Bomb

Full Size: 105 g

Full Size Cost: $7

Sample Size: 105 g

Value: $7

Never got this in a Macy’s box before. I love blackberry scents so this is great for me. I like the green color too but I bet its gona turn the water a really weird color.

Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe, Chamomile and Lavender

Full Size: 118 ml

Full Size Cost: $7

Sample Size: 29 ml

Value: $1.72

My favorite one of these is the orange one but this one I’d say is second. I love little sprays because I can go through them really fast and I can easily bring them places.

Scentered De-Stress Therapy Balm

Full Size: 5 g

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $7.20

I love stuff like this for putting on my wrists/ palms before bed to relax me. I extra love that this doesn’t have Eucalyptus in it because all destressing things have it and I don’t like the scent at all it give me a headache. But this is just like a little chapstick you rub on your skin.

Rituals The Ritual of Sakura Zensational Foaming Shower Gel

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $6

Sample Size: 50 ml

Value: $6

I don’t like the scent of cherry blossoms so I will pass this on. Also I don’t really love this formula I have tried it in another scent and it just is weird its a bit like shaving cream and doesn’t quite feel super cleansing to me.

Just Chilling Cold Gel Eye Mask

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $9

When Macy’s does these eyes they are made for the box so there is nothing to link to I linked to something similar. This is really nice it has like a soft minky fabric on the back. These are so nice when I have a headache or my sinuses hurt or need a quick ice back these are just super useful.

I like that the theme of this box was all very relaxing spa night in type of vibes and we got a 2 face masks that cater to either end of the skin type spectrum all very good things I hate the coupon change that feels really shadey and money grabby to me.

Total Value: $44.45

Skincare: 3

Makeup: 0

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 4

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 3

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 4

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