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

[itsfi]

Thank you @ather! Yes, hahaha! 😂 No miracles in that patch! Lol. Gotta do it the old fashioned way - exercise. 👍🏼 

[missjeanie]

@itsfi I thoroughly enjoyed reading through your thoughts.  The last line though... I'm shocked that the skinny patch didn't work!! hahahaha

[itsfi]

@missjeanie, the only logical thing I could think of to explain it is that I MUST have gotten a dud!!! 😂🤣😂 

[Samtian]

@itsfi Wow!! I approve of that yuckycado being in the no section. Good to know about the Tocca candle, I have the little sample of that but haven't used it yet. Such a bummer because it smells amazing.

[itsfi]

Hahaha @Samtian! It’s one of the few avocado mask that I’ve used that I don’t care for! 🥑 Fret not Samtian, I’m sure there’ll be more avocaDO sheet masks in my empties future and they will be loves!!! 🥑♥️ Lol! 😝 

Hopefully your Tocca candle will be different than mine. I was bummed that I couldn’t pick up a scent. 😔 

[lnum]

@itsfi  So many empties! I’ve gotta do better going through what I have. 

I missed that Mizon, I am eyeing their snail eye patches. 

Any reason you wouldn’t repurchase the Skyn Iceland patches, I just bought those and will trial them soon. 

As much I love misshas essence I have never used a missha sheet mask I actually cared for!

You know, I used porefessionsl for years and it did an ok job of blurring pores, but I wonder if tatchas silk canvas is better, I never did try it yet. 

That skinny mask....I can’t even. 😂

[itsfi]

@lnum, I did some early spring cleaning at the end of February / beginning of March and part of that included putting items in a separate bin that were partially used that I've committed to getting through by the end of the year. A lot of the full size and DS empties are from that pile. 

The Skyn Iceland eye gel patches are really good, but I just have way too many of those eye gels that come in the jars to justify being able to repurchase any more of the Skyn Iceland ones any time soon. 

I've heard good things about the Tatcha primer - I have a handful of foils that I should put to the test.

I KNOW!! I'm sure you are as shocked as I was that the skinny mask didn't work! Hahaha! 🙂 In hindsight, I should have paired it with one of the butt masks. That would have been hilarious! 

[lnum]

@itsfi Same here, I have a box of out into rotation products and cleaned out a drawer for things I’ll be using within the next month or so. Putting all the things in one place really makes you realize how much you’ve accumulated. 😅

I am newly obsessed with eye patches so I’m wanting to try all of them but think I’ll stick with the smaller packs so I can try different ones. I’m realizing how easily I tire of things and that maybe buying large sizes isn’t for me. 

I love the idea of doing the skinny mask with the butt and boob mask. 😂😂😂😂

[itsfi]

Yes!! It’s definitely helpful to see what I have that’s partially used @lnum. Makes me realize it’s helpful for me at least to put a cap on the number of any one type of product I can have open at a time and only allow myself to open another one if I’ve finished a similarly sized item.

Oh my goodness, add an armpit mask to that list - butt, boob, skinny and armpit masks. That would be some funny multi-masking! Hahaha! 😂 

[lnum]

@itsfi Those are some masking goals I aspire to. The logistics of all those masks at the same time, you’d have to be a gymnast. 😂

[itsfi]

The degree of difficulty is pretty high, @lnum, but I have confidence that you can do it! Oh, think about adding to all that an eye gel patch, slice masks, hair mask, hand mask, foot mask, and the traditional sheet mask....but one of the ones that covers part of the neck and has ear loops that go behind your ears! 😳🤣😂 That would be some serious masking from head to toe! 😆 

[missjeanie]

366!!!  Wow @itsfi you're doing amazing with you empties this year!  What was the Sephora sample product that you'd purchase?

[itsfi]

Thank you @missjeanie! Going through and clearing out various closets around the house for spring cleaning and with being at home has unearthed secret hiding places that I completely forgot about, resulting in my finding boxes and bags of things like new and partially used beauty products. So the low-buy / no-buy is definitely back in play going forward as is my "use 'em up or toss 'em out!" mentality. 😉 There were a lot of half used or 3/4 used full-size and DS products I've found, many that I did want to try again in the summertime to see if it would be a better fit and some that I just plain forgot about. 

Sorry, I'm behind on updating with products and thoughts on empties. The sample was the CHARLOTTE TILBURY - Airbrush Flawless Longwear Foundation. I liked the formula a lot but the shade was off; I think I may have a sample of a lighter shade as well ... it's just a matter of finding it. Hahaha! 🙂

[missjeanie]

Oh hey no apologies at all!!!  @itsfi I can barely remember what day it is let alone where I stash everything.  I'm trying so hard during all of this stay at home to use up stuff too, and yes, finding so many things that I forgot about.  I hope you find a great shade for you!

[itsfi]

@missjeanie. the days started blurring for me last month. 😞 Going to try to be better about that. Good luck with working through your stash! You're doing a great job with masking! Feels good to use things and I hope your skin has been happy with the results. Low buy / no buy is in full effect. Hahaha! 😉 Especially with skincare - I realized I could put together a solid, functional and effective skincare routine by color of bottles for a few colors - on the one hand, not all colors, but enough that I was like "'okay, Fi, we need to slow things down!" I have orders from last month slated to arrive all throughout June, and possibly one in July so with a few exceptions, it's going to be a "let's explore what we have already, shall we?" kind of summer as far as skincare goes. Ha! 

[missjeanie]

lol... I'm just imagining the flat lays of skincare all colour coordinated @itsfi !!  I love it!

[itsfi]

@missjeanie, my last order from the spring sale was all skincare. It was unplanned on my part but it seems all the products have pink packaging. 💖😂 I didn’t realize this until I went to check on the status of the package and scrolled down to see what was on its way. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 😂🤣😂

[missjeanie]

lol... @itsfi my US order from the sale will be decidedly yellow when I pick it up... and might have a delicious scent from all the SDJ I grabbed at the last minute... co-ordinated shopping is a thing?? It is now!

[itsfi]

Are we trendsetters @missjeanie?!! 😂

The folks holding your mail on the US side must be thinking “what is that amazing smell?” 

[missjeanie]

I'm game to be a trendsetter... I'm currently rocking a side pony... can we make them a thing again?  Lol

@itsfi I actually really love the guys who run my postal outlet, they're so nice and have offered to ship things to Canadians who can't get across to get their mail.  I sent them some goodies from Amazon (Energy drinks and snacks) that I know they'll love and just addressed it to the staff in general as a thanks for holding all my random packages that I've had building up for the last few months.  I'm sure their store is just overwhelmed right now. 

[itsfi]

Let’s do the side pony @missjeanie! 

That’s so thoughtful of you. They’ll be so appreciative. How sweet are they?!!! So kind. They’ll be so happy to see you when you can make it that way!