Beauty Addicts Unite: Empties, Declutters & Mindful Purchases

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I was thinking of popping them on a radiator to warm them up but I think your method might be more effective.

First installment for mask & mini month. Will be taking some of this stuff to recycle at Boots next week. Im £5 away from £300. Yay!

217. Summer Fridays CC serum. Love this. Great Vit C. Moved onto my last one in stash, as stocked up last year on BF.

Mask & mini bits.

Perfume samples. PDM Athenais. Liked it.

218. Amika Forget frizz conditioner. Like the shampoo, nice but not fussed about it.

219. Dermalogica precleanse. I liked this, did a good job of removing my mascara. I quite like an oil cleanser every now and then, so added to my BF wishlist.

220. Lush Rascal shower gel sample. I didn't like the scent of this, and I found the seeds annoying rather than exfoliating.

221. Ouai thick hair conditioner. Like the shampoo, i loved this. Didnt weigh my hair down, hair was lovely and soft through till next wash. Have RP.

222. Kérastase Anti-Frizz Glaze Milk mini: This was half empty, i went on to rp a full size and just abandoned this, so I decanted the rest into the big bottle. I would repurchase just for the scent alone. I am loving lots of hair products atm, I have found a bunch that work well and my hair has never looked healthier. This is one of them; it gives me glossy hair, never tangles, and my hair smells lush for days ❤️

223. Skin1004 Centella sheet mask. Great time for a mask month, my skins dry and suffering from the heating. This was soothing and gave that little boost of hydration. Would use again.

224. Tatcha Dewy skin cream. Love this stuff. Makes my skin look wonderful. Dewy, plump and works well under my makeup. Have 2 full sizes in stash, and im sure more minis lurking.

225. Mediheal collagen mask. Liked it, would use again.

226. Balance gold eye masks. Felt quite thick and chunky under my eye. Not sure they did much. I did get them for 30p in Tesco, so cant complain really😆

227. Fresh jelly balm cleanser sample. I used to love this brand, first thing ive used from them in a while. Not sure i would RP this though.

228. YTTP Superfood cleanser samples. I had 2 of these. I liked it, left my skin clean without feeling striped. I prefer a cream cleanser, but this was really good. Luckily i have 2 travel size bottles im stash😄

I put my masks on the radiator if I remember 🙂

Welcome @redbullsurvivor Congrats for the baby! What better time to spoil yourself??? I live in Aus, so Liberty is a bit difficult for me to recommend specific products (would love to see the Christmas displays though!) I tend to use J&K Beauty products anyway. Like everyone, I would advise that you avoid actives atm, instead, focus on something like a hydrating serum, maybe some moisturising toner pads that you can use as a mask or some sheet masks (they’re nice and cooling after baby’s born when your hormones are doing whatever they do at that time as well.). A lovely facial oil feels like a big splurge (especially if it smells delicious.) You could use it to massage into your skin or your could add a couple of drops to your moisturizer for extra oomph. Another nice thing would be a night mask to help lock everything in overnight.

Not many minis (or part used tubes) left in my cupboard, my total used next year is definitely going to be smaller.

• VO5 hot oil, one left now, they work but are a bit of a faff, I prefer a leave in conditioner these days so no RP (and hoping I don’t find another box when I can finally get to the back of my cupboard 😂)
• Estee Lauder eye cream sample, was using in my soap bag but actually the way it’s packaged it’s awkward and surprisingly bulky compared to a tube in there. A but heavy for an eye cream so wouldn’t RP
• l’Occitane almond hand cream 10ml, nice texture would consider RP l’Occitane when I get to the end of hand and body creams which I expect will be sometime in 2030. I’ll go back to my 250ml tube of body lotion I’m currently working through
• Star skin pro collagen mask, left my skin feeling plumped up for about 24hrs, felt slimy putting it on as jelly like but was easier to put on than some, not sure my skin feels any different now. Starting to wonder whether to bother with sheet masks in the future when I’ve used what’s in my cupboard 🤔

This takes me to 138

I'm currently using a tiny (10ml) L'occitaine Verveine hand cream, it's very lemony!

Too lemony? Lemon on hands has the potential to feel like washing up liquid residue . The almond was nice, not overpowering.

I think it’s a nice lemony smell but it’s definitely “there”!

For all my whining about not taking all my things on holiday, I didn't get through that much. I have a few that are left that I'm finishing off this week so will update those in due course. In the meantime:

L'oreal shampoo. Fine, good, does job. I still miss my salon l'oreal as I have very thick, very course, very dry hair but it's expensive. Also, DD gets through an astonishing amoutn of shampoo and conditioner so for the price, this is a total RP.

Clarins Exfoliating body scrub. I don't use body scrubs a lot but this is my preferred option when I do. Leaves skin smooth, not too abrasive, inoffensive scent. It also often comes in this mid size in the buy 4 and a bag multi packs at the outlet stores.

THe Ordinary Amino Acids + B5. I tossed this. There's nothing wrong with it. I just don't use it or love it and it was taking up space.

Trinny London Bounce Back - love this and the scent. This was a travel size I bought. Would absolutely buy again but it's expensive and I'm working through my 500 other moisterisers plus, ultimately, for me, daily moisterisers isn't something I feel the need to spend money on. I can get good quality at cheaper prices....

... LIke the Nivea. With SPF. will absolutely RP once I'm done with current stash.

CEO SUnday Riley vitamin C - fine. NIce scent which I liked but it didn't dazzle me so the search for a great vitamin C that is either worth the price, or usable at a cheap price, continues. (I Have a LOT in my stash).