r/BeautyEmpties

Haven’t posted a beauty empties in awhile and have been accumulating quite a few empties since the beginning of the year

Hair, body, skincare empties separated by category. The skin1004 serum was to die for with my perimenopause dryness. I’ll definitely be getting that whole dove hair line again as well. The la Roche lip and neutrogena lip are HG for me now too.

Edit to add more details. I was in a rush earlier headed to work.

Most of those are my regulars that I stick with. Others were gratis I received at work. The redkin was gratis, it was meh. Gave a nice shine but didn’t outlast the dove mask. The centella ampoule was a new try. I loved it. My skin has switched from oily to dry and flaky the last 6 months with hormonal changes. I added that product to my routine and saw results quickly. Seemingly longer lasting than the other products I’ve tried for the dryness. The hydro boost is another HG. I use the moisturizer for work shifts. It pairs better under my makeup than the tatcha I use. The mouth wash is by far my favorite. I got the full size recently. Tree hut speaks for itself I think. The frenshe lotion felt nice but didn’t moisturize a lick. The bath and body works lotion smelled really good to me but often times people told me I smelled like potpourri

This was a hefty haul of empties this month! I will preface that the EOS is almost empty but it was a hate pan!

Grace and Stella eye masks 💖- love them, not sure they do anything life changing but I feel good wearing them. Would repurchase.

Roundlab collagen face mask 🤷‍♀️ - honestly got them on clearance at Ross and they are just okay. Biodance ones are the best for me!

Aveeno baby shampoo 🤷‍♀️ - this was for my baby I think it has a nice faint smell and would get again but I’m trying others so did not repurchase.

Athena body lotion 💖 - love! The smell and thickness is similar to EOS but the smell is just so nice and summery. I really am excited to try other scents. Would repurchase!

Elvive conditioner -🤷‍♀️ it’s good! Not amazing and I’m just tired of the smell this was a bit of a hate pan for me since I usually go through shampoo wayyyy faster than conditioner.

Nyx brow gel - 😵‍💫 ugh I loved this but now it flakes on me so hard so I am not repurchasing. I like the spoolie since it’s big and def did the trick of keeping brows in place

Kiko lipstick 🥴 - meh it’s like 10 years old and dried for the heavens so just getting rid of it.

Rhode peptide 💖 - I am an ole henrikkson stan but man it was good ngl. Lasted pretty well on the lips and smell was alright. I want to try the tinted ones next when I’m done panning a few more lippies.

Tower 28 lip treatment - 🤷‍♀️ it was okay! Doesn’t last very long but nice vanilla scent and was moisturizing . Would not buy a full size though.

Goldman eye cream 💖 my god this stuff is amazing! It’s so thick and hydrating and honestly best eye cream I’ve tried. I want to repurchase the full size!

Aestura barrier cream 💖 - cult favorite for a reason, thick and hydrating but doesn’t leave you oily. I love this cream have repurchased manyyyy times and will continue to do so.

Elite foot spray 💖 it’s amazing, definitely deodarizes and your feet stay minty for hoursssss like even after the gym. Love.

Japanese pink oil cleanser 🤷‍♀️ meh too thick for me, no scent and does the job but nothing to hype up. Would not repurchase.

EOS lotion ☹️ this was a hate pan only based on smell! It’s sickeningly sweet. I gave the rest of this away to my sister.

Body shop shower gels 🤷‍♀️ they are good! Decent shower gels and really nice scents. Can get better ones for cheaper though.

Omave hand cream 💖 I love it but I fear I will never find it again, got it from home goods on clearance last year. Lovely smell and texture.

Clarins exfoliating scrub 🤷‍♀️ - would not purchase a big bottle, very fine scrub and smell was minimal.

I am looking for some holy grails and wanna try new stuff so comment any suggestions or questions!!!

My empties for five months!

Photo 1 - all

Photo 2 - most loved

Photo 3 - didn't like

Next photos - close-ups.

Surprised to see that many of "most loved" came from Beauty Heroes/clean brands.

In general, was hard to choose "didn't like bucket". Most items were great!

🩷 yes loved would repurchase
😐 unsure yet
😐🩷 loved but not rebuying
❌ not repurchasing

I think it’s 77 products but I only counted once lol

here’s my mini reviews :)

• PINK warm & cozy travel spray : gives me nostalgia, would re purchase! 8/10

• grace & stella rose spray : not bad! really small, I got it in a set of their other products. 6/10

• therabreath fresh breath oral rinse : really enjoyed this, probably going to repurchase in the big bottle. 9/10

• clearasil hydra blast pads : stand by these, they keep my acne at bay, have already repurchased twice now. 10/10

• dove gentle scrub : averagely good body wash/scrub, doesn’t bother my sensitive skin at all. 8/10

• L’Oréal glycolic gloss shampoo : LOVE, really made my hair feel softer, I do want to purchase different products from this line to see if they are all as good. 10/10

• Elizavecca protein treatment: obsessed, sad I ran out so fast, I did get it for 6.99 at Winners but would definitely repurchase even at regular price, it really is worth every cent. 11/10

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🎉🥳 cut open the shampoo :)

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Cerave body lotion - my favorite body cream for my dry skin! Will always repurchase. Great for healing tattoos, too.

O'Keefe's Working Hands hand cream - A favorite hand cream, will always repurchase this as well! I have two big bottles; one for my home office and one for at my actual office.

Briogeo Superfoods Moisture Mask - This is my third or fourth. I have thermally reconditioned (in other words, a japanese hair straightening treatment) hair and I use a curling iron twice a week (with heat protection!). This is pretty decent at rehydrating my extremely dry hair, but I may try to find something a little thicker and more moisturizing.

Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-in: Another forever repurchase and an absolute god send for my aforementioned dry as the Sahara hair. Despite everything my hair has been through, my hairstylist always comments how healthy my hair still is and I am convinced this plays a big role.

Skin 1004 Cleansing Oil: Another forever repurchase. I am already almost half way through the next bottle and have a backup in my cabinet. I go through it super fast because I use it to not just remove makeup and sunscreen, but to remove deodorant buildup, too. It removes everything and is so effective, but also non-irritating to skin or eyes. Has a really thin and slippery formula, too.

Byoma Phyto Mucin Glow Serum: Yet another favorite and forever repurchase. Just a big, glowy, plumping glass of water for your skin. Great under makeup. Doesn't irritate my sensitive skin. I developed an allergy to snail mucin and this is a perfect substitute.

Skinfix Peptide Cream: Hate how much I love this due to the price tag. Hope I can find it at TJ Maxx or something on discount. Super moisturizing and occlusive. Comforting and thiccc. But also somehow cosmetically elegant as well??? I can wear it in the day time as well as at night over differin or tret. Packaging feels luxurious, too.

Therabreath Fresh Breath Oral Rinse: Yet another forever repurchase. Although I can't use this daily or it dries out my mouth and throat too much, I do use it maybe 3x a week to maintain fresh breath, or as per needed to kill garlic/onion breath. It really does work, and it doesn't burn.

Repost because I couldn't sneak past the r/panporn mods 🫣 but I'm too proud not to show it off lol

Starting at the back, from left to right...

- Skin Nutrition Botanicals Tea Tