Empties

I'm a week later on my empties post than I had planned. I had the opportunity to go spend a week with my family, so I jumped on it. This will be the first empties post I have done since May so let's just get right in to it!

I mostly had hair stuff, so we'll check that out first. I finished up Avon Advance Techniques Restoring Shampoo and Conditioner, not anything special about it, didn't notice any changes in my hair, will not repurchase. Next is Suave's Humectant Moisture Shampoo, I liked this it smells nice and seems to give my hair a little moisture and it's inexpensive, would probably repurchase. I also finally finished off the Suave Moroccan Infusion Shampoo, love the way it smells! As with all Suave products I would probably repurchase just because it's inexpensive. Tresemme Flawless Curls Mousse, I liked this and it's affordable, would likely purchase again but right now I want to try out some gels and cream products for my curls. Suave Touchable Finish hair spray, used to be my all time favorite, but I fell in love with an old favorite in September while at the beach, so I probably will not be repurchasing this product. My new/old favorite hairspray Rave! I used to use this stuff all the time back in middle and high school, picked up a travel size while at the beach and fell back in love with it. Obviously will be repurchasing this. Finished off another bottle of Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Moroccan Sleek Oil Treatment, love this stuff on the days that I wear my hair in it's naturally curly state, gives it the extra hydration it craves, will repurchase. Lastly in the hair care empties I have some Dove Oxygen Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner, I received these samples from PinchMe back in the summer, best I can remember I really liked these products and they smell amazing, may purchase in the future.

I also had a few face items. Two packs of Epielle facial cleansing tissues, I get these at Big Lots for $1 a pack, they work well and are in my budget. I have already repurchased some back ups. ELF makeup mist and set is my favorite setting spray. I tend to use this more often when I wear a full coverage foundation, I would repurchase. Love the L'Oreal Hydrafresh toner, this is the second bottle I have finished! Have already repurchased. The last face product I finished off is Avon Elements Moisture boost, love this as a spring and summer moisturizer, but now that it is fall my face feels like it needs some extra moisture, so I would repurchase this but for spring and summer use.

Lastly nail and hand items: Onyx professional acetone remover, something that I will repurchase over and over LOL Also finished up a bottle of equate regular polish remover. Lastly I finished off my Sugar Lemon hand sanitizer from Bath & Body Works, I love lemon scents so I have to repurchase this!

What products have you been finishing off?
Do y'all enjoy these empty posts?

Empties: May 2014

I so meant to get this up on Friday but never got around too it, it was hubby's birthday :)

I have been hoarding my trash for a few months now, so I thought it was about time to do another empties post.

As you can see the majority of it was hair products, then we have the little family of nail polish removers.

Suave touchable finish is my all time favorite hair spray and I rarely if ever buy anything but it. I tend to only use this when I wear my hair in it's naturally curly state, it helps to hold my style while not leaving my hair feeling all crunchy.

Avon's Advanced Techniques Moroccan Argon  Oil shampoo was nothing spectacular, neither was the Suave Moroccan oil shampoo. Probably would not bother with buying either one of them again. Once I finish my current bottle of Suave Moroccan shampoo I will be on the hunt for another inexpensive shampoo. If you know any good ones leave them in the comments.

The Volumizing mousse is pretty good, I alternate between it and all the other mousse's and curly hair products I have. My Mother-in-Law picks this up for me when she visits Sally's Beauty.

Lastly I have my little family of nail polish removers, I have no clue where these have been hiding LOL. I also think it's funny that all 3 are a different kind, obviously I have no preference of polish removers.

What products have you used up recently or this month?

Tomorrow I plan to be back with a TIOT manicure that I am so in love with, been looking at my nails all weekend :)

Hope you enjoy the rest of your day. I'm gonna go squeeze in watching an episode of Pretty Little Liars before hubby gets up! Anyone else watch that? I watched one episode of it on Netflix and now I'm kind of hooked.

Favorites & Empties: January 2014

Happy Friday! I'm combining my favorites and my empties this month, because I only finished two products. So let's get right to it.

Both of the products that I finished up this month were hairsprays, Vintage Glam Thermal Freeze Spray and Suave Touchable Finish. Suave touchable finish is pretty much my all time favorite hairspray, it is the one that I purchase over and over, and will more than likely continue to. The Vintage Glam was a product that I won from Sally's Beauty back in September last year. I have a love hate relationship with this hair spray. I love it because it holds my style, but leaves my hair feeling touchably soft. I also love that it comes out in a fine mist, but that also leads to why I hate it, the spray lingers in the air for a very long time. First time I used it I sprayed my hair went off to do some other things came back about 10-15 minutes later and you could still see the spray just hanging in the air. Probably not a product that I would repurchase solely based on it's price, $8.49 Just can't see paying that when I can get my Suave for $2.97

Now on to the good stuff, my favorites from January!

