What’s In My Trash? January 2024

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Starting the year off a little rough here. I acquired 30 items almost one a day and used up 17 so just about 1 every two days so not good at all already failing at that that 10% reduction.

Skincare (3)

Kiehls Ultra Pure High-Potency Serum 5% Niacinamide I didn’t have enough time with this to see if it really worked but I think I liked the Ordinary one more.

Repurchase: No

Strivectin Advanced Retinol Nightly Renewal Moisturizer I really liked this I felt like a saw a difference in my skin. It is expensive though.

Repurchase: Yes

Kopari Moisture Whipped Ceramide Cream this was a nice basic cream a little thick but blended in pretty nice and wasn’t sticky.

Repurchase: Maybe

Home Scents (7)

Unplugged Book Box Candle in Coraline this had no scent throw but the jar is cute.

Repurchase: No

Trader Joe’s Super Lemon Room Spritz this is my favorite spray it smells so good and really dispels bad scents I will always buy this I wish they sold bigger bottles.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Raspberry Thumbprint this was not that strong or as long lasting as the Hannukah one. It smelled good but ran out of scent very quick.

Repurchase: No

Cowboy and Cricket Wax Melt in Renfield this had a very fall scent I thought I wouldn’t like I don’t usually like those more heavy masculine type scents but this was nice enough.

Repurchase: No

Target Scented Candle in Deadly Nightshade this had a really strong scent throw it filled the room and lasted for awhile it also had a super long burn time and burned clean all the way to the bottom.

Repurchase: Yes

VS Candle in Warm & Cozy I like the Victoria Secret Candle they have a decent scent throw and they are pretty cute.

Repurchase: Yes

FCS Black Flame Candle this was obviously just a little sample tea like it was cute but it burned out in a few hours the scent throw was good just not a scent I was really a fan of a little musky leavey for me.

Repurchase: No

Lip (2)

Trader Joe’s Moisturizing Lip Balm in Island Coconut this was very balmy but not that moisturizing the flavor/scent was super nice I enjoyed it.

Repurchase: Maybe

Jeffree Star Velour Lip Scrub in Rainbow Sherbert this was a really good lip scrub it was the right amount of scrubby not to hard not to balmy it tasted good. There was a lot in there. I really liked this.

Repurchase: Yes

Bodycare (2)

Basic Skin Shower Scrub this was not really enough to use as a body scrub so I just kept it at my skin and used it on my hands and I really liked that. I will have to get more sink scrubs it is nice makes my hands feel good. This is as the name says was super basic.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Bath Salt Soak In Bright Lemon Snowdrop this was not good. They didn’t dissolve easily they didn’t have much scent this was not good.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (2)

Devacurl Deep Sea Repair Seaweed Strengthening Mask this was fine made my hair feel soft but also kinda puffy which I don’t like.

Repurchase: No

Marc Anthony Grow Long Restoring Anti-Breakage Mask I use these masks all the time they make my hair feel soft I don’t think they are doing anything for breakage though.

Repurchase: Yes

Declutter (1)

Colourpop Palette in Ticket to Dreamland I just never used this I have these colors I’m never inspired by it so I rather pass it along at this point I need to make space.

Gotta pick it up in February for sure.

Total This Month: 17

Total: 17

Approx Value This Month: $201.86

Approx Paid This Month: $43.61

Approx Total Value: $201.86

Approx Total Paid: $43.61

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Macy’s Beauty Box January 2024

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Macy’s Beauty Box

Cost: $15

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon with a purchase amount which I hate (SUCH A DOWNGRADE), 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.

Starting the year off with a box that is in my opinion quite good and filled with some different items.

Kopari Ultra Restore Body Butter

Full Size: 230 ml

Full Size Cost: $36

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $4.70

This is very lightly coconut scented and it is really nice its slightly greasy in the sense that i dont want to use my computer after putting it on because it leaves marks but not so greasy that you are like sliding every where. This is pretty nice.

Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream Mask

Full Size: 75 ml

Full Size Cost: $80

Sample Size: 8 ml

Value: $8.53

This I don’t know if I will like. I don’t like cold things, but occasionally even I just weant something cooling on my face so I will save this for one of those moments when I feel like I need that cooling type of feeling on my face.

Avya Daily Essentials Honey + Amber Deep Cleansing Exfoliating Scrub

Full Size: 118 ml

Full Size Cost: $28

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $7.12

I don’t use alot of scrubs but I have genuinely never heard of this one so I will add it to the collection to try. I love getting things I never heard of.

Lovery Gold Bath Bomb Lavender

Full Size: 200 g

Full Size Cost: $19

Sample Size: 40 g

Value: $3.80

This brand looks like it is trying to be a Body Shop dupe. This is a absurd price for a bath bomb. I know this is going to be a huge mess to clean up and I don’t love lavender so I am just not going to even give this a try.

belif Aqua Bomb Hydrating Body Moisturizer

Full Size: 300 ml

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $3

I won’t say no to more body lotion I like their face lotions they are very simple and no offensive but sometimes that is nice in a body lotion. I love little tubes of body lotion I find them so easy to just bring around and keep out and use up so I am a fan even if they are kinda crap value wise.

Tony Moly I’m Lovely Ginger Snap Hand Mask

Full Size: 1 Set

Full Size Cost: $5.50

How cute is that little gingerbread man!!! I love him. This is a cool thing to get very different. And I am super curios to see if I really can use my phone while I’m wearing them. My hands have been so dry and torn apart lately so I have to try this out soon.

Versace Dylan Purple Perfume

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $120

Sample Size: 1 ml

Value: $1.20

Prada Paradoxe Perfume

Full Size: 90 ml

Full Size Cost: $152

Sample Size: 1.2 ml

Value: $1.67

This was a good box we didn’t get any repeats we got all products we aren’t seeing all the time and that is what I want from a box. The value and sizes are a let down in this box for sure though.

Total Value: $35.52

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 0

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 2

Other: 4

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 1

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 7

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What’s in My Trash? 2023 Year End Wrap Up

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My concrete goal was to use up $2400 worth of stuff and my soft goal was to end the year with less stuff then I started with. I successfully accomplished both of those goals.

I ended up with overall 55 less items then I started the year with. This year I definitely want to do better but we will get into that at the end after we look at all the data.

Final Results

Compared to 2022

Much better last year for sure.

Final Totals By Month and Category

I don’t know what happened in January but I used up like nothing.

Pie Charts

As usual Skincare makes up the most amount of what I used up.

And as usual I pay the most for Home Scent products nothing really new here.

Overall I reduced my stash by 55 items which is good but not great. That’s a reduction of about 4.5 items a month.

This year I want to have about a 10% reduction in my hoard so I have to use up 124 items in addition to anything new that comes in. I’m not really trying to hit a money goal this year I just really want to reduce the size of my collection and try to declutter more things when I am not enjoying them.

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