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

[RebeccaBT]

Hi @MoniDJ,

Lots of great empties! Thanks for sharing 🙂

Best,
Rebecca

[scott1201]

Ooooookay here is a TON of empties.

I recently upgraded my under sink empties cosmetics bag to a big empties tote bag. Wow, it holds a lot! This is probably 1.5 months of empties? Of course, there's one additional pic of hotel empties from a trip. 

Let me know if you have any specific questions - 

Like/Love mask empties (NOT the llama mask. idk how it got in this pic)Loves. Would/have purchased againWouldn't repurchaseHotel empties. Love the hair and sheet masks. Everything else is a no

[sephoraaddict918]

So many great empties @scott1201!!!!! 

[itsfi]

Nice work on the empties @scott1201. Great to hear you liked The Creme Shop serum. I’ve seen them a few times at TJ Maxx / Marshalls.

[CookieGirl1]

Holy masks, @scott1201!  I'm impressed.

[lmaster]

Dang @scott1201 you did amazing

[RebeccaBT]

Hi @scott1201,

Great job on all of your empties! 

Best,

Rebecca

[jen81]

Loves- Drunk Elephant, Sunday Riley, Amika, Kate Somerville, Youth to the people, PTR, Everything else in top pic. 

Likes- bottom pic

[JaneanBT]

Hi @jen81 ,

I enjoyed the Amika Hair Mask a lot and I love the IT Cosmetics mascara. Great set of empties! 

Best Wishes,

Janean

[PenelopeBT]

Your empties stash looks so similar to mines. The use the DE Lala Whipped Cream Moisturizer and the Sunday Riley CEO Brightening Serum on a daily basis as apart of my morning skincare routine. <333

[jen81]

@PenelopeBT  Yes such great products!

[lmaster]

I really enjoy briogeo @jen81 great trash 🗑️💗

[jen81]

@lmaster  Yes! Such a great brand

[ShortErica]

Empties - September 2019

Lady Speed Stick

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Fine. Nothing special. Can leave white marks but does its job.

Bare Minerals Original Foundation

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I've liked Bare Minerals for a while. My roommate in college was a super fan. I bought way more than I needed and then had a bunch of shade changes when I moved to Florida and became pale person "tan." I've finally managed to use all of the foundation I bought and recently purchased a new one with Ulta points. Is it a holy grail? Probably not. But I've worked with it enough that I can use it easily and it looks natural. I may need to try some other mineral foundations and compare post October when I can buy makeup again. But not buy so many that I have a stash like what happened to me before. Now if I could only get through all the Warmth that came in the Bare Minerals kits. 🤦

Bare Pro Foundation

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Got a couple samples from the Bare Minerals store in the mall. I think maybe in the spring. I was focusing on using the foundations I bought a million years ago and unfortunately the 02 dried out. It did seem quite yellow though. The 01 was light and if overapplied even made me look a little ghostly. I'm fair but not the fairest of them all. Warmth helped with this but I wouldn't want to intentionally buy a wrong shade to use both products. Anyway, it was fine but I have a harder time applying liquid foundation because I don't have much experience with it. Most likely user error than product but still felt just okay about it.

Roc eye cream

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I bought a two pack of this at BJ's a while ago. I was dedicated and wore the first tube every night. I do think it helped with my fine lines. This (2nd tube) one was used frequently but not as consistently. I also have done more research and although this has retinol, the concentration isn't high. I did get many uses out of it. ~165 and ~180 respectively. I would use this again but I am interested in trying other eye creams. Right now I'm using The INKEY List Caffeine Eye Cream. So far it is okay. I don't see it helping as much in the fine lines department. I think maybe it is geared more toward helping darkness and puffiness. But I've still got a lot of testing to do.

Australian Gold Tinted SPF 50

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I keep going back to this. My latest tube is more creamy than others I've had so my impressions have become more favorable. It has blended to match my skin better but I can get some stuck on my neck lines and then you can tell it doesn't truly match. I can't wear it as a daily sunscreen because of the match and also because it is such a pain to remove. But I love it for my sports weekends. It really does hold tough vs. the sun. It does stain clothes if rubbed off on them which is my biggest con. For now, protection from the sun > stains on athletic clothes that are already kinda dirty. I still need to find a daily sunscreen.

La Roche Posay Anthelios Clear Skin SPF 60

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I received this sample in August so it isn't old. Yet this is how it looked..

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Can you see the separation? It looks exactly like when oil separates but this is supposed to be oil free. On my face it was even worse. There would be white cast and then it would pill and ball up when rubbing it in. It also got caught in my hair and eyebrows.

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I'm hoping this was just a bad sample but I'm not planning to try it again.

CeraVe AM

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It's fine. It didn't leave a white cast on me which was a pleasant surprise. I think I just prefer a dedicated sunscreen and then a dedicated lotion based on my skin's needs. I would use it again if it crossed my path but I don't plan to purchase. I prefer CeraVe PM which also has niacinamide.

I already have a handful of products I should finish in the next week or so. October should provide another nice batch of empties. Yay! I can't wait to do a total for the end of the year.

[lmaster]

ooooo yeah! that wouldn't be very appealing @ShortErica you are a good sport for trying it

[ShortErica]

I have a different sample of a mineral one from them @lmaster. The formula looks like sunscreen. It also has a white cast but at least it blends into the skin and then I can cover it without pilling or balls of gunk. I'm working my way through products so it makes me proud.

[PenelopeBT]

The BareMinerals foundation is the best for a natural, no makeup look. People always ask me what I have on my skin when I wear it. <333

[ShortErica]

That's awesome @PenelopeBT! Do you have a difficult time deciding a shade? I feel like I'm able to make a few different ones work so I never know what to go with!

[PenelopeBT]

I go between a couple of shades. What I like about the shade range is that they have a wide shade range and often times a few shades can work for one person. I switch between golden beige and golden nude. <333

[snoflakefaerie]

These are from about mid-May through now. I feel like I go through things so slowly! Anyway, on to the empties:

Loves

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The CosRx Galactomyces essence, Boscia Clear Complexion cleanser, Drunk Elephant C-Firma, Ordinary Buffet, and deodorant are repurchases. I want to get a big size of the Nest Indigo, but I need to wait as I have too many perfumes right now. Everything else, I would repurchase, I just have other options I am using right now. I feel like Derma E is kind of a sleeper brand that I don't hear much about, but I have enjoyed the things I have tried from them and they go on sale at Ulta on a regular basis. My boyfriend used the Sephora Aloe mask and couldn't stop raving about it, so it's in here despite me not actually trying it myself. One caveat, I do really love the Drunk Elephant, but it oxidizes quicker than I would like, especially for the price. I wish they would also make this 0.5 oz size permanent because I find the last two months use of the 1 oz size are kind of wasted. This is definitely not a product I stock up on, as it oxidizes unopened over time. I'm currently trying out some other brands of vitamin C to see if I can find something that lasts longer with the same results.

Likes/OKs

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I would definitely repurchase the Face Shop & I'm Lavender sheet masks, Sephora mud mask, and Invisibobble hair tie. I have already repurchased the Mamonde toner and Sephora micellar water. Most of the other things, I would definitely use again, but I'm not sure they are worth buying at full price. The I'm Real Lotus mask may have broken me out, but I don't know it was that for sure; I would try it again. The Biossance squalane oil is kind of hit or miss for me. Sometimes my skin loved it and soaked it up, other times, it just sat on my face not sinking in at all and may have contributed to some small breakouts. I like how my skin responds to the Herbivore Blue Tansy mask, but I can't stand the smell, and I'm not convinced it doesn't go bad really quickly due to their lack of preservatives. I would never invest in the full size, but if it came in a set again, I would use it. The Sephora liquid lipstick is actually a declutter, but I did like it, so it's in this picture.

Meh/Nopes

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The Perricone and Caudalie are totally not worth the price as they did absolutely nothing for me. The Ren started to sort of saponify/get frothy on my skin towards the end of the bottle which I didn't like, and the Olive sheet mask left a gross feeling film on my face and contributed to a break out for me.

Declutter

This is like a thousand years old and started to smell weird, so goodbye. I was never very found of the color either.

[itsfi]

Great empties @snoflakefaerie! I've been eyeing the CosRx Galactomyces essence for a while; I have a few more essences to get through but that one is definitely up there on my to try list. Love that mask from The Face Shop. ❤️