Empties: November & December 2013

I did not get around to blogging about my empties from November, so I thought I would combine them with my December empties. I have quite a few as you can see from above, so lets jump right in.

Up first I finished two hand sanitizers from Bath & Body Works, Papaya Melon Scoop and Apple Wreath. The Papaya smelled pretty good, nice and fruity. Would have been a great one to use in the spring or summer. I love Apple Wreath, you can smell hints of apple and Christmas trees, and absolutely love the way Christmas trees smell. I was bummed when I ran out of it and I looked when I was in Bath & Body Works earlier this week and I could not find it or anything like it.

Up next I have three nail polishes, I used these to make Christmas ornaments! I used Glitter Wonderland from Color Club, Get Low and Lost in Vegas both from Pure Ice. These colors made great ornaments since they were shimmery. I used the Glitter Wonderland to make my best friend one since purple is her favorite color and I used the other 2 to make my Mother-in-Law 3 ornaments since her theme for her tree was burgundy and gold.

I also finally used up the Equate makeup remover wipes that I got back in September! I think these good removing wipes, they work just as good as the ones that I get from Big Lots and the Simple wipes. I finished up my Secret deodorant and a bottle of the ELF Mist and Set spray. I would buy all these products again, I already have a back of the deodorant and I think 3 back ups of the spray.

Lastly I have some hair products that I finished up. First up is the Salon Selectives shampoo that I picked up from Big Lots, honestly this was like the bottle of shampoo that would never end! I did not like this at all, the consistency of the shampoo was weird almost gelatin like. I felt like I had to use twice as much of it as I would any other shampoo just to get it to lather up good. On the plus side it smelled pretty good and was inexpensive. I would not buy this again. I also finished up two different oils, my Garnier Sleek and Shine Moroccan Argan Oil and my Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment. Between the two I definitely prefer the Garnier, I just feel like it worked with my hair better and it's about half the price of the Macadamia one. I would repurchase the Garnier Moroccan Argan Oil, but my wonderful husband bought me two bottles of it for Christmas!

Wow, I feel like that was a lot of stuff! Did you finish up any products the last few months?

Empties: October 2013

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I had a few empties for October:

Pure Silk Cherry Blossom shaving cream, it was fine nothing special. I would repurchase this, but I prefer Skintimate.

ONYX Acetone polish remover. Love this stuff already repurchased a large bottle :)

Not Your Mother's Kinky Moves. I like this stuff but the smell can be overwhelming to begin with, plus I can't find it in my area so I probably will now repurchase. I've had this tube since December 2012!

Aussie Aussomely Clean 2in1 shampoo. I really like this shampoo, this is the 2nd or 3rd bottle I've had of it. Have not repurchased yet, because I am making myself use all the other shampoos and conditioners I have before I buy any new ones. Discipline LOL

I also used up another bottle of my favorite top coat from NYC and a base coat from Sally Hansen. Have already repurchased the NYC top coat, not sure if I will repurchase the base coat, nothing really special about it. With both of these I was not able to use every singe drop, as they both got thick and goopy.

What products did you use up in October?

I will not have a favorites post for October, I've pretty much been using the same things for the past few months, so there is nothing new :)

September Favorties & Empties

Where did September go? I don't know either, but I do like the month of October because it's my Birthday month :)

I wanted to share my Favorites and my Empties from September with you today, I just have a handful of each.

First up is Avon's reformulated eye shadow quad in Stone Taupes. I liked Avon's eye shadows before they reformulated them, but these are just awesome. They feel very velvety, reminds me of the NYX shadows, I think the pigmentation is also better, but I still suggest using a primer.

Up next we have one of my new favorites, Perlier Volcanic Scrub. I got this from iFabbo and I really like it. I have a full review up here if you are interested.

Found a new favorite mascara this month, The Rocket by Maybelline. I still like the One by One Volume Express, but this is a close second to that.

My new favorite fragrance is Coconut Water from Bath & Body Works, really wish I had picked up another one of these.

Eclos facial cleanser is a product I received as a Klout Perk. I really like it, gets all the make up off my face and does not leave it feeling dry. I have also seen an improvement in the texture of my skin since using this.

Last but not least Dove go sleeveless deodorant. I had seen this product advertised a lot and how it claims it will "replenish delicate underarm skin—leaving it softer, smoother and ready to reveal in just five days" and I must say it's claims are true. Wish I had tried this a long time ago. I got soothing chamomile, but next time I think I will try a different scent.

Since I only had three empties this month I thought I would just add them in with my favorites.

I used up all my Cynthia Rowley Band-Aids that I got in a Birchbox forever and a day ago. Cute bandaids, but not worth the price.

I also finished up my got2be Smooth Operator Smoothing Luster Lotion. I really like this stuff for taming fly-aways when I flat iron my hair, already repurchased.

My poor little Maybelline One by One Volume Express, I used it as long as I could, honestly it should have probably been thrown out months ago, but I just couldn't let it go. I would repurchase this.

What have been your favorites during the month of September? What products did you finish up?

Empties: July 2013

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July has come and (almost) gone, and I was able to finish up four products this month!

First up I used up a clay mask from Freeman Beauty. It was chocolate and strawberry and smelled so amazing I wanted to eat it, seriously it smelled that good. I don't think I would use this mask again cause it did break me out just a tiny bit.

I also finally used up my got2b Smooth Operator smoothing luster lotion. I have had this for probably at least 2 years now, I only use it when I flat iron my hair to tame the fly-aways. This is a bit pricey for me because I have to get it from CVS, my Walmart does not carry it. Lucky for me a couple months ago CVS had these on sale so I picked up another on. Since it lasts me so long I can kind of justify spending so much on it.

I used up my Aussie 3 minute miracle too. I don't think this really did any more for my hair than a regular conditioner would have done. Not something I would repurchase.

Lastly I used up my Pond's Luminous Clean Cream Cleanser. This was an okay cleanser for me, says that it's supposed to brighten dull skin, I seen no change in the brightness of my skin. Not something I would rush out to repurchase, but may use again in the future.

What products did you use up in July?

Empties: June

I only have three empties for the month of June and they are all hair products, so let's just get down to business!

Up first is Touchable Finish hairspray from Suave. This is my absolute favorite hairspray, it holds your style, but does not leave your hair feeling crunchy. I have already repurchased this product and will continue to repurchase :)

I also used up all of my Tresemme Climate Protection mousse. I've had this since September 2012! Says it fights humidity, UV rays, static and wind. I didn't see any difference between this and the other mousse products that I've used. I might purchase this again, but it's not a product that I'm gonna rush out to get, it's like $4 a can!

Lastly, I used up my Biolage Hydrating Shampoo. I actually got this from my churches yard sale, it was a full bottle and I got the conditioner too. To me it was nothing special, definitely not something that I would repurchase. I seen this in CVS and it was $19.99 a bottle! Um, no thanks.

What products did you use up this month?

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Empties: May

Another month gone and another batch of empties to share with you. I seemed to have used up mostly hair products during the month of May.

I used up all of my Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer. I really like this stuff but it is a tad to expensive for me right now, you get 4oz for $12 at Walmart. So I  did not repurchase this, I replaced it with Equate Beauty Moisturizing Lotion. You get a 16oz bottle for $7.00 and it's basically the same thing as the Cetaphil with the exception being it does not have SPF.

Since I've been flat ironing my hair a lot lately I have used up my Tresemme Heat Tamer Spray, when I went to repurchase this I could not find it, so I replaced it with Tresemme Strengthening Heat Protect Spray, which is where the purple top came from on this bottle, it actual pump is red. I was using the new product and the pump thingy broke, luckily I still had the old bottle in my empty basket so I just switched out the pumps :)

I had a couple of half or more used up shampoos so I finished them off. One was Suave 2 in 1 Plus Shampoo. I like this, but not anything I'm rushing out to repurchase. The second one was Suave Almond + Shea butter Shampoo, I liked this one too, but again, nothing I'm rushing out to repurchase.

I also received a sample of Crest 3D White toothpaste from P&G. I liked this, but to me toothpaste is toothpaste. I didn't see any difference while using this compared to any other toothpaste.

What products did you finish up in May?

Empties: April 2013

I feel like I have completely neglected my blog and all my lovely readers! I am going to try much harder to get back to posting on a regular basis!

On to April Empties. I only have a few products that I used up last month.
Simple Face Cleaning wipes: I love these! They are great to have around when  I'm too tired at night to do a full face cleaning LOL, just grab a wipe and clean your face off. This would be a product that I repurchase.

SoftSoap Cherry Blossom and Wild Bamboo body wash. I really like the way this smell, not sure that I would repurchase it, just because I don't really like to use body wash that much. I actually used this bottle for shaving 'cream', worked very well and left my legs feeling super smooth.

Aussie Moist conditioner. When I ran out of my Not Your Mother's I went back to my Aussie. Nothing in my opinion works as good as the Not Your Mother's.

Disregard the bottle of Not Your Mother's Conditioner, I used this up last month. Guess I forgot to throw the bottle out of my empties bin and added it to this months photo LOL. It's been one of those months :)

What products did you use up this month?

Empties: March 2013

I'm pretty proud of myself, for the second month in a row I have a few products that I was able to finish up!

