Tag: whats in my trash

What’s In My Trash? November 2019

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I can’t believe it is December and Christmas is in 20 days like where has the time gone.

I don’t have a group shot this month I couldn’t get a nice shot of them it was a mess so oh well.

Skincare (10)

Lancome Genifique Youth Activating Eye Cream this was ok but I used it for nearly a month and didn’t see any “youth activating” so I think there are better eye creams for less.

Repurchase: No

Up & Up Refreshing Wet Cleansing Towelettes these were terrible I kept these as car wipes but they don’t take any makeup up off and they dry out quick. They are soft though.

Repurchase: No

Soo Ae Donkey Milk Skin Gel Mask this is a very wet mask. Like dripping in my eyes wet. Also very thin so while it fits my face well it is not the most comfortable because of how wet and kinda slimy it feels. It is also pretty tacky so it did stay on my face well but I am not the biggest fan. It is moisturizing though did leave my skin tacky. I don’t hate this so much that I won’t use the other 4 I have (where did they all come from I don’t know because I didn’t buy them) but I don’t recommend them.

Repurchase: No

The Body Shop Pomegranate Invigorating Toner I wanted to have a non drying toner but this just left me feeling sticky. It wasn’t drying so I guess it did its job but this is a step I don’t need or want and this was not the product for me.

Repurchase: No

Private Doctor Define Minus Serum this did nothing and a it needed a lot to spread it around.

Repurchase: No

Earth Therapeutics Collagen Cleansing Facial Towelettes I really like these they were gentle and felt nice I think I might like these more then my green Garnier ones but I just opened a new pack of those so we shall see. But these were good. And I loved the packaging because since it had a an actual lid to seal.

Repurchase: Yes

My Clarins Re-Charge Relaxing Sleeping Mask I didn’t like this at all for starters the tube only had two uses and I expect more from Macy’s second this was sticky and did not feel hydrating at all.

Repurchase: No

Double Dare OMG! 2 in 1 Detox Bubbling Microfiber Mask this is a fun mask but it isn’t something I am running to purchase. The bubbling mask leaves my skin feeling like squeaky clean and tight so the second hydrating mask is essential to adding moisture back into the skin.

Repurchase: No

Laneige Water Sleeping Mask this will never be my favorite I don’t like the scent and I don’t feel like it does much I used it up as a neck/chest moisturizer.

Repurchase: No

Dermadoctor Kakadu C Amethyst Clay Detox Mask I love the purple color of this. It is heavily fragranced though it legit smells like purple. It isn’t a bad scent just strong. This is a very drying tightening mask but my skin does look and feel softer and cleaner after I use it. It is expensive so I don’t know that I would invest in it when other cheaper masks also work for detoxing my skin. I had some congestion going on i think from trying the First Aid Beauty face oil I got in Ipsy this month so I used this to try and help get rid of that.

Repurchase: Probably Not

Random (4)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company OCD Hand Sanitizer in Weapon of Choice these are my favorite hand sanitizers I use them pretty much exclusively this one had a bit of a rum scent I loved it it was from a zombie themed collection awhile back.

Repurchase: Yes

Sweet & Shimmer Face and Body Mini Wipes in Frosted Berry these are my favorite for swatches they are cheap smell good and are decently soft for cheap wipes. I pick these up at Ulta every Christmas and use them all year. They have different scents each year but they all smell pretty similar especially the non berry ones.

Repurchase: Yes, It is that time to stock up again.

Degree Motion Sense in Stay Fresh I saw this new citrus Bergamont scent and thought oh I’ll live that I love citrus and bergamont scent but this smelt kinda weird on me and I have another one to get through.

Repurchase: No

Earth Therapeutics Foot Peel not the greatest foot peel. The peeling started like the next day just about but it was a very slow tiny little pieces at a time and not like a deeply penetrating peel only the very surface layer. Not a greatest one but much cheaper than a lot of other ones I have tried.

Repurchase: No

Home Scents (4)

Columbia Candle Supply Brow Sugar & Fig Wax Melt I love the wax melts from this company they are really great and I love that they do mystery packs because it is more fun that way. They are cheap and you can get at least 2 or 3 melts out of one ounce so I like them. This was a just generally warm sweet scent.

Repurchase: Maybe

Bath and Body Works Pumpkin Peanut Brittle Candle this was very peanut and a bit caramel I really enjoyed this candle. It had a really good scent throw as well.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Orange Truffle Candle this smelled reasonably good but had a very average scent throw I prefer a stronger scent throw. The orange and the chocolate mixed nicely (shocking really lol) and didn’t smell fake at all but it was just not strong enough for me.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Lemon Mint Leaf Candle this had a good scent throw and was nice and bright and clean and fresh smelling I liked this a lot.

Repurchase: Yes

Makeup (3)

Maybelline Master Precise All Day Liquid Liner in Black this wasn’t that great I found it hard to line my eyes with and get a good flick and I didn’t find it black enough or opaque enough without multiple coats.

Repurchase: No

Too Faced Shadow Insurance Anti-Crease Eye Shadow Primer I really like this it has more color to it than the Urban Decay one and it really holds on to shadow really well. This will probably be the primer I purchase when I next need one.

Repurchase: Yes

Urban Decay Naked Skin Beauty Balm this is unfortunately discontinued which is so fucking sad since this is my favorite foundation every I bought a few of these when they were being discontinued for dirt cheap so I have a stock but I love this it’s the right tone the right color it so light and comfortable on my skin no matter what the weather it and it has the light but blurring type of coverage I look for.

Repurchase: All of them if I could

Lotion (1)

Hempz Toffee Butter Crème Triple Moisture Herbal Whipped Body Crème I like Hempz lotions quite a lot but this one was a miss for me the scent was way to buttery and I don’t go for that type of scent. The lotion quality was good but I would go for a different scent.

Repurchase: No

Bodycare (6)

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Party Bath Salts in Sprinkles this didn’t have enough scent to it and it kinda dried my skin out a bit. Not a fan.

Repurchase: No

Lush Butterball Bath Bomb this left my skin super soft but it didn’t turn the water colors or smell strongly it was pretty meh.

Repurchase: No

Target Beauty Bergamot & Blood Orange Bath Salts these were unimpressive they didn’t have a lot of scent and they only preformed marginally well at Epsom Salts so I wouldn’t recommend. I grabbed these because they were on sale for 90 cents but they weren’t really worth it.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Aloe-lujah Skin Gel in Free Spirit this had such a nice bright fruity scent that I loved. I don’t love Aloe though I find it a bit drying on my skin. But this is nice for burns and scraps and anything like that. And it does absorb into my skin quickly.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Solid Sugar Scrub in Sugar Rush this is one of those products that I savored every use and tried to make last it was a great body scrub but the scent is want made this so special. It smelled like sweet tarts and was so yummy and strong I loved it and you love to have more in this scent.

Repurchase: Yes

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Body Wash in Regenerate this didn’t have much of a scent and there is some stuck in the bottom I can’t get out but it was fine for a travel body wash wouldn’t recommend it though they have much better body washes.

Repurchase: No

Perfume (1)

Zoella Snow’ella Perfume I am so glad to be done with this. I never liked any of the perfumes in this set they all smelled like Claire’s like little girl perfume. I used this up by every time I used it on myself I also sprayed my sheets with it.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (3)

Shea Moisture Jamacian Black Castor Oil Strengthen & Grow Treatment Masque this is a really nice hair mask it makes my hair feel smooth and strong but it takes a lot of product to coat my hair so I don’t know that I would purchase.

Repurchase: Maybe

Keranique Micro-Exfoliating Follicle Revitalizing Hair Mask this was kinda like a scalp scrub and I really really liked it. It was easy to get through my roots and on my scalp unlike other scalp scrubs I have tried and it felt really nice and invigorating. My scalp felt cleaner and lighter after I really liked this.

Repurchase: Yes

Garnier Fructis Smoothing Treat Avocado 1 Min Hair Mask I have liked the other hair masks I have tried in this like but the Avocado one left my hair feeling a bit dry. I like how easy and quick these masks are and they smell nice. This one was just not for me I prefer the other ones.

Repurchase: No

Declutter (7)

Pretty Vulgar The Ink Gel Eyeliner in 01 Black List ugh this liner I tried so hard to love this because the bottle is so cute looking like a little ink well but liner sucks. It is so smudgey it never sets down and the staying power is terrible. If I am going to go through the trouble of a potted gel liner I want it to be bullet proof. This is also really hard to get out of the bottle since you have to go through a longer thinner neck to the bottle and you can’t see what you are picking up.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick in Crush this was just too ballerina pink and I couldn’t darken this to a place where I would be willing to wear it. Unfortunate because I love this formula.

Billion Dollar Brows The Microblade Effect Brow Pen in Dark this is supposed to give you hair like strokes in your brows and it does. It takes practice though. This ended up making my brows look much fuller then I like so I am passing it on to a friend it just isnn’t my personal preference for my brows.

La Ritzy Cosmetics Lip Stix in Plum this is one of those things in theory I should have loved this it was easy to apply I loved the color even though it got all over my coffee cup it didn’t slide all over my face and it was comfortable but I was super aware that it was on my mouth like it felt heavy and every time I looked in a mirror I just wanted to wipe it off so this should just go to a better home. With someone who can love it properly.

