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

[missjeanie]

Thanks @makeitup305 I feel like April has been a much slower month than March was... need to make sure to go through empties again soon!

[makeitup305]

I feel you! @missjeanie I think after all my full-size empties this month, May is going to be slow. I need to stay on top of my declutters after all my shopping this month.

[ather]

@missjeanie  Wow! Great job! 

[missjeanie]

@ather Thanks!

[itsfi]

Wow!!! You did an amazing job working through your things @missjeanie. I spy quite a few sheet masks; good for you! 👊🏼 And some items from your panning project - woohoo! 🙌🏼 

[missjeanie]

@itsfi I had some good spurts where I felt like I was going through a few empties a day at one point.  Trying hard to get myself back on the masking bandwagon!

[itsfi]

It's fantastic when you hit that point where you're seeing a lot of empties, isn't it? What would you say would be an ideal masking cadence for you @missjeanie - how many times per week would you feel good about?

[missjeanie]

@itsfi I'd be happy if I could get three a week in... but I really feel like it just depends on how my week is going.  My mini goal is to get two in every weekend this month.  I know I'll have a bit more time when I wake up on weekends so hoping that can get me on track again.  I'm doing better with slapping a wash off on before I shower, even if I only leave it on for 5 minutes, but I feel like using a sheet mask should be for after I shower... and by then, it's like how fast can I slap on my skincare and get to sleep lol.  

I need to find a way to habit stack my sheet masks!!

[Mellmars1185]

@missjeanie Yes to habit stacking sheet masks! I think I need to try napping after work with a sheet mask @itsfi . Talk about waking up refreshed!

[missjeanie]

@Mellmars1185 I swear I'll need to be working on this one for years to get into better masking habits!  

[itsfi]

When do you take off your makeup @missjeanie? At the end of the day when you are unwinding and before calling it a night or right after you get home from work? 

I was able to get in more time to sheet mask when I split up my evening skincare routine - part 1 is done pretty quickly after I get in the house (provided I'm not going out again) and it's all steps up through serum and then I put on a sheet mask and ... in an ode to habit stacking, then went about doing something else for 20-30 minutes, like making dinner, packing my lunch for the next day, doing laundry, taking care of bills, checking email, logging on BIC or reading, etc. Then after removing the mask, I'll apply my moisturizer. Part 2 is before I call it a night - I'll apply a face oil or a sleeping mask. 

Or, if you prefer to mask in the morning - skincare routine up to serum, then sheet mask and sip coffee (easier if it's iced), go through some work emails or do some work, read the newspaper, unload the dishwashing machine, do my hair, etc.Then remove mask, get dressed for the day, apply moisturizer and sunblock and then makeup routine.

I haven't been sheet masking as often as I used to, and it'll probably be even less so once the warm weather settles in, but if you're able to break up your skincare routine, that can get you some masking time as well as another few activities of habit. If you figure out a habit stack taht works for you that includes sheet masking, I'd be very interested in hearing about it. Will keep my eye on the Habit Stacking Thread 📚 

[missjeanie]

@itsfi You hit the nail on the head here... Lately I've been getting home late and so I don't take my make off until right before I shower.  When I was masking more often I was better at getting home earlier and taking my make up off right away.  

While I love the idea of getting up earlier to mask in the morning... That's just never going to happen.  I sleep until the last minute possible in the mornings.  

I need to create some kind of 'home from work' routine where I get into the habit of splitting up my skincare like you're talking about.  Evening smoothie?  Martini? Margarita?  and a mask?  Okay... I'm workshopping this!  lol

[itsfi]

@missjeanie, if you are able to come up with a "home from work" skincare routine that works for you, it can be so good. Even though my skincare routine is muuuuuch more pared down than it was back in the day (hello, 17+ products/steps!!! 😬), breaking it up has been really good for making sure I remove my makeup before going to bed and for helping me just not feel so rushed when it comes time to get ready for bed. A martini? A margarita? Those work. 😀 

[lmaster]

Wow!! Great job 👍 @missjeanie 

[missjeanie]

Thanks @scott1201 seeing myself use things up helps when I'm making lists of stuff to buy next weekend lol. 

[CookieGirl1]

35 Empties is impressive, @missjeanie!  You even got through a lot of full-sizes 😲

[missjeanie]

@CookieGirl1 lol the bag under my sink was overflowing this month!

[CookieGirl1]

@missjeanie lol, I can understand why 😄.

[faeriegirl]

Great job @missjeanie !  I have also been decluttering more things that I just don’t like. I hate to waste things but sometimes you just have to.

[missjeanie]

@faeriegirl So hard for me to do... slowly but surely I hope to get there!  

[lmaster]

March empties and declutter: 39 (120/500)

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The elf actually made my face feel icky, I didn't like the way it felt after it absorbed.
The DE ughh this took forever to use up, if I used it on my face, I broke out with red splotches, so I used it to remove swatches on my hands or arms.
I absolutely hated this pink pepper kay ali

 

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These are declutter, I finally just pitched what I knew was too old