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What’s In My Trash? March 2020

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Happy Quarantine or Self-Isolation or what ever we are calling it now. I have been so so productive my house has never been cleaner I have reorganized closets that I have wanted to organize for over a year. All this to keep myself from going completely stir crazy. How are you all doing? I have also been masking so much since I have the time its nice. I am on track for the year with my goal but this month I actually felt short of the monthly average I need but I was so over the first two months that all is well on that front for now.

Skincare (16)

BioRepublic Green Tea Detox Mask this was nice enough it made my skin feel good and look a little less congested and brighter. Sheet mask are hard because even if they work and are nice so are most of them so unless I love it, I’m not going out of my way to find them.

Repurchase: Eh Maybe

Perricone MD Cold Plasma Plus+ Neck & Chest Broad Spectrum 25 I don’t need a dedicated expensive neck specific cream but it was fine. A bit thick but not awful.

Repurchase: No

Biossance Squalane + Omega Repair Cream this is a fine moisturizer I love how cool and creamy it feels but it is a bit thick for my liking.

Repurchase: No

Ulta Beauty Strawberries & Champagne Hydrating Glitter Peel Off Mask this really did smell like champagne which I wasn’t expecting but the scent dissipated quickly. I really didn’t like this mask at all. There was glitter in it but it was minimal my main problem with this is that it never dried for me to be able to peel it off and it was so sticky and hard to get off. I have had good luck with Ulta mask in the past but this was not good.

Repurchase: No

Yes to Super Blueberries Recharging Greek Yogurt & Probiotics Mud Mask this was so thick and stick I couldn’t even get it spread over my skin.

Repurchase: No

Soo Ae Donkey Milk Skin Gel Mask this is very hydrating and nourishing but also very sticky. I don’t like that overly gelled sticky feeling it leaves on my skin but if you have drier skin this may be great for you. I don’t hate it enough to use up what I have but I would not repurchase:

Repurchase: No

Pacifica Crystal Lit Moon Oil this is supposed to be a guess a rejuvenating oil with lavender and blue tansy but for some reason there’s a ton of glitter in it for no damn reason and it left my skin feeling congested and blue and glittery! I ended up using it as a body oil on my legs and it was pretty and shimmery but definitely not a serious skincare product.

Repurchase: No

Purlisse Watermelon Energizing Marshmallow Peel Off Mask this wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible either. It was so incredibly sticky that it was hard to spread around on my face to get an even layer. It smelled like watermelon candy which didn’t bother me but it you are sensitive this probably would bother you. For a peel off mask it wasn’t too painful either, but it did have glitter in it which makes this a total no for me. This left my skin looking brighter and feeling softer but also really dry.

Repurchase: No

NuFace Prep-n-Glow Dual Sided Cloth these are my favorite face cloths ever them make my skin feel nice and exfoliated and clean and glowing I really hate how expensive they are so that I end up saving them as special treats.  I’ll use my $10 Macy’s coupon to get the travel size pack for free which is the only way I can bear to buy them at $2 dollars a wipe.

Repurchase: Yes

Strivectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream I didn’t like this it was so thick but not spreadable so it was really hard to rub in which I feel like would be more damaging to your skin over time then helpful.

Repurchase: No

Leaders Pore-Scaling Black Aqua I don’t know that this did that much I just really can’t say. I have a few more so maybe I’ll notice something next time I try.

Repurchase: No

Double Dare OMG! 4 in 1 Kit Zone System Mask my skin needed this the day I used it and I really liked it. It was a multi mask so it came with under eye gels, a charcoal mask for oily spots a kaolin clay mask for the more normal parts of your skin and then a moisture cream to put on after you take the masks off. I really loved it my skin felt a lot smoother and soothed after. The only thing is I can and often do multi mask like this with all the mask I have so this is more convenience over necessity.

Repurchase: Maybe

Yes To Pore Perfection Paper Mask this mask was really small and did nothing. I really don’t love the Yes To line. I have like maybe 3 or 4 items from them left that I just need to use up and get them out.

Repurchase: No

Whole Foods Cotton Cupra Hydrating Coconut Mask this was a very drippy mask which I don’t love. It felt nice on though very cooling and soothing but did absolutely nothing, not even hydration once I took it off.

Repurchase: No

Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber Gel Mask I don’t get this mask it felt cooling and moist but left my skin a bit tight. I don’t understand I feel like this mask was trying to do too much and failed.