During the month of March I finished my Not Your Mother's Way to Grow conditioner, last month I used up the shampoo and I have really been able to tell it. My hair is back to being frizzy and unruly and breaking like crazy! Must repurchase LOL.

I finished up three bottles of soap from Bath & Body Works. Berry Twinkle, Peach Bellini, and Candy Cane Bliss. The last two hubby threw the bottles away before I got them put in to my empties basket. I would repurchase all of these soaps, I love them.

I finished up my Proactiv toner. I would not repurchase this, just because you have to purchase the entire three step system in order to get it and I don't need the other two products. I replaced it with a L'Oreal toner.

I finally finished up my bottle of Avon eye makeup remover. I really like this stuff and repurchased it months before I ran out when they had it on sale for $.99

I also finished up two hand creams, my EOS cucumber melon and my Avon Vita Moist. I like the EOS, but it's not something I would repurchase simply because it's a little pricey for me. I will repurchase the Avon hand cream.

I also finished up a non beauty related item and I wanted to add it because I had blogged about it, and that is my Palmolive Fresh Infusions dish soap. Love this stuff and will be repurchasing.

What products did you use up? Leave me a link to your post, I would love to check it out.

Empties 2013 #2

I usually don't do Empties post every month, but for a change I had empties two months in a row! Yay me LOL :)

This month I only used up four products, but I still think that is pretty good.

First up is my Olay Complete face moisturizer. For the most part I really liked this moisturizer, really have no complaints about it, but probably not something I would repurchase. I'll probably stick with my Cetaphil.

I also used up my Not Your Mother's Way to Grow long and strong shampoo. I LOVE this shampoo I have a full review of it if you would like to read my thoughts about it. I would repurchase this.

I used up my Aussie Catch the Wave mousse with leave in conditioner. I like this product, but I have found another mousse that I like better, so I most likely will not repurchase this product.

Lastly I used up my Suave Touchable finish Extra Hold hairspray. This is my all time favorite hairspray and will be a product that I purchase time and time again.

What products did you use up this month?

Empties 2013 #1

Happy February! 

I have went through quite a few products since my last Empties post, so I thought I would share them with you!

Up first are some samples that I had. 

First one is the new Pond's Luminous Clean Cream Cleanser. I really like this stuff! I have already bought the full size product.

Up next is my L'Oreal Youth Code Serum. If you have been reading my blog you know I love this stuff and splurged and bought the full size.

I also tried some serum from Avon's Anew line, hated it! I washed it off my face probably about 5 minutes after I put it on. Left my face feeling sticky. Obviously I will not be purchasing the full size of that.

Another skin care sample I had was Scalisi Anti-Aging Moisturizer that I got in one of my Birchboxes. I finally decided I would finish it up too. Will not be purchasing the full size of this product.

I also finished up my second bottle of Neutrogena Fresh Foaming cleanser. I decided not to repurchase this again  just because I wanted to try the new Pond's cleanser.

I also had a couple of body washes that I finished up. One was a sample of Caress whipped souffle white peach cream. I've had this for probably over a year :/ Probably not anything that I would repurchase.

I also used up my bottler of Softsoap Ultra Rich Shea Butter Creme. I love all the softsoap body washes, they leave your skin feeling so soft. I would repurchase this.

I finished up my little sample bottle of Not Your Mother's Smooth Moves that I received from Influenster. My hubby bought me the full size as a Christmas gift!

I also finished up a bottle of  Vaseline total moisture cocoa radiant lotion. I have already purchased the full size of this. Love it, smells amazing and is very moisturizing!

And if you seen my January Favorites post you already know that I am bummed out about my last empty, which is my Viva La Juicy La Fleur fragrance sample. I couldn't even throw out the empty sample bottle LOL

 I would love to have the full size of this, but it is so far out of my price range.

What products have you used up recently?

Empties

Time for another Empites post! The last one I did was in September, so I have a nice little collection of products that I have used up since then. When I use up all of a product it gives me a sense of accomplishment. How do you feel when you've used up an entire product?

This time around I have two foaming hand soaps from Bath & Body works, on in Fresh Picked Cherries and one in Passionfruit Colada. I had help from my Husband using these up ;) I have also used up two bottles of Aussie Moist 2-in-1 shampoo. I really like this product feels like it give my hair a lot of much needed moisture. For the last set of twos I have 2 tubes of Baby Lips lip balm in Quenched. This stuff was a life saver when we took our vacation to the beach. As long as Baby Lips is around I will always be repurchasing it! Next I used up a Limited Edition bottle of Skintimate shave gel in Strawberry Tangerine Twist. I used up another bottle of my favorite hairspray, Suave Touchable Finish, extra hold. I love this hairspray, because it never makes my hair to stiff. I also used up a small bottle of Onyx 100% pure acetone nail polish remover, great for getting glitter polish off.

What products have you used up?