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:

Spoiler

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

[CookieGirl1]

Trash Time! 

[PrettyPaint]

@CookieGirl1  I didn't know PB cookie dough ice cream was a thing, but it sounds like a very glorious thing. 

[CookieGirl1]

@PrettyPaint unfortunately it's one of their seasonal summer flavors. Last summer I bought about 15 of them and stocked my freezer and worked on them over the winter. It's absolutely glorious.

[lmaster]

Oh my gawd!! Peanut butter cookie dough!!! Uughhhhhh @CookieGirl1 I have regular cookie dough I've ice cream my freezer right now,,, along with two plain vanilla for root beer floats 😋 the peanut butter sounds Ahhhhhhh mazing!!!

[CookieGirl1]

@lmaster come on over.  I'll share 😊

[lmaster]

Awwww so kind of you to share @CookieGirl1 🤗💓

[itsfi]

You had a lot of empties here @CookieGirl1! Nice job, especially like that last one; ice cream! Yum!!! 

[CookieGirl1]

@itsfi the ice cream is all in the name of self-care, @itsfi. Those are my favorite kinds of empties 😉

[itsfi]

I hear that @CookieGirl1! I'm biased though as I loooove ice cream. I try not to have it as much as I'd like (as it can't be good to have it all day everyday - ha!) but I do love ice cream. <333 

[CookieGirl1]

@itsfi I find that regular consumption of ice cream contributes to my overall well-being, lol. 

[Loretta55]

My favorite indulgence @CookieGirl1. Dreyers is known as Edys on the east Coast. I do consider myself an ice cream snob!

[CookieGirl1]

@Loretta55 that's my fav flavor from them 🍦

[Loretta55]

I have to look for it next time I go to the store @CookieGirl1. Do you also like just about anything peanut butter?

[CookieGirl1]

@Loretta55 not anything/everything...just depends 🙂 

[Loretta55]

@CookieGirl1 , I could eat peanut butter sandwiches daily! It is one of my favorite foods. I have found substitutes for when I am watching my weight.

[missjeanie]

This was a daunting post to make, mostly trying to remember what I thought of all the sample sizes that I used up in my 'fun sized February' (thanks to @ShortErica for the name).  This month I had 74 empties, which is great, however I also had 119 purchases.  My goal for the year (IIRC) is to have 730 empties, and to have less purchases than empties.  So far I'm 128 empties and 193 purchases.  This month was a busy month for purchases with two weekend trips so February numbers are a bit off from my normal.

My Loves! I have full litres of the Bumble and Bumble Hairdressers in my shower, love it. The Laroche Posay is a lovely moisturizer that I'll no doubt purchase again (I've had full size's in the past). The Feria makes my dyed hair feel soft again. The Vaseline Cocoa moisturizer was great on my body and smelled super nice too. The Dior Sample was a shade or two too dark, but I loved the formula. Will find a sample in store eventually to shade match. The Colour science SPF was equally delightful, love me a tinted sunscreen. The Olly vitamins were good, taste nice, and did their job. The Darphin exfoliation was a lovely surprise. I'll be keeping this on my list.This is my oh gosh I really like em, but do I "NEED" them? Shockingly, the DE Lala used to be a love, and the Belief could get there at some point. The Fresh vitamin serum was super nice and not expected. The Fresh caramel lip balm was sooo nice. That scent! The Walla shampoo was super nice and I could see myself grabbing some if I spot it on sale, same with the Body Shop Banana Shampoo.My these were good, but I won't be purchasing. The Body shop scrubs were nice, the serums were good, the DE eye cream might have been too old, it was a bit discoloured. The vanish just wasn't for my skin.The nopes. It's not that I flat out hated these, well maybe some of them. Skyn why do you need to add cooling stuffs to a moisturizer? The glamoflage was just horrible and is my only de-stash. The other things were just meh, I used em, but I wouldn't go looking for them again, thats fo sho.

[itsfi]

Ohhh, yes!! Fresh caramel lip balm does smell wonderful @missjeanie! Lots of nice products in your empties!

[missjeanie]

It was a great month of experimenting with products @itsfi .  I love trying new products so I really shouldn't ever be buying full sizes.  I'm thinking of trying to do another round of mini's sometime again this year.  I have no idea where to even start with the mini's of make up products!

[itsfi]

@missjeanie, oh gosh, yes, mini’s are great. I love having them to test out a product before committing to a full size. For skincare. my ideal arrangement is no more than 2-4 open full size cleansers and 2 mini’s or deluxe sizes open at a time; 2 open full size essences and 1-2 open mini’s - this seems to let me stick to a solid, fairly consistent routine, all while being able to play with new formulations or other products. For makeup, mini size mascara is the best for me - I don’t think I’ve ever completely used up a full size wand before the expiration date and I always feel bad wasting it. But a mini mascara resolves both those issues. 😆😉😊

It might be too soon but maybe a “May Mini’s” would be a good time to start another round of mini’s. 

[missjeanie]

I think May might be a perfect time @itsfi !  I so agree with you about mini mascaras.  I prefer a drier mascara so for me I'm pretty much 3 months in with a mini.  I always wonder how people use up mascara so fast?

[eshoe]

Nice work, @missjeanie - seriously amazing! I love the Olly melatonin gummies, they taste SO good.

We have similar numbers; so far they’ve only gone up, too😂 Hoping to at least end the year under where I started.