Repurchase: No

Dermal Wine Collagen Essence Mask I really liked this it really hydrated and plumped my skin when it was in a dehydrated bad place.

Repurchase: If I saw it somewhere yes

Random (3)

Daylogic Brush Cleanser this wasn’t a great soap it took extra effort to get stains out of brushes.

Repurchase: No

Degree Motion Sense Deodorant Fresh Energy favorite deodorant I I like the scent the feeling and the performance.

Repurchase: Yes

Aquaphor Oinment I love Aquaphor I use it for so many thing lip balm. To heal chaffing or dry spots. For tattoos just an all-time loved product. Life essential.

Repurchase: Always and Forever

Home Scents (5)

Swan Creek Candle Co. Drizzle Melt in Valencia Orange & Grapefruit this is one of my favorite wax brands because they have great scent throw. While the scent on this was so nice and bright and citrusy which I love it wasn’t as strong as their sweeter scents.

Repurchase: Probably not

Bath and Body Works Strawberry Pound Cake Candle this smelled so good but I could hardly smell it while it was burning. I wanted this to be like my strawberry shortcake wonderland smelling dream candle and it just wasn’t.

Repurchase: No, Jar’s cute though

Trader Joe’s Lemon Cookie Scented Candle this was really nice it smelled like iced lemon cookies it was yummy it burned along time for such a small candle I don’t like that there was so much wax left in the bottom and on the sides I like for candles to burn a bit cleaner than this one did but for $4 it was good.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Fresh Orange this was a nice orange scent but it was one of the wallflowers that isn’t as strong and I prefer the really strongly scented ones.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Blackcurrant Vanilla Candle this is a much more fancy sexy scent then I would normally burn but I really really enjoyed it. Normally I would have been disappointed in the scent throw of this one but since it was such a strong dominate scent the weaker scent through worked in its favor. I also really like the jar it came in the frosted purple glass is super pretty.

Repurchase: Maybe

Lip (3)

Lipsmacker Mickey Mouse Ch-ear-ful Cherry I liked the cherry flavor of this but it was very very read and really was messy looking on my lips. Some Lipsmackers are really waxy and some are smooth this was one of the smooth ones and I appreciated that. I got a whole pack of different flavors when Target had that Mickey Mouse collection.

Repurchase: No

Laniege Lip Sleeping Mask in Vanilla I like these and they are very hydrating in that more thick gel type of way but they are not life changing. I did not like this flavor as much as the previous flavors I have tried it was kinda bland.

Repurchase: No

Skyn Iceland Berry Lip Fix this is one of those things that I loved when I had a sample of but the full size didn’t live up to how much I liked it in the smaller size. You could kinda feel taste the berry and the texture more in the small size the full size was more smooth as well as being more sloppy to apply since more would come out of the bigger applicator.

Repurchase: No

Makeup (3)

Urban Decay 24/7 Slide On Glide On Eyeliner in LSD I love these liners but LSD is just not the liner for me. It was always a drier formula because of the glitter and it has completely gotten to dry too use now. It was too dark of a blackened blue for me and I wasn’t super fond of the glitter. They are great liners in general though.

Repurchase: No

Mac Eyebrows in Spiked they have since repackaged this to have a spoolie which is great it was pretty annoying that this didn’t have one. This is a really stiff non retractable pencil and it took me awhile to get used to if but I think I like it better than a softer pencil. I am using a softer pencil now but we shall see. This color was a bit to warm for me I would try a darker cooler shade probably Stud if I bought it again.

Repurchase: Maybe

Fenty Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Primer this was nothing special as a primer it was pretty sticky so it held on to my foundation well. But it didn’t blur or fill pores or hydrate or anything I would want it to do.

Repurchase: No

Lotion (1)

Hempz Candy Cane Crush Triple Moisture Herbal Whipped Body Crème this was not as thick as the other lotions that had come in this scent. It was more mint then candy cane which was really refreshing. It wasn’t that great though I felt like ten minutes after I put it on I needed to reapply.

Repurchase: No

Bodycare (2)

Lush Marmalade Jelly Bomb this took forever to break up and dissolve in the tub. It smelled good I love citrus things and turned the water so orange but unfortunately this left my skin really dry.

