What’s In My Trash? February 2026

I used a bunch this month but I also brought a ton in so not a great month overall.

Dime Restorative Night Cream this was really thick I didn’t like it.

Repurchase: No

Kiehl’s Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum this did nothing for me I don’t find Kiehl’s products to be really effective.

Repurchase: No

Lap Cos Red Wine Sheet Mask this is fine but nothing special.

Repurchase: No

Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Soothing Cream I know this is like the new hot brand but this was not that good of a moisturizer.

Repurchase: No

Coola Classic Face Sunscreen Fragrance Free SPF 50 I like this its very white but it blends in really easy.

Repurchase: Yes

The Shop Face Wash I really didn’t like this it was harsh and kinda minty.

Repurchase: No

Good Molecules Hydrating Facial Cleansing Gel this was very basic and I didn’t really feel clean after using it.

Repurchase: No

Babe Lash Essential Lash Serum I didn’t like this I don’t think it worked well and it burned my eyes sometimes.

Repurchase: No

FCS OCD Hand Sanitizer in Do You Ever Think About Dying? I like these hand sanitizers I have a few left to enjoy but they have since gone out of business so I’ll have to find a new company soon.

Repurchase: Can’t

Dove Dry Spray Deodorant in Cool Essentials I like this deodorant.

Repurchase: Yes

Grace & Ivy Candle Co. Cleansing Room & Linen Spray in Fruit Loops this is my favorite room spray it really does smell like fruit loops.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Milk Bar Birthday Cake this entire collection was horrible. No scent throw at all.

Repurchase: NO

Trader Joe’s Candle in Raspberries & Cream this had no scent throw and I burned through it pretty quick. I want to like these candles so much more then I ever end up liking them.

Repurchase: No

Carmex Lip Balm in Sugar Plum I really liked this I love Carmex and this flavor was so fun.

Repurchase: Yes

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm in Iced Coffee I love these.

Repurchase: Yes

McoBeauty Peptide Lip Treatment in Buttercream this was great the flavor was great it felt good on it is a decent though not perfect dupe for the Summer Fridays lip balms I think those make my lips feel healthier but if that isn’t a concern these are great.

Repurchase: Yes

Ulta Beauty Pixar Toy Story Body Lotion in Lemon Meringue this wasn’t a great lotion but it was cute and it smelled nice.

Repurchase: No

Dove Cranberry + Orange Peel Body Wash this smelled nice and it’s a great body wash I find I get sick of bodywashes when I have to use them as long as this because it is such a big bottle but that’s a personally problem I just get bored so fast of body washes.

Repurchase: Yes

Skintimare Shave Oil in Coconut Bliss I did not like this as much as the Tree Hut or EOS one.

Repurchase: No

Black Girl Sunscreen Make It Glow Continuous Spray SPF 30 I didn’t really like this I found it to be a little too thin and not really that great.

Repurchase: No

Dial Spring Water Body Wash I have had this forever and I just don’t like the body wash I don’t like the scent, and I have been using them to travel for years because I got so many for so cheap at one point. I had to finally call it quits I could not bear bringing this hope on a plane again for 2 or 3 more showers. I try not to be wasteful but sometimes you just have to give it up.

Repurchase: NO

Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy I love this perfume its kinda my scent I always go back to it.

Repurchase: Yes

Innersense Repair Mask (x2) this was fine I don’t really think it did much.

Repurchase: No

Unite 7 Seconds Detangler honestly I don’t like this that much but I had it and I have a full size and I don’t hate it enough to waste it. It really does nothing.

Repurchase: No

Sexy Hair I Want Strength Strengthening Shampoo I really didn’t like this set it smelled nice but it did nothing for my hair.

Repurchase: No

Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment I found the last tube I had stashed away and just getting rid of it.

Tory Burch Love Relentlessly Perfume I just don’t like this scent anymore and I was cleaning and decluttering where I display all my perfumes and decided to just move this along rather then leave it on display.


Total This Month: 28

Approx Value This Month: $209.44

Approx Paid This Month: $76.62

Total: 55

Approx Value: $458.11

Approx Paid: $212.46

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What’s In My Trash? January 2026

First month down and some good result for sure but also alot of thing have already started to come in as i need to restock something that I didn’t have back ups of.

Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum this was fine I don’t think you need to pay this much for a hydrating serum but it had a really nice texture and not all of them do a lot can be sticky.

Repurchase: No

Buttah Tea Tree and Aloe Mask Scrub I don’t love this it is fine but not the best scrub I have ever used.

Repurchase: No

Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Moisturizer Spf 45 this was fine  not my favorite I like the Supergoop one way more.

Repurchase: No

Clarins Total Eye Lift me and clarins just don’t get on it does nothing for my skin.

Repurchase: No

Murad Retinol Youth Renewal Night Cream really liked this it was think and I think effective.

Repurchase: Maybe

Kiehl’s Hydro-Plumping Serum Concentrate this was fine I didn’t like it or find it as hydrating as the Drunk Elephant one I just used up.

Repurchase: No

Grande Cosmetics Grande Lash this definitely works sometimes I just get out of routine using it.

Repurchase: Yes

Trader Joe’s Room Spritz in Super Lemon one of my favorite rooms sprays very fresh and lemony.

Repurchase: Yes

96 No 06 Candle I really liked this it smelled great it burned for a long time and it looked great sitting out.

Repurchase: Yes, not for full price only for cheap at marshalls

Trader Joe’s Room Spritz in Super Lemon one of my all time favorite sprays it is so lemony.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Raspberry Holiday Pie Bar this whole collection was terrible none of these things have any scent throw.

Repurchase: No

Trader Joe’s Candle in Sparkling Cuvee this had no scent throw at all. But I am going to enjoy the unwrapping one a month and getting to find out the new flavor.

Repurchase: No

Cowboy and Cricket Wax Melt in Pink Wednesdays I didn’t like this scent too floral.

Repurchase: No

Trader Joe’s Candle in Candy Cane this was fine smelled like a candy cane but not a huge scent throw.

Repurchase: Maybe

Alice in Wonderland Lip Balm in Cherry this was a nice flavor and moisturizing.

Repurchase: No

Physicians Formula Diamond Mascara in Black Diamond this was an ok formula but an awful brush the wand made it get so so gunky and hard to spread but once it was on it wore really well and was really black.

Repurchase: No

Lime Crime Venus Liner in Oasis this was a nice shade of blue and wore really well I really enjoyed it. I don’t know if Lime Crime is even still in business.

Repurchase: Maybe

FCS Aloe Me Whipped Cream in Aloe-Ha this was fine I like these I like the aloe in them.

Repurchase: They have gone out of business

Bath and Body Works Hand Cream in Merry Cookie this was very old so I didn’t bother cutting it up like I normally do their vanilla scents age faster then all the other scents but they also smell the best so it’s a balance on using them up quick. This did smell exactly like a cookie.

Repurchase: Maybe

Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel I love to treat myself to a snow fairy item if I go by a Lush at Christmas it is just such a good candy scent.

Repurchase: Yes

Tree Hut Shea Sugar Scrub in Vanilla I like these scrubs the vanilla is a little boring compared to some of the other scents.

Repurchase: Yes

Sexy Hair I Want Strength Strengthening Conditioner I didn’t really like this I did not find it strengthening or conditioning.

Repurchase: No

Derma-E Stem Cell Eye Lifting Treatment I just do not like this it is really thick does not absorb well I don’t feel like it does anything and maybe broke me out a little. This just isn’t for me.

Estate Dew Me Baked Highlight Powder in Pearl this just shows up to white and pearly on my skin which is not a vibe I love that much and I have white highlighters I like better.

Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment (x2) I am pretty sure I have another one of two of these bopping around in my travel stuff that I need to dig out but I just don’t like this the color weirds me out and I don’t like the feel this just isn’t for me.

Tattoo Junkee Lip Paint in Queen I like the formula it is pretty comfortable and very long wearing but I just don’t like this color anymore.


Total This Month: 27

Approx Value This Month: $248.67

Approx Paid This Month: $135.84

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What’s In My Trash? December 2025

OMG I actually did it for the first time in years I met my goal for the year I got my 10% reduction I am so excited. Official wrap up stats to come in a future post for sure but lets in into December I used up the most stuff this month out of the whole year.

Buttah Tea Tree and Aloe Mask Scrub this was a good enough face scrub but nothing special.

Repurchase: No

Honey Jarret Clean Whip Cleanser I don’t really like cream cleansers I feel like they never really get my skin clean and leave a film.

Repurchase: No

Trilogy Microbiome Complexion Renew Serum this was so tiny I can’t say that it did anything.

Repurchase: No

Sally Face Pack this made my face really dry and sticky.

Repurchase: No

Dr. Brandt Micro Dermabrasion Renewing Age-Defying Face Exfoliator this was good I love how fine the grit is.

Repurchase: No its very expensive

Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment I really hated this it was thick and hard to use. I have some samples in a tube so I want to give it one more shot and see if the packaging was the problem and if it isn’t then I will declutter all the samples I have.

Repurchase: No

Perricone MD Smoothing & Brightening Under Eye Cream this was a fine eye cream I liked it I have a hard time believing that it is worth $125 dollars.

Repurchase: No

Clarins One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser this had 2 uses in it but I loved the design of the sample with the little flip top so cute. This was pretty good really fine and scrubby.

Repurchase: No

IT Cosmetics Confidence in a Gel Cream this was fine a little sticky not super hydrating not as good as the retinol one which is my favorite.

Repurchase: No

Aceology Probiotic Restoring Biodegradable Mask I like these masks they feel really comfortable and nourishing.

Repurchase: No, they are expensive

Summer Fridays Midnight Ritual Retinol x2 as far as retinols go this is not a very potent one at all.

