Hi there! As it’s the 1st of the month, today’s post is about the products I emptied last month. So let me show you what I’ve used up in January. As always, I’ve used several face masks, and whilst I didn’t keep the empty sachets, you can read about my latest face mask finds here. Now let’s get to the (more or less) bulky stuff – the ‘real’ empties!
1 Olay Complete Day Cream – this is a wonderful face cream. I started to use this cream last winter, then I neglected it… but over the past few months I’ve made an effort to use up all my part-used skin care products – and now I’ve finished this one! I’ll buy this cream again, no doubt!
2 Rival De Loop Black Eyeliner Pencil – this is the eyeliner pencil I finished in December. I thought I’d lost it, but it turned out that I did keep it safe! I just forgot where it was and I found it by accident the other day. 😀
3 Olay Anti-Wrinkle Instant Hydration Day Serum – this is one of my favourite face serums. I’ll buy it again for sure!
4 Superdrug Naturally Radiant Glycolic Overnight Peel – this is a very effective product that doesn’t trouble my sensitive skin at all. I love it! I’ve already repurchased it.
5 Boots Extracts Vanilla Body Butter – this body butter is a real treat. It makes my skin feel incredibly soft and it smells… delicious. The vanilla fragrance in this body butter is one of the purest and most authentic vanilla fragrances out there. This body butter has been repackaged but I have several ‘old’ tubs left.
6 I Love… Iced Cookie Bath & Shower Crème – this shower cream was perfect for the time around Christmas. The fragrance is simply delicious. I can’t repurchase this item because it was only available as part of a winter-themed limited edition gift set.
7 I Love… Mixed Berries Bath & Shower Crème – a decent shower product. I did like it but it was nothing special. I don’t think I’d repurchase it, but if it happened to be in I Love…’s next Christmas set, I wouldn’t be disappointed.
8 Boots Botanics Firming Body Gel – this is an oldie that I found in my stash. I didn’t find this gel particularly moisturising, and I didn’t love the sticky feel, but I liked the fragrance. Very ‘spa’! This product has been discontinued. But I don’t think I’d repurchase it anyway.
9 I Love… Chocolate & Oranges Bath & Shower Crème – this stuff smells like cheap dish soap and I’m glad it’s gone.
10 Superdrug Vitamin E Skin Care Intensive All Over Body Cream – great stuff. I really like this body cream. It’s quite nourishing and it smells lovely. I have another tub.
11 Alberto Balsam Sun Kissed Raspberry Conditioner – a decent conditioner. It detangles my hair with ease and it smells really good. I think most berry-scented toiletries smell a little off – but this one smells great. I will buy this conditioner again, no doubt!
12 Yardley Invigorating Blue Orchid Moisturising Body Wash – not a favourite. I started to use this shower gel in October – and I’ve only managed to finish it now. I wouldn’t buy it again.
13 Superdrug Naturally Radiant Brightening Micro Polish – this is one of my favourite skin care products ever. Try it! I’ve used this micro polish scrub once a week (every Tuesday) and this tube has lasted me six months. Great stuff! I have two back-up tubes. 🙂
14 L’Oréal Elvive Fibrology Thickening Conditioner – not the most suitable conditioner for long and curly / wavy hair – that’s if you use the matching shampoo too. I think L’Oréal’s Fibrology products are probably great for people with thin hair. However, I don’t see myself repurchasing the shampoo and the conditioner any time soon. Saying this, I still have the matching hair mask which I’ll try as soon as my current deep conditioner is finished.
15 Positively Fruity Smells Like Tropical Showers Body Lotion – cute bottle, so-so contents. Because of this my husband and I used this body lotion as foot lotion. So this one is a shared empty. I wouldn’t repurchase this product.
This is what emptied in January – not bad, eh? If you’re wondering why there are two conditioners and no shampoos – I use more conditioner than shampoo. And every time I finish a conditioner, the matching shampoo is instantly (more or less) ‘useless’ to me, so I’ll pass it on to my husband who’ll use it up. 🙂
February is a short month, but I think it’ll be another good month for empties because I still have lots of part-used toiletries and skin care products that I’m working on.
Oh, by the way, I’ve officially run out of storage – you might remember those boxes under the bed… well, that was so last year! Now I’m talking about boxes next to the bed and next to the sock drawer. Because of this I’ve implemented a 1-in-3-out policy earlier this month. Yes, this means that I can buy one item (make-up, skin care, toiletries – whatever) for every three products I finish.
The only exceptions are essentials such as… toothpaste, hand soap, “special” skin care creams (I’m talking about creams like Savlon, Sudocrem, Daktacort…), beauty basics like cotton buds and cosmetic pads, and the original Herbal Essences hair products when they’re on special (Yeah, I mean it!) because I can’t have these products cut into my rewards. 😉
Oh, and something else happened… some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been the best blogging buddy over the past 2 weeks. That’s because I had to slay the tax demon. And I did it! In the UK you have to submit your tax return by 31 January – otherwise they’ll slap you with a fine – no ifs, no buts. I submitted my tax return just before 19:00 yesterday – just in time! So yeah, I slayed the tax demon! This means I have 11 months and 2 weeks of freedom – until next year’s tax demon rears its ugly head!
Feel free to comment if you want to. And thanks for reading!
Lovely post. Enjoyed it a lot. xx
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Thank you.
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Ahh so sad the Choc & Orange didn’t work out. Sounded wonderful.
Btw I finally got an I Love… product! A strawberry body cream. 🙂
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Hope you like your strawberry body cream! 🙂
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I’m trying to imagine the smell of those bath gels 😂 we don’t have that brand here.
Good to hear you beat the clock on that tax return!
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Thank you! I haven’t been myself for the past 2 weeks, but my tax return is sorted now. Phew!
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One less thing to worry about right? 😁
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So true!
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Wow, you finished up a lot this month, well done!
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Thanks Jodi! 🙂
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You found the eyeliner – yay! But did you double count it? 😉
Hmm the Iced Cookie Bath & Shower Crème sounds delicious! I hope they bring it back for next Holidays!
So with your 1 in 3 out policy, you can buy 4 items now?
Congrats on slaying the tax demon! LIke you said, only another 11 months and 14 days til you need to do this allll over again! 😛
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Hi hun!
The eyeliner pencil doesn’t count towards the 3 out / 1 in challenge if that’s what you mean. But my husband is the one who’s in charge of the ‘book’, so I couldn’t manipulate the figures even if I wanted to. His handwriting is pretty unique! 😀
The good thing is that I’ve got a few more empties than I thought. That’s because my husband keeps track of the face masks I use, and I get half a point for every part-used shampoo I pass on to him. I think that’s actually quite fair. 🙂
So far I have emptied 21 products (face masks and shampoos included – but unfortunately nail buffers and konjac sponges don’t count ) in January. That means I have ‘7 points to spend in store’! 😀
Again, thanks for congratulating me on slaying the tax demon. I’m really proud of myself!
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That’s amazing your husband is the keeper of the tracker – great checks and balances! 😉
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Woah, you manage to use up so many products all the time! And taxes, are they as confusing in the uk as they are in germany?
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I’m pretty sure our tax system is much, much simpler than yours. Heck, I managed to do my own tax return online! If I can do it, it’s probably not that complicated anyway…
Anyhoo, I’m glad I did it. I feel much better and finally I have more time to read other blogs and to leave comments. I have 60+ tabs open in my browser because there are so many posts I wanted to comment on – 2 of them are yours! I wanted to ask how the BRCA gene test thingy is going. I hope you and your mum are OK. ♥
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That eye pencil in the first picture was almost invisible!! Anyway, your policy of getting 1 product on finishing 3 is great. Good for the pocket as well!!
Would love to try dove face serum out of the lot.
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That eye pencil leftover thingy was really tiny. That’s probably the reason why I misplaced it. 😀
Yes, try the face serum. It’s really good and it feels like velvet.
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I’m very interested in trying the Olay day serum sometime. Probably after I use up the ones I’ve received from monthly subscriptions lol. I’m not always the best blogging buddy either. Having chronic illness, I go through periods where I don’t feel well, but I’m trying lol. 🙂 xx
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Chronic illnesses aren’t fun. Especially when you have no control over them. xx
Yes, try this serum. It’s really good! It feels like velvet.
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Thank you! I will try it for sure!! 😊 xx
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The vanilla body butter sounds so good! Its always nice to find scents that aren’t too synthetic.
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January always sucks because of the tax deadline! Just managed to get mine done in time too. How do you manage to make so many empties? I’m lucky if I do one or two a month! 😂
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Congrats on slaying your tax demon! 😀
About the empties… I don’t think I use up that many products. Sure, I wash my hair every day, so I’ll finish hair products much quicker than someone who washes their hair less frequently. And I moisturise every day (dry skin), so I also finish more body lotions and body butters than Jane Average. But I often compare my empties with other peoples’ empties – and sometimes I’m shocked when I see that someone manages to finish 30 products…
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I wasn’t implying it was a bad thing 🙂 I’m on a mission to reduce my drawers of body lotions and stuff, but it’s slow going! Trying very hard to not buy anything until I’ve at least got space to store it. My hoarder tendancies are strong 😂
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No worries, I got it. xx
I’m on a mission too. Let’s stop hoarding stuff. Let’s do it together. Let’s slay the hoarding demon! 😀
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That vanilla body Butter looks like something I need to try!! Great post!
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Thank you. And yes, try this body butter! It mops the floor with The Body Shop’s vanilla body butter.
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