After
my last
empties, I decided that instead of piling up my empty products I am going
to blog about them after I have just 4-5 of them! But guess what, I did pile
them up and ended up with this BIG FAT list of empty items to talk about. But
hey, at least I am being good about using up my stash :-)
Not Your Mother's Deja Vu 'Do Style Extender (4 fl oz, $7.99): I got this in an Influenster VoxBox
(reviewed here). The main idea here is to lock the oil in your
scalp and keep your hair oil-free so that you can elongate the time between
washing your hair. This definitely helps in restraining my hair from getting
super oily between washes. It also has a strong fruity smell which does not
linger a lot and it does not bother me much, but I am not a fan either. Also, I
don't get my hair to shine if I use this. I happily finished this tube, but I
don't think I will repurchase.
Parachute Coconut Oil: This
is going to appear in almost all my empties posts :-) I have been religiously using it for deep overnight
conditioning of my hair once a week as long as I remember :-) it helps in maintaining the moisture
in my hair. I cannot live without this and I hardly ever shampoo my hair
without using this overnight. Holy Grail product! :-)
It's a 10 Miracle leave-in Plus Keratin (4 oz, $20): I absolutely love this leave-in
conditioner! It’s been much more than a year since my last hair-straightening
treatment and hence my original hereditary crazy waves are coming back! May be
because of that its effect has not been as mind-blowing as before. But it still
does a great job in managing my uncontrollable wavy hair and makes them look
smooth and presentable. I will continue to use it.
Equate Beauty Nourishing Nail Polish Remover: This is a super-affordable nail polish
remover, I bought it quite some them back, so I don’t know if it’s still
available. There is nothing great to talk about this but it definitely did the
job! Of course, it needs a little more work to remove glitter polishes with
this. But if you use the "aluminium foil" trick, it works wonders. I
will definitely repurchase.
Lavanilla The Healthy Deodorent (0.9 oz, $8): It is a natural deodorant; as mentioned in
their website there are "no Parabens,
Petrochemicals, Phthalates, Silicones, Propylene Glycol, Mineral Oils,
Synthetic Dyes, Sulfates, Chemical Sunscreens, or Aluminum".
The scent is to die for! It's very relaxing, moderately sweet and peaceful.
It's white solid stick type; glides on very smoothly, takes just a minute or
two to dry and does not transform to the clothing. The longevity is not super
impressive though! It gives me decent wear
time during
my normal work hours or when I am running just a few errands. Based on my
experience, I don't think it will be 100 % effective for long time wear during
heavy-duty tasks!! I reviewed it here a
few months back, and I stated that I will repurchase, but I have changed my
mind. After a few months of use, the product broke off inside the packaging and
it became absolutely cumbersome to use it. Eventually I had to give up without
being able to completely finish this. I am very dissatisfied, even though I
enjoyed using the product itself.
Tarte Pure Maracuja Oil (1.7 fl oz, $48): I bought this with so much hope; it is such a
loved product in the beauty community; I thought it will be the cure for the
dry skin on my face. It is a good product but did not perform miraculously on
me. I did like it while using it but after 6-7 months, the oil started to get
thicker. I just recently ran out of it, I will observe if it is something that
I horribly miss in my routine but otherwise I would not repurchase.
Ole Henrikson Truth Serum Vitamin C Collagen
Booster (1 oz, $48): I finished up a tiny bottle of
this in my last empties post.
I do like the serum, and I have gone through almost 1 oz of this, but I have
not seen anything phenomenal about it yet! At least not on me! Sephora Favorites Sets generally
includes this in smaller size; If I repurchase, I will definitely get those
instead of buying a full size.
Algenist Complete Eye Renewal Balm (0.5 oz, $65): To be blatant, I
hated this balm. It did absolutely nothing and that’s sad for such an expensive
product. It was very thin and sometimes it could not even take care of the
dryness under my eye, let alone improve my “fine-line” situation. Also, as you
see, the label on outer side flaked off completely, and I was always worried
that those flakes will fall into the balm eventually getting in to my eyes.
Definitely will not repurchase.
Fresh Sugar
Lip Treatment Sunscreen SPF 15 in “Tulip”
(0.15 oz, $24): I am so glad
that this fancy but horrible product is
finally over. I literally abused it in order to get it done with! I know Fresh
lip balms have very loyal fans but this particular one did not work on me at
all. I don’t know why! May be I got a bad batch or something. This was a very
thick and super heavy lip balm. It just sits on my lips. I have tried their
original formula and it much better than this. When I apply it, it makes me
feel moisturized but yet I could see skin from my lips peeling off after 1-2
hrs. It’s a tinted balm, but the tint is quite strong and I always end up
getting the lip balm all over my teeth, I have been embarrassed many times at
work; I would just put it on mid-day without using a mirror and then later
somebody will point out that I have lipstick on my teeth. I am never buying it
again, not at least this shade.
Lakme 9 to 5 Flawless
Creme Compact (9g, INR 500): Wohoo! My very FIRST big makeup
empty (you know, if I ignore mascara and lip glosses). I am super excited! I
posted a full review here a few days back. As much as
spend money on skincare and beauty, when time demands, I can live very
frugally. Plus being a bank manager’s daughter we were always encouraged to
respect the value of money. So, when I see something getting TOTALLY used up it
gives me immense joy! This is a cream
to powder matte foundation and it was my very first base type of product. I used the shade "shell".
It does not give full coverage but I liked the sheer to medium coverage I could
get with this. My skin is much drier now so I do not like to use it on my face
anymore. But I love to use it on my neck; the sponge applicator that came
along, made it very easy to apply the cream on my neck super-fast and
super-easy. For last year or more, I am exclusively used it for that purpose.
Now that I have finished it, I am definitely missing it in my routine. I may pick it up when I go home next!
Dior Addict Fluid Stick (.18 oz, $35): Now this is just a sample, but I have to talk about
this! I got this sometime back from Sephora and I have loved each of the shade.
The formula is so very comfortable on the lips, its so opaque and a pleasure to
apply. It is slightly glossy in finish and it stays for a long time! If I
already did own an unhealthy amount of lip products and if it was not this
expensive, I would have bought at least one shade long time ago.
Make Up For Ever Setting Spray (4.22 oz., $30):
Another sample that lasted for 3-4
usage. It is not enough time to tell if I really, really enjoy it. But I think
it did work in some ways to make my makeup last a little bit longer. May be
someday I will invest in this.
Buxom Lash Mascara (0.37oz, $20): Yes, this is also a sample. I am not
typically picky about my mascaras, I don’t like hard rubbery kind of bristles
like Benefit’s “They’re real”. But this one was very soft and I did really
enjoyed using it.
Dior Diorshow Mascara (0.33 oz, $27.50): Like I said, I don’t really look for a lot in my
mascara. I am fan of natural lashes, and it did serve me good. But I am not
going to spend $27.50 for a mascara :-)
Maybelline Moisturizing Mascara Remover (,
$4.99): I bought this in some
kind of a deal, so it was quite affordable. It does a decent job in removing
the mascara but it leaves a lot of oily residue. I am using up my second bottle
without much complain but I am not going to repurchase; my search for the
absolute PERFECT mascara remover will go on!
Makeup Remover Cleansing Water (6.7 oz, $28): It is a simple and
light makeup remover; certainly not for heavy duty makeup. When I reviewed it
here, I did not like it that much, but after all these days I think I really
grow fond of this. I use it to clean up the very last traces of makeup aound my
eyes. Its so very gentle and almost soothing. I will surely repurchase.
Philosophy Purity Cleanser (32 oz, $55) :
Overall, I think this is my very favorite cleanser by far. I love that you can
really use this around your eyes without irritating them, if I were heavy eye
makeup it is difficult to remove everything at one go. So, first I use a makeup
remover to remove my mascara and then use Purity. I love the result. It is been
few weeks since I finished it up, and I am definitely missing it in my routine.
I have a 2 backups of this. But I have a different cleanser that I am using to
finish up :-)
Treehut Shea Sugar Body Scrub (18 oz, $7.49): I got this in a bigger size during
a sale. I love it, very very much. It’s a clean, summery and very fresh, very
invigorating smell. It gentle scrub, but it works great to get rid of all my
dead skin. It is really nice on my dry skin. I actually used it up long back,
but I was repurposing the bottle. I think, last winter, I used it almost 2-3
times a week and it was really forgiving on my dry skin. I will definitely
repurchase.
Soap & Glory The Righteous Butter Body Lotion (16.2 oz, $12) and Clean On Me Creamy Moisture Shower Gel (16.2 oz, $10): I loved both of this products last year specially the lotion and I have a detailed review here. The lotion has a very faint smell and I really enjoy it. It is an excellent moisturizer; very easy to apply and absorbs quickly. I have extremely dry skin and it works great on me during slightly warmer weather or between season changes. But for heavy snowy winter here in my city, this alone is not quite strong enough. But I do LOVE this stuff and I already have backups.
The Clean On Me Shower Gel has a moisturizing product in built so it’s definitely feels moisturizing. It has the typical Soap & Glory signature sweet smell to it which I really enjoy! It is a good shower gel and I do have another bottle to go through that I will happily finish that up. But I don't think I will be repurchasing as I do love some other shower gels more than this.
I am quite happy with the products I could finish this time. Hope you enjoyed the reviews too :-)
Love
~Arrru
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