November Empties

It's time for the most exciting blog post I write - about my monthly empties! 

November was a good month, that's a pretty full box!

So I guess I lied in my October empties post when I said we only finish off one of these per month - in November we finished off three (and there are already 2 empty ones in our bucket for December...). As I've mentioned before, we have 7 of these on the go at any given moment (3 bathrooms, 2 in each plus one in the kitchen). 

Scents finished this month: 

Paris Amour (one of my favourite scents from Bath & Body)

Malibu Sunset (this smelled amazing too!)

Strawberry (this was good, but paled in comparison to the other two)

Oh hair dye, my old friends! I had dyed my hair fairly regularly for about 2 years, and then I dyed it close to my natural colour and let it be for over a year to give it a break. But, I was bored of brown hair, so magenta it is! I had this bottle of 30Volume Creme left from when I was dying my hair before (I don't use that entire bottle on two applications, don't worry). I dyed it twice in November, about a week apart. After getting the colour I like, I then go about 4-6 weeks between dyes.

Also - if you want to see how it looks, check out my Instagram over here ->

Foil Samples!! I have so many of these things kicking around, I'm really trying to make a conscious effort to use some up. This month I finished off:

Eucerin Anti-Wrinkle Night Cream - meh, it was cream

Eucerin Anti-Wrinkle Day Cream - again, meh. It did it's job but nothing special

EcoBeauty Good Day, Good Moisturizer - I received this in an Ipsy bag in the past. When I opened it, I thought it would last me about a week...5 weeks later I finally finished it off.

Korres Black Pine Night Cream - this stuff was good, once you got past the smell. It seemed strange to be rubbing something that smelled like trees on my face.

Real Beauty Serum - I received this in a Memebox (which I blogged about here). I loved it at the time, but it sat forgotten in a box after our move until I found it again in November. I put it on my face, and immediatedly did not like the way it felt, I think it might have been expired (which is fair, it had been over a year since I'd opened it). I had used about half of this before deciding it needed to go.

PureSmile Milk Essence Mask - another item I got from a Memebox (although I don't remember exactly which one...). These things look so silly on, I scared my dogs with it, but it left my face feeling so soft and smooth!

Vitabath Bath & Shower Gelee - Another foil sample used up! Hurray! This shower gel smelled really good!

Lise Watier Night Serum - I believe I got this from Topbox with a day serum as well (which I'm still using). I liked the night one much better than the day one, but I still don't notice if these things actually do anything or not...

Pantene Expert Conditioner - This was only 75mL, but it lasted a long time! It was nothing special, but it did exactly as conditioner should. I'm pretty sure we received this as a free sample from Beyond the Rack or something.

Aquafina Flavoursplash Lip Balm - Seriously. I finished a lip balm before I lost it. This was a momentous occasion - and it was one I didn't even really like, it just happened to be the only one in my desk at work for a few months. I didn't hate it, but I'm pretty sure I bought this in a three pack from the D-Rama (so cheap!)

Perfume samples! I've mentioned before about loving the sampler packs Shoppers Drug Mart sells; I think I've bought 4 of them now. I also bought one for Luke last year, so two of these are his.

Calvin Klein Euphoria for Men - this got a "Meh, 3/5" from Luke. 

Givenchy Pi - Luke loved this one, and it's in the running as the one he'll trade his coupon in for a full size.

Givenchy Very Irresistible (female) - I loved this one, but I think Gienchy's Hot Couture is just slightly better (I already own the full size of that one)

And there you have it, 19 items used up in the month of November! Go us!

xoxo,

Fallon

October Empties

I had originally planned to be all over this and have this posted on November 1st, but of course my camera died, and I had no idea where my charger was. I finally found it, and although it's a bit late, here are my October empties!

It was actually a decent month for finishing things off - yay for us!

We wash our hands! We pretty much only use Bath & Body Works hand soaps - you can always get them on sale for a decent price, and they have delightful scents. Yes, I just said delightful. We also have seven different kinds on the go in our house at any given moment (3 bathrooms, 2 kinds in each plus one in the kitchen) - we finish off one each month on average.

The Body Shop Hemp Face Protector

This isn't my favourite, and I tend to love Body Shop moisturizers. Luke actually ended up being the one who used most of this up - he also didn't love it, but neither one of us hated it either. I have a hard time going a day without moisturizer of some sort in this dry Alberta weather.

Gillette Shave Cream

Fairly generic. I've never tried this, but there's usually a bottle of it kicking around somewhere. 

Crest 3D White

It's always good to clean your teeth! This stuff was one of my favourites for awhile. I still like it, but I'm so partial to the classic Colgate.

Bread & Butter Face Shave

I guess Luke finished off two things of shaving cream this month. This one he claims is one of his favourites ever - thank you Men's Holiday Topboxes from the past few years!

