Empties - V2

[scott1201]

Seeing product empties is so satisfying 🙂

Post your weekly, monthly, quarterly, whenever-ly empties and let us know how you felt about them!

Previous Empties thread:

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https://community.sephora.com/t5/Insiders/Empties/m-p/589003

[quspork]

I'm glad it works for you, @sephoraaddict918! I know a lot of people love Supergoop. Unfortunately for me, their stuff has never worked well with my skin. 

[CookieGirl1]

@quspork I feel like a lot of people really love the Body Shop body yogurts and I can't stand them!  To me they all feel sticky and have a weird underlying scent.  Finally nice to see someone else who doesn't like them 🙂

[quspork]

@CookieGirl1 Yes, that overly chemical underlying scent was just too much!

[l8totheparty]

Nice empties @quspork !

[quspork]

Thanks, @l8totheparty!

[ShortErica]

Curious about your two nope sunscreens @quspork. What were the cons?

[quspork]

@ShortErica To be fair, the problem with the La Roche Posay was that this was the tinted version and it didn't match my skin. It ended up too dark for me. 

The Supergoop was soooooo greasy on me. I know some people love it, but I was not a fan. 

[ShortErica]

Thanks for sharing @quspork. I think I have the La Roche one in a foil to try. I'm not sure if it is tinted or not. Hopefully not because most tints are dark on me too. Though I keep searching, especially since I've gotten less pale from sports (despite SPF).

I haven't tried the Supergoop but faeriegirl shared the SUPERGOOP! - 100% Mineral Smooth & Poreless Matte Screen SPF 40 so I'm curious to try it. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully it isn't greasy like the one you tried.

[quspork]

Hopefully, those work out better for you, @ShortErica. I'm always amused at products that offer "universal tints" because rarely is it something that is truly universal, LOL. 

[JaneanBT]

Yeaaa I can't do banana scented things like body products. I am proud that you finished the body yogurt! I don't remember trying the May Coop  and really want to try it now! Great set of empties! 

Best Wishes,

Janean

[quspork]

Some things don't bother me too much with the scent, @JaneanBT but this one was overly chemical and just not a fan. It's a shame, because other than the horrible scent, it was a nice product, lol. 

[itsfi]

Love May Coop Raw Sauce @quspork! ♥️ These are some great summer empties! 

[quspork]

The May Coop is so nice, @itsfi. I kinda wish it would start showing up at TjMaxx/Marshall's again! 

[CookieGirl1]

@quspork I've actually seen it at my local TJs in the last couple of weeks.  It kind of trickled out of stock awhile ago but I think it's making a comeback so you might start checking.

[quspork]

That's awesome news, @CookieGirl1! I haven't seen it at our local stores yet, but I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled!

[WinglessOne]

Not sure how old all these empties are, but I’m finally remembering to post them in this thread. 😄 Some of these were empty months ago, others I just finished last week. 

Loves and likes: 

Left: loves | Right: like ‘em but won’t repurchase

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Left: loves. These are mostly longtime staples I frequently repurchase. 

- Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion is one of the few body lotions my skin loves. No greasiness or overpowering fragrance, and it does what body lotion’s supposed to do. It just works, man. Sometimes it helps calm any red irritation on my face. 

- Skinfix Eczema Hand Repair Cream is a recently discovered love (thanks again to Sephora for the gratis); I’ve got 2 more unopened tubes and will definitely buy more for the winter. This stuff is magic. 

- YTTP Superfood Moisturizer is my AM and PM moisturizing cream. I rave about it often. I always empty it (in near total darkness, as quickly as I can so as not to introduce too much air into the product) into an airless vacuum pump jar, which I just refilled 2 days ago. 

- Benefit Precisely My Brow Pencil is my second favorite brow pencil. Even though it
doesn’t get daily use anymore, I like to keep one on hand in case I run out of my Kimiko pencil. 

- The Ordinary Buffet has quickly become a favorite; I use it once or twice daily. I’m SUPER excited that it’s now available at Ulta, where I can use points to restock it. 

- SheaMoisture Coconut & Hibiscus Conditioner is my leave-in conditioner. My hair has adored this stuff for years. It’s one of the only SheaMoisture products that’s continued to work well for me after various reformulations. 

- Camille Rose Fresh Curl works for me as a morning hair moisturizer. I usually spritz water on my coils, then immediately scrunch in this product. 

- Crabtree & Evelyn Jojoba Oil Body Wash is my favorite shower gel. Sadly, C&E discontinued it a year or 2 ago. 😞 I was able to grab bottles at TJMaxx and Marshalls for months, but not anymore. I don’t know why C&E keeps discontinuing their best products. 

