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

[lmaster]

Thank you!! @quspork I've been relentless

[haleyvvvv]

Wow, @lmaster!! Way to finish the year strong!! RIP those SDJ lippies. 

[lmaster]

Thank you!! They were great while they lasted @haleyvvvv 

[QueenMarceline]

@lmaster Amazing job! I see some awesome goodies in there. You're a pro at this. I actually haven't tried that Amika product which is rare since I'm a huge fan of the brand. I'll have to look into that. 

[lmaster]

@QueenMarceline which product do you think is Amika? It's not that brand so no wonder you have not tried it 😆 I'm not the best at labeling

[QueenMarceline]

I think it's the third photo, all the way to the left, pink-ish bottle. The photo labeled with the "😍" emoji. 

[CookieGirl1]

Holy cow, @lmaster!  You finished a LOT!

[lmaster]

Thank you thank you!! My goal for this year is 650 @CookieGirl1 

[missjeanie]

too bad about the SDJ lipsticks @lmaster those were on my covet list for a long time.  If memory serves they aren't that old that I'd think they'd be turning! Better safe than sorry.

[SportyGirly125]

@missjeanie @lmaster I have a SDJ lip balm but didn’t pay attention to the texture before I tossed it a while ago. 

[lmaster]

@SportyGirly125 @missjeanie both of those you see had tons of beads Poppin up,,,I literally grabbed a microscope and looked at them .. Yeah they had to go!!

[SportyGirly125]

@lmaster Oh no.  Was it past the expiration after opening?

[lmaster]

@SportyGirly125 no, they were not like that at first, I've had them at least a year.. Or longer 🤣 whenever they first launched

[missjeanie]

@SportyGirly125 I have the original balm... you guys are making me think I may need to check on it and if it's okay get it used up ASAP!

[SportyGirly125]

@lmaster love your Emojis for reference.

[lmaster]

Easiest way to say it 😂 @SportyGirly125 

[missjeanie]

Well... I started off wanting to hit 730 empties in 2021. That didn't happen.  I did well the first half of the year with 389 empties (207 of which were sheet masks) but fell off big time the second half with 138 (12 of which were masks).  I do know that I'm missing a few things here and there, mostly SPF I use for my body, bars of ivory, and some deodorant/toothpaste type of things.  I wore way less make up in 2020 and 2021 with work from home and working out in the middle of nowhere forests. I do think I still did well compared to my purchases but I need to up my masking game again to get my collection down to something more manageable.  Photos below are July to December!

 

LOVES

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Loves:

 

-Feria hair dye included conditioner.  It's a delight.  Why don't they sell this separately?
-Vampire Blood Handwash.  Made me smile.  Great Scent, great packaging.
-Perscription tretinoin 0.04%. How do you know it works? I can't really say for sure... but I just feel like it does?
-Mac Face and Body will be repurchased once I work through a few more base products. 
-MUFE HD powder.  No oxidizing, slightly blurring, decent price point.  My favourites so far is the pressed, but it's a constant re-buy.
-Glossier Boy Brow has moved my brow routine to just a tinted brow gel.  I'm using a few different ones at the moment, but do have another as back up.  
-Kosas Concealer.  I'm on my second tube and have a third ready to go shortly.  I'm forever looking for the perfect concealer, this is pretty dang good.
-Beauty Blender.  I'm not sold on needing the beauty blender brand, but it's how I prefer to apply all my base products and blush.
-L'occitane body moisturizer.  Love the scent, soaks in nicely, but pricy for a body moisturizer in my opinion. 
-Sulwhasoo serum, moisturizer and eye cream.  Yep, these are great.  Their price point... ouch.  I'll end up buying full sizes of the serum and moisturizer at some point, on sale only lol.
-Darphin Intral serum.  All the yes.  Again, spend, but I'll pick some up once I work through some of the products I have on hand already when a sale roles around.

LIKES

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Likes

 

-Sephora and Philosophy Shower Gel -- I like both equally.  I enjoy changing up my shower gel based pretty much exclusively on scent so I'll end up buying more of each of these at some point.
-Briogio and Amika S&C - Both are really good and work well for me.  Again, an area where I like to try out new formulas, but both of these are repurchases and will be repurchased again at some point I'm sure.
-Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Shampoo - This was a gift from BIC and LP.  I didn't know I needed a clarifying shampoo... but I liked having it to use once or twice a month.  Very much needed to use a hair mask after this though as my hair felt quite straw like after using it.
-Native Deo has been a go to for me this year.  I enjoy that they have seasonal scents and have been buying the three pack online to get a bit of a better deal.  Works well, but can leave white marks at times if I'm not careful.  
-DP Hue dye? What is this? A dye? A gloss?  Either way it helped me stretch times between dying my hair.  I'd use it again.  It took a bit to figure out how to use it and to be careful in the shower with it to avoid having to scrub my white tile lol. 
-DE TLC isn't available in Canada but I like to grab it when I'm in the US.  I'll end up getting it again, but I'm also finding that since using tretinoin I used this much less.

GOOD

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Good

 

-SDJ Shampoo & Conditioner were just okay.  They did smell fantastic though.  In the future I'll stick to the body wash for my shower smelly needs.
-Sephora Hand Wash - this is fine, but storing multiple bottles in the cabinet I use is a pain with the shape of the bottle.  The lagoon scent was just okay to me.  If more scents come out I'll give them a go, but I think BBW is more along my preference. 
-Verb Hair mask... was... okay.  Nothing bad about it, just not as good as moisturizing as me or my split end, dyed, self cut strands want or need.
-The ACV rinse... I'm not in love with this... but I'm game to try it again/more to see if I change my mind.  Jury is still out.

MEH

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Meh

 

-random black liners I never really have a favourite, they just ... are.
-Stila liquid liner in brown.  I prefer a brush liner.  I do like the brown shade.
-random nail files.  
-Ordinary Cleanser.  I used this as a second cleanse at night or as a one stop show in the morning.  It was ... okay, but from time to time it stung a bit if my skin was particularly dry.  
-First Aid Beauty sample of something or another to help with dark spots.  Um... nope.  I'll just get laser done if I need it, not gonna spend time and money messing around with creams that only sorta work after prolonged use. 

NOPE

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Nope

 

-SR tidal arrived to me 'broken' as in the cream had separated. It also stung a bit when my skin was quite dry.  Pass.
-111 Skin... I ordered this from IPSY and was aghast when I saw the full price.  Heck no.  It was heavily scented and not in a good way.  It also didn't do anything wonderous for my dry skin.
- The rest just weren't to my tastes. 

Masks and samples 

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 couple of the samples led to full size purchases. The Dae S&C smell wonderful and we’re nice enough to buy full size to test further. The Summer Fridays balm reminded me of my favourite original bite beauty lip mask so I picked up the holiday three pack! 

[ather]

@missjeanie  I think you did an awesome job. Even if you didn’t catch your goal you sill did a great job. 

[missjeanie]

@ather Thanks!  Going through my stash I realize how much I do have versus use so it'll be a challenge year this year lol

[QueenMarceline]

@missjeanie Holy guacamole! That is very highly impressed even though you didn't hit your goal.

[missjeanie]

@QueenMarceline  I was originally set on doing more sheet masking. I’ll get back on track with them this year to whittle the collection down a bit! Gonna aim for the 730 again this year!