Operation "Use it up"! All welcome!!

[jennyap]

I had a good month in May for me - and I finished my first Mac gloss at last! Still have way too many for how often I use them, I don't expect to see another on this thread for a while.

Also pulled out quite a few bits to go to the women's shelter this month.

 

[VAL4M]

Here my May-June purge - finished products.
Purge
Dior Addict High shine #530 Orange Ovation (almost done but really old)
Biotherme aquactic shine #555 (almost done but so old)
Lancome Juicy rouge Caramel (smell funny)
Julep Luxe Lip conditioning treatment (take vaseline with some water and you have pretty much this product it is awful)
Guerlain Duo gloss Divinora
Guerlain lipstick Fairy Gold #206
Guerlain lisptick #421
Guerlain Purifying Invigorating mask (didn't do much)
Marcelle Cream eye shadow + liner in Ballerina (the pencil is broken inside)

finished products
MAC Technakohl Liner Greyprint (will not repurchased I have so many eyeliner left it will take years before i need a new one)
Nuxe cleansing milk (this was my 3rd bottle)
Burberry Brit (will not repurchase)
N 7 Beautiful Skin Purifying Mask (will not repurchased, good but too abrasive for my skin)
Diorskin Nude BB cream (2nd tube)
Dolce&Gabbana sample perfume Dolce (is nice but not for me)
Peter Thomas Roth sample size cucumber gel mask (will not purchased i just didn't see any difference after using it on my skin)
MUFE sample size mascara ( didn't like the wand)

total: Purge 9 and finished: 8

Next month I will have less products as i'm working on regular size products and as for makeup I don't really go out with baby #2 so even if I did hit pan on a lot of my eyeshadows and face powder I have a long way to go before I used them all up.

 

[starletta8]

I realized that I never posted my late April-all of May finished products, and we're halfway through June (almost)! (Spoiler alert: June is awesome on the use-it-up front).

Caveat: I used more products in April, but I was out-of-state dealing with family issues and quite frankly didn't give a whit about holding onto/photographing empty bottles. Not even on my radar with what I was going through.






Body, Bath/Shower products:
Bath & Body Works Cherry Blossom Lotion (used 2 this month)** (Note: pairs awesomely with Tom Ford Santal Blush)
Bath & Body Works Lavender Chamomile Bath & Shower Gel
L'Occitaine Almond Bath/Shower Oil (will repurchase this fall)
L'Occitaine Almond Hand Cream (HG status, have a backup already)
AmorePacific Hand Cream Foils (2)

Hair Products:
Living Proof Restore Shampoo** (finished a partial bottle with family also)
Living Proof Restore Conditioner** (finished a bottle with family)
Alterna UV Plus Bamboo Mask x 2 ** (HG status for me and my damaged hair. Seriously, where has this been all my life?)
Oribe Shampoo/Conditioner sample

Makeup:
Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Eye Crayon- (Luna)tic ** <- full-size eyeliner finished! Too bad it's amazing & unique.
Diorshow Lash Primer (not repurchased yet, but HG for me)
NARS Creamy Concealer** (HG combo)
NARS Concealer** (HG combo)
NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Primer** (HG)
YSL Baby Doll Lash Deluxe Mascara

Skincare:
Guerlain Abeille Royale Face Treatment Oil** (HG, took about 3.5 months of using too much, for those wondering)
Philosophy Purity Cleansing Wipes** (HG)
Shiseido The Skincare Toner Deluxe Sample
Guerlain Orchidee Imperiale Eye & Lip Cream Deluxe Sample
Guerlain Orchidee Imperiale The Cream Deluxe Sample
AmorePacific Moisture Bound Refreshing Hydra-Gel Foils x 3
AmorePacific Eye Renewal Cream Foils x 3
Guerlain Abeille Royale Toner sample
Glamglow White Mask Foil (prior purchase that I couldn't finish in time; now I hoard foils for use as-needed)


** already repurchased/stash staple

Bottom line: if I had unlimited funds, the Orchidee Imperiale items would be in my stash, like, yesterday. Same with the AmorePacific hand cream.

Not bad for the most stressful and traumatic monthish of my life.

 

[Erica53094]

MAC lightful softening lotion. May repurchase. Nice stuff! loccitane shea butter hand lotion. Love! Will repurchase. crabtree &evelyn pomegranate hand lotion crabtree & evelyn rosewater hand lotion. May repurchase either one. Lovely hand cremes. Smell so nice! simple micellar water. Ok. Do not know if I will repurchase. Not so special as they claim! neutrogena rapid clear face lotion. On third or fourth bottle. Good bha lotion. mac prep & prime bb creme. Like a lot. May repurchase. Not HG but decent. revlon photoready eye primer & brightener. On 3rd or 4th tube. Best for brightening and lifting under eye area! purge I guess.. loreal total effects shampoo. Threw out half full bc it made my skin itch terribly. Horrible product!

 

[SandraVB79]

June's empties; - Spa Collection conditioner 30 ml - L'Oreal Elseve hair mask 200 ml - Dove Invisible deodorant 150 ml - Yves rocher Sebospecific cleansing gel 150 ml - Yves rocher Sebospecific lotion 150 ml - Nivea invisible deodorant 50 ml - Estee Lauder eye makeup remover 125 ml - Yves Rocher Summer shower gel 200 ml - Fair trade shampoo 30 ml - Yves Saint Laurent Paris shower gel 75 ml - Floral Collection Rose shower gel 50 ml - Rituals Carpe Diem shampoo 75 ml - La maison des senteurs senteurs blanches hand cream 50 ml

 

[SandraVB79]

Oh no, did I kill this thread? :-(

 

[Buffy89]

Oh no, did I kill this thread? :-(

lol you didn't. Gonna post an update soon. I'm just so busy atm. Always peeking in to catch up, but wasn't able to make my list of empties until now. I'm excited to read about your empties, ladies!

 

[jennyap]

Oh no, did I kill this thread? :-(

Of course not, just not the kind of thread that gets posts all the time Here are my June empties & purged items. Not quite as good as I hoped, has a few bits I was sure I'd finish but just hung on. Meant I had a good start to July at least!

 

[Erica53094]

July empties...

1.Udderly Smooth Hand Cream
2. Femme Couture eyebrow pencil in taupe
3. Neutrogena Alcohol Free Toner
4. Maybelline Dream Lumi Eye Brightener
5. Philip Roth Shampoo (travel size)
6. Phillip Roth Conditioner (travel size)
7. Biolage Smoothing Shine Milk (full size)...had this forever and finally used it up
8. Pantene Pro V Ultimate 10 BB creme
9. C.O. Bigelow Rose Salve
10. Escada Cherries in the Air (rollerball)

No purges

 

[VAL4M]

Oh no, did I kill this thread? :-(

I've been on vacation and out of town for 2 weeks now and expect 2 weeks of visites from relative ... just a busy time of the year for people I guess!
I will do a mid June, July and mid August post. Not wearing a lot of thing right now with this weather so even if a skip a month I do not expect a lot of finishing products.

 

[Buffy89]

Hey everyone, how are you doing? Another month has passed so it's time for me to post an update. I forgot to post my June empties (oops), so here they are: - Origins Ginzing scrub cleanser Sample - Diesel Loverdose shower gel luxury sample - Soap and Glory Wash Your Hands off it full size - a bottle of shampoo for babies (used as brush cleanser) - 4 perfume samples - Soap and Glory Fab Pore Face Mask (purged, smelled funny) - Clinique Pore Refining Solutions Serum luxury sample - Mac Satin Taupe eyeshadow - Clinique Blemish Solutions toner full size - Dove shower cream full size - Sephora Peony hand cream 30ml/1fl.oz. - Biotherm Eau Oceane edt. 15ml/0.5fl.oz - Effaclar Duo face cream ...July stuff will follow asap.

 

[Buffy89]

July empties, this time I collected them to take a picture. -Mac Whirls and Twirls lipstick, Imaginary Paint Pot (purged both of them) - 4 perfume samples - Clinique High Impact Mascara sample - Benefit They're Real liner sample - a cheapo hair mask ( Aldi supermarket) - Schwarzkopf Gliss Conditioner - Mac Cleanse Off Oil - Kneipp Shower Mousse Hibiscus Flower - Schwarzkopf shampoo

 

[VAL4M]

My mid June to mid August empties
- Mascara le 2 (have 2 other backup love that mascara)
- purge Benefit cream eyeshadow in birthday suit
- Sample ROC Sublime energy eye cream
- Sample StriVectin-SD eye concentrate
- Peter Thomas Roth Un-Wrinkle Peel pads (60) - won't repurchase I prefer my Bliss incredi peel
- MEDPeel Retinol Collagen serum (like but i do not think I will repurchase)
- Philosophy Clear day ahead Acne treatment and moisturizer (LOVE this cream my 4th bottle will repurchased but need to work on other day cream)
-Neostrata Toning Solution Level 2 (again another big HG acid toner will repurchase)
- Nuxe Creme Fraiche de beauty moisturizing cream (I love NUXE cream favourite french skin care) will repurchase but again need to go thru other day and night cream
- 2 deluxe sample size Nuxe Creme Fraiche de beauté suractive 24hr moisture emulsion
-Sample size Clarins Gel eye contour ( will not purchase i'm just not a big eye cream person)
- Sample size Guerlain Abeille royale eye care (ditto)
-Sample size Guerlain Abeille Royale Youth Serum (this is NICE! bu 170$ nice i just do not know yet)
- 2 sample of perfume Giorgio Armani Si and Tocca Cleopatra (both in the Meh category)
- Hourglass Illume bronzer light finish the Bronzer i'm still working on the highlighter i have the other cream set from Hourglass Sunset so no need to repurchase yet!

- Total : 16 empties and 1 purge
Not so bad for what I thought will be a slow season
Might have more makeup empties next week !!!

 

[dodotheextinct]

Hello everyone! I haven't posted in a while so this is a shot of my empties for both June and July. Sadly there isn't much empties in August so far but I'll attempt to push through some products. Out of all these products the one I was really excited to finish was a Bare Minerals duo I started working on since the beginning of this year. It essentially took me 7 months of daily use to get through an eyeshadow duo which is amazing.



Total products used up: 29

Keep up the good work everyone!

 

[kerry-jane88]

June Empties 2015

 

[kerry-jane88]

July Empties 2015

 

[kerry-jane88]

August Empties 2015

I also finished my Mac MSFN powder in Light but I b2md that already! As you can see compared to my previous empties pictures there's been a dramatic decrease in my empties! I've been so busy with work lately that I haven't really been focusing on using up too much, but as I'm also slowing down with my purchasing habits I'm thinking that's starting to have a knock on effect with my empties too - so it's all good!

 

[Buffy89]

August empties:

- Estee Lauder eye cream luxury sample (forgot the name, but nevermind)
- UDPP Eden sample
- Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Shampoo full size
- Weleda Citrus shower cream sample
- Weleda Citrus body lotion sample
- Mac Cleanse Off Oil
- three perfume samples
- Lancome Genefique eye cream luxury sample
- Mac False Lashes mascara sample
- Rene Furterer Karite Nuit Capillaire Overnight Hair Treatment luxury sample
- Lancaster sunscreen travel size
- Soap and Glory Whipped Clean Shower Butter full size
- Biotherm Lait Corporel luxury sample
- Roche Posay Effaclar Duo face cream travel size

Total: 16. Mostly samples, so I'm not too excited, but at least the clutter is getting easier to handle.

Except from the cleansing oil and the face cream, which are my staples, and the Soap and Glory shower product which seems to have been discontinued here, there's nothing I'd repurchase.

 

[SandraVB79]

July & August empties:

- YSL Paris soap - full size (100g?) - Yves Rocher cooling foot gel - 50 ml - Estee Lauder Perfectly Clean - 30 ml - Yves Rocher foot cream 30 ml - Yves Rocher Olive Oil shower gel - 400 ml - Yves Rocher Pomme d'api shower gel - 200 ml - Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Rosa - 75 ml - Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair - 7 ml - Diadermine Lifting Bust gel - 125 ml (I highly doubt it lifts anything, but damn it smells so good and makes the skin so soft!) - Biocura hand cream - 50 ml - Lancome lotion - 50 ml - Seaweed Therapy shampoo - 2 x 30 ml - Seaweed Therapy body lotion - 30 ml - Spa collection shampoo - 30 ml - Spa collection conditioner - 2 x 30 ml - Estee Lauder Daywear - 15 ml - Shower gel - 30 ml - Agua de la tierra shampoo - 2 x 30ml I also gave a whole lot of Estee Lauder Revitalizing Supreme deluxe samples away to my mom and some other misc stuff to my brother.

 

[VAL4M]

I also gave a whole lot of Estee Lauder Revitalizing Supreme deluxe samples away to my mom and some other misc stuff to my brother.

Wow you finished Guerlain perfume what do you plan to do with the bottle? .... you are keeping it right? I don't really like Guerlain aqua's line but I love the designed of their bottle!