What’s In My Trash? February 2019

I didn’t do great this month most of what I “used” up were actually items I am decluttering. Oh well not a goo month but I feel like stressed with out a monthly goal and alot more free to just use what I feel like using and switch products around rather then commiting to one product start to finish. Con to that is I am not using up as much stuff.

And here is most of my empties for the month alot didn’t fit in the picture so alot of the declutters I just pulled out so the actual empties could shine.

Skincare (5)

Freeman Polishing Charcoal + Black Sugar Gel Mask + Scrub I didn’t like this it was too hard to rinse off my face it was a very sticky gel formula. This might make a nice body scrub since the full size tube is large and affordable.

Repurchase: No

Kate Somerville Wrinkle Warrior 2 in 1 Plumping Moisturizer this made me break out so I wouldn’t use this again.

Repurchase: No

Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum this legit did nothing and I used it for weeks plenty of time to see results. So this just isn’t for me I have another sample of this that I will declutter and pass along since this doesn’t work for me.

Repurchase: No

NuFace Prep-n-Glow Dual Sided Cloth these are my favorite. I like the exfoliating side and then the softer side. They clean well are gentle but still exfoliating.

Repurchase: Yes

Goldfaden MD Facial Detox Mask I really liked this mask a lot I felt like it did a lot to clear up my skin when I would be breaking out but it is a $65 mask like I just don’t ever see that being feasible to buy so I am super sad this is gone. I made this mask  last by using it really sparingly only on problem spots. It is really good though.

Repurchase: Maybe

Random (3)

CharBrush Family Pack this came with 4 charcoal tooth brushes and 4 tins of the CharBrush powder charcoal toothpaste I really loved this I actually have on toothbrush left but I am calling it all used up. I don’t have a picture because like this is messy as hell there is no way to save it. I loved this charcoal tooth powder it made my teeth feel clean and my gums feel healthy. I am trying another one now but will likely go back to this.

Repurchase: Yes

Seventh Generation Free & Clear Baby Wipes I picked these up because they were Super Cheap they were on sale and I found a coupon I got then for a like a $1.00 maybe even less I don’t remember. These were awful those I got them to remove swatches and they were not great and they left cotton fuzzy bits all over my skin these would be horrible for trying to clean up a kid I imagine. They are decently thick though.

Repurchase: No

Pacifica Cherry Kisses Hydrating Lipstick Wipes these are amazing and I don’t know why no one is talking about these. The are cherry flavored and like a hydrating wipe to take liquid lips off. They work really well and they taste good unlike a lot of removers and they don’t leave your lips in pain or dried out. They are just the best way to remove the lip colors that don’t want to come off I love them so much.

Repurchase: Yes, have a whole stockpile.

Home Scents (3)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company 17 Cherry Tree Lane this smelled so good in the tin like a awesome cherry cream but it didn’t have a great scent throw I was really disappointed you could kinda smell it when you would like leave the room and come back but that was about it.

Repurchase: No

Sweet & Shimmer Room Spray in Salted Caramel this smelled really strongly of alcohol. You could smell the salted caramel but this isn’t anything special. This is the same like cheap cute stuff that comes out every Christmas from Ulta and I always pick up odds and ends because it is cute and fun.

Repurchase: Maybe

HG Global Baked Apple Pie Candle I got this in a random three pack on Amazon and they were actually super nice candles they don’t burn all the way to the bottom I’ve notice but they smell nice they burn for awhile and they are cheap.

Repurchase: Yes

Lip (2)

ChapStick Sugar Cookie I had two of these I’ve now used both up I liked them of these were a bit waxy I rather have something more moisturizing feeling but the sugar cookie flavor was really nice.

Repurchase: No

Neutrogena Collagen Kiss Collagen Infused Lip Mask This was really nice I liked this. It left my lips feeling really soft and a bit more hydrated and less chapped then they were before I used this.

Repurchase: Maybe

Lotion (4)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Mistress of All Evil Body Frosting I loved this to death. This was the kinda product that I was savoring and trying to make last. This is a thick frosting like consistency that turns into a nice dry oil feel on the skin. The scent of this was so amazing it was so sweet and warm and delicious like just delicious cake but not overly fake sweet just so fucking good.

Repurchase: Yes

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Whipped Cream in Boo, As If this smelled good I like these little whipped cream tubs because they last a decent amount and you get to try differed scents all the time I like them. I am finding that I actually might prefer potted lotions to tube ones for my hands.

Repurchase: Yes

Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Aloe Lotion I need Aquarphor one day and couldn’t find it and this was there so I grab this to try thinking it  would be similar. It is not it doesn’t work as well and if you out it on chapped skin the way you would with Aquaphor it stings!

Repurchase No

Bath and Body Works Coco Shea In-Shower Coconut Oil Body Lotion I found this to be a little to greasy for my liking but my girlfriend really really liked this. it is pricey compared to other better in shower moisturizer but this does smell alot better then any of the other ones I’ve tried.

Repurchase: Not for me but maybe for my gf

Perfume (1)

Juicy Couture Couture La La Perfume I love the scent of this perfume but it does not stick on my skin at all which is really sad. This is a very light fresh slightly fruity scent very pretty.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (1)

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Night Cap Overnight Perfector I hated the feeling of this in my hair it dries down really heavy and white and flakey looking so you have to wash it out even though the instructions say you don’t have to. It doesn’t really do all that much for my hair either. Maybe made it a little softer and straighter but not by much.

Repurchase: No

Declutter (24)

Viva La Juicy Viva La Body Lotion this dries out my skin so bad so it has to go.

Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum just doesn’t work for me.

Estee Edit Mattified Lipsticks/Transformer omg the texture of these was awful and grainy and messy and just gross and looked awful. I couldn’t even get through the two or three applications in this sample.

Nomad Light Infusion Powder in Positano Sunrise to powdery and not a color I am super drawn too as a highlight so this is really just taking up space in my life and I know I won’t use it.

Milk Makeup Liquid Strobe this had so much potential to be something I liked but it did not perform it always came out so patchy ad inconsistent and that made it unusable because sometimes it was all glitter sometimes it was nothing and sometimes it actually came out with the color.

L’Oreal Infallible Paints Liquid Eyeshadow In 304 Navy Yard so I really actually like these they have/had I don’t think these are around anymore really interesting colors but they are a bit finicky to work with they take a lot of blending and layering and fussing. So I decided to keep the ones that had really interesting colors so I can use them for liners or accents our whatever so this more normal shade one is going because I needed to do a massive liquid/cream shadow declutter since I so rarely reach for them.

Bare Minerals Whipped Velvet Long Wear Eye Color in Peach Divine

Bare Minerals Whipped Velvet Long Wear Eye Color in Magnificent Cocoa

I just am not a big enough fan of these colors to use them so I am letting them go. I kept one to try as a highlighter and I am going to play around with it like that and see if it works or it will also get decluttered.

Profusion Metallic Liquid Eyeshadow in Siena I got a whole kit with 2 or 3 cream shadows and a liner and a pigment for like a $3.00 so I am not that fussed that I am getting rid of this I am just eh about the color.

Absolute New York Pure Metal Veil in Gumetal I have never opened this in the 3 or 4 years it’s been in my drawer this is a sign that it is not for me.

Butter London Glazen Eye Gloss in Moonshine

Butter London Glazen Eye Gloss in Icing

I just don’t like these at all they are gross and have a ton of glitter fallout and what is the point. I kept one to try as a highlighter and I am going to play around with it like that and see if it works or it will also get decluttered.

Maybelline Color Tattoo in 35 Tough as Taupe
Maybelline Color Tattoo in 40 Tenacious Teal
Maybelline Color Tattoo in 50 Edgy Emerald
Maybelline Color Tattoo in 45 Bold Gold
Maybelline Color Tattoo in 55 Inked in Pink
Maybelline Color Tattoo in 100 Dramatic Black

Surprisingly these are still creamy and usable despite being 4 years old I just really don’t
use them I kept like 2 shades that I felt really attached to but these need to go I never
reach for them. I really liked them for a while and did use them they are good. If you like
cream shadows that are pigmented and easy to blend these are worth it. They just are not
for me anymore.          

Pacifica Tuscan Blood Orange Super Hydrating Lotion Wipes these are so dry there are no lotion on these at all.

FCS Sea Salt Hair Spray I don’t use sea salt sprays in my hair they are too drying.

Bumble and Bumble Bb. Curl Defining Crème I don’t wear my hair curly and even if I did it wouldn’t be curly enough to need a product like this.

Palmers Coconut Oil Conditioning Shampoo I just won’t ever use this.

Madam CJ Walker Curl Whip Styling Souffle another curling cream that I just don’t have use for.

Random Perfume um I don’t remember what this is or wear it came from and it has no label, but I wasn’t into the scent of this.


Total This Month: 43

Total: 94

Approx Value This Month: $185.79

Approx Paid This Month: $31.98

Approx Total Value: $546.93

Approx Total Paid: $117.86

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Sephora Play! February 2019 Subscription Box Review

Sephora Play!

Cost: $10.00 monthly + tax

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month our favorite money sucking store Sephora sends out a curated box of higher end samples to try out.  Every month you receive 5 samples and a perfume sample.  The boxes are customized with a few different variations being sent out each month.

There is a small survey that Sephora has you take that helps Sephora curate a box to your needs. There is also a card included in the box for a complimentary mini makeover (which are complimentary any way so I don’t really get that) and 50 extra points if you purchase something in store and now online too.


So I know this is late but better late then never. It just has been busy and just I haven’t had time. Plus my new way of cataloging everything that comes into my collection has made posting so much more work that I kinda drag my feet wanting to post sometimes.

Kat Von D Saint Perfume

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $65

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Value: $1.95

Kat Von D Sinner Perfume

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $65

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Value: $1.95

I have definitely had this exact sample from Sephora Play! before I am not hugely into the repeat samples that seem to be happening in subscription boxes of late. Any way I like Saint it is lighter and sweeter Sinner just isn’t my cup of tea it is too heavy of a scent.

Wander Beauty Baggage Claim Gold Eye Masks

Full Size: 6 pairs

Full Size Cost: $25

Sample Size: 1 pair

Value: $4.17

I am not sure how I feel about gold in skincare I have read alot of mixed things about whether or not it is good for your skin so I haven’t really been using any of my gold skincare. This is another thing I have gotten in a subscription box. Maybe I’ll be brave and try it.

Lancome Hydra Zen Anti-Stress Moisturizing Cream Gel

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $48

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $4.80

I have alot of feelings about this first it is so heavily fragranced that it is sickening. Second why would you need a moisturizer with salicylic acid that is anti stress that makes now sense to me. Also I tried this out because it has an ingredient that is in the rose family but isn’t a rose so I decided to give it a shot but nope made me itchy so can’t use this. Also this tiny sample is like one or two uses at most.

Caudalie Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet

Full Size: 40 ml

Full Size Cost: $39

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $11.03

I don’t like this face moisturizer it is like a light nothing waste your time type of moisturizer. I like a light moisturizer but I still want it to feel like it is doing something.

Clinique Quickliner for Eyes Intense in 09 Intense Ebony

Full Size: 0.012 oz

Full Size Cost: $18

Sample Size: 0.005 oz

Value: $7.50

I am not swatching this because I don’t like the regular Quickliner and I don’t have a pressing need to try this eyeliner and I’d rather have some one else get good use out of it. The regular Quickliner fades on me so so fast that it isn’t even worth putting on.

Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Maple

Full Size: 4.35 g

Full Size Cost: $26

Sample Size: 1.41 g

Value: $8.43

I wished I liked these lipsticks more because they are so freaking comfortable and they have some gorgeous shades. I justt am not the hugest fan of a shiny lipstick that can move around so I rarely wear them. This is a beautiful brick red shade though and I love it so so much.


Not hapy with a box that only 3 things I will use and one is a perfume sample. I did get more then $10 of value with the products I am keeping but still it isn’t exciting to get a box of things you don’t want.

Total Value: $39.83

Skincare: 3

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 2

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 6

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Ipsy February 2019 Subscription Box Review

Ipsy Bag

Cost: $10 monthly, $110 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 one beauty junkie to another.


This month has really gotten away from me. I am so behind on everything.

I was not a huge fan of this month at all.

Marc Anthony Strengthening Grow Long Anti-Breakage Mask

Full Size: 295 ml

Full Size Cost: $

Sample Size: 50 ml

Value: $

I can’t find this anywhere to buy so I don’t know if this still exists or how much it is worth. I have tried this before it is a nice mask but I don’t really know that it does alot for anti-breakage.

Seraphine Botanicals Natural Radiance Booster in Daisy + Pearl

Full Size: 3.5 g

Full Size Cost: $22

Sample Size: 3.5 g

Value: $22

This is too dark for me and not something I am interested I have much nicer highlights this was not glowy enough or interesting enough for my tastes. Swatched Below.

Doucce Fierce & Fine Graphic Pen in Black

Full Size: 1.1 ml

Full Size Cost: $21

Sample Size: 1.1 ml

Value: $21

Yay black liquid liner. Whats there really to say. Swatched Below.

Belle En Argent Auteur Creme Lip Color in I’ll Bring Dessert

Full Size: 4.2 g

Full Size Cost: $32

Sample Size: 3.8 g

Value: $28.95

This is a not my cup of tea for lipstick. It is like a cream shine which is not my preferred formula and it is on the pink side of mauve where i would normally choose the more berry side of mauve. Oh well. It is super comfortable and opaque and the packaging is gorgeous. You can use it as a mirror and I love the little plus signs on it.

Hey Honey Trick and Treat CC Cream in Light to Medium

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $38

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $12.67

I love cc cream type base products because I like that lighter feel and coverage on my face so this I am excited to try especially since it has honey in it and my skin likes honey alot.


I like that it was a makeup heavy month this month but the makeup picks were not that great for me personally. The value was off the charts this month and there is an item unaccounted for so this month was really good in that respect.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $71.95

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 4

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 2

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 2

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