June / July Favorites & Empties

[secretlyevil]

I couldn’t wait until the end of the month and realized we didn’t do June.

[secretlyevil]

I finished a bottle of Peter Thomas Roth Un-Wrinkle Turbo Line Smoothing 6-ounce Toning Lotion. I feel so accomplished! I dunno why. I already had a back up purchased. Mainly because I thought I would finish it a month ago.

[nsl]

My only empty was a deluxe sample tube of Benefit Bad Gal mascara that I'd been using for a few months. It was just okay and I don't plan to repurchase.

My new favorites are a trio of light pink, taupe, and bronze Nudestix eyeshadow pencils that I picked up on a whim at Sephora. They're shimmery without being glittery, and are perfect for a light wash of color that takes 30 seconds to apply. Best of all, they don't crease without primer, even on my oily lids.

[tiramisu]

I used up my Paula's Choice Omega serum and ordered another. I think I like it enough to stick with it.

A rediscovered favorite is MAC liner in Teddy. I've been wearing it every day. I'm also loving NARS satin lip pencil in Rikugien and MUFE nude artist liquid lipstick in shade 4 (I think).

[calico]

I have no idea if I used anything up in June, but I did actually track July.

Empties:
Sleep bath soak- would buy again if I saw it @ TJMaxx again. I don't know where to buy it otherwise.
TF Primed & peachy face primer- this was eh. I don't know if I would buy it again.
Tarte lash primer- this dried out really fast and I didn't notice anything special with it on vs. without it. Would not repurchase.
Green Cream retinol- would not repurchase. It's not as effective as I remember it to be. I'm excited I can finally open the DE retinol that I purchased during the last VIB sale, though!

[mortomo]

Aug 1, 2019 8:11:04 GMT -5 calico said:

TF Primed & peachy face primer- this was eh. I don't know if I would buy it again.

I bought this to use for summer because my T-zone gets shiny.  I didn't like it. It made my foundation look really heavy/cakey. It didn't budge, but it also didn't look good!

[calico]

mortomo, I found that if i didn't powder the primer, it made me shiny by 1pm. I don't really have an oily t-zone! What did you use to apply the foundation? When I used a brush, it seemed to look ok. I didn't get any special lasting power.

[wawa]

I went through my sample box and found the ABSURD number of packets of the sum:37 serum I forgot I bought. I started using it again and am once again in love. I'm not sure that the effect is real or just in my head, but when I use it theres just something nicer about how my skin looks. It gets this luminosity.

Maybe I'll buy myself an actual bottle of it when the samples run out. Or not because it's $125 and... yeah.

[mortomo]

Aug 2, 2019 22:59:45 GMT -5 calico said:

mortomo , I found that if i didn't powder the primer, it made me shiny by 1pm. I don't really have an oily t-zone! What did you use to apply the foundation? When I used a brush, it seemed to look ok. I didn't get any special lasting power.

I didn't get shiny at all.  Just a lot of cakiness and texture. 

I used a damp beauty Blender and used TF Born this way foundation one time and Smashbox 15 hr another time.