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

[lmaster]

August empties and declutter 39 (336/600)

 ⬆️ these are all loves 

   ⬆️ these are great likes 

 ⬆️ these were not stand out in any way

 ⬆️ awesome candles

 ⬆️ loves 

 ⬆️ declutter 

[Mellmars1185]

@lmaster Excellent empties. I also used to have the same Tarte palette in your declutter.

[lmaster]

Thank you! Some months are just better than others @Mellmars1185 

[JoSometimes]

Amazing job emptying everything @lmaster! Great to see so many things in the loves pile.

[lmaster]

Thank you! 💚 @JoSometimes 

[ather]

@lmaster  Great job!!! All those loves look amazing 🤩 

[lmaster]

Thank you! 💓 @ather 

[caitbird]

@lmaster  wow, great job!

[lmaster]

Thank you!! ❤️ @caitbird 

[Samtian]

@lmaster Wow fantastic job!!

[lmaster]

Thank you sugar! @Samtian 

[CookieGirl1]

Wow, @lmaster, great set of Empties!  

[lmaster]

Thank you love @CookieGirl1 if every month could be so good 😂

[itsfi]

August 2023 Empties (MTD: 28 / YTD: 290)

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Ohhh, so many loved treats here! Except for the Abbott Sequoia fragrance, which I actually think would make a lovely candle (more so than as a fragrance) & the DHC Cleansing Oil (which suffers from having so many amazing cleansing oils to compete with), I have already repurchased or will purchase full sizes of these beauties. 💖💖💖 

DHC Cleansing Oil
LANEIGE Radian-C Cream with Vitamin C 1.0 oz/ 30 mL* 
EADEM Milk Marvel Dark Spot Serum with Niacinamide and Vitamin C 1 oz/ 30 mL* 
Saint Jane Beauty Luxury Sun Ritual Pore Smoothing Face Sunscreen SPF 30 1.7 oz / 50 mL* 
Versace Dylan Purple Eau de Parfum 
ABBOTT Seqouia Eau de Parfum Travel Spray 0.34 oz / 10 mL eau de parfum spray 
Touchland Power Mist Hydrating Hand Sanitizer Velvet Peach*  
Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Medium to Full Coverage Radiant Concealer with Hyaluronic Acid* 
SEPHORA COLLECTION Clean Skin Gel Cleanser with Prebiotics 
Rhode Peptide Glazing Fluid*

*A well loved favorite or holy grail product

 

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I like and would happily use any of these beauties; the hard part is figuring out which I'd run out to  repurchase. Front runners are the Cutex individually packaged nail polish remover wipes (so handy for travel), the Grande Cosmetics GrandeLASH-MD Lash Enhancing Serum Mini .033 oz / 1 mL, but I recently received a lash serum I've been wanting to try so I'll go through that first to see how it compares to the GL, & the JMsolution Quick Routine Nourishing Honey Mask - this is in special edition packaging so I'll have to see if the brand puts out a regular version of this mask pack. 😍 All others, Biossance Squalane + 70% Alcohol Hand Sanitizer 8 fl oz/ 240 ml JVN Mini Complete Instant Recovery Heat Protectant Leave-In Serum .84 oz / 27 mL and the Lovinah Dragon's Blood BHA Cleansing Oil were good. 👍

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I like the Lancôme Le 8 Hypnôse Serum-Infused Volumizing Mascara 00 Black, but have a few full size mascaras (mostly of the Lancome waterproof kind) and a handful of deluxe samples to work my way through. I should be stocked up on mascaras through 2024, at the very least. The Pureology Mini Hydrate Kit for Dry, Color Treated Hair was okay; just not a favorite for me.

And 6 foils which I talked more about on the Foil Challenge thread. 

August was a good month for empties. I've been tossing out my empties as my bin gets full and taking photos before trash pick up day so it's not until I see these pics together that I realize how many empties I've gone through in a month. It was a nice mix of foils, deluxe sample / travel sized mini's and full sized items. 

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Awesome empties!

[itsfi]

Lots of loves and repeated repurchases in this batch of empties @Mellmars1185 !

[JoSometimes]

@itsfi Even your empties photos look so elegant!

[itsfi]

@JoSometimes, awww, that is so very sweet of you to say. Thank you. 😊 I’m lucky that the area where my table sits gets good lighting, most days. I just have to be home when the light is out to snap a photo. 

[ather]

@itsfi  Wow. I am impressed. You have been busy in August using up all the products!! I seen a huge list of lives there! I am impressed! I love all the pictures it’s really fun. I thought you had separated them for loves/likes etc. but this makes more sense. 

[itsfi]

Thanks so much @ather! You know how it ebbs and flows. I was surprised many of my skincare products were used up around the same time, because I didn’t start them at the same time. 

I used to sort them my loves / likes etc and that’s a great way to see what has worked and what is not meant for me. I’ve been more mindful of what I buy and have made more of an effort to get samples vs blind buy so that has helped to reduce the number of meh or not-for-me products. That, coupled with it just being easier to toss things weekly or every other week, when it’s time to take out the trash, means more of a mix of products in my pics. We’ll see what happens when I move back into my place. 🤔 

[lmaster]

Lovely reviews! @itsfi