Repurchase: No

Codage Masque Micro-Peeling Mask this was pretty good it did leave my skin smoother but also a little dry though.

Repurchase: No

Garnier SkinActive Micellar Makeup Removing Towelettes I really don’t use wipes often it takes me 6 to 8 months to get through a full pack of wipes. I primarily use wipes when I’m traveling and then I will bring mini packs but I like these they are pretty gentle and they stay wet in the package for many months.

Repurchase: Yes

Sweet And Shimmer Unscented Wipes these are fine I have a few packs I just need to use them up.

Repurchase: No

Refreshments Breezy Deodorant in Pacific Fizz this was fine I like a natural deodorant in the winter or when I’m just bopping about at home but not something I would use for activities or in the heat that’s for sure. This is a defunct I think Ipsy brand and I’m not subscribed to that and haven’t been in years so I wouldn’t or couldn’t get this again.

Repurchase: No

Mineral Fusion Nail Polish Remover this was not a good nail polish remover it in no way compares to acetone.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Hanukkah this is my favorite scent of wallflower.

Repurchase: Yes

ScentSationals Wax Melt in Pumpkin Apple Muffins this was a surprisingly really great wax melt really great scent throw.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Cookie this was awful no scent throw what so ever.

Repurchase: No

FCS Scent Diffuser in Cabin Fever this was nice kinda sweet glad I used it up.

Repurchase: No

Sand & Fog Winter Berry Candle this was a cute candle but not a great scent throw. And did not burn for a long time at all.

Repurchase: No

Woolzies Essential Oil Blend in Spiced Chai this did smell like chai but the scent went away quick. I am just not an oil girl so as I’m just trying to get through the ones I have and get them moved out.

Repurchase: No

Carmex Lip Balm this is one of my favorite lip balms I like the flavored ones too.

Repurchase: Yes

Benefit Bad Gal Bounce Mascara I really liked this mascara but it dried out really fast. This is an expensive mascara so I don’t know that I can justify the cost for such a short amount of use.

Repurchase: Maybe

Hourglass Caution Extreme Lash Mascara I do not like this as much as the regular Caution Mascara this brush is really tiny and hard to work with.

Repurchase: No

COVERGIRL Clean Fresh Color Correcting Primer + Serum, Redness I have tried two version of this primer now and hated both of them they are so thick and so pigmented and just not for me.

Repurchase: No

Palmer’s Tahitian Vanilla Cream this was a really creamy vanilla instead of a sweet vanilla it was a thick lotion it was good. I accidentally included the picture in bodycare.

Repurchase: Maybe

Lush Peachy Bath Bomb this smelled really good and turned the water hot pink which was fun but it also stained my hands a little which is not great.

Repurchase: No

FCS Bath Sugar in Main Squeeze I like some salts in a bath makes it more relaxing.

Repurchase: No the company shut down

Kopari Golden Aura Body Oil not my favorite oil it is really thick and doesn’t sink in super well.

Repurchase: No

Maelys Get Dreamy Overnight Toning Body Whip so annoyingly this does kind of work. It isn’t magic it is a temporary effect of mild tightening but the scent I just can’t stand and it lingers for awhile. It isn’t an unpleasant sent I just do not like it and it is strong.

Repurchase: No

Arey Masque Deep Conditioner this was not enough for my hair so I really don’t know if it did anything. I just mixed it in with my regular conditioner.

Repurchase: No

dp Hue ACV Exfoliating Scalp Detox this was ok. It did exfoliate my scalp but it was so hard to rinse out and definitely wore my hair dye out faster when I used it.

Repurchase: No

FCS Argan Hair Shine Serum I like these they make my hair soft and shiny.

Repurchase: No they went out of business

AG Colour Savour Shampoo

AG Colour Savour Conditioner

I didn’t really love these they didn’t really do much for my hair they were color safe though I will give them that.

Repurchase: No

Essence Hydra Kiss Lip Oil in 05 Midnight Mystery this is sticky like a lip gloss and I don’t love that.

FCS Natural Deodorant in Sunkissed Babe I tried the paste is sticky and I didn’t like the feeling of trying to spread it and it is messy and this is just not for me.

Giorgio Armani Crema Nera Supreme Reviving Cream this is super thick and does not sink into my skin.

COVERGIRL Clean Fresh Color Correcting Primer + Serum and Moisturizer, Total Brightener

COVERGIRL Clean Fresh Color Correcting Primer + Serum, Dullness Reducer

I have tried to samples of different versions of this and hated both so I’m not interested in giving these ones a try.

Drunk Elephant O-Bloos Rosi Drops this is super pretty but way to light for my skin tone.


43 is alot of items that more then one a day and i felt like i wasn’t getting through anything this month.

Total This Month: 43

Total: 335

Approx Value This Month: $450.49

Approx Paid This Month: $73.69

Approx Total Value: $2,755.09

Approx Total Paid: $798.69

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