Repurchase: No

Up & Up Epsom Salt For Soaking in Eucalyptus & Spearmint this is not as good as the Dr. Teals one it claims to be comparable to at all. It didn’t have as strong of a scent and didn’t dissolve as well. It also didn’t feel as relaxing for my muscles as the Dr. Teals ones do.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (3)

Marc Anthony Repairing Macadamia Oil Deep Rescue Conditioning Treatment I thought I was going to love this when I was in the shower but it did not agree with my hair after it dried. It made my hair feel really silky soft, but it gave me a lot of frizz and fly-aways. It didn’t leave me with that lovely shiny glossy just washed hair feeling.

Repurchase: No

Pure Brazilian Deep Conditioning Masque this was meh its didn’t do anything to my hair at all.

Repurchase: No

Tony Moly Angel Glow Ring Hair Mask they don’t make this any more which is sad because it is a really nice hair mask even if it is a bit labor intensive. You put a mask on freshly washed wet hair and then sit with the provided shower cap on for twenty minutes then rinse it out. It makes my hair so glossy and smooth.

Repurchase: I would if it comes back

Declutter (5)

Covergirl Sponge this is hard as a rock and feels like tough rubber. It does not blend well or wash well this is awful.

She Makeup Abracadabra Mega Volume Mascara there is so little mascara in this tube that you can’t cover the brush and it is really gunky.

AOA Studio Fat Lash Mascara this is just too light and natural and too much work to coat the lashes.

Nyx Born to Glow Liquid Illuminator in Gleam this is just chucky and patchy and does not look great on the skin. I am pretty sure they have reformulated this but I have no interest in trying it. Essie Nail Polish in Viva Antiguai I am really not a nail polish person but I have a few bottles and I am trying to paint my toe nails and this I didn’t like. The color was not as bright on as I thought it would be and it was really liquidy and if a polish needs more than two coats its an automatic no for me.

That was a whole lot of big stuff this month. Pretty good I think. I have to use up roughly $291 worth of product per month to be on track for the year I was like $20 something short this month but I was way over the past two month so I am still ahead which is great.

Total This Month: 41

Total: 132

Approx Value This Month: $269.83

Approx Paid This Month: $57.48

Approx Total Value: $1006.23

Approx Total Paid: $201.95

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What’s In My Trash? February 2020

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Another month down and I beat my month goal again. Thank god because I can already see that March is going to be a rough month I just started a a bunch of new large products. Uhoh. It was also looking back a really bad skin month. I didn’t like any of the products I used.

Skincare (12)

Naisture Tea Tree Mask Pack my skin is breaking out bad this month so I just wanted an easy tea tree mask since my skin loves tea tree oil. This was meh it didn’t fit well and I don’t think it did much.  I have three more. I may declutter them I may use them I don’t know yet.

Repurchase: No

Cosrx Acne Pimple Master Patch these only worked on spots that had already been popped. So if I had already popped a pimple and put this on it would really suck out the gunk and help it get flatter and not come back up to a head but it wouldn’t do anything for pimples that hadn’t come to a head yet for that reason I am not sold on them I feel like the Peter Thomas Roth ones worked on all pimples and the Dr. Jart ones are really good. So I don’t know that I will get these again with their limited range of use.

Repurchase: Probably not

Biossance Squalane + Glycolic Renewal Facial this was ok it had some brightening effect but nothing so amazing to encourage me to buy it.

Repurchase: No

Biossance Squalane + Peptide Eye Gel this was a nice eye cream really hydrating and bit plumping but I don’t think it is worth the price.

Repurchase: No

Purlisse Blue Lotus + White Tea Treatment Sheet Mask this is a hydrating mask like most sheet masks are I don’t think I would ever pay $8 for these mask I think that is outrageous. I like that these are soothing and not overly drippy or serum heavy sometimes I just don’t want to deal with a messy mask.

Repurchase: No

Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Meltaway Cleansing Balm I like this but it can cling to my contacts even though it doesn’t hurt. This is a super gentle cleansing balm which is nice but it isn’t as effective at taking off really stubborn mascara and liner like the Clinique one so I would not repurchase. But I would definitely use it again. I rather have something that I know is going to take off everything.

Repurchase: No

P.S. Dark Circle Reducer Eye Patches so these do nothing as under eye patches but they are the kind that have adhesive so they stick super well and they made a really clean line for my eyeshadow. Since they are so so cheap I would probably buy more of these for that purpose.

Repurchase: Probably but not for their intended purpose.

Sunday Riley A+ High-Dose Retinoid Serum (2) I didn’t really see any difference I had two tubes I used this for about a month and really didn’t see any difference.

Repurchase: No

Dermovia Lace A Peel Black Bamboo Charcoal Peel Off Mask this was an intense face mask. I felt like it was ripping my entire face off and it hurt a lot. It did feel like it got a lot of stuff out of my skin so that was good but it really hurt a lot. It also looked so scary on I looked like I was wearing a sock over my face like a cartoon bank robber.

Repurchase: No

Biossance Squalane + Tea Tree Cleansing Gel this was just a what ever face wash nothing special. This line really hasn’t wowed me at all.

Repurchase: No

MD’s Picks Pore Clear Water Rubber Mask I thought this would be fun but I hated it. It was like making slime and the putting slime on my face I just was so skeeved out the whole time I had it on.

Repurchase: No

Random (2)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Cooling Aloe Mist in FCS Vice this I used as sort of a everything mist. A scented body mist a cooling spray a face spray just for everything it smelled really nice but I wasn’t a fan of the formula. It had a kinda thick quality to it that felt kinda heavy on my skin. I wasn’t into it.

Repurchase: No

Native Deodorant in Coconut & Vanilla this was really hard and sticky so it made it super difficult to apply and because of that I feel like the application was never even enough for me to decide if it was working or not. This was officially the last of my mini natural deodorants and I don’t know if I will get more. I like having them and I do use them, but I don’t technically need them so I have to see how I feel without them for awhile. It kinda feels good to have finished one little sub category of items I own.

Repurchase: No

Home Scents (5)

Bath and Body Works Fine Fragrance Mist in Beach I buy most of these fine fragrance mists as room sprays it is far and few between the ones I actually use as body mists I rather use a perfume but I like these as room sprays. I can spray it and it smells nice but it doesn’t feel overwhelming I like them so a light rescenting of a room lol.  Beach is one of my favorites it smells like the beach I love it.

Repurchase: Probably, I just have way to many right now

Swan Creek Candle Co Drizzle Melt in Bourbon Maple Sugar this is still my favorite wax company that I have tried the they burn for a long time and they have strong scents. This scent just wasn’t for me. It was more of a smoky bourbon maple then a sweet bourbon maple and I don’t love smoky scents. I am so glad that I have found a few stores that sell these waxes now because I can easily get other scents from them.

Repurchase: Not this one

Bath and Body Works Cereal Marshmallow Bar Candle I love this candle with my whole heart I bought 3 and I wish I had bought more it legit smells like a rice crispy treat but a little brighter and sweeter. I love it is has a great scent throw as well too.

Repurchase: Yes, please come back next year please

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Wax Tart in The Bloom Bloom Room this was a pretty springy bright floral scent but it had no scent throw and a short burn time.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Hot Cocoa & Cream one of my favorite scents. I love how it makes everything smell like chocolate. It makes me happy.

Repurchase: Yes

Lip (3)

Skin Fix Lip Repair Balm in Vanilla Mint I hate the packaging of these balms so much that I will never buy them. They are so hard to squeeze out and messy due to how much coconut oil is in them and how sensitive coconut oil is to even the slightest of temperature changes. That said they do feel nice on the lips this was much mintier than the lemon mint one.

Repurchase: No

Carmex Classic Lip Balm I love Carmex but only in this stick form. It feels great on chapped lips it helps protect them so they heal I love it and will always have some around. It is also super cheap.

Repurchase: Yes

Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm in Natural Mint this was terrible it tasted more like tea tree oil then mint which was super unpleasant if you have ever gotten tea tree near your mouth. It was also really thick and heavy so it was more of a really hard to spread barrier product then a lip balm.

Repurchase: No

Makeup (1)

Nyx Vivid Brights Eyeliner in Vivid Violet I like these eyeliners but they tend to dry out so fast. Once upon a time they were the only way to get colored liquid liners but now there are more options and Colourpop liners are cheaper and better so I don’t think I would go back to these.

Repurchase: No

Lotion (6)

Bath and Body Works Body Cream in Fiji Pineapple Palm this smelled really good like real pineapples. I liked the formula on the old body creams much more than on the new ones.

Repurchase: Maybe

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Hydrate Me these are in shower lotion sticks. I know for some people this is the product they have been dreaming of and it does work I feel really moisturizer and smooth after I use them but putting lotion on in the shower is just not my preferred method of lotion application. So I get these in a subscription box at least one a year and will happily use them I won’t buy them but I recommend them highly they are really great products if this is what you like.

Repurchase: No, but I will use

Ahava Deadsea Water Mineral Hand Cream in Sea-Kissed I love this cream it smells like the beach and it is nice and light. It is really expensive though which is my only problem with it.

