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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:
@lmaster Hmmm, that's interesting. Sounds like maybe its worth checking out for me 🤣 I don't know why I expected it to be an extremely intense strawberry shortcake scent.
November empties🤎
All are loves but the only items I’m not planning on repurchasing are the YTTP eye serum and SF lip balm. The Inn beauty project vitamin c eye cream has replaced the YTTP as my favorite AM eye cream and the SF vanilla beige balm was good I just prefer the other versions.
@faeriegirl Great empties! Have you been getting the DDG promos like me?
@Mellmars1185 I got the holiday vault this year, so I’ve been a lot more consistent using them.
I spy an OG favorite @faeriegirl - I love(d) that Sephora Collection honey lip balm. Wish they hadn’t discontinued it. 😔
@itsfi It is still my favorite lip scrub. I still have 2 of them and I’m going to be so sad when I use them up.
@faeriegirl Nice job! How do you like the TJ's scrub? I just purchased my first scrub from them in the whipped cocoa scent, very excited to give it a go 🙂
@QueenMarceline I really like the scrubs from Trader Joe’s and the Brazil nut is my favorite. I got the pumpkin one this fall and it was really good too. I just picked up the cocoa one and I am really excited to try it out!
@faeriegirl good to know about the iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Bright & Tight Dark Circle Firming Eye Cream with Vitamin C & Peptides 0.5 oz / 15... being a new fav; I recently tried their lip glazes and really like them so I wouldn't mind trying something else from them.
@CookieGirl1 I really like it! Next I want to try iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Green Machine Vitamin C Dark Spot & Hyperpigmentation Serum 1 oz/ 30 mL
@faeriegirl wow, great job! Glad you found so many loves among them!
November 2023 Empties
Month to date: 37
Year to date: 400
Details regarding foils in the Foil Challenge thread
Lots of deluxe / travel and foil sized empties in November.
Empties Review:
@itsfi Amazing empties! I am so glad to hear you have been needing less of the peace out patches lately. Do you have an idea of what is helping you out with experiencing less acne? I could use tips! I go through waves. I also have experienced adult acne my whole adult life. I thought it would stop (at the latest) in my twenties. If my memory serves mw correctly, is that the Gucci spray you discovered in NYC? Two bottles? I think I need to check this out.
@Mellmars1185, I rarely had breakouts in my teens, which was great, but I made up for that big time as an adult. I've read that it is common for women in our 30s, 40s & 50s to experience acne for the first time or to experience again. Yaaaay us <<please say this with an extra dose of sarcasm>>
My acne occurred along my jawline, chin or upper lip and was the result of changes in hormones and often around that time of the month. I still occasionally have a breakout but it is not as bad as it was - I used to break out at least once per month and then the pimples would stay or leave a scar that would stay until literally a week or so before the next breakout. It was utter job <<insert more sarcasm!>> I can say though that adult Fi is probably better equipped to handle that emotionally than teenage Fi. So there's that.
My jawline was a larger area where breakouts occurred and to treat the larger area, I would apply a resurfacing mask once every 7-10 days - ones I like are Peach & Lily Super Reboot or RANAVAT Resurfacing Saffron AHA Masque - Radiant Rani 1.7 oz/ 50 mL ##. Another good, gentle and effective mask is Origins Clear Improvement Charcoal Honey Mask - sadly, it's not as widely available as it used to be. I only see it on QVC.
And, of course, there were/are the Peace Out Acne Salicylic Acid Day & Night Duo 20 Acne Day Dots / 20 Acne Healing Dots which are super helpful when a pimple that has broken through the surface of the skin. These nighttime ones really do a great job of sucking out all the gunk (or much of it) overnight and flattening the zit. The day time ones are super thin and do a wonderful job of concealing the pimple or at the very least, making it less noticeable.
@itsfi Thank you so much! I wish I could save this post. I will definitely try some of the things that work for you. I know I need to drink more water and I do the grocery shopping so I can definitely make some changes there. I so own the innisfree Volcanic AHA Pore Clearing Clay Mask 3.38 oz/ 100 mL . Do you spot treat or apply to your whole face?
You're very welome @Mellmars1185. I went through such a long period of breaking out, some times periodically and others with such regularity that it didn't seem like I would ever not breakout all along my jawline or around my chin / upper lip. If there's something that I can pass along that I tried that might work for someone else, I'm all for sharing that.
Oh, here's a permalink to the post - Re: Empties - V2 - Page 4 - Beauty Insider Community (sephora.com) - if there's a post I'm interested in referring bak to, I'll get a permalink of the post and then paste that link in a note on my phone or in a draft e-mail with a note as to what the link is about. You can also bookmark the post, but I find that I can have a lot of bookmarks after a time and it takes more effort to go back through those. lol
I just remembered another mask that works, Sunday Riley Saturn Sulfur + Niacinamide Spot Treatment Mask 0.5 oz/ 15 mL - this tingles. There are, of course, also prescription medication that work depending on the nature of your breakouts - hormonal, cystic acne, etc. but that's best for a conversation with your doctor. I've been on a couple and they worked but after being off them for a period of time, my hormonal acne came back.
Your skin leans more oily, yes? If so, I think that the innisfree can be used all over your face once per week, with spot treatment on other days during the week. My skin is normal now (a modern miracle) but for the longest time it was dry & dehydrated for all but the summer months when it was combo (oily lower T-zone, normal forehead & dry cheeks), but dehydrated under the surface. For me, I tended to use the innisfree mask only on the oily parts of my face and as a spot (or area) treatment. So when I had breakouts (or, if I could time it, a week before I would start breaking out), I would apply the innisfree mask all along my jawline (and my lower T-zone) and leave it on for 10 minutes. Then, I'd wash off the clay mask and either apply a hydrating serum & my moisturizer or use a sheet mas (to put back in hydration). For the rest of the week, I'd alternate every couple of days between using the innisfree as a spot treatment to remove excess oil from the pimple(s) and with the aim of flattening the spot and using the Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting BHA 9 Treatment 0.3 oz/ 9 mL - for something so potent, it was not as drying as I thought it would be, but because it has a higher concetration of BHA, I would use it just for a spot treatment.
@itsfi Thank you so much for the suggestions! I am going to read about these. In the meantime I have a reason to start reaching for my Innisfree mask. I think that if I apply skincare it will also help me avoid picking.
Yes, as hard as it is, no picking. No touching your face. It's not the easiest thing to do, I know; but it does help @Mellmars1185. It's a fight with myself but I have to remind myself constantly to not touch my breakouts.