Empties

[wendyomgwar]

I love seeing other peoples empties! So I decided to make a board where people could post pictures of their empties, or just tell us about them! I'd also be interested in knowing whether you're repurchasing anything or not.

[sonnydee]

Smells so good @Mellmars1185 that's been a repeat for me

[itsfi]

oh my word!! A full size Angel’s Share, empties???!!! 😍 Brava @sonnydee; brava! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 As if all your other empties were not already impressive, wowza! Excellent work!

[missaa8]

Recent Empties 💕 💞 💕 💞 

[ather]

@missaa8  Great job! Did you have success with the dark spot patches?

[missaa8]

Yes, @ather

[CookieGirl1]

NIce job, @missaa8 🙂

[missaa8]

❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘 @CookieGirl1

[itsfi]

Wow @missaa8! What a fantastic job you did with these empties! 3 fragrances - whoa!!! 😍 Of those three, which is your favorite?

[missaa8]

@itsfi 💕 💞 

💗 pink bottle for uplifting occasions

✨️ clear bottle for any mood

❤️ red bottle when I want attention

[Mellmars1185]

@missaa8 Great empties! I like the Peace out pimple patches. I have not seen the dark spot ones before.

[missaa8]

@Mellmars1185 💕 they're at Ulta, too 💗 

[maci3434]

I have a few recent empty’s 

OUAI Detangling and Frizz Fighting Leave In Conditioner 4.7 oz/ 140 mL , This is my all time favorite leave in the smell is divine and it leaves your hair so soft and silky I will always repurchase 

Grande Cosmetics GrandeLASH™ Peptide Lash Enhancing Serum 0.10 oz/ 3 mL , This serum has made my eyelashes so thick and long the price point is high but I haven’t found another product that does the job as well 

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm for Hydration & Shine Pink Sugar ,Hands down best lip balm ever it took me forever to get my hands on but the smell is just like birthday cake and taste good to lol. I will always repurchase this .

amika Mini Hydro Rush Shampoo & Conditioner Set ,Meh this shampoo and conditioner is okay I have super thick hair and it left my hair feeling more heavy then usual 

Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Le Parfum , Black opium is a classic good scent but it dosent last long in me so I wouldn’t repurchase 

[Mellmars1185]

@maci3434 Excellent empties. I keep hearing great things about the Summer Fridays lip balm. I have not tried it yet but recently got it in the Sephora Favorites Gleamy Dreamy Makeup Set 

[maci3434]

I personally collect a lot of lip balms I have about 30 of all diffrent brands but the summer fridays lip balms are definitely in my top 2 

[itsfi]

Ooooh, look at all these beauties @maci3434! Excellent job. I hear ya on the Grande Cosmetics GrandeLASH™ Peptide Lash Enhancing Serum 0.10 oz/ 3 mL. It gives some great results but you pay a price for it, for sure. I'm currently working my way through a tube and looking forward to thicker, longer lashes! 

[RGbrown]

Nearly two months since my last batch, so I've got a big pile today! YTD 190

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Zoya Remove+: all time fave, have more and will rebuy with a good sale

Butter Matte Top Coat: Perfectly fine

Glisten & Glow cuticle oil: lovely formula, nice and thin, soaks in quickly. Grossly overpriced though at $7 for 2mL

Sassy Sauce Caviar sample: nice hand cream, soaks in well without being too oily

Little Barn Apothecary Body Oil: divine scent and nice formula; if Ulta still carried it, I'd absolutely consider more

Hempz Lotion (Peppermint Vanilla Swirl): I love vanilla and I love peppermint, but this was not my fave mashup of the two...a bit overly sweet with next to no detectable mint

BBW Body Wash (Capri Seaside Citrus): I have *finally* finished off all of my BBW body washes in the old bottles. When did they make the change to the current ones...7, 8, 9 years ago? Maybe more? 😳 At least now you know they last forever lol

L'Oreal Everpure Bond Strengthening shampoo & conditioner: I can't say a thing about bond strengthening, but I really liked this for my fine, wavy, thinning, oily hair. It cleansed well without stripping, lathers insanely well, and makes my hair feel great. Wella Fusionplex is still my all time fave, but I liked this enough to buy full sizes to use intermittently as well.

Coco & Eve Like A Virgin hair mask: perfectly fine, no real like or dislike here, just a decent mask for whenever I clarify, and it works well enough for that.

Bumble Don't Blow It: this was one of the first things I tried when I started dabbling in haircare and trying to play up my curls a little. It does a nice job of reducing some frizz and is extremely low effort, both of which I greatly appreciate. I've got more in the cabinet, but also have some other samples and such to work through too. I stray from this one a good bit, but always appreciate it when I come back to it. 

Not Your Mother's Plump For Joy dry shampoo: eh, didn't do much as a dry shampoo, so I just used it as a volumizer on my bangs.

Exuviance Vitamin C Capsules: this was my fave vitamin C for a long time, and I still think it's an outstanding product, but perhaps not for me...cutting it out helped decrease some congestion on my cheeks, so I finished it off and won't be rebuying. (If you are a fan of it, No7 has a near-perfect dupe for half the price!)

