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What’s In My Trash? March 2024

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Wooo actually under my starting number by 4 items that’s great gotta keep that momentum going.

Skincare (7)

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Cream I love this cream its really light and refreshing. I really love it I never buy it because it’s a little pricey for just moisture and I have so many moisturizers but I would buy it if I had the need.

Repurchase: Maybe

Algenist Triple Eye Renewal Balm I really didn’t like this it was thick I don’t feel like it did much it wasn’t even that moisturizing.

Repurchase: No

Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Spray I bought this because I really wanted to just try some new face sprays. This was supposed to be calming but I just felt meh about it.

Repurchase: No

Patchology Rejuvenating Eye Gels these work my undereyes were super dry and itchy and dehydrated and this really made a visible significant difference.

Repurchase: Yes

Peter Thomas Roth Goodbye Acne Complete Acne Treatment Gel this was a good Acne treatment it did work but so do things that are far less expensive than this. I suspect if I was younger and having more serious acne problems and could use this up faster with it being gentle but still effective that would be valuable to me but since that’s not the stage I’m in this cost is not in proportion to my need.

Repurchase: No

Garnier Skinactive Moisture Bomb The Super Hydrating Mask Anti-Fatigue x2 I really like this mask I think it is really soothing and really does depuff and make my skin feel and look better. It also has a ton of serum that I can save and use for a day or two after.

Repurchase: Yes

Random (2)

Sweet & Shimmer Scented Wipes in Gum Drop I like these for swatches and just cleaning my hands when I’m crafting and stuff like that but I don’t think they make the scented ones anymore I have only see the unscented ones the last few holidays makes me sad.

Repurchase: If they come back

Dove Sensitive Deodorant I don’t this this was a terribly effective deodorant and it left really bad white marks.

Repurchase: No

Home Scents (7)

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Tin Candle this has no scent throw and they are hard to clean but the little containers are cute.

Repurchase: No

Victoria Secret Candle in Coco this had no scent which is weird because the other ones in this line do have a great scent throw a bit odd.

Repurchase: No

VS Candle in Coco Pineapple this was a bit musky which not my favorite glad to be done with it.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Single Wick Candle in Suntan one of my favorite scents the single candles do not have as good of a scent throw as the 3 wicks at all.

Repurchase: Only a 3 wick not the singles

Cowboy and Cricket Wax Melt in Blackbeard this has a very gunpowdery manly smell that I’m not terriblely fond of but the scent throw was good.

Repurchase: No

Unplugged Book Box Candle in Sea God this burned fast it was gone in a day.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Hanukkah I love this it is smells so good and it lasts.

Repurchase: Yes

Lip (3)

Trader Joe’s Moisturizing Lip Balm in Strawberry Guava these are great lip balms they work well and taste goods.

Repurchase: Yes

eos Lip Balm in Vanilla Mint I don’t love these balls I never did but it was nostalgic of the time when you had to have like ever color and flavor of them. They are just not convenient packaging to apply and iyoui can’t get all the balm unless you dig it out.

Repurchase: No

Vaseline Lip Therapy Rosy Lips this is not very tinted and not as balmy as the aloe or the regular.

Repurchase: No

Makeup (3)

Purlisse BB Tinted Moist Cream SPF 30 I like this it doesn’t break me out it makes my skin look nice it isn’t full coverage or long lasting but I liked using it.

Repurchase: Maybe

KVD Good Apple Full-Coverage Serum Foundation I surprising really liked this considering I don’t really like full coverage foundations it didn’t sit terribly on my skin it didn’t feel super heavy but I think finsinf a shade match might be challenging. I cocktailed two of the samples together to get something that worked but I don’t know what the actual shade range it like.

Repurchase: Maybe

Lilly Lashes Triple X Mascara I thought I was going to love this the first few uses my lashes looked so good but then it was just dry hard to comb through and made my lashes really spikey and clumpy.

Repurchase: No

Lotion (1)

Josie Maran Whipped Argan Oil Ultra-Hydrating Body Butter in Vanilla Apricot I wanted to like this but the apricot scent is just too off putting for me and I was struggling to get through this.

Repurchase: No

Bodycare (3)

Alo Glow System Mega- C Body Wash this was boring it didn’t have a scent I don’t feel like it did anything special it was just a very boring body wash.

Repurchase: No

Tree Hut Moisturizing Shave Oil in Candy Cane I love these I loved this scent.

Repurchase: Yes

Frank Body Cacao Coffee Scrub I hate these I hate coffee scrubs they are so messy they leave my shower a wreck they are hard to wash off I just don’t like the process involved even though the scrub is good I just can’t. Repurchase: No

Perfume (2)

FCS Perfume Oil in Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Things this was very sweet and had a lot of milk notes which isn’t my favorite but I didn’t hate it.

Repurchase: No

Lush Body Spray in Snow Fairy I love the Snow Fairy Scent and I haven’t had it in a super long time so this was a little Christmas treat to myself and it lasted a pretty long time.

Repurchase: Yes

Pretty good month this month.

Total This Month: 28

Total: 67

Approx Value This Month: $388.65

Approx Paid This Month: $101.37

Approx Total Value: $809.77

Approx Total Paid: $230.72

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

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

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

Macy’s Beauty Box December 2023

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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.

These pictures came out terrible but I have a cold and am not trying to retake them at all.

Tarte Sex Kitten Eyeliner in Black

Full Size: 2 g

Full Size Cost: $22

This is nice that we got a full size I just really don’t like this eyeliner it wears off in 3 seconds and it is not like deep black like I like.

Too Face Lip Injection Maximum Plump

Full Size: 4 g

Full Size Cost: $33

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $12.38

I just don’t really use lip plumpers and I definitely have recieved this so many times that I know I have one somewhere if I ever really wanted to use this. We see this same item pop up all the time like it is boring at this point.

Lancome Monsieur Big Mascara

Full Size: 10 ml

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 2 ml

Value: $6

This is a good mascara it just makes my eyes itchy so another thing that is going to get passes along and another Macy’s repeat, multiple times over.

YSL Touche Eclat Blur Primer

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $56

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $19.22

I want to say we have gotten this before and that I didn’t like it but I really can’t remember. This is like raved about but I feel like the gold glitter is just going to be not great when I try this.

Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $42

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $7

We see Smashbox primers all the time and 2 primers in one box is a bit annoying.

Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Frosting

Full Size: 5 g

Full Size Cost: $6

I love these they work really great they stay on well they come in a ton of colors these I highly recommend.

YSL Libre Perfume

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $95

Sample Size: 1.2 ml

Value: $3.80

I used this before I didn’t like it but I feel compelled to give it another shot.

YSL L’Homme Cologne

Full Size: 40 ml

Full Size Cost: $72

Sample Size: 1.2 ml

Value: $2.16

Always love when they include Men’s colognes and I can share them.

Iridescent Makeup Bag

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $1

This is a super tiny makeup bag that you could legit get at the dollar store.

When I first opened this I was kinda excite because there was alot and stuff and a full size item but really this box was unimpressive it is so many repeats like almost everything to be honest.

Total Value: $79.56

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 6

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 2

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 3

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 5

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