I know, we're already halfway October but I still wanted to share this with you because I feel so proud of myself. At the beginning of September I made a promise to myself to try to use as many samples and as many almost empty products as I could and I think I did well. I had a moment of shame when I was going through my things, there's just so much and everywhere I looked I found something that I had already forgotten I had bought at some point. So I introduced a no-buy for skincare, face care, primers ... mostly all liquid products that aren't nail polish. And here's the result, a picture of everything I emptied and what I replaced it with:
Facial care:
I emptied out my favorite facial cleanser: the pore refining daily cleanser bij Neutrogena but luckily I still had a spare one, the last back up so I think it's time to start planning a new trip to the States ;-)
Body care:
I used up my Oahu Coconut Sunset bodylotion by Bath and body works, a Lady speedstick in wild freesia and a shower foam by Rituals and replaced them by Love Sunshine bodylotion, Lady speestick in spring blossom and a random body wash.
Hair care:
My Take The Heat leave in conditioner went in the bin and was replaced by a Miracle moist leave in conditioner (both by Aussie) and my Phyto 7 hydrating hair day cream was replaced by Paul Mitchell Smoothing Super Skinny Serum (which I got in a Deauty box a long time ago).
Makeup:
I used up 2 (yes 2!) facial primers, both very loved ... Mac Prep+Prime Natural Radiance and Porefessional by Benefit, I'm currently using a sample size of the Smashbox foto finish foundation primer. One of my all time favorite foundations, Neutrogena Healthy Skin in the color Buff had only 3 uses left so that one was easy and my Mac eyebrow pencil in Fling was replaced by a combination of Mac Fling and Anastasia Beverly Hills brow powder duo in blonde.
Nail care:
This bottle of nail polish remover didn't make it through the month either and I emptied out these 3 packages of remover pads. They weren't new, I had already opened them and I know that when I'm going on vacation I'll just buy a new package instead of taking one of these so I decided to just use them. I don't really like these, they just have a 'greasy' feel to them but I do prefer taking these while traveling instead of a bottle of nail polish remover.
Perfume:
My Victoria's Secret Angels Only perfume was replaced by Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream perfume. I'm not the type of woman who has a lot of perfume, I usually buy a bottle and when it's empty I replace it by something else. I find perfume to be one of the hardest things to buy, it's just so personal and sometimes I smell something on someone that I like and when I put it on it's just sickening. Marc Jacobs never lets me down though, especially not his Daisy range. And I think that Victoria's Secret Bombshell in Bloom will be mine next time I visit a VS store (another reason to start planning a US trip!).
Samples/travel sizes/individuals:
This was definitely the most satisfying of all. Look at all those empties!! I always kept sample sizes "for when I'm traveling" but when I travel I just want the products I know and like. So I used it them all with an exception for Kiehl's samples, I kept those for when I'm going on a citytrip for a few days. The Nivea travel sized shampoos I emptied and cleaned them out so I can fill them with my own product when I'm traveling. No need to buy travel sized bottles when you can reuses these.
The biggest fan of all of this has to be my man!! The space he gets for putting his things in the bathroom is very limited and he loved seeing all these bottles disappearing. October has been good so far also, I think I'm on a roll here so you'll probably get another post like this at the end of October. It's just so satisfying and feels a bit relieving somehow. I think I'm on a roll here!
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