Repurchase: Maybe

Josie Maran Whipped Argan Oil Ultra-Hydrating Body Butter I surprisingly liked this I thought it would be thick and gross but it sunk in quickly and I felt really hydrated. It didn’t have any noticeable scent either. I don’t really need this much hydration and I like a scent in my lotion so I wouldn’t purchase but I would happily use it again.

Repurchase: Probably not

Bath and Body Works Hand Cream In Ghoul Friend (Scary Berry) these hand lotions are fine but nothing special. I use them in my car and grab them when I have coupons to get them free. This one had super cute packaging and the berry scent was really nice.

Repurchase: Yes

Victoria Secret Body Milk Coffee Shop Hydrating Spray Lotion I liked the vanilla latte scent of this a lot but I hated this lotion. It didn’t come out of the spray well so it was hard to get an even coverage to rub in. and it was always really cold feeling I don’t know if that was a me problem or not but I didn’t like that.

Repurchase: No

Bodycare (4)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Bubbling Bath Salts in Atlantis I really liked these they smelled nice and made the water a pretty blue. But I would rather a bath bomb to bath salts. I only like the bath salts that are Epsom salts and helping my muscles.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Body Scrub in In Your Glitter Dreams I didn’t like that this left glitter all over me of that the smell was really artificial and off putting which is rare for and FCS product. But the scrub itself was the kind I like where it is a loose paste that is super scrubby but also kinda moisturizing.

Repurchase: This one no but others

Spongelle in Sugar Plum these are super convientent for traveling with a sponge that has soap in it already this one left my skin feeling really dry though. So even though I liked this scent I would probably not repurchase since it left me feeling dry.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Aqua Illusion Liquid Bubble Bath this smelled really nice everything in the Sailor Moon collection was all fruity and yum. This didn’t make nice bubbles though it was the weak thin kind of bubbles.

Repurchase: No

Perfume (1)

Juicy Couture Mini Spray Oui I had this small vial of perfume from when I got the full size. It was good for like 3 or 4 days and I love how it smells.

Repurchase: I already have the full size

Haircare (3)

Bumble and Bumble Bb. Hairdresser’s Invisible Oil Balm-to-Oil Pre-Shampoo Masque this was weird. It was really solid and they you warm it up and spread it through your hair but it is still pretty thick and sticky. It was hard to rinse out. It also left my hair feeling so greasy I had to wash it the next day.

Repurchase: No

Ag Colour Savour Mask loved this. It made my hair so so soft and did help a decent amount to protect my color. I really really liked this.

Repurchase: Yes

AG Cleansing Cream I like this and I like being able to use a cleansing conditioner like I am used to when I travel. It leaves my hair soft but a bit puffy and staticy which I don’t love.

Repurchase: Maybe

Declutter (3)

Biossance Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil this was leaving my skin really congested so I am not going to use this anymore. I really wanted this to work even though I knew there was a strong chance my skin would react badly to this even after I had a successful patch test with this it just didn’t obviously because I am allergic to roses.

L’Oreal Infallible The Super Slim Liquid Eyeliner this is just terrible. It is so smugdey it never fully dries down and ends up just rubbing off and smearing all over my face.

Mac Prep + Prime Skin this is primer but it is full of glitter and it made me break out and it felt gross on. I don’t understand this product.

I had alot of misses this month like most this I used I wasn’t happy with which is pretty unfortunate but it happens and I am happy to have them out of my house at least.

Total This Month: 40

Total: 91

Approx Value This Month: $323.71

Approx Paid This Month: $40.66

Approx Total Value: $736.40

Approx Total Paid: $144.47

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What’s In My Trash? January 2020

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First month down. The challenge I set for my self of using up $3,500 dollars mean that I need to use up $292 dollars of product every month and I smashed it this month which hurray because it take a little pressure off next month. So lets get into it there’s alot here to talk about.

Skincare (17)

111 Skin Space Defense Bright Eye Lift Gel this isn’t even a full size and was worth almost a hundred dollars. I don’t think it was worth it. It took a long time of use to see any kind of lifting and it wasn’t dramatic. I have tried much cheaper eye creams that looked and felt like they were doing something. It was also not very hydrating. I liked that it was a gel and was really smooth and easy to put on but like no this was so not worth the price. I got this in Ipsy so I paid like $2 for it so it was worth that but I would never suggest anyone buy this it isn’t worth it.

Repurchase: No

Soo Ae Donkey Milk Skin Gel Mask these masks are nice they are hydrating and comfortable.

Repurchase: Maybe

SK-II Facial Treatment Mask I didn’t really like this at all. It was a very thick sturdy mask which was nice and everything fully absorbed into my skin but it left my skin feeling really dry and I didn’t like that. Also this is $17 dollars wtf.

Repurchase: No

Lumene Pure Arctic Miracle 3-in-1  Micellar Cleansing Water this was awful it burned my eyes and was awful feeling on my face. Terrible.

Repurchase: Never, I would never use this again

Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask not my favorite mask it is drying and hard to remove but it help clear up my skin under the right circumstances. For a clearing mask I much prefer the Body Shop tea tree one so I would get that not this.

Repurchase: No

Garnier Skinactive Micellar Cleansing Water All-in-1 Cleanser & Waterproof Makeup Remover I hated this I felt like it left my skin greasy and stung my eyes. I used if up mostly for cleaning thing off and getting makeup spots out.

Repurchase: No

NuFace Prep-n-Glow Dual Sided Cloth these are great I love them they are exfoliating one side and the just softer on the other side. They feel nice my skin likes them but they are expensive so I don’t use them often. I also think that if I used them all the time they would be a bit rough on my skin over time.

Repurchase: Yes

Aphrodite Olive Oil Deep Cleansing Face Mask I didn’t love this it left my face feeling fine but I don’t really think it did much deep cleaning but it wasn’t drying like most purifying masks are.

Repurchase: No

L’oreal Pure-Sugar Scrub Purify & Unclog I hated this so much. I love the masks from this line so I thought I would love the face scrub but it was awful. It had like kiwi seeds in it that served no purpose other than aesthetics and making a messy. It did not scrub well and left my face just feeling weird. I just ended up using it up as a body scrub to be done with it because it did not favors for my face.

Repurchase: No

Garnier Skinactive Refreshing Remover Face Wipes these are my favorite wipes I like them for cleaning up fall out or just wiping my face if it feels grimey. Stuff like that. I don’t ever use them to actually remove my makeup. They are soft and they don’t irritate my skin at all they don’t smell like alcohol or a ton of perfume I like them.

Repurchase: Yes

The Inkey List Vitamin C Cream this wasn’t that good it was really thick and almost gritty on my skin and it did not play well with a lot of my other skincare it would pill up under most things. It was ok as a vitamin c but I have used much more effective ones I tried this because it was new and affordable at Sephora but I wasn’t impressed.

Repurchase: No

Deoproce Strawberry Yogurt Clean & Moisture Massage Cream this I hated an tried so many ways to use it up before I just down graded it to a shitty body moisturizer to use it up. I wanted to use it up before the end of 2019 and I failed so I have to settle for using it up now in the beginning of Jan. This was supposed to be like a cross between a cold cream makeup removed and a cream yogurt moisturizing face mask. It worked as neither for me it wouldn’t take makeup off or even make my face clean. If I tried it as a face mask it left my face feeling coasted and gross. I used it up as like a body lotion before bed and it kinda left me feeling slimey while moisturizing. Hated it.

Repurchase: No

Leaders Pore-Scaling Black Aqua my skin has been really dull and breaking out a lot with all the weather changes holiday makeup the heat breaking in my house and putting my skin through hell so I thought this would be a good mask to try it is supposed to clean pores and make skin brighter. The mask was black and I like black sheet masks they speak to my aesthetic this didn’t have a lot of extra serum in the pack just enough to rub onto my chest and it was a but sticky. It fairly well on my face. Left me feeling type but also hydrated.

Repurchase: Maybe

BioBelle #prime Facial Mask this made my face a bit itchy and it didn’t really do anything to help prime my skin for makeup.

Repurchase: No

Biossance Squalane + Phyto-Retinol Serum this sample was really too tiny to see if there were any results it only lasted about a week. I got an entire skincare routine sample set from Sephora with points and am testing out how I feel about using a entire range and so far I don’t like. I had no adverse reactions to this and it felt nice and absorbed well but I don’t think it was doing much I can’t say for certain.

Repurchase: No

Biossance Squalane + Omega Repair Cream keeping with the using one whole line of skincare I have two of these repair creams so I have used one up and subbed in the next one I had. I didn’t really like this it is like a thick barrier cream it almost reminds me of the cream you put on fresh tattoos. I like that it layers well with the other products in this line but it doesn’t really work for my skin. It feels so heavy on my skin that I feel like I am not getting any moisture.

