August Empties / Favorites

[secretlyevil]

What did you use up?

What did you keep using over and over again?

[robinsbff]

i don't know if it counts as 'used up' but i made an effort to go through samples and offer up to others what i probably wouldn't use or didn't match my current skin type, or had multiples of. i also tossed things i had tried once or twice and was 'ehh' on.

for empties i definitely remember a garnier micellar water.

for favorites i feel like a broken record, but after taking most of the summer off from most makeup i re-discovered my love for the laura mercier caviar sticks. so quick! so easy! look great! also, in my organizing i dug out a set of the stila shimmer n shine (i think thats the name? like the glitter n glow, but not glittery, lol) eye stuff and those are very similar (one color, swipe on, quick blend the edges, go) but in a tube with doe foot instead of a stick.

ETA: and for skincare i fell in love with the drunk elephant protini moisturizer.  my wallet is not happy with me, but i managed to hold out purchasing until the august sephora sale popped up at least.  i went through a serious very dry skin phase, which has never ever been an issue for me.  i've always been oily to combination.  protini was like magic.  

[calico]

I finished:
- Bliss ingrown hair preventer (I have lots of backups)
- Mizon snail sleep pack
- Sephora lashcraft big volume mascara
- Bioderma micellar water

I found a small bottle of Benefit Hello Happy soft blur foundation and started using it. Man, there is a LOT of product in that tiny bottle and I like how it looked on my skin last month. I already have a million foundations that I need to use, so this is a problem.
I also LOVE the Milk Makeup mascara. Holy lashes, Batman!

[mortomo]

I can't remember what I used up. Mostly hair stuff.

My favorites:

Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation
Nudestix blush (the dewy finish one)
Fresh lemon sugar lip balm (smells so good!)
Pacifica coconut cream body souffle (smells really good and not greasy)
Nars Laguna Bronzer (have a deluxe sample size)

[mortomo]

calico, doesn't the Milk mascara flake off? I love how it makes my lashes look, but it comes off under my eyes a couple of hours in. If I'm sneezing from my allergies it's toast with the first sneeze!

[calico]

mortomo, I have not had any flaking at all so far.