Product Empties | July 2016
Hello Everyone!
Hello Everyone!
Today, instead of a usual review, I will be showing you all my product empties of this month. I'm not sure of how often I will be doing these though, due to the fact that I am still completely broke. However, I hope you all enjoy!
First up is the Etude House Collagen Moistfull Cream. I've had this since a while back, and finally used up the last of it. It came in a little set with a travel sized essence, however it spilled and there wasn't any product left in it. Overall it was a really nice winter moisturizer, it was really thick and sometimes a little heavy on the skin, so I mostly used it at night. In the morning my skin felt so moisturized. It worked wonders for my dry patches, especially all around my nose.
Continuing on with skincare, in my Clio Cosmetics haul you can see I got this skincare set from Goodal, a brand under Clio Cosmetics, as a gift. I brought this with me when I went on vacation and I'm seriously considering buying the full sizes of everything. All three of the steps were so moisturizing, and lightweight. They gave my skin the perfect moisture and left a nice dewy glow on my face. There is a slight almost floral scent, but it didn't bother me in any way.
Another skincare product I liked, was the Skinfood Facial Ice Vita Mist. It evenly coated my skin in a really nice cooling layer of mist. A trick I discovered was to keep it in the fridge for it to be even colder and refreshing.
The next thing I'll talk about is the Etude House Skin Mal:Gem Toner in Fresh. I do know that this is an old product. It was an okay product, definitely not one of my favorites. There was a very strong rubbing alcohol scent, and it even burnt my face the first time I applied it. Which probably meant I shouldn't be using it, but the stinging sensation went away the more I used it. This was supposed to control the oiliness in my skin by balancing the PG levels. It did do that, however the amount of alcohol in it and the burning made me not want to buy it again.
The last skincare products I will talk about are the Lush Fresh Face Masks (not pictured). If you didn't know, I am a huge fan of Lush so when I finally decided to invest in one of their face masks, you know I'd end up wanting to try them all. Now I don't have pictures of all of the masks because if you bring back 5 clean empty pots with a sticker that says so, you can have a free face mask! Okay, so my first one ever was Cupcake. It is described on their website as a chocolate mint treat for oily or spotty skin. It did have a very strong scent, but it was so amazing to apply, since they are supposed to be kept in the fridge, it was very cooling. It was easy to remove, and left my skin feeling flawless. I'm going to spare you all of the possible two page review on these face masks and just talk about one more. Another one that I purchased was Rosy Cheeks. It is supposed to calm and cleanse from cheek to cheek as stated on their website, and of course it did just that. It was definitely thicker than Cupcake, it had more of a clay feeling to it. (There's rose clay and kaolin in it). It dried very smoothly and left my skin feeling very clean and smooth. I highly recommend Lush's products to anyone and everyone.
Onto makeup! After purchasing something at Ulta Beauty, I actually forget what I bought, I received an Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion package (?) It came with four samples of their eyeshadow primer potions, the Original, Eden, Sin, and Anti-Aging. I was always curious about them, but never really looked into buying them. I'm not that loyal with eyeshadow primers, or primers in general. I am more familiar with face primers due to my combination skin. However, I quite enjoyed these, my favorite out of the bunch was Eden. It's described as a nude matte formula that preps the lids and prevents shadow meltdown. I remember using it when I was in the plays at my school and my eyeshadow didn't budge so I'm guessing it worked.
Finally, the last empty product(s) I will be talking about today in this post, are two of Mac's lipsticks. They are in the shades Patisserie and Angel. I am 100% certain that Patisserie is my holy grail lipstick from Mac, but first I'll talk about Angel. I remember looking to see what kind of lipstick I could buy and everyone online was like, Angel is a must have in your Mac lipstick collection. It was an okay lipstick, it's just too pale for my skin tone. It's also a frost, and I'm very picky about frosted lipsticks. I did pass it along to my Mom who absolutely loves it. I even bought her another one because the original one broke. Okay, onto Patisserie. It is a lustre formula and described as a sheer creamy neutral pink. Even though it's a little nub I continue to use it every day, and it stays in my purse 24/7. It's perfect for an all around light layer of lipstick. If you love gradient lips but don't like the chalkiness concealer or foundation can leave, just replace it with a layer of this and it gives such a lovely natural flush of color.
So I hope you all enjoyed this product empties, let me know what you thought down below. As always if you have any questions/comments/recommendations please don't be afraid to let me know, I will answer as fast as I can!
-Sleepy Strawberry
