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

[makeitup305]

@faeriegirl I think it has to have been my fault somehow... I'd be willing to try some again since I like their colors so much.

[CynthieLu]

Amazing work but woah, all of those pencils are broken?? 💔 I'm so sorry too hear that @makeitup305 that's a tradgedy.

[makeitup305]

@CynthieLu it really is. They're not old either 😕 I think my shapener might have damaged them? idk. 

[lmaster]

Great job!! @makeitup305 now what do you mean by they are broken? I have a couple I use

[makeitup305]

@lmaster the "lead" just falls right out. In every one. Technically they're still usable but it's a pain. 

it has to have been something I did because I haven't seen anybody complain about it. They're not that old, either.

[CookieGirl1]

@makeitup305 I have actually known of others who have had that same problem with the lead falling out.  I haven't had that issue myself but I've only owned a couple of her liners.

[makeitup305]

@CookieGirl1 glad to know it's not just me. I might pick some up again in the future to give them another try and use the CP sharpener to hopefully avoid the issue.

[lmaster]

I will look at the ones I have in the morning and see what mine look like @makeitup305 

[lmaster]

@makeitup305 ok none of mine are like that.

Do you have a lighter or matches?

You could take the end of the lip liner and run it through a lit lighter real quick, it'll melt it down a touch. Annoying yes, but hopefully that helps

[makeitup305]

@lmaster I ended up tossing them already. That is a good trick for next time, thanks! I think it might have been partially my fault. I think maybe my sharpener ruined them, idk. Next time CP does a good sale, I'll try again and pick up their sharpener as well.

[lmaster]

I use the NARS Pencil Sharpener @makeitup305 

[makeitup305]

I'm on a declutter kick. So here is the first part, i.e. the initial purge, of my lippie collection. 
These were the ones on the chopping block. Most of these liquid lipsticks are OLD considering I bought most of them the year they came out. Some still seem ok but others are dried out. Same with the NYX and the Buxom. Some I've barely used 😞

Before

After

These will all be going into my "purgatory" box before I decide whether or not to toss them.

Liquid lipsticks

These are not that old so I'm probably keeping these regarless

I have multiple shades of these so that means I liked the formula. I might pick my favorites to narrow it down. 

These I'm keeping just for cuteness/memories. Bite Mistletoe (a BT gift from the olden days), MAC Russian Red (my first higher end lipstick), the rest are just too adorable to toss.

[Cissy63]

@makeitup305  Again congratulations on the declutter decisions 👏👏

[makeitup305]

@Cissy63 thank you! Some of them  are still hanging around for one last hoorah until I make a final decision but it was nice to clear out some space.

[missjeanie]

Well done @makeitup305 !  I have a few of those KVD liquid lips... ya... they're old lol.  But I'm not as good at decluttering as you are!  Well done!!

[makeitup305]

Thanks @missjeanie !

[CorgiMommy]

@makeitup305 wow,  I find it so hard to pare my stash down

[makeitup305]

@CorgiMommy I tend to go slowly, usually. A product here and there that I don't enjoy after a couple of tries, but I was overwhelemed by my lippie drawer this weekend. Some of those are 5+ years old and they're really not formulas I think I'd enjoy anymore. I still have so many lipsticks after this, too. I'm going to work through the ones from this destash that I set aside and either put some back or give/toss them for good.

[makeitup305]

Bonus: My arm as I'm trying to decide lol

[CynthieLu]

Swatches!!  😍😍 @makeitup305 Thank you for sharing your decision arm. 😉

[makeitup305]

@CynthieLu Swatching them doesn't help decluttering. I'll still be like "oh that's pretty" "that's a nice color" and then not declutter any lol It did help me check the formulas, which helped with immediate destashes instead of my purgatory box.