Repurchase: No

L’oreal Revitalift Triple Power Serum + Moiturizer with 2% Vitamin C and 6% Pro-Xylane this was one time use and it is a discontinued product but I came in late after drinking and I needed to be up early so I just used this since it was serum vitamin c and moisturizer all in one. I did really like it too bad it is discontinued. I actually felt like I had done a whole skincare routine.

Repurchase: Can’t

Random (5)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company I Am Iron Man Veggie Protein Deodorant I love the natural deodorants from FCS for when I am just hanging out at home. They are really smooth and feel kinda gel like on I like them. The scent really didn’t come through on this one.

Repurchase: Yes

Cutex Corrector Pen this is a nail polish remover pen I got it for a dollar at the dollar store but it’s a big fail. I use it up but I constantly had to change the tips and then wait for the tip to resoak. I never paint my nails and I suck at it when I do. So I think Q-tips are just easier.

Repurchase: No

Dove Go Fresh Deodorant in Revive Pomegranate & Lemon Verbena this smelled really nice I love both those scents. I liked this.

Repurchase: Yes

Degree Motion Sense Deodorant in Tropical Rush I love the motion sense deodorants they work well. This was a new scent I liked it but it is very strong and very tropical summery. It competed with my perfume a bit so I don’t know. I liked the scent but it was strong for a deodorant I will revisit this in the summer probably.

Repurchase: Maybe

Fortune Cookie Soap Company OCD Hand Sanitizer in Tink! My favorite hand sanitizer and one of my favorite scents this is like an almondy slightly tropically scent that it just yummy and delicious. I have to check my stash but I think this is the last Tink! Scented product I have which is so sad.

Repurchase: Yes

Home Scents (6)

Bath and Body Works Peppermint Brownie Candle this was ok not my favorite it had an ok scent throw but it was like almost confused on who it wanted to be. It wasn’t very chocolatey or very pepperminty.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Cannoli & Chocolate Candle I wish I had bought more of these this was such a nice candle it smelled like chocolate and cannoli cream had a great throw. Loved it so so much so sweet and yummy.

Repurchase: Please come back so I can buy you!

Bath and Body Works Caramel Drizzle Candle this was ok generically sweet but fine.

Repurchase: Eh I don’t know

Bath and Body Works Sugared Snickerdoodle Candle another cookie sweet candle it was fine. Nothing to write home about.

Repurchase: Maybe

Swan Creek Candle Co Drizzle Melts in Vanilla Pound Cake smells like cake I love these. They have great scent throw and a long melt time.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Chocolate Lava Cake loved this so much it made my bathroom smell so chocolatey and warm.

Repurchase: Yes

Lip (2)

Soap & Glory Pout About it Hydrogel Lip Mask (*) this was pretty good for a lip mask it wasn’t drippy but it did hydrate and soothe my lips a lot. It stayed on well and didn’t taste bad. I wish it was a little bit bigger it was like just a tiny bit to small where I felt like the edges of my lips weren’t getting a good seal and the same benefits as the rest of my lips.

Repurchase: Maybe

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Lip Scrub in Everything is Eatable I like their lip scrubs because they are just the gritty bit and I like to use them in the shower. They taste super good too and are effective.

Repurchase: Yes

Makeup (4)

Wet n Wild Megawear Mascara this wasn’t that great I don’t remember where this came from but I know they sell it at the dollar tree. This was lengthening but it kinda gives really clumpy spider lashes if I wasn’t careful. Not that great.

Repurchase: No

Nyx Vivid Brights in Vivid Envy I used to really like these because they were the only affordable and easily accessible colored liquid liners but times have moved on and I can get colored liners in tons of shades affordably and easily now. I liked the brush it was easy to use the problem with these were that they faded on my eyes so quickly and ended up being muddy or dull and changing color. So I would not recommend. This ended up being a dirty green color rather than a bright neon green.

Repurchase: No

Tarte Big Ego Mascara I loved this mascara it was comfortable and really made my lashes looked curled and fluffy. I liked the brush a lot it is a natural bristle in an hourglass shape. Really loved this.

Repurchase: Yes

Physicians Formula #InstaReady Setting Spray this was fine. Nothing really special but it was fine I prefer All nighter though.

Repurchase: No

Lotion (2)

Delectable By Cake Beauty Butter Balm Hand Cream in Triple Citrus Blend I loved the lemony cake scent of this and it was super rich and moisturizing but not too greasy slippy.

Repurchase: Yes

Mickey Mouse Hand Cream in Blackberry I bought this because it had Mickey on it and it was ok it was a nice blackberry scent and it looked adorable on my counter but it was just a generic nothing special  not super hydrating hand lotion.

Repurchase: No

Bodycare (3)

Lush Creamy Candy Bath Bomb I like really fragrant bath bombs that really dye the water and this was just not it. The water turned pink but it wasn’t in a fun or impressive way.

Repurchase: No

Lush Body Conditioner in Snow Fairy I used this sample up because I love Snow Fairy scent but I am not super into the body conditioners wet skin moisturizers just aren’t my thing I find them just weird to use it is a personal preference thing. The scent of this lasts on your skin for hours though and I love that.

Repurchase: No

Nature’s Whimsey Sugar Body Scrub in Sugar Cookie this is the kinda scrub I really like where it is almost like a moldable scrubby paste. It also smelled like sugar cookies and was a perfectly pleasant experience. Unfortunately this is from an Etsy seller and it is a little too pricey for a full size 4 oz jars when there are others that I like even more that I can get for less per ounce.

Repurchase: No

Perfume (1)

FCS Perfume Oil I don’t remember what this scent was called but it smelled like raspberries but muskier it was fine. I have so many perfume oils that you have to wow me because they last so damn long I tend to get sick of them before they are all used up.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (3)

Amika Soulfood Nourishing Mask I like this hair mask I have used it before. It leaves my hair feeling soft and healthy. It is pricey for what I would want to spend on a hair mask at $28 but I do really like it and I don’t need a ton of it like I do with other masks. As my stock of hair masks has been diminishing it is time to start thinking about what full size ones I might like to buy and this has potential.

Repurchase: Maybe

Garnier Fructis Smoothing Treat Coconut 1 Min Hair Mask I like these hair masks they are quick and good this coconut one was pretty nice. It does take a lot to cover my hair with this though.

Repurchase: Maybe

Hask Charcoal with Citrus Purifying Dry Shampoo this was a meh dry shampoo it was nice that it did leave any white cast and it smelled nice but it really wasn’t the best as soaking up oils or giving texture. It was just an ok dry shampoo. It is pretty cheap for a lot so in a pinch I could see myself buying this again but it is not going to be my first choice.

Repurchase: Maybe

Declutter (8)

Physicians Formula The Healthy Lip Velvet Liquid Lipstick in Magentile Treatment now I don’t mind this formula it is pretty comfortable even if it isn’t super long lasting. This bright pink is just a shade I’ll never wear. With coupons I was able to grab a 13 shade set with a lip topper of all the shades from this range for $2.22 so even though there was bound to be at least 2 or 3 shades that were not for me it was totally worth it. The liquid lips were also almost full size and the lip topper is full size and exclusive to the set so it was an awesome deal. Hot pink just is not for me.

Physicians Formula The Healthy Lip Velvet Liquid Lipstick in Coral Minerals I don’t like pinky coral colors.

Nyx Lip Lingerie in Silk Indulgent another baby pink kind of color that I will not wear.

Chirality Nail Polish in The Night Runner this is a really pretty multidimensional sparkly polish but it doesn’t look great on my toes and I haven’t had painted fingernails in probably 8 years. So this needs to go.

Sephora Cream Lip Stain in 40 this is like light concealer colored lipstick and it is not for me I don’t like that look. I love this formula though these are some of my favorite liquid lips that I own.

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Solid Perfume in Flash this smells really nice and warm and cinnamony but this is a scent I think I will prefer on my gf so I am going to give this to her and let her wear it for me. She can also get through colognes so much faster than I get through my perfumes and I don’t want this going bad.

Wet n Wild Mega Cushion Foundation in 106a Light Ivory this is just too light for me I was able to get two of these free so I tried two shades and this one is just too light for me. It is an of foundation it is really light which I like but it isn’t the most flattering you really have to work with it so it isn’t something I would repurchase anyway.

Colourpop Ultra Satin Lip in Lock Diary I like the satin formula but this color is just too pink to much too loud for me.

I did really good this month I am really pleased with my empties and it help takes pressure off February which I know won’t be nearly as good.

Total This Month: 51

Total: 51

Approx Value This Month: $412.69

Approx Paid This Month: $103.81

Approx Total Value: $412.69

Approx Total Paid: $103.81

As always skincare is winning by a landslide.

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup