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

[itsfi]

lol, I just get self-conscious @Mellmars1185 and I don't want to offend someone's sense of smell with something I was combining. 😬 So I just do it when there are not a lot of people around. I have this fear that I'm going to be that person who exits an elevator but an overly strong perfume lingers ... and lingers .. and ... 🤣

It makes sense how you were doing it - we're used to layering lightest to strongest, like with skincare products  or when painting. I think with fragrance though, layering from heaviest to lightest for most perfumes also has the benefit of being able to add additional spritzes of the lighter scent, if needed, without it being too much.

You'll have to let me know if you find a fragrance pairing that you like more together than the individual perfumes by themselves. There's a perfume store with a scent that on its own is just not for me, like it's truly a hard pass whenever I spritz it on wrist. BUT, literally, almost every other scent from that brand that II have tried layering it with? The combination is marvelous. 😂 It's a running joke among the sales associates. To the point where if a perfume is just meh to my nose, I'll spritz the hard pass one and then the meh scent over it and 9-1/2 out of 10 times the combination of the two scents smells great. 

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi I feel the same way about scents. I can be self conscious about scents being overwhelming. It depends where I am also. 

I will let you know how the laying goes. Right now I am currently using DedCool Xtra Milk Eau de Parfum Travel Spray 0.5 oz eau de parfum spray topped with #PHLUR Missing Person Eau de Parfum Travel Spray 0.32 oz / 9.5 mL . I like both scents on their own but also like them together. I think the Dedcool will be a great lighter scent to layer over the heavier ones that I want to start to test this technique out with.

I love that you have a running joke with the sales associates. They must know you well 🥰

[itsfi]

@Mellmars1185, Dedcool Milk is meant to be layered with other scents (but can certainly be worn on its own too); it's been called an "enhancer fragrance". Your post actually got me thinking - when I spray Dedcool Milk on myself, I don't really pick up any scent, much like when I apply Phlur Missing Person. However, when I layer DM with certain scents, it enhances certain notes within that other scent. I'm now wondering if MP would act the same way. Definitely going to give that a try - thanks so much for sharing your experiences with both. 😀  I'm going to look for my fragrance sample of MP. 

[lmaster]

@itsfi you did a fabulous job

[itsfi]

@lmaster, thank you! It's always nice to use up products I have. Slowly chipping away at the stash. 

[Samtian]

@itsfi Wow great job! Winter candy apple is such a good scent! I'm going to have to try those acne dots next. 

[itsfi]

@Samtian, after all these years, I've finally gotten to a place where there are just a small few B&BW scents that I restock or consider restocking (as opposed to restocking practically all the scents, lol) - Winter Candy Apple is one of them. I just picked up another box of TIL dots the other day, as a backup - I would love to never need these type of products again, but alas, since that is not likely to happen anytime soon 😣 these dots are good to have on hand. 

[CookieGirl1]

@itsfi great job on the Empties!  It sounds like you had some winners there :).

[itsfi]

@CookieGirl1, my empties batches have had more well liked products than misses as I've been more selective with what I purchase and as I have passed along products that don't work for me. 

[lmaster]

February empties:34 (62/450)

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👇 these were good

 

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👇 these were OK

 

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Liked these👇

 

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Decluttered 👇

 

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Decent 👇

 

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Loves 👇

 

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Loves 👇

 

 

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Liked alot👇

 

[Mellmars1185]

@lmaster Great work! How long does it take for you to get through a full size mascara? Impressive!

[lmaster]

Thank you! @Mellmars1185 i probably keep them longer than I should, because I have a few open at a time,  but I try to toss them between 6-8 months

[CookieGirl1]

Even a perfume?  Wow, way to go, @lmaster!

[lmaster]

Thank you so much @CookieGirl1 💓

[Samtian]

@lmaster Wow incredible job!

[lmaster]

Thank you sweets @Samtian 

[ather]

February empty’s!

 February was a month of hydration!

I love all the products here! And I would repurchase them! but for now I have lots that I need to work through first! 
K18 Biomimetic Hairscience Mini Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask 0.5 oz/ 15 mL 

Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm 

Drunk Elephant F-Balm™ Electrolyte Waterfacial Mask 1.69 oz/ 50 mL 

Trader Joes body butters

Dior cuticle cream 

[Mellmars1185]

@ather Fantastic February! It is definitely a great time of year to hydrate! I am glad you have found products that work well for you during this dry season 😊

[ather]

@Mellmars1185  Thank you! 😊 I needed all the hydration I can get in winter!

[itsfi]

@ather, such a great group of empties. Awesome that they’re all loves and repurchase worthy! ♥️ The K18 mask and Dior cuticle cream are soooo good. 

[ather]

@itsfi  I agree!!! They are just sooo good. I cannot pick a fav between them!!! Lucky I have a back up of each!!