April 2018 Empties

All my monthly trash on display for you to see. :P

1. Kao Essential Moisturizing Frizz-Free Hair Mask: I really love that this mask smells like roses and that it's super moisturizing. That said I can't vouch that it did much for frizz, especially once my hair was dry... if I was to go out in humid weather my hair would get frizzy even when I was using this. Overall I liked this a lot but I wouldn't go out of my way to find it online for re-ordering.

2. beauteesense Eyelashes in 203: These are really lovely voluminous, thick lashes; right up my alley.

3. beauteesense Eyelashes in 221: I'd say these are a slightly larger, thicker, version of the lashes I described above.

4. Holika Holika Skin & Good Cera Super Cream Original x2: This is a really nice, basic, super hydrating moisturizer.

5. Origins A Perfect World Age-Defense Eye Cream with SPF 20: This is a nice eye cream for day because it has SPF as well as hydrating, brightening, and smoothing properties. That said, I think the SPF in this might cause ashy-ness on deeper skin-tones. Overall I liked it but I'm not in love with it.

6. The Body Shop Satsuma Energizing Body Butter: Although I didn't find this body butter to be energizing I will say it moisturizes quite nicely and smells AMAZING - it's got a great citrusy scent. I love it!

7. Dove Sensitive Skin Nourishing Body Wash: I used this to shave with and I find that it does a great job as a shaving cream. It has a nice refreshing, clean scent and leaves my skin feeling soft. I feel like the sensitive formula moisturizers and provides a smoother shave versus some of the other ones.

8.  Guerlain Terracotta Jolie Teint Natural Healthy Glow Powder Duo in 01 Clair - Brunettes: I feel like this powder lasts FOREVER - I've been using mine for such a long time and frankly it's not in empties because I used it up completely but because it broke and I put it in with my loose powder. I really like this because it gives the skin a warmed up, sunkissed look without the intensity that putting bronzer all over the face would give - it just makes the skin look very natural and isn't flat.

9. Nature Republic 40 Silver Dress Color & Nature Nail Color: So confession - it is very rare for me to use up a bottle of nail polish but I used this up to the last drop. Now it's not because I super duper loved the color, I liked it just fine, but more-so because I've been hit with OCD and felt that every time I "started over" I had to use the nail polish from the "start" and since I have my polishes grouped by color - this was at the "start". Yeah... no bueno... I'm doing my best to kick that OCD and I think that maybe not having this around might help.

10. Tree Hut Sugar Scrub in Marula & Jasmine: As I've raved many times - I LOVE the Tree Hut body scrubs. That said, this one smells kind of odd to me and it's not my favorite scent-wise. It works well though.

11. Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Flash Top Coat: Honestly speaking this isn't my favorite topcoat, it feels fairly run-of-the-mill but I haven't had nail polishes chip as much as they have when I was using this. :/ I'm not sure if this or the polishes were at fault but they didn't chip with other topcoats so... I also don't love that the bottle is black and opaque, I can't tell when I'm running low.

12. Guerlain Lingerie De Peau BB Cream in Light : I'm so sad to have this go - it's a beautiful, medium-to-full coverage BB cream that just leaves my skin looking flawless and stays put all day long whether I set it with a powder or not.

13. Bath & Body Works Wild Honeysuckle Shower Gel: Another product I'm sad to see come to an end as this is probably my very favorite scent from Bath & Body Works. A really beautiful summer floral.

14. Givenchy Prisme Libre Mat-finish & Enhanced Radiance Loose Powder in 1 Mousseline Pastel: This is a beautiful setting powder, especially for the under-eyes. It doesn't make the area look dry and has a nice brightening effect. I wish this wasn't as pricey as it is because I'd love to buy more. In terms of color-correction I find the effect to be slight but in terms of brightening this is good stuff. It's very smooth and silky as well. I like it a lot. I also adore the beautiful limited-edition packaging with the magnolia flowers.

15. Zum Bar Goat's Milk Soap Zum Bundle: One of my good friends gave me this set for Christmas and I liked it a lot! These soaps smell nice and they're super moisturizing - no crusty winter skin for me. I will say I wish the soap chunks were slightly thicker as they fell apart easily and that the box would tell you which scents you had in there in the event that you want to purchase a full-sized bar. Most of mine smelled quite minty, which I didn't mind.

16. CoverGirl Peacock Flare Mascara: Frankly I am not a fan of this mascara. I find that between the large grooves in the mascara wand that collect excess mascara and the short bristles in the brush it just ends up rather clumpy which is not a look that I like.

17. NOW Essential Oils in Spearmint: Ok so this may sound unpleasant (and it was!) but I had a house-mouse in my room and I wasn't trying to have it. Knowing mice dislike mint I bought this and sprinkled it all around my room (which worked!) and after the fact I used this in my diffuser. That said I find that the scent of this is INTENSE and frankly I prefer the peppermint to this - this has a more earthy scent.

17. Elizavecca Milky Piggy Carbonated Bubble Clay Mask Carbonic Acid & Clay Pack: There's so much hype surrounding this mask and while I was hoping to enjoy it I just didn't. It sort of left my skin feeling irritated and itchy and it's just such a pain in the behind to wash off. It also developed an off urine-like scent toward the end of its lifespan. I just wasn't impressed.

18. Ardell Demi Wispies x2: These are some of my favorite soft, natural great for everyday lashes. A pair typically lasts me about a week or two of 5 days/week wear.

Disclaimer: I purchased all of the above with the exception of the Zum Bar and CoverGirl Verb products.