This was a really massive month for empties. I also did a decent declutter of my palettes but I didn’t take a picture and have given all the things I decluttered away oops.
Also I finally got my wax warmer set up again so I had a ton of candles this month because I was able to finally melt the wax out of them.
Skincare (12)
Hey Honey Take it off Exfoliating Peel Off Mask I really liked this it was the least uncomfortable to peel off peel off mask I have ever used and it made my skin feel super soft. I also weirdly really liked that it was clear. This was great. I wish there had been more than one use in this tube.
Repurchase: Maybe
Almay Eye Makeup Remover Pads I had a love hate with these they worked really well ad were really gentle to take makeup off but they were so oily they left straight oily grease all over my face that was actually pretty difficult to wash off. So I don’t know about these maybe just to have in an emergency or for travel when bringing and oil cleanser is a hassle but I wouldn’t want these regularly.
Repurchase: Probably not
Borghese Radiante Revitalize and Firm Mask this made my face so oily and greasy I hated it.
Repurchase: No
Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion Age Defying Exfoliator this is a decent micro scrub but I much prefer the Derma E one and would never buy this over that.
Repurchase: No
Drunk Elephant Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser I didn’t really like this. It was very gentle and doesn’t hurt my eyes but it is nothing special for the price and the packaging drove me nuts. It has like a twist cap that just lets the product pour out but it leaks and makes a mess and ugh.
Repurchase: No
FCS Rosy Cheeks Twinkle Tonic Toner Pads these were just kinda eh I saw no benefits from these.
Repurchase: No
Roc Retinol Correxion Sensitive Eye Cream this was a good eye cream, I feel like this is a nice starter retinol/eye cream.
Repurchase: No
Philosophy Purity Made Simple Pore Extractor Exfoliating Clay Mask this is ok but it doesn’t wow me. It dries very hard and gritty and clay like.
Repurchase: No
Yensa Pumpkin Turmeric 2 in 1 Radiance Polishing Mask I didn’t really like this at all it got all separated in the tube so the scrubby bits all sunk to the bottom and clogged up the tube making it impossible to squeeze out so I ended up having to cut it open stir it and then apply this to my face. It smelled strongly like a pumpkin spice latte which I was not super thrilled with like it smelled like a candle. It also kinda felt very warm on my skin. I don’t feel like it exfoliated very well either mostly because of how it separated.
Repurchase: No
Garnier Skin Active Clean + Purifying Oil-Free Cleansing Towelettes These were fine I liked the green ones from this line more.
Repurchase: No
Lancome Advanced Genifique Youth Activating Concentrate I guess this serum was ok it felt nice but I wasn’t able to use it long enough to see if it did anything. I don’t know that this is worth the ridiculous $178 dollar price tag.
Repurchase: No
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream I wanted to like this cream because it does have a nice feel to it and it is supposed to be so great for your skin. It did not work for me at all though. It was way way to heavy for my skin I could not get it to absorb into my skin it would take forever and I ended up mostly just using it on my neck where that bothers me less.
Repurchase: No
Random (2)
Medusa’s Makeup Lip Paint Remover I didn’t like this at all it worked but it was sticky and tasted terrible and made a huge mess because of it being sticky and getting all over the bottle.
Repurchase: No
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Lil’ Blue OCD Hand Sanitizer these are my favorite hand sanitizers because I feel clean without being dried out and they are always fun colors and smell nice and last me forever.
Repurchase: Yes
Home Scents (10)
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Wax Melt in Pink Ladies (I think) I had three of these I have one left the scent on this is not my favorite a little too feminine for me but they aren’t so bad that I won’t use them up.
Repurchase: No
Bath and Body Works Sugared Snickerdoodle Candle I liked this a lot it was very warm and sweet with a bit of cinnamon in it. Good scent throw too.
Repurchase: Yes
Vanilla Pumpkin Candle this came from the dollar spot (where nothing is a dollar) at Target I mostly got this because I liked the container it. It had a strong cinnamon scent and for a tiny candle the scent throw wasn’t awful I would pick up these candles again when they are in cute containers but I wouldn’t go out of my way at the same time.