Random hotel samples

We always bring these things home from every hotel stay, but there's soooo many of them in our house now. I've started trying to actually use some of these - in October we managed to finish off a body wash, a shampoo and a conditioner.

Foil samples - 

Jergens Ultra Care Body Moisturizer - We received a handful of these when we went to see Stars on Ice back in May. I had this one in my desk at work and used it solely as hand cream. It's fine, no complaints. It has no fancy smell or anything, but it helped my hands.

Clarins - Multi-Active Night Cream - I was a big fan of this! The sample contained enough to last about 4 nights, it was a really nice cream! If I ever run out of moisturizers (which is highly unlikely...) this would be one of my first picks for a night cream.

Perfume samples 

I might have a slight addiction to perfume...I love the packs Shopper's sells for $80 (used to be $75) that contain 10 of these minis (usually about 3-4mL) along with a certificate for a full sized version of one of them. I love being able to wear a perfume before committing to spending $80 on one, so I will continue to buy these. 

Givenchy - Hot Couture - I've traded in the certificate from the third set I bought for the full sized version of this one. I love it so much.

Diesel Loverdose - This was the one I traded in my 2nd certificate for. 

Ralph Lauren #2 - The full sized version of this was only $69 (and I had paid $75 for the box) so I decided it wasn't worth using my certificate on (plus I tend to love multiple samples from each box) so I traded in some Shopper's points to get the full sized version of this one. This is up there as one of my top three favourite scents of all time.

Lancome Hypnose Star Mascara

I received this in the mascara sampler box from Shoppers that they released last year. I'm very particular about mascara - when I receive a new one I will not even twist off the cap until I'm about to start using it. I only keep them in rotation for a max of 6 months, and then they go into here, whether they are fully used up or not.

I really liked this one. I will never use another cheap, generic drug store brand mascara again, they just don't compare! I wouldn't say this is my favourite one ever, but it would definitely be one I'd consider paying full price for. 

There you have it - October's exciting empties! Our November box is filling up quite nicely :)

xoxo,

Fallon

August Empties

It's been a few months since I've done this - August was actually the first month since we moved in to our new house that I insisted on tracking our empties again. I always enjoy doing this because it lets me know exactly what products are actually seeing movement in our house.

I didn't do individual photos this time like I have other months, it seemed kind of pointless.

Colgate toothpaste - this is one of the cheapest ones you can buy, but it's actually one of my favourites. It will always have a place in this house - and yes, there was a new one opened the same day this one finished.

Mandarin Blossom antibacterial hand soap - we really like Bath & Body Works soaps. There are currently 7 different options on the go in our house - two in each bathroom (an anti-bac and a foaming, and one in the kitchen). When we only had one bathroom, we finished off 1-2 of these each and every month, with 7 of them on the go at once they seem to last so much longer haha.

Ribbon Candy Anti-bacterial hand gel - I keep one of these in my desk at work at all times. That's where this one came from.

Cronies Moisture Cream - I got this in the Very Berry Memebox (which I blogged about HERE). For awhile, I had 4 or 5 moisturizers open all at once, but I'm trying to keep it to 1-2 now so I'll actually be able to make headway through my ridiculous backlog of products... This cream was good, nothing special and definitely not something I would pay $63 for. But it did its job.

Blush body wash - I wasn't a fan of this at all. I know it came in a subscription box awhile ago, but I don't remember which one now... I wasn't a fan of the smell of this, or the texture (it was super runny, almost watery) and it didn't seem to lather very well.

Lush Aqua Marina - I've been using this stuff for quite awhile now. However, I don't use it on a daily basis so I find the 100g pot to be way too much for me to try and use up before it expires (according the sticker). I still continue to use it well past it's expiration, but I really wish they would sell smaller pots of this.

Figs and Rouge Mango Mandarin Hand Cream -  This came in the October 2014 Ipsy bag I recieved (blogged about HERE). It's not a huge bottle, only 20mL and it still lasted me almost a year haha (obviously I wasn't using it everyday). It was in my desk at work, but I have 3 or 4 other hand creams in there as well. That being said, I did really enjoy this - it didn't make me feel greasy and the scent was fantastic!

So far we have nothing in our empties basket for September, but the month is still young! Check back in October to see what I was able to finish off this month! I'd love to see pictures of what products you are finishing off each month, link your blog post of your monthly empties in the comments section!

xoxo, 

Fallon

November Empties

This is something I started doing a few months ago, and it's keeping me honest with how many products I have on the go at a time. As something gets finished off, we toss the empties into the pink basket we have sitting in the bathroom, and then I post pictures on here once a month.



This came in my Yogurt Memebox (which I just blogged about yesterday). It made me look a little bit like a serial killer, but it left my face so moisturized and nice!

Bath & Body Works Shower Gel - Coconut Lime Breeze

I love this scent - this actually reminds me that at one point I had the body butter with this scent...I wonder where that ever disappeared to? There's nothing wrong with these shower gels, I just prefer my Lush ones more.

Toothpaste and dental floss - dental hygiene for the win!

Bath & Body Works Hand Soaps - because it's good to wash your hands after you pee.

Brigeo - Don't Despair, Repair

This came in an Ipsy a few months back (September to be exact). It seems to be great, but the sample was a little small (and my hair is so long) I can't really give an accurate review of it...

Saje essential oil - peppermint

I love the Saje brand of essential oils (and their nebulizers!). They rarely have sales, so when the entire store was 20% off on Black Friday I went a little crazy haha...

Make Up For Ever - Smoky Extravagance

Benefit - They're Real

Mascara is one of the more frequently used makeup items I use. These two (fairly large) samples aren't empty, I just figured I should toss them seeing as they have been open for way longer than 6 months. The Make Up For Ever is easily my favourite mascara I've ever used, once I work my way through some of the collection I currently have unopened, I plan on purchasing the full-size version of it. Benefit is also great at what they do, overall I'd have to say they are one of my favourite makeup brands.

xoxo,

Fallon

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October Empties

I started this last month (you can see my September empties here). I've placed a basket in our bathroom, and as we finish off products we place the empty bottles inside. 

October was a decent month for finishing things off!

You might recognize these from my Thumbs-Up Memebox. I tried one of them out one day. You're supposed to leave them on for 30 minutes, so an entire period of a hockey game worked out perfectly! My nails and fingers felt so moisturized afterwards, I really liked this! I have one more from my Memebox, which I'm saving for a cold winter day :)

Funny looking things!

Makeup Wipes will always have a place in my house! I've already opened up a new package, I can't live without these.

Olay Body Wash - this is ok, if it goes on sale super cheap I'd buy it again

Dove Shampoo - I wasn't a fan of this, it was crazy cheap (and for good reason...) 

Head & Shoulders

Herbal Essences Conditioner - meh. This is something we have lots of (thank you Shoppers Drug Mart coupons!) It's not terrible, but it's nothing spectacular either...

The old faithful of toothpaste!

L'oreal Youth Code Serum - I think I originally received this product from a subscription box quite awhile ago? I really like it - I can't actually tell you what it does, but I like the way it feels on my face. I already have another one of these open...

This post just keeps getting more and more exciting! Scope?! Haha, we have so much of this stuff stockpiled (again, thank you Shoppers Drug Mart coupons!)

I finished off my Lush New! shampoo bar this month as well. I've decided to try out a new one, and now have the Godiva shampoo bar in the shower.

Well, there are my super awesome empties for the month haha. I actually enjoy doing this, it keeps me honest with how many things I have open at once haha.

xoxo,

Fallon

September Empties

I saw this on a few other blogs I read (although I have no idea who came up with the idea - sorry!). I thought it was a great idea, and have decided to incorporate it into my blog each month :) I've set a basket in our bathroom and toss my empty product containers into it, and than at the end of the month (or two weeks into the month by the time I get around to posting it...) I'll take pictures and show all three readers of my blog (I'm secretly hoping it's more, but let's be real...) exactly what I've used up. Since I started doing this, it has made me so aware of how many products I actually have opened right now. 

September wasn't a very exciting month for finishing off products, but October is already looking better!

Oxy Sensitive Medicated Acne Pads - I've never really had problems with acne, even as a teenager I had great skin, but I've been using these for years. Even if I only use one of these a day, this will last me 3 months and it costs under $10. Deals!

Verdict: Will buy again

Aura Cacia - Lemon Essential Oil

Saje - Orange Essential Oil

Saje - Yoga Essential Oil Diffuser Blend

L and I have one of these in our bedroom, and fall asleep with it on every night. Every night we put 10-15 drops of an oil into our diffuser to fill the air with soothing, calming scents, so we go through a fair bit of this stuff. That being said, we hadn't bought any new ones since last Christmas (until last week when L brought home a new one). At one point our collection had 13 or 14 different scents, I believe we are down to only 3 or 4 now...

Verdict: I'll be sticking with the Saje brand, the Lemon one was cheap and took way more than usual to get a scent into the air. I would definitely buy the orange or yoga scents again!

Veet Sensitive Formula Hair Removal Cream - again, another product I've been using for years. Nothing beats burning the hair off your legs with harsh-smelling chemicals!

Verdict: Already have a new bottle open...

As I mentioned, September was really boring for empty products....

xoxo,

Fallon