- Crabtree & Evelyn Gardeners Hand Soap - this is not the same formula currently sold at C&E direct. That newer one doesn’t contain rosemary; this older formula does. The newer formula makes my hands very itchy. This old formula is fantastic. And it’s now harder to find anywhere... sigh. I have 2 bottles left in storage. 

Right: things I used to use often but won’t (or can’t) repurchase. 

- Shiseido Facial Cotton - I finally finished this pack last week. 😄 I love these but have no need for them since I’ve switched to reusable cotton/bamboo rounds. 

- Crabtree & Evelyn Gardeners Hand Sanitizer is something I’d repurchase if C&E still made it. (Seriously, what the heck is their business strategy? How do they stay in business? :D) It leaves my hands moisturized and I love the rosemary scent. I have one more bottle left. 

- Lancôme Genefique Yeux Light Pearl is the eye serum I used to use each day and night. That ended when I started the DDG retinol & ferulic acid eye serum. I finally used up the rest of this Lancôme serum 2 weeks ago on other parts of my face. I’m going to keep the applicator: it’s a steel ball on a flexible stem that feels soooo nice—very cooling—in the morning. 🙂 I wanna use it to apply my DDG serum! 

- Agent Nateur No. 3 was my everyday deodorant until I tried Routine deodorants. I can’t believe I’m saying this but, I’m calling it quits with Agent Nateur. Routine works that much better for me. I have one more tube (a travel size) of No. 3 to use up. 

- CeraVe Moisturizing Cream has been replaced by the Skinfix hand cream, which is much more moisturizing for me. 

- Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair used to be my nightly serum. I’ve had this empty bottle for a while. I still think this is a good serum, but I like others more—and they cost less. 

- Lancôme micellar water - this isn’t their Bi-Facil Face version, it’s their plain ol’ micellar water. It works well on everything but eye makeup, and I like that it comes in a pump bottle. But I like Bi-Facil Face more. Actually, I like Tarte’s Micellar Magic even better. 

Dislikes and hates: 

A whole lotta nope.

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Aveeno Stress Relief lotion is waaaay too fragranced for me. I like the smell of lavender but this stuff’s overkill (and it doesn’t even smell like true lavender), plus it’s not as nicely moisturizing as the plain ol’ daily moisture lotion. It’s taken me almost a year of using it only on my feet and ankles 😄 but this bottle’s finally empty! 

YTTP Superfood Cleanser is much too drying for my skin. This is the second chance I’ve given this cleanser, thinking “maybe now that the rest of my skincare routine’s knocked out most of my dry patches, this cleanser will work better.” I was wrong. Sorry YTTP, I love you but my skin hates your cleanser. I won’t bother using the rest of this mini. 

Kiehl’s Lip Balm No. 1 - I’m so relieved this tube’s finally empty. I did not enjoy using this balm. It’s not nearly moisturizing enough, and I had to reapply it every 1-2 hours or switch to good ol’ Aquaphor. 

FAB Ultra Repair Cream is something I liked a lot at first. Then I realized how often I had to reapply it to keep my hands moisturized. 😐 I don’t hate it, but I won’t repurchase it. 

Skyn Iceland Micellar Water - something in this irritates my face. Took me half the bottle to realize that last year. I spent several months using it with the Shiseido cotton squares to remove makeup swatches and custom shade blends from my hands and arms. Had to quickly rinse my hand/arm afterward to avoid lots of itchiness. Ugh. 

Fresh Soy Face Cleanser left a weird coating on my face I wanted to wash off, especially on my oily zone. It didn’t cut through my sunscreen very well. And it caused a reaction of little bumps on part of my face. 3 strikes. 

[CookieGirl1]

@WinglessOne I'm sorry that you don't like the YTTP cleanser--it's actually one of my favorites!  Totally agree with you on the Fresh Soy cleanser, though.  I know it's a staple for a lot of people but I don't like how it feels and I HATE how it smells.

[WinglessOne]

@CookieGirl1  Yeah, many folks love the YTTP cleanser. I’m glad it works for others. I’m just not one of them. Same with the Fresh cleanser, which does have a rather strong scent. While using it, I tried to convince myself it was a cucumber smell 😄 but that wasn’t really it. I don’t hate the smell but it is kinda obnoxious. 

[CookieGirl1]

@WinglessOne Let's be real.  It smells like an ungodly mixture of cucumber and grass.  I'm not a fan...neither is my face.

[WinglessOne]

@CookieGirl1  😂 Now see, cucumber + grass is a scent I could handle. (I love grassy scents.) But the Fresh cleanser has some other weird smell—super strong almost-cucumber + something I can’t quite identify. It’s not as bad as the Tata Harper rotting dandelions smell (I cant tolerate that odor at all). But I can see why some people hate it. 

[CookieGirl1]

Lol!  @WinglessOne I love the "rotting dandelions" descriptor.