Repurchase: Maybe
Bath and Body Works Lavender Cacao Candle I really liked this candle a lot when lavender is mixed with a sweet scent I like it a lot better this so this was a chocolate lavender and it was a really nice sweet and calming scent. The Test Lab candles always have good scents and throws.
Repurchase: Yes, if I could
Dw Home Vanilla Pumpkin Latte this was a great candle it has a wood wick so it crackles as it burns which is so awesome it also had a great scent throw it was a a very strong vanilla scent and the pumpkin latte was a nice under note.
Repurchase: Yes
Bath and Body Works Pink Sangria Candle these are the wallflower tester candles that will sometimes be part of the Semi Annual Sale I loved the sweet fruity scent this had it actually smelled a bit like pink lemonade to me. But the scent throw wasn’t great on this you had to be pretty close to smell it definitely didn’t fill my room. I feel like the mini candles they sell actually can fill a room.
Repurchase: No
Bath and Body Works Spiced Gingerbread Candle I loved this it was warm and sweet smelling.
Repurchase: Yes
Bath and Body Works Candle But First Coffee this was disappointing because it smells like a delicious cup of coffee for the first ¾ of the candle and then the last ¼ smells like this weird floral mixed with coffee that I think has to do with how dark and weird the wax turned. I feel very mixed about this candle.
Repurchase: I don’t know, I have another I will see how that burns first
Bath and Body Works Gooey Marshmallow Candle this was ok sweet but not the strongest scent throw.
Repurchase: Maybe
Cobblestone Candle in Lemon Basil I liked the scent on this candle but the wicks sucked and they were so close together that this stopped burning half way through and I couldn’t use it anymore. So I would never buy anything else from them. I think I might have one more but maybe not I can’t remember and don’t feel like going through my whole candle stock to look.
Repurchase: No
Lip (3)
Blistex Medicated Berry Balm this was just ok It was very berry flavored and very thick on the lips but I didn’t find it healing or moisturizing.
Repurchase: No
Hershey Kisses Lip Balm in Cherry this was cherry but like a sweeter warmer cherry not quite a chocolate cherry like the Hershey Kisses but trying. This was another really thick sticky type of lip balm that was really tinted left my lips quite pink. Also with these style of lip balms there is a ton left in the base that you can’t easily use up. The container is super cute though I am totally going to display it.
Repurchase: No
Sephora Tangerine Lip Balm this pissed me off so much how can you say it’s a tangerine lip balm and then it isn’t flavored like tangerine?! It was totally unflavored. It was fine as a lip balm it was smooth and hydrating. But I think it might have made me break out it was kinda hard to tell some times if I used this a lot for many days in a row I would get a pimple by my mouth but that might not have been from this as well who knows. They also don’t sell this anymore but I would not buy any of them because this was disappointing.
Repurchase: No
Makeup (3)
Colourpop Amber Crystal Setting Spray this was just eh it made my makeup come together the way like Mac Fix Plus would but it wasn’t a great setting spray to make makeup last.
Repurchase: No
Apocalyptic Beauty Badass Setting Spray in Hot Cocoa I loved the scent of this it really smells like hot chocolate. It is also a really good setting spray it held my makeup in place and it wasn’t sticky it was really good but the spray sucks. It was hard to spray and when it got to the end it would just like spit and it was so inconsistent. I would be willing to go to the effort of buying this and decanting it into a better sprayer because this is a good setting spray and comes in tons of cool scents.
Repurchase: Yes
Mac Fix+ I did like this not as a setting spray I don’t feel like it really set my makeup much but I liked it to add moisture back to my look if my makeup was looking dry or to make my highlight pop or to dampen a sponge I was using to blend out or erase something. I figured out how to like pop the prayer out of the bottle so I can reuse the spray because it is a really really nice mister.
Repurchase: Maybe
Lotion (1)
Bliss Lemon and Sage Hand Cream I loved the scent of this and I loved the body wash that had come with this but I did not like this hand cream at all. It was really thick and heavy.
Repurchase: No
Bodycare (2)
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Tell Me About It… Stud Dry Oil Spray I love dry oil sprays and body oils for after showering and the FCS ones are my favorite formulas that I have ever tried. They leave you feeling moisturizers and slick without feeling sticky and greasy. This was a drier formula so if you are super adverse to that oil feeling this might be a good starting place since it immediately sinks into the skin. The scent of this was super masculine though and very strong that part I was not a fan of. This was a good formula but I personally prefer the regular oil formula and a different scent.
Repurchase: No
Da Bomb Fun Size Fizzers in Fairy Bomb this was very florally smelling and I expected it to be sweet I don’t know why. This was fun it changed the bath pink and there was a little fairy charm inside.
Repurchase: No, I don’t take a lot of baths
Haircare (3)
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Eat Me Deep Conditioner I don’t like the FCS deep conditioners they are a little too heavy and almost waxy feeling for my hair. I love the Eat Me scent though it is so so sweet and yummy it smells amazing on. It weirdly smells too much and almost like off and gross in the jar but on you get a potent delicious smell.
Repurchase: No
Bumble and Bumble Bb. Don’t Blow It (H)air Styler this is a styling cream that yo put into your air dry hair and I always air dry my hair so I thought I would try it out. It made my hair hold its curl/wave more than my hair normally wood but it also made my hair feel pretty heavy. This little tube was also not quite enough for my hair I probably could have used both little tubes that I have. This was ehh I’ll use up the other tube but that it is.
Repurchase: No
Not Your Mother’s Royal Honey & Kalahari Desert Melon Leave-in Conditioner I didn’t like this at all the scent was so so the actual product was a bit sticky and heavy in my hair without being super moisturizing. Also the spray on this little travel size sucked like it barely came out. The spray on the full size works fine but the travel size one does not work at all.
Repurchase: No
Declutter (29)
Smoke and Mirrors Glow Palette this was so pretty and I wanted this to work so bad but this has no glow it is supposed to be a highlighter but it is just matte and I would never use this as eyeshadow it is just sorta a pointless product I mean it is pigmented it could be used as eyeshadow I just don’t have a need for it I wanted it to be a cool blue and purple highlighter but it ended up just putting a matte blue powder on y face I was so disappointed. I even tried using it as a base for my colored highlights but it added too much color underneath. So sad. I really like the Smoke and Mirrors brand that you get at Five Below they have some really decent quality cheap makeup so I have found with what I have tried.
Smoke & Mirrors Mini Bronzer Stick in St. Tropez ugh this month really makes it look like I don’t like this brand but I really do. This little bronzer stick just isn’t a great color for me it is a bit too light and a bit to orange mixed with the fact that I don’t like cream bronzers. It came in a set with a bunch of highlighter sticks that I do really love so this was just a package deal. I gave it a shot but it isn’t great for me.
Ulta Beauty Eye Crayon in Little White Lies I got this a long long time ago to try to use it as white eyeshadow base and I have used it and tried a ton back when I bought it a few years ago when white bases were a lot harder to come by. Recently I re-found it and tried it again a few times and its terrible as an eye crayon and as a base it is to sticky to like use as shadow on its own and it doesn’t really hold on to eyeshadow I put on top of it. This really did no favors for me so it has got to go I have much better things I don’t need to waste my time with this.
Bite Beauty Matte Lip Crayon in Glace I have decided that this color looks awful on my it is just too pink and I find the formula a bit sticky so I just don’t want to force myself to make this work.
Pur Quick Pro Portables Day Dream Palette I thought this would be so great for travel because it is the size of a credit card but the colors are so boring and neutral that I never touched it. So I need to find it a new home. Of all the palettes I decluttered this month this is the only one I bought the rest came in subscription boxes so it makes more sense that they weren’t my perfect palette since I didn’t pick them out for myself.
Colourpop Golden State of Mind Palette the formula on this is terrible its chunky and gritty it bled out into the palette the colors are just boring they aren’t impressive enough to justify that many shimmers in a palette.
Pur x Boxycharm Palette formula on this was not that great the looks were very neutral and muted on the eyes which is not my taste. I find Pur to be very hit or miss on formula sometimes great sometimes awful. The only real stand out shade was the blue and I have plenty of blues in better formulas.
Nyx Happy Birthday Palette this was an Ulta Birthday gift at one point the formula on this is actually really really good but these aren’t shades I gravitate too and I can dupe them out in other palettes that I have and love so this is going to move on as well.
Nyx Sweet Cheeks Blush Palette I never touched this I don’t wear blush. I thought I could use this as eyeshadow but never did so I need to let it go to make space for palettes I do use.
Winky Lux Kitten Palette cute as hell packaging and when you look at the shades it looks like the palette will be special but it comes off on the eyes as very generic. The only really “special” shade was the one duochrome but it wasn’t even that well done it was just my first experience with a real duochrome I now have better so I don’t need this no matter how cute the packaging is.
Neutrogena Beach Defense Sunscreen SPF 70 I am allergic to this as I am most sunscreens so I gave this to my mom so she can use it.
Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Volume II I don’t do neutral palettes and I have other neutral or neutral leaning palettes that I decided to keep over this one this just never did it for me again I was only really keeping it because I love the packaging but that isn’t a good reason to keep a palette.
It Cosmetics CC Cream in Tan (2) I just do not like It Cosmetics base products they sit horribly on my skin they look so heavy they break me out so bad, it might be the spf but it might not. Tan is also too dark for me. It Cosmetics products work really well on my mom though maybe because her skin is a lot drier then mine I don’t know. I wear them I look like I’m hundred I use them on her and she looks 10 years younger Idk.
It Cosmetics CC Cream in Medium (2) same as above but this is more my shade.
Sephora Bright Future Skin Tint in 25 Beige this looked so cakey and dry and sat on top of my skin and broke apart really quickly as well. I bought this super cheap on clearance at Sephora and I can see why it was on clearance.
Origins Ginzing Energy-Boosting Tinted Moisturizer this was way to light for me it is also really sticky on the skin and leaves like a very sunscreeny white cast.
Kiko Mat Mousse in 100 Warm Rose this is a weird one first the color was never perfect for me they definitely matched me wrong but beside that I had a weird love hate with this foundation. It says oil free but legit is super oily liquidy which I thought was weird. This has the softest most touchable soft matte feel on the skin but it looks very matte and foundation like. It did photograph well but it never looked good in person so I am letting it go.
Rimmel Insta Conceal & Correct this doesn’t have enough pigment to do any real concealing it is just adding another layer of product to my face and I so rarely color correct that if I do I want something I really like.
Catrice All Round Concealer Palette this was not good the formula is like waxy and sticky and hard to blend.
It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Illumination Concealer in Medium this is so bad I don’t think they even make this anymore. I really dislike It Cosmetics base products this is even worse than the regular Bye Bye Under Eyes (which I have and keep because I use it when I do my mom’s makeup and it works beautifully on her it just looks terrible on me). This is thick and sticky and is so hard to blend in sinks into every pore and line under your eyes as well as having sparkle in it. Who would want this?
Elf Tone Correcting Powder this is too light for me.
Clinique Stay Matte Universal Blotting Powder this is way to white it is like a ghost powder and it is so stiff and hard to get on a brush.
Ulta Pressed Setting Powder in Translucent like the Clinique this is very white and it has major hard pan for what ever reason this was not a great powder on the skin either.
Bare Minerals Original Mineral Veil this I didn’t like it is quite pink tinged and left my skin looking really dry and pink almost like I was really ill.
Too Faced Melted Matte In Queen B in decluttering/reorganizing I found that I have two of these I don’t like it enough to need two.
Girlactik Matte Lip Paint in Posh love the formula but not into the very peanut buttery color of this on me. L
MDM Flow in Retro I like the formula it is very light and thin but it is too pink for me.
Grande Cosmetics GrandeLips Hydrating Lip Plumper I have two of these I don’t wear gloss enough to need two. Sephora Cream Lip Stain in The Pink from the Minnie Mouse Collection nice formula I have lots of the Sephora Cream Lip Stains but this hot pink is not for me.
Total This Month: 67
Total: 194
Approx Value This Month: $364.11
Approx Paid This Month: $122.20
Approx Total Value: $1099.59
Approx Total Paid: $290.83
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