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]

@ather thank you!

[Samtian]

Feb was a good month for me!

2025- 17/100
2025- 16 Destashes

Love-
* Fenty Skin Total Cleans'r   Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Mini Total Cleans'r Makeup Removing Cleanser 1.52 oz/ 45 mL 

Ok-
* Peach & Lily Gel Cleanser
* Verb Ghost Shampoo  Verb Ghost Weightless Shampoo for Fine Hair 
* Cotton Rounds
* Tata Harper Clarifying Mask Tata Harper Clarifying Pore AHA + BHA Mask with Salicylic Acid for Redness 1 oz/ 30 mL 
* Creme Shop Brighten Up, Skin!
* Verb Ghost Conditioner Verb Ghost Conditioner for Fine Hair 
* Ulta Foot Srub-not pictured.
* Naobay Cream 

N.O.-
*Tony Moly Collagen Mask- burnt (peppermint)
*Bling Bomb Bath Bomb- Smells good but super weak. Not much color to bath.
* PTR Rose Mask  Peter Thomas Roth Rose Stem Cell Bio-Repair Gel Mask 5 oz 

De-stash-
* Rimmel Luna- great color but very old.
* Sephora S Clean Palette Spiced
* Brow Trio- dried out
* Ellis Brooklyn Myth  Ellis Brooklyn MYTH Eau de Parfum 
* Huda Silver Fox Liquid Lipstick 
* Huda Silver Fox Liner
* Fenty Underdawg Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Stunna Lip Paint Longwear Fluid Lip Color Underdawg 
* MAC Nightmoth Lip Liner
* Too Faced Highlighter Palette
* Bite Liquorice

[Mellmars1185]

@Samtian Great work! Excellent destashes. I have the Verb Shampoo and Conditioner in my stash. I am curious about how it preformed for you?

[lmaster]

Fabulous job! @Samtian 

[Samtian]

@lmaster Thank you!!!

[ather]

@Samtian  Great job!!! I need to learn your destashing skills!!! 

[Samtian]

@ather Thank you! It was hard for sure! But I have plenty of other items to use, and I want a simple life, I don't want to have to make things work for me. 

[greeneyedgirl107]

Bunch of empties!  All loves!

 

 

[Mellmars1185]

@greeneyedgirl107 That is a lot of empties! Even more amazing that they are all loves. 

[greeneyedgirl107]

@Mellmars1185 thanks!  I've been saving them for a long time.  But I just added another 2 empties to my bag already!

[lmaster]

Dang that's so many!! Great job @greeneyedgirl107 

[greeneyedgirl107]

@lmaster yeah, I was saving them up for a while!

[ather]

@greeneyedgirl107  Great job! 

[Samtian]

@greeneyedgirl107 Ooh great job!!

[greeneyedgirl107]

@Samtian thanks!

[itsfi]

January 2025 Empties

Month / Year -To-Date: 16

🐐  I've said it before and I'll say it again, these Shiseido Super-Soft, 100% Natural Facial Cotton 165 sheets are the softest cotton rounds around. I use them with the Bioderma micellar water as part of my pre-cleanse / first cleanse step, and have recently been using them with the Augustinus Bader Essence.

😘  Oribe Restorative Body Crème is rich but not heavy, applies smoothly, softens, and smells wonderful - the citrusy, floral, woody notes create a light, fresh and warm feel. It will be an eventual repurchase but I need to use up some other body creams in my stash

😐  It's hard to say whether these Lemme Sleep Sleep Tight Gummies actually work. They're not bad as gummies - not too hard, but again, I'm not sure whether these did anything to help me get to sleep or stay asleep.

👍  These up&up Gel Nail Polish Remover Pads are convenient, effective, and great for removing glitter nail polish. I pick them up from time to time when they're on sale but I'm not wearing polish or glitter polish as often as I did and I have a few other similar products to go through so this isn't an immediate repurchase for me.

😘  This Diptyque Pomander candle was part of the Diptyque advent calendar, a splurge-y but worthwhile treat. The mix of fragrant spices, orange peel, and a slight touch of sweetness makes it a great winter scent. I have a pretty long list of Diptyque scents I enjoy this has been added to that list.

👍  The Dr. Jart Ceramidin line is one of my favorites. This Dr. Jart Ceramidin Ectoin-Infused Cream is a thicker version of my beloved Ceramidin Cream (with slightly different ingredients, including ectoin). It's been great this winter with the weather being consistently colder than usual. It would be a repurchase, but for there being a similar barrier protecting / healing moisturizer that's thicker and that I like just a bit more.

😘  VOLUSPA Panjore Lychee Glass Jar Candle -  I first heard of this scent from @ather  a few years ago and it's been repurchased several times since. This one was a part of this year's VOLUSPA 12 Day Candle Advent Calendar which is a great way to have several different Voluspa candles/scents within easy reach. 

😐  amika Dream Routine Overnight Hydrating Hair Mask 3.3 oz / 100 mL is alright, but it isn't as well suited for my fine hair as the Kerastase Nutritive 8H Magic Night Hair Serum. 

👍  SEPHORA COLLECTION Cleansing + Exfoliating Wipes Coconut are convenient to keep in my handbag or car. I use these primarily for cleaning my hands if I'm not near soap and sink, and the mess I need to clean up is larger than what I'd use the Touchland hand sanitizer for.

🐐  CosRx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence was one of the first products I used when started getting into korea skincare. It's been, oh gosh, maybe almost a decade(?), and this one is still part of my skincare rotation

👍  Diptyque Sapin Candle was the last box to be unopened in the Diptyque advent calendar. It's a beautiful pine, Christmas tree scent that's wonderful for the holidays. I really enjoy this scent in general and this one in particular. I sometimes end up purchasing this as part of a set but I have a slight preference for other similarly scented candles. That said, I comletely understand why it's a part of Diptyque's annual holiday collection. 

🐐👍  Touchland Hand Sanitizer Peppermint Mocha (limited edition) has its shares of fans and foes. I personally like the scent - the mocha is extremely faint in the beginning but it beomes more pominent to my nose about halfway through the product. No idea why that is, but it does make the scent even better. The Touchland hand sanitizers are GOAT products for me; this scent is nice but not my favorite from the line.

👍  Peace Out Salicylic Acid Acne Healing Dots were once my HG, go-to,🐐  pimple patch product. It's still great but the next gen products are thinner and blend into my skin more easily making them almost undetectable, and make these a like, not a love now.

🐐  My skin responds very well to the EADEM Milk Marvel Dark Spot Serum with Niacinamide and Vitamin C 1 oz/ 30 mL. It is noticeably more clear, with dark and sun spots reduced when I use this consistently in my skincare routines. A repeated repurchase.

❤️  Saint Jane Beauty Luxury Sun Ritual Pore Smoothing Face Sunscreen SPF 30 1.7 oz / 50 mL smoothes, blurs, and performs beautifully as a primer for makeup. It's in my top 5 SPFs and has been for some time

❤️  Lancôme Monsieur Big Waterproof Mascara 01 Waterproof Big is The New Black was once a 🐐 mascara for me. This remains a well-loved product but as more brands have put out some amazing waterproof mascaras, it's hard to identify just one of them being a GOAT product.

Emoji Key:

🐐=  product is a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) in its category [I have a personal requirement that I've gone through a minimum of two of the product (one full size) before I designate a product the GOAT]

❤️= Love

😘= Like and would repurchase

👍= Like but would not repurchase (at least not immediately), usually because I like another similar product more or because I have other similar products to work through before making a purchase

😐= Lackluster = it's okay / meh, includes products that are fine enough but are not suitable for my particular skin / hair type or concerns

✖️= No [This is usually given to a product that irritates my skin]

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Great empties! Have you tried all of the products in the yellow Dr Jart Ceramidin line?

[itsfi]

@Mellmars1185, I've tried all of the Ceramidin range that are available on the brand's site, except for the Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin™ Skin Barrier Serum Toner 5.07 oz / 150 mL and the hand cream which may be exclusive to the brand site. The brand previously had a separate toner and serum (which I used last month) and it looks like they combined the two products into one. I may have to give it a try, at least look into in the store. Do you have a product(s) you really like from the line?

Photos from Dr. Jart website

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Neat! I have the Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin™ Skin Barrier Moisturizing Cream and the Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin™ Skin Barrier Moisturizing Mask 0.77 oz / 22 g . I haven't tried them yet. I recently started using Dr. Jart+ Cicapair™ Redness Rescue Kit for Sensitive Skin . I really irritated my skin with something. I find the face cleanser and moisture in the set have helped to calm my skin. Maybe once I am done, I will try them out!

[itsfi]

Oh, I like the Cicapair line too @Mellmars1185! Helps with my mild rosacea. Uh-oh, your skin is irritated? I'm sorry. Do you know the culprit? Or, likely cause? I'm glad to hear your skin is more calm now.

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Thank you. I travelled recently to somewhere sunny and warm. It was a big weather difference from what I am used to this time of year. I did well with applying SPF during the whole trip. I noticed my skin was very dry when I got back. I was also starting to get some acne along my jaw line. I was applying moisturizer and my skin was drinking it up and slowly improving. Then I applied a small amount of tretinoin on my neck area and that seem to really irritate my skin. It normally doesn't. But I think that the changes in weather was the only factor that was different than usual. It has been about a week since the reaction with the tretinoin.