Hello! Sadly, the holidays are over, and we are in to the next year! I had two weeks off of work during the holidays so I feel like I was able to try a lot of new skin care items. A lot of these items were from THEFACESHOP’s advent calendar. This was my only advent this year and I actually really liked it!
Foil Packets
Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat in No. 2
Repurchase: Yes
This came as a sample in one of my Sephora orders. I was really surprised how much I actually loved this. It was a great under eye concealer. It’s obviously pretty expensive, but I can actually see myself repurchasing this in the future!
THEFACESHOP Real Nature Rice Face Mask
Repurchase: Yes
This was one of my favourites I’ve tried from this line! It was soothing and refreshing!
THEFACESHOP Blackhead Out Aloe Nose Strip
Repurchase: Maybe
This was pretty similar to the Biore ones that I normally use. Not really sure what the aloe is supposed to do though.
THEFACESHOP Bebe Lip Mask
Repurchase: No
It’s an interesting concept, but it didn’t work at all for me. Weirdly, it made my lips look plumper. Sort of that collagen-y look. Not that I really needed that at all haha.
Sephora Lotus Mask
Repurchase: No
I could tell that this was a high quality face mask, and it was nice on the skin, but I really disliked the smell. It didn’t smell like anything other than Lotus, but that scent just really wasn’t appealing to me.
THEFACESHOP Milk Calcium Nail Pack
Repurchase: Maybe!
I thought this was a pretty interesting concept. You can’t really do much with these on, they’re like little moist finger puppets which sounds wholly unappealing, but I actually did notice a difference with these. They changed the texture of nails, so for that alone I would try these again.
Clinique 3 Step Skin Care
Repurchase: Maybe
I was actually really impressed with this. Using all 3 steps in succession made my skin feel noticeably nicer. I’m just not sure if I would be able to purchase all 3 steps at once just price wise. It was a nice sample to try though!
Glam Glow Bright Mud
Repurchase: Probably not
This was a funny product. They were kind of silmy and just weird. I felt like I did notice some difference, but I wasn’t really super sure.
Minis
Nexxus Humectress Conditionder
Repurchase: Maybe
This was the conditioner to the shampoo in my last empties post. As mentioned in that post, I really liked this set! Seems like a higher end conditioner.
Simple Cleansing Facial Wipes
Repurchase: Probably not
Wouldn’t be an empties post without some makeup wipes!
Living Proof Perfect hair Day Shampoo, Conditioner and 5 in 1 Treatment
Repurchase: On sale
I tend to buy these when they’re on sale, just because I think the full sizes are just a bit too much money. Definitely a great set though!
Urban Decay De-Slick
Repurchase: Yes!
Love this stuff! Read all about my obsession here.
Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer
Repurchase: Yes
This is the best primer I’ve found so far, but oh my gosh is it ever expensive. I’ll probably just survive off of these little ones. They hold quite a bit of product and last for a decent amount of time!
Disney Resorts H2O+ Shampoo and Conditioner
Repurchase: I don’t think I can!
Some of the shampoo and conditioner I took from our hotel room when we went to Disney World!!! These are actually really nice shampoo and conditioners for hotel toiletries. A nice fresh scent and moisturizing.
Full Size
THEFACESHOP Nature Garden Cleansing Bar
Repurchase: No
I haven’t quite finished this yet, but I thought I might as well put it in this empties. The smell is super amazing. It is the exact scent of grape soda. Yum yum! The downside is though that I don’t really like this that much. I feel that it really really dries out my skin and makes it just feel weird. I’ll probably still end up using it up though, but I tend to use this, and then my regular body wash after
Philosophy Purity Cleanser
Repurchase: Maybe
I actually just bought a new one this Black Friday. I kept this in the shower and used it to remove my makeup. It worked, but didn’t work amazing. This was actually hauled in one of my very early posts on this blog! It was a Black Friday haul which you can read here. It took me 2 years to use this up it seems!
And there we have it! My empties to round out 2015! I look forward to trying and using more and more products in the new year!