september empties & makeup graveyard

hi guys!! i've got quite a few things used up this month! enjoy! ~Lin-chan ^.~
sidenote: totally random and idk if this is really where i wanted to have this but i'm doing it anyway... i think i'm doing away with my separate makeup bag for traveling. like for the past several years, i just kept my ok but not favorite things in my overnight bag, without rotating anything in it aside from super special occasions. now that i'm working full time, i've been going back home less frequently than before, i'm using the products in there less and less. so they're going bad without me realizing it. so i think i'll just stick to 'the good stuff' for forever and ever for now. on that vein.. i'm currently going through another closet clean-out process that may be documented in next month's empties post, given stuff isn't lookin so good anymore.

1. simple cleansing wipes
2. kat von d tattoo liner in trooper
3. the body shop tea tree oil
4. smashbox photo finish primer x2
5. tree hut mango sugar scrub
6. tree hut honey almond body wash
7. simple eye makeup remover -- while this is a good product, i only got maybe 20 uses out of the whole bottle, where i feel like the sonia kashuk lasts a lot longer for the price and amount you get. also, if you over saturate your cotton pad and get it in your eyes...it burns. using a 'normal' amount was no problem.
   repurchase? nah
8. pantene original fresh dry shampoo -- this was a really nice dry shampoo. i enjoyed the scent and it didn't leave my hair white or anything. the thing that sucks is me and my usage. since i've been irregularly using dry shampoo lately, the nozzle got clogged and i can't use this up any longer. and it's got maybe 1/4 left in it or so, which sucks. but i'll just get mini's from now on i think.
   repurchase? nah
9. village naturals therapy aches+pains muscle relief bath soak -- i didn't put it in just before turning off water (i.e. it went in early on) and i probably should have waited. it made me very relaxed and had a nice scent, but because i poured it in too early, the scent didn't linger very long. not super sure how i feel about the menthol scent but otherwise i enjoyed using this.
   repurchase? maybe
10. tarte pack your bags eye patches -- got a set of these as a sample from sephora. didn't feel like much of anything was happening. no cooling sensation, no depuffing feeling... nothing. i don't recommend these.
    repurchase? no
11. tony moly pureness 100 propoliss sheet mask (skin soothing) -- you know what's sad... i didn't take note of my feelings on this product and i don't remember my thoughts on it. so i'm going to say maybe it wasn't memorable enough for me to remember.
    repurchase? nah
12. dove purely pampering nourishing body wash in sweet cream with peony -- i really like the dove body washes, but i'm not sure i'd ever want to commit to a full size. the moisturizing factor in them is really nice, but some of the scent choices are strange. this one is ok, the peony didn't really bother me too much, but it was just kind meh.
    repurchase? nah
13. nyc metro girl makeup brush cleaner in unscented -- i really enjoyed using this brush soap. the only complaint is the packaging. once i got close to the end and was able to get the bar out of the jar, things were great for cleaning my brushes, but the jar itself is too narrow for my powder brushes. i really liked the scent this had, i thought i ordered unscented, but there was a slight fragrance to it.. but it was nice.
    repurchase? maybe

makeup graveyard:

1. vaseline rosy lips lip balm -- when i first got this, i was using this non-stop. i loved the feel of the vaseline, and the tint this gave. i wasn't super keen on the scent but it faded fairly quickly. but it's just really old, kinda gross, and i don't want to keep it any longer.
   repurchase? maybe
2. essence i heart crazy extreme volume mascara -- this is a really nice mascara. it had many of the things i look for in mascaras - lift, volume, length. there's actually still a good bit left in here, but it's kind of starting to get goopy and i don't really want to use it anymore.
   repurchase? maybe

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1. dr. bronner's peppermint soap (bar)
2. secret clinical deodorant
3. dove advanced care mini deodorant in beauty finish
4. pantene beautiful lengths shampoo -- this was only an ok shampoo. i think my scalp didn't totally agree with it though, because i had slight dandruff with it - but only when i really would scratch at my head.
   repurchase? no
5. benefit dallas blush -- a while back, i showed a hit pan for this blush, and once i got it to a point where it was difficult to pick up on a brush, i decided to scrape it out and press it back in. that was a bad move. the texture of the blush wasn't the same again and i had trouble getting any payoff with it. so meh, i already have a backup, so i tossed it.