Luscious Angel Eyes Eyeshadow Primer this is just an average eye primer and I have plenty that I love so I see no need to try and use up one I don’t love since eye primers take years to use up. This is really thick so a little goes a long way and it’s like halfway between translucent or being a color and blanking your lid out and I need it to do one or the other.

Colourpop Crystal Liquid Highlighter in Amber this liquid highlighter would separate and come put chunky as well as look chunky on the skin and slide around this just didn’t really work out for me. Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal in 60 Silver Strike this is super pretty and metallic but I never use it so it can go.

I really wanted to get through more products this month and Dec is starting off slow which isn’t the greatest.

Total This Month: 39

Total: 512

Approx Value This Month: $220.27

Approx Paid This Month: $72.42

Approx Total Value: $2,748.38

Approx Total Paid: $789.45

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What’s In My Trash? August 2019

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Well this month has been better but I am so sad summers at an end. 🙁 I thought I was using up a ton this month but it turns out I really didn’t which is kinda unfortunate. I did use up alot of lip balms and hair products for me so that feel slike a big accomplishment so maybe that is why it felt like so much.

Skincare (8)

NuFace Prep-n-Glow Dual Sided Cloth I have gone on and on about these I love them and I save them for a special treat because they are pricey.

Repurchase: Yes

Blaq Mask I liked this my skin felt really soft after I got two uses out of this little tube. I don’t feel like the ingredients in this are the greatest for skin so I would not repurchase.

Repurchase: No

Garnier Skinactive Refreshing Remover Face Wipes I like these face wipes a lot I will probably repurchase they are soft enough I would like softer ones but I don’t know it that is realistic. I don’t find these are harsh or drying or irritating as a lot of wipes are.

Repurchase: Yes

Wander Beauty Baggage Claim Gold Eye Mask I thought these would be totally gimmicky but they actually really worked. My under eyes were looking wrecked from stress and not sleeping and I was dehydrated and so everything was all lined and dark and I looked like I had recently died and I needed to go out. So I whipped these on while I was applying my makeup just for any kinda moisture I could get and they were great. They stuck on my face really well while I did my makeup I even cheated and used them to get a really pretty wing without struggling because the seal on my face was that good. When I took them off my under eyes were so much more hydrated and less lined and felt softer and better. The dark circles were lessened but not totally taken away which makes sense that’s internal and external treatments can only have so much effect.

Repurchase: Yes

Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Eye Treatment I hated this I felt like it did nothing it wasn’t moisturizing enough it did nothing positive for my under eyes.

Repurchase: No

Lancome Bi-Facil Eye Makeup Remover this was totally great too my eye makeup off easily didn’t sting it was great and identical to the Sephora Bi-phase eye makeup remove that I have used for years. The Sephora one is half the price and is identical and I love it. So while this was great did everything it claimed save your money and get the Sephora one.

Repurchase: No

Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion uh this might be the best sunscreen I have ever used. It is matte and nice feeling on it doesn’t feel sticky or weird it doesn’t make my skin look a weird color. I wish it wasn’t so expensive.

Repurchase: Yes

Urban Decay Quick Hydra-Charged Fix Complexion Prep Priming Spray I got this with Sephora Points and I loved it so so much it made my skin feel so hydrated and soothed and I loved every minute of using it but it is so expensive for a facial mist. I really have to think about if I would want to spend that.

Repurchase: Maybe

Home Scents (5)

Victoria Secret Pink Body Mist in Citrus & Mint I mostly used this as a car air freshener and I really enjoyed the light minty smell. I don’t think this is sold any more they change the scents so frequently and this is so old.

Repurchase: No

Columbia Candle Supply Bubblegum Wax Melt not my favorite scent and not a great throw.

Repurchase: No

Swan Creek Candle Company Break Apart Drizzle Melt in Cherry Almond Buttercream these are my favorite brand of wax melts they have such a good throw and some really amazingly yummy and unique scents. This smells like a warm cherry icing but not sweet the almond really cuts the sweetness and the fruitiness so it is a very warm yum scent. I found and won all mine at an arcade and they are a whole selling website so a bit of a pain to buy from but I recently found a store that sells then so I can buy more in the future.

Repurchase: Yes

Air Wick 4 in 1 Air Freshener in Fresh Waters this was meh I like other scents more than this one.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Almost Alice Fortune Cookie Soap this was ok it smelled nice but at the end it sorta lost its scent. It takes so long to use up a bar of soap I get really really bored with them.

Repurchase: No

Lip (5)

Laniege Lip Sleeping Mask in Grapefruit this was nice like really nice but not nearly as life changing as every youtuber says it is. Like it don’t think it is worth the money there are much cheaper balms that feel just as nice. The nicest part about it was that it was quite thick (because it is a mask) that it would really cling and stay on my lips for a while and sink in. I got a gift set of this so I have a good supply of this in a few flavors to last me.

Repurchase: Probably not

Softlips Tropical Lip Balm in Peach. These tropical ones were ultra soft so it felt like they melted on to my lips which I like but it means you go through these so fast. I used the Coconut one from last month in like 2 weeks or a little less. This I had in my car and maybe got 6 weeks of off and on use. So these are not a good value I feel. This also smelled really artificial compared to the scent of the Coconut one that I really enjoyed.

Repurchase: No

Fresh Sugar Rose Tinted Lip Treatment I have a weird relationship which these I don’t like them but they feel nice but I don’t think they do much for my lips. I find the tinted ones to be really patchy and gross looking on my lips and to wear off weird. But they keep turning up in packs and in my subscription boxes so I just try to get through them. They are also so freaking soft that they melt and break and get messy as you are using them.

Repurchase: No

Sol de Janiero Brazilian Kiss Cupuacu Lip Butter this kills me beacause this is a fucking $18 lip balm and no lip balm has the right to be $18 dollars. This smells like delicious heaven though it is so coconutty and a amazing and is so thick and soft and nice feeling on my lips. I wish the lotion smelled like the lip balm.

Repurchase: I don’t know

Carmex Medicated Lip Balm pretty much my favorite drugstore lip balm I love the menthol tingle and the really thick feeling on my lips when they are chapped. I only like it in this chapstick form though not the pot or squeezy tube.

Repurchase: Yes

Makeup (1)

Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer this did nothing and was just meh.

Repurchase: No

Lotions (1)

Bath and Body Works Body Butter in Vanilla Bean Noel I do like the Bath and Body Works Body Butters they are thick and moisturizing (not as much as a fancy body butter though) they smell nice too. This was the typical vanilla scent from Christmas. I don’t think this is worth the full price at almost $20 just wait for the 75% off sale that is how I got my back up one.

Repurchase: Maybe

Perfume (1)

Givenchy Dahlia Divin Perfume I love Dahlia Divin I have a full size version and these samples are good for keeping in the car or your purse since there is no chance they can leak. Even though perfume in a foil packet it pretty awkward to apply.

Repurchase: Yes

Haircare (4)

Dry Bar Triple Sec 3-In-1 Texture Spray I like pretty much everything I have ever tried from the Dry Bar line. They all smell good and leave my hair feeling soft and hair like rather than stiff and gross. I don’t have a ton of use for texturizing spray in my routine like it legit took me 3 years to use this tiny can. SO for that reason only I wouldn’t buy it but it is great.

Repurchase: No

Keracolor Color Care Conditioner in Hot Pink I used this to try to keep up with the color in my hair it did work but it was hard to get an even application since it was so thick and so the color was still kinda uneven. If you are looking for like a glaze this might work out or if you have like only one or two really chunky strips of hair to dye. The conditioning part of this was great though it was a really nice hair conditioner.

Repurchase: Maybe

dp Hue ACV Hair Rinse this smelled like apple cider vinegar which I love but if you don’t, don’t get this. This was like a rinse to get product build up off your scalp I guess. It was ok I think it worked it was kinda hard to tell.

Repurchase: No

Madam CJ Walker Scent & Shine Coconut Oil they don’t sell this anymore and I am not surprised because it was not good it was really greasy looking in my hair and it smelled like fake coconut in a bad way.

Repurchase: No, obviously

Random (3)

Elf Flat Foundation Brush this served me well a brush to apply my mask but it is not falling apart after like 2 or 3 years of use which is very serviceable for the $1 this brush cost.

Repurchase: Yes

Pacifica Underarm Deodorant Wipes these are sorta touch up deodorant wipes that smelled like coconut they were super nice I kept them in my car and they held up well to all the temperature changes in a car. These worked well to touch up when I felt gross from being outside or what ever all day.

Repurchase: Maybe

Degree Motion Sense Deodorant in Fresh Energy this is my preferred deodorant even though it is expensive I like it and it works without having a strong smell. I like my deodorants to smell pleasant for like the first few minutes I have it on while I’m getting ready and then I don’t want it competing with my perfume all day.

Repurchase: Yes

Declutter (14)

Too Faced Hangover Rx Replenishing Face Primer (2) I tried a sample of this like 2 months ago I think and I didn’t  like it I found it to sticky and heavy for me and I was trying to pull a few things out of my primer drawer that was so over crowded and these had to go.

AOA Studio E103 Brush this was non stop shedding the whole time I was using it and it just won’t stop. Absolutely terrible.

Tarte Tarteist Lip Paint in Delish this is a pretty color but super uncomfortable to wear. It was peeling off and I could feel it on my lips all day.

Coola Mineral Sun Silk Creme Sunscreen this broke me out which a lot of sunscreeens do so it has to go it also left a heavy white cast on my face that did not want to sink in and it was thick and uncomfortable as well.

Sol de Janeiro Coco Cabana Cream (2) I love the scent of this but the lotion leave my skin so sticky and uncomfortable. I am giving these to my gf who loves them and they don’t leave her skin sticky so I will enjoy the scent vicariously through her. Not picture because they are already in their new home.

Clinique Chubby Stick Intense in 01 Curviest Caramel this is all gunky and chunk and smells a pit weird so I think it went off and needs to go. I don’t love these they are weirdly dry but still only a little more color then a tinted balm they are just kinda weird.

Sephora Velvet Eyeshadow in Creamy Green 10 this was like a weird cheap cream shadow I picked up once to get free shipping at Sephora and it was always terrible. It is a shimmery green cream shadow but the cream and the shimmer kinda separate on your eye and go in two differet directions not a good look at all. It also doesn’t come off very green either. It is also far from creamy it is very dry feeling and hard to work with.

Aurora Intensely Precise Eyeliner in Espresso this was a good eyeliner pigmented and smooth but the color is too light for the types of look I do and I don’t really like brown eyeliner.

Ciate London Eye Lustre Cream Shadow In Cupid this is nothing like the Stila liquid shadows this is mostly glitter and pretty quickly it broke up on my eyes and as highlighter leaving no color and a lot of glitter just kinda sliding around.

Morphe Liquid Lipstick in Bloodshot gorgeous color but patchy and smeary and wore of weirdly from just talking super unfortunate I loved the color and packaging.

Apocalyptic Beauty Holographic Warpaint in Sleek White Gold this was just ok and then it dried out. It was pretty like a cool shimmery gold veil of highlight but wore off very quickly this was like cool photo highlighter and not like do your makeup and go out kinda highlighter. I did use about half before it dried out which I still think is a pretty good accomplishment.

Ulta Professional  Flawless Prime I am pretty sure this isn’t sold anymore and I have no interest in trying it and it was one of the primers keeping my drawer from shutting so it got booted. It is also green and I don’t love green primers.

I am proud that I used a bunch of chapstick and full size products this month and got a bunch of things I don’t need or like out of my life.

Total This Month: 42

Total: 365

Approx Value This Month: $240.86

Approx Paid This Month: $32.64

Approx Total Value: $2,004.44

Approx Total Paid: $508.44

So I’ve only spent about a quarter of the value of the stuff I used and that is a pretty consistent statistic over the whole value of my collection and I am pretty proud of that statistic because when I look at my collection it can be like woah overwhelming but knowing I didn’t spend the full amount on most of it makes me feel better.

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What’s In My Trash? July 2018

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There is no cumulative picture this month because I had 72 empties and just no way I could fit that all in one picture. That is like an entire shelf worth of products I am super impressed with myself. *pats self on back* Still on that figuring out the new formatting grind posts are taking triple as long now so expect weirdness and slowness for a bit. Grab a Red Bull and a snack because this is another long one 3,392 words to be exact if only it was that easy to spit out that many words for my papers I have to write.

Skincare (13)

Forever 21 Rimmel Ulta Skincueticals Philosophy Walgreens Derma-e Lancome Tarte Murad Korres Fortune Cookie Soap Company

Forever 21 Love & Beauty Tea Tree Oil Sheet Mask first off I have no idea when where or how I got this like no memory what so ever which is weird for me and disconcerting lol. Second this really didn’t do a whole lot but it felt nice on my skin.

Repurchase: No

Philosophy Ultimate Miracle Worker Fix eye cream this really did nothing.

Repurchase: No

Simple Pleasures Peppermint Swirl Scented Face Wipes I love how these always smell nice I mostly use them for swatches. Ulta always carries them around Christmas and I pick them up then so these are a standard. This is my last pack for awhile.

Repurchase: Yes

Skinceuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2 this cream has ceramides and fats in it I was excited to try it but it was a miss for me. It was way to thick and did not absorb at all which led to my skin getting really itchy.

Repurchase: No

Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Marine Boosting Mist this smells so good it smells like a spa. I found it really refreshing and not at all sticky but it definitely didn’t set my makeup at all. It smelled so good I think I might need a full size bottle.

Repurchase: Yes

Rimmel London Gentle Eye Makeup Remover this is a pretty terrible makeup remover but that isn’t what I used it for.  It takes a lot of effort for it to break down makeup but it doesn’t make my eyes stig or water so I have been using this for literally ever on qtips to clean up makeup mistakes and it is perfect for that. Granted you can really use anything for that.

Repurchase: Maybe

Korres Golden Krocus Ageless Saffron Elixer this is one of those things that when you get the sample it’s so exciting because this is like a $90 product or something else equally ridiculous. I felt like a friggen princess using this but a little does not go a long way and this packaging meant you couldn’t quite get every little bit out there is probably 1 more use in the dropper and bottle that are just stuck. This really made my skin look awesome so bright and smooth and just healthy looking but still soft and matte like not all greasy and gross. It is just so damn expensive this is something that in like a few years I can see myself buying but I can’t justify such expensive skincare right now.

Repurchase: In the future, far off future

Walgreens Tea Tree Oil I like tea tree oil for really tough breakouts and especially for body breakouts.  I didn’t love this one I used to use a Lush Spray but I ran out and just picked this up a year or two ago in a skin care emergency this was really thick and sticky it worked but I hate the texture.

Repurchase: No

H2O+ Oasis Hydrating Treatment this was such a thick sticky gel and it sorta looked like aloe but didn’t have any of that moisturizing coolness of aloe so I didn’t really get the point of this it felt pretty terrible on my skin but it didn’t clog I can’t really say that it was or wasn’t hydrating I just was like overcome with how sticky it was.

Repurchase: No

Murad Advanced Active Radiance Serum I really liked this it felt nice on it wasn’t sticky a little went a long way and I feel like my skin did look a lot brighter after I used it.

Repurchase: Yes

Lancome Energie De Vie Water Infused Cream I like the Energie De Vie line a lot this is a nice moisturizer and I used every last bit but it isn’t so special that I would spend the money on it.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Oil Facial Cleanser in Aqua De Vida I really like their facial oil cleanser for when I am doing a double cleanse it breaks down my foundation pretty well. I already have a full size in a newer scent.

Repurchase: Yes

Derma-e Microdermabrasion Scrub I really like this scrub I like it better than the Dr. Brandt one it is a good dupe for it as well I would buy this over the Dr. Brandt one I forgot how much I liked this for a while.

Repurchase: Yes

Random (4)

MUA Skinfix
Sally Hansen All-Over Body Wax Kit

Pumice Stone/nail brush combo the pumice stone all wore down and broke off so this ones is dead.

Repurchase: No, I am not tied to any brand of these in particular

Skinfix Inked Tattoo Balm I found this way too thick for my taste it smells really nice with the orange peel but the texture doesn’t do it for me I have tattoo balms I like a lot better.

Repurchase: No

MUA Brush Cleansing Balm this left my brushes kinda sticky I was not a huge fan. Still looking for my holy grail brush soap.

Repurchase: No

Sally Hansen All-Over Body Wax Kit this is a hot wax kit and I used it for my eyebrows. It worked fine but having to heat up the wax was so inconvenient that I won’t repurchase. Why I took the picture of this separate the world will never know because I have no idea.

Repurchase: No

Home Scents (4)

Swan Creek Candle Co. Break Apart Drizzle Melts in Roasted Espresso I loved this so much and it smelled so amazing and lasted for a while I am going back to the place I got these tomorrow so I am going to try to get another pack.

Repurchase: Yes, got the last pack they had

Bath and Body Works Suntan Candle I love the scent of suntan lotion and this smells just like suntan lotion but not very strongly while it is burning unfortunately I did like it and it burned for a long time but I wish the throw was stronger.

Repurchase: Maybe

Bath and Body Works Summer Boardwalk Candle I loved the scent on this and I expected not to to be honest but it smelled so caramel popcorn in a good way.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Coconut Water Candle I liked how this smelled but it burned really awful and unevenly and would not fully burned I had to end up melting most of it.

Repurchase: No

Lip (2)

Ilia

Ilia Tinted Lip Conditioner in Nobody’s Baby I just don’t really love most tinted lip balms and this was no exception this also felt kinda thick in an unpleasant way.

Repurchase: No

Ilia Tinted Lip Conditioner in Bang Bang this was a pretty vibrant red tinted lip balm I liked this better then the Nobody’s baby shade but still not for me.

Repurchase: No

Declutter (35)

Beauteque Brow Shaping Scissors I will just never use these and I need to accept that and move on lol.

Primark Nose Pore Strips these don’t work at all and they leave fuzz and stickiness on my face.

Love Beauty and Planet Lavender & Argan oil Shampoo

Love Beauty and Planet Lavender & Argan oil Conditioner I don’t really use traditional shampoo and conditioner and I don’t love lavender so these need to go.

Nyx Wonder Stick in Medium I used these a lot when I first started contouring and I really liked them I just haven’t used them in a long time they’re are getting old and the tone is just too orange and not right for me.

Manna Kadar Sheer Glo Shimmer Lotion I have no use for this pink shimmery lotion.

Absolute NY Spot Light Illuminating 3D Liquid Highlighter This is still sealed and I have a few more I would like to get though so this needs to go.

Dermablend Glow Creator I liked the formula of this but it was just way to dark for me to make work.

Nudestix All Over Face Glow in Illumi-naughty I really like cream highlighters and this is a really pretty pink pearl but I have two and I don’t need two.

Bare Minerals Complexation Rescue in Chestnut 09 this is too dark for me.

Smashbox Harterade Liquid Metal Liquid Lipstick I don’t like these they are so thick and sticky these are better then the liquid pigments they look much smoother on the lips but I just don’t like thick sticky lip products that get all over everything. They look gorgeous they just are not practical for my life.

Smashbox Rose B4 Bros Liquid Pigment these are so heavy thick and stick on the lips and settle in lines I just cant.

Urban Decay Vice Special Effects Liquid lip sample pack I just don’t use these and I have had them sitting around forever. I want to be the person that users lip topper but I am not I just don’t like how they make what ever I am wearing on my lips smear and I have one or two full size lip topper options if I ever really want to try this is just taking up a lot of room.

Skinfix Inked Tattoo Balm I found this way too thick for my taste it smells really nice with the orange peel but the texture doesn’t do it for me I have tattoo balms I like a lot better.

Global Beauty Care Charcoal Wash- Off Mask I just don’t need another mask and I redid my mask storage ad somethings just didn’t make the cut like this.

John Masters Organics Rose & Apricot Hair Milk I don’t know how this snuck its way into my collection I am allergic to roses so I can’t use this.

Clinique A Different Nail Enamel I bought this because I needed something cheap to get the gift with purchase I used it once but I just have no desire to paint my nails.

Briogeo Rosarco Milk Reparative Leave-in Conditioning Spray I just don’t like the Briogeo Rosarco line.

Philosophy Purity Made Simple Moisturizer I just don’t really like the Philosophy products they kinda are just meh to me.

Fortune Cookie Soap Company bath bomb this is just a random bath bomb I don’t know I don’t need it and it is making a mess.

Sally Hansen Extrasmooth Aftercare Lotion I didn’t find this post wax soothing lotion to really soothe that much. And I have some other lotions that I want to try out.

Ulta Nail Laquer in Army of 1 I think I got this in a gift with purchase I did use it a few times but I just don’t care for painting my nails and this is like 5 years old and has gone bad and started changing colors.

I Am Juicy Couture Shimmering Body Lotion (2) I am just not into shimmery lotions I have like 2 or the occasions I need or want them but for the most part these just need to go.

Josie Maran unidentified mask this was a make your own mask I got almost a year ago at GenBeauty so I don’t really want to put it on my face. I don’t really like the Josie Maran masks they always stain my skin.

Burt’s Bees Deep Cleansing Cream this burned the shit out of my eyes so bad that I just can’t bring myself to use it again.

Wet n’ Wild Gel Balm in Rule I was dying to try these and I got a tinted one and a clear one the clear one isn’t that bad but this is just kinda messy and gets all over my face and since it is purple you can see it.

Temptu Liquid Glow this is amazingly gorgeous when you first put it on but like disappears into the abyss about 10 minutes later this is like exclusively for photos and I don’t have time for that, really it is because I don’t have space for keeping products I will never use.

Sephora Mud Mask I just have never loved this having tried it a few times I just know it won’t get used.

Fortune Cookie Soap Company thing? I have no idea what this is and that is why it is so important I get myself to regularly clean out my drawers I have no idea what this is but I found it all mushed up and it needs to go. Oops.

Quai Wave Spray this is sticky even for a wave spray and I don’t use wave sprays so even though I did use this I tried It just isn’t for me.

Simple Micellar Cleansing water I have two of these and I don’t love micellar waters so even though I want to try it I don’t need two.

Glamglow Supermud Clearing Treatment (3) I am so over Glamglow mask I don’t feel like for the pricey they are doing as much for my skin as they should be I liked them at first because it felt really luxe to be using such an expensive mask but I have since tried so much stuff that is so much better that these are a no.

Makeup (5)

Butter London Double Decker Lashes Mascara this was a really awesome mascara it gave me so much volume and curl, not so much length though, I really enjoyed this mascara. It is a clumpy dry formula so this did goop up and dry out a little quicker then I would like so in the future I will try to get the travel size if possible.

Repurchase: Yes

Urban Decay Trouble Maker Mascara I had two mascara wins which is amazing to me I like this one more then the Butter London one but I do love them both. This makes my lashes literally double the length without clumping, I hate clumpy lashes on me. This mascara gives me the long fluttery look that I love and the brush has really nice separated bristles so it doesn’t get all gooped up. The only down side is this dries on my eyelashes like cement so my eyelashes are really dry and hard and it is hard to wash off but it is worth it for the look. It will flake if you rub your eyes but if you’re good about not doing that it doesn’t flake.

Repurchase: Yes

Smashbox Liquid Metal Liquid Lipstick in Crimson Chrome I can’t get over how gorgeous this looks like it is mesmerizingly red and shiny and metallic and pretty I just can’t wear it. It is super sticky and thick on the lips I mean it shiny and pretty and opaque on the lips but it is so sticky and gets on everything and I can’t be worrying about my lipstick all the time. It also stains the shit out of your skin (not your lips).

Repurchase: No

Philosophy Renewed Hope in a Jar this has like no coverage what so ever like none and if you build it up it gets kinda cakey.

Repurchase: No

Algenist Reveal Concentrated Color Correcting Drops in Blue I did not think I would like this but I did it went on smooth didn’t break me out and really evened out my skin tone.

Repurchase: Maybe

Lotion (3)

Bath and Body Works Recharge Body Cream I really enjoyed the scent of this too bad it was a limited edition winter scent I have the body wash as well that I am saving since it really is a more of a Christmasy scent. I have found I don’t love the body creams from Bath and Body Works I find them to be really sticky and heavy and not sink in to my skin well so I will not repurchase body creams from them anymore. I do have a couple to use up though.

Repurchase: No

Victoria Secret Hand Cream this smelled like straight cotton even though it was supposed to Acai. I didn’t like this hand cream at all I didn’t like the smell or how greasy my hands felt after using it.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Best Cup of Coffee Ever Whipped Cream I love this scent it is maple syrup and coffee, kinda Elf themed. It smelled so good I have had it forever using only little bits so I could save it as long as possible bit it has been like 4 or 5 years and it was finally starting to turn so I used it up be for it went bad.

Repurchase: Yes

Bodycare (1)

Bath and Body Works

Bath and Body Works White Mocha Kiss Shower gel I hated using this but that was my own fault. In the bottle it smelled like a white mocha latte type of scent but In the shower it only smelled of orchids. I saw the orchid note but ignored it so it is my fault I just didn’t expect it to be so strong.

Repurchase: No

Perfume (2)

Dolce Tom Ford

Tom Ford Eau de Soleil Blanc this smells so so good like the fancy version of At the Beach and In the Sun from Bath and Body Works. It is also super super pricey. I may try to get this with a sampler set from Sephora but I don’t know yet it is a very very strong perfume and I think I need to see how it wears over a few days sometimes strong perfumes can irritate me after a few days.

Repurchase: Maybe

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Garden this smelled really nice a light sweet coconut scent but it was way to light this would not stick on my skin so I wouldn’t buy the perfume with how light it is.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (3)

IGK Punk Colour Marc Anthony Haircare

Punky Colors Hair Dye Alpine Green I used this to do a green blue mermaid ombre lol I like that these dyes because they smell fruity rather than chemically which is nice. I don’t love the narrow jar these come in because when you are all covered in dye it is really hard to get it out as you need it.  This was enough to dye about 6 inches of hair 2 times. This month I used the green for some final touch ups because I will probably be going back to a normal color at the end of August.

Repurchase: Maybe, I like Manic Panic more

IGK Smoke & Mirrors Conditioning Cleansing Oil I wasn’t a fan of the smell but as a cleansing conditioner it was alright I will be exploring other options still. It was fine but not great.

Repurchase: Maybe

Marc Anthony Refreshing Coconut Clear Dry Shampoo it is clear so if you hate white cast this is for you it does not leave a trace on my fairly dark hair. It smells really nice like coconuts too but it doesn’t do enough for me I want my dry shampoo to really absorb oil and not leave my hair feeling sticky this is light so it doesn’t dry out my hair but it doesn’t absorb enough oil for my purposes. I would use it again but I wouldn’t buy it.

Repurchase: No

Total This Month: 72

Total: 361

Average per Day: 1.7 items

Category Totals:

Skincare: 69

Makeup: 21

Declutter: 138

Home Scents: 33

Lip: 15

Lotion: 10

Bodycare: 21

Perfume: 15

Random: 25

Haircare: 14

Well 4 items away from my goal (SPOILER ALERT: I have already hit it in these first few August days). I don’t know that I will double my goal but that is sorta the over ambitious hope at this point. I am really going to try and push myself to use up alot of the little samples I have around. I am starting to get over the weird anxiety I have about using up products because I am a big numbers and goals person so having a concrete number to strive for really makes me excited every time I use something up. Using up makeup is still a hard thing for me and I don’t get as excited because I am a huge collector of everything so I feel like I am losing a piece of my collection and that makes me sad but I can accept that about myself.

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