Clinique Moisture Surge 100H Hydrator: lovely stuff, I could see myself making this my daily driver if it didn't come in a freaking jar, ugh. Soaks in well, doesn't leave me feeling sticky or like I've got a film on my face, plenty of moisture. 

CeraVe Acne Control Cleanser: not a large enough sample to see if it actually helped with my congestion, but all in all it was a perfectly fine as a cleanser.

Tula The Cult Classic Cleanser: all time fave, regardless of the scent lol

Peach & Lily Glass Skin Water Gel Moisturizer: good, but always leaves wanting to try something else, still looking for that perfect moisturizer. It is lightweight and soaks in well, but isn't always enough for me.

Peach & Lily Wild Dew Treatment Essence: perfectly fine. I go back and forth on whether an essence even does much for me, but keep trying them out because I know more moisture is better than not enough. I like that it's unscented, and it soaks in well, playing nicely with anything else I ever put on top of it.

This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray: love the scent of this stuff

Brooklyn Ellis Myth: perfectly lovely; I used this one as a pillow mist, and recently found a second one that I've been using on me, an I have to say, I'm smitten with it of late.

Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille EDP: perhaps my all time fave scent? I desperately wish Ulta carried this one so I could buy one with points, but my sis got me a small bottle for xmas, so I finally made myself finish this vial off (I bought it something like 4-5 years ago, I've been hoarding because I never wanted to run out lol)

assorted lip balms: all fine, basic daily drivers. I will sorely miss the now discontinued Smackers Dr Pepper balm and Ulta SPF balm!

Spoiler

Candles:
-Ulta Fresh Start: lemon peel & coriander make a lovely clean scent. Not the strongest throw, but I still got decent whiffs of it here and there. Good for subtle freshness when you don't want overwhelming.
-Ulta Florence, Italy Gelato + Watermelon: fun scent, nice watermelon tone without being overly sweet, good throw.
-Aldi Pineapple Peach Margarita: divine fruity scent, not too sweet, nice pineapple note. Burned ok-ish...left some up the sides, but it's a fairly thin layer that's left. Good throw.
-Sand + Fog Saddle & Cardamom: interesting scent, leather prominent in that brand new leather way, smelled about like walking into a Wilson's Leather Outlet. I would have preferred it to be a bit deeper/richer, but it was a nice change of pace compared to the other stuff I've been burning lately. Decent throw.
-Homeworx Sparkling Cinnamon Stick: one of the rare winners from the brand in my experience. I've bought one or two more as backups and may never forgive myself for buying this after I'd sworn off them after a long string of disappointments, ha! Great throw, burned well, and it's a rich and spicy cinnamon, savory, not sweet. All around lovely.

Eye gels: I rarely think about eye masks, but have been trying to make a concerted effort to finish up some of the many I've somehow collected over the years. There were mostly fine, minus the Wilma Schumann, which made my skin tingle and burn nearly immediately. I found that super weird, as I'm not typically sensitive to much at all. 

Sephora foot mask: perfectly lovely, nice moisture and a fun treat. I typically prefer mint scents for foot stuff, so I'm not looking for more of these right this second, but would use more if I had them.

Ulta Aromatherapy Shower Tablets: true love, and this is my fave scent. Basic staple that I'll probably finally run out of this year and that makes me very sad.

Clinique TTDO Wipes: worked well, no scent. I don't use wipes often, but like having a few on hand for the ultra lazy nights, and will buy more of these if/when I find a nice deal.

Sheet masks, mostly fine. I didn't like the bubble one, the serum was oddly thick/slimy/gooey feeling...the bubbles didn't pop, just thickened up into a weird texture, like honey crossed with marshmallow fluff, and I couldn't wait to wash it back off. 

[Mellmars1185]

Great empties @RGbrown . I am taking note of the Zoya remover.

[RGbrown]

@Mellmars1185 

It's excellent stuff! Works pretty dang close to as quickly as plain acetone, but it's not nearly as drying. 

[itsfi]

Ahhhh, beautiful empties @RGbrown! That Zoya remover is amazing - you introduced me to it and it's my favorite nail polish remover. Whoa, you finished a matte top coat? Brava!! That's impressive. Is the Butter London matte top coat one you would repurchase or is there another brand you like more? 

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Remove+ is some amazing stuff, love it!

For mattes, I've tried Butter and OPI. I did a test mani at one point a couple of years ago to see if one was better than the other, and literally could not tell the difference between them. I got curious recently and read the labels on both of them, and it turns out they're exactly the same formula (no wonder I couldn't tell them apart lmao), so I just combined both half empty bottles and tossed the obnoxious-to-use Butter mini 😂

[itsfi]

Good researching work and smart idea to transfer the matte top coats into one bottle @RGbrown! I have this thought that I have a mini China Glaze matte top coat somewhere. Making a note to do some digging - it may be part of the bin I kept with me when I packed the others away for a little bit. I do have this recollection of seeing it recently and thinking "oh, I should try this..." 😀