April empties

April #empties:

♡ dewytree hi amino all cleansing milk – loved using this for cleansing in the mornings especially, gentle yet effective 10/10

♡ nature republic super aqua max fresh watery cream – my 4th jar and my fav face cream, will have to repurchase this at some point 10/10

☆ elemis pro collagen marine moisture essence. Pleasant to use, lightly scented but not as hydrating as some other essences I’ve tried 8/10

#skincaresamples:

◇ Kopari peptide glow hydrating moisteriser – this sachet had enough for 4 uses! Loved this straight away, nice light scent of coconut, my skin felt plump and firmer. Would like to purchase a full size jar at some point. 10/10

◇ vichy liftactiv collagen specialist night – a lovely collagen night cream, rich and most suited for colder months but has shea butter so could be pore clogging? Probably not suitable for #acneprone skin 7/10

◇ decleor aromaessence mandarine verte – slight scent of mandarin, no irritation for #sensitiveskin, a nice vitamin c serum orange colour. 8/10

◇ fresh tea elixer skin resilience activating serum – nice serum, lightly scented tea fragrance, sinks into skin well, makes it feel more plump. 8/10

◇ emma hardie midas touch revitalising eye serum – was slightly thick and oily not sure if good for #oilyskin but I could see that dry skins would love it. No irritation for the eyes even with sensitive skin. 7/10

October empties

Here are my October empties:
◇ differin / adapalene gel
◇ byoma creamy jelly cleanser
◇ purito centella green level calming toner
◇ cowshed comforting body lotion
◇ garnier ultimate blends strengthening shampoo
◇ garnier ultimate blends coconut oil

Differin is the retinoid I am using and have been for 14 months now, started back in August 2021 to treat my hormonal acne. Need to keep it up for maintenance. This 30g tube lasted me about 6-8 weeks.

I am ready to try a new shampoo for strengthening, ordered one and it is on it’s way – loreal elvive fibrology thickening shampoo. Currently using tresemme biotin but notice alot of hair loss/shedding when I wash my hair which is worrying me and would like to see improvement by using a new shampoo to compare.

I am on my 3rd or 4th bottle of hair oil, may try something new next – loreal elvive extraordinary oil, need to purchase it first.

As for the rest – I have a few cleansers, toners and body lotions to use next so will not be repurchasing any of these.
I enjoyed the purito centella green level calming toner the most and may consider repurchasing at some point. The byoma creamy jelly cleanser was a basic affordable cleanser worked well but I didn’t like the smell much however got used to it over time.
The cowshed body lotion was really nice, I am now using my fav rituals of ayurveda body cream.

august empties and favs

here are my empties for August including one makeup item:

♡ stila glitter and glow dollish**
♡ garnier micellar cleansing water combination and oily skin ** (prefer the one for sensitive skin)
♡ versed dew point moisterising gel cream
♡ byoma moisterising gel cream
♡ cosrx advanced snail 92 all in one cream
♡ etude house soon jung cica balm **
♡ purito sea buckthorn vital 70 cream **
♡ thank you farmer light sun essence **

**would like to repurchase

July empties and favourites

July empties and favourites:

♡ missha sun gel **
♡ cerave hydrating foaming oil cleanser **
♡ klairs supple preparation unscented toner **
♡ beauty of joseon sun gel ##
♡ differin **
♡ rituals of tsuru shower gel
♡ tresemme biotin repair shampoo ##

♡ esfolio hyaluronic acid with peach essence mask sheet

**repurchased
## would like to repurchase

June empties and favourites

June empties and favourites:

♡ garnier micellar cleansing water**
♡ nyx matte finish setting spray**
♡ hada labo gentle hydrating cleanser**
♡ tresemme biotin repair shampoo》》
♡ neogen gauze peeling green tea pads》》
♡ the saem concealer
♡ stila glitter and glow liquid eyeshadow》》
♡ batiste tropical dry shampoo

**have repurchased since
》》would like to repurchase at some point

October empties and favourites

All my favs and empties for October month

The la roche posay sun lotion lasted me all summer (3 months). Really enjoyed using the purito green level buffet serum (2nd empty bottle). Tried using the iunik centella gel cream for the first time and was perfect for the summer months. The maybelline sky high mascara is a good one – have repurchased it. Cosrx oil free moisteriser is perfect for differin nights – I have a back up but currently trying a new gel cream (purito oat and panthenol gel). Rituals holy moley shower foam had a nice fragrance to use during the summer (but I prefer the rituals of karma shower foam for summer a bit more so stocked up on that one).

June empties + favourites

I loved using the Laneige Cica cream, Klairs midnight blue calming cream, missha sun gel, and tresemmé shampoo – would repurchase them all at some point.

Dear klairs cleansing oil and the rituals sakura shower foam were ok but I wouldn’t purchase them again. The cleansing oil was thick and kind of sticky when applying. The shower foam scent was nice but I got bored of it quite quickly – their other scents I enjoyed much more.

April empties and favourites

I really enjoyed using the Nature Republic aloe vera foaming gel along with the forest garden cleansing oil which goes well together, compared to when I tried it alone last summer, it foams up nicely and is good for the skin during the Winter/Spring season. Would like to repurchase in future, but currently I have a lot of second cleansers to try.

This is my 3rd jar of Nature Republic super aqua max fresh watery cream for oily skin. This is a good all round face cream I have used the past few years for all seasons. A staple and non-irritating. I would like to repurchase in future. However I have a few face creams to try next.

Purito sun gel – I enjoyed using this but with the recent sunscreen scandal found out it was not spf50 only about spf22, so was upset about it but didn’t want to waste it. As we were in lockdown past few months I decided to use it as I was mostly indoors.

I am now finishing my Missha sun gel spf50, but when it is summer I will switch to my latest purchase La roche posay athelios sunscreen spf50.

** I didn’t manage to finish the whole bottle of my current cleansing oil but used about two thirds of it before it reached expiry date – Nature republic forest garden cleansing oil was nice and felt better when used in conjunction with their aloe vera foaming cleanser, I would consider purchasing both in future but keeping in mind to use them together for best effects!

My 3 fav mascaras, would definitely repurchase again!

March empties + favourites

My fav products were the rituals of ayurveda shower foam and Purito defence barrier ph cleanser – these I have repurchased and stocked up on for future use.

The loccitane foam and oil to milk cleansers were ok, but I have so many other cleansers I would like to try. Good thing is they didn’t irritate my sensitive oily acne prone skin. So if I wanted to find cleansers in store I would be able to find and purchase these as they are readily available.

Im from mugwort essence was nice and soothing but I didn’t repurchase it as it is pricey. I have instead bought the Missha time revolution artemesia treatment essence mist to test out in future which also contains mugwort.

Mizon snail repair eye cream was ok, no milia or reaction to my sensitive eyes. I wanted to see if it helped fade my dark circles but found out later on that eye creams can’t really help with that problem.

The loccitane hand cream was nice and nourishing. I have so many hand creams to try next so will not be repurchasing this pivione one.

That’s it for my march empties and mini review.

Empties and favourites past year – skincare, makeup, and fragrances

I had the habit of keeping empty boxes! Now I need to make space and throw them away. So I decided to take photos to remember what I liked and I can make future repurchases if I wanted to.

Here is my collection of makeup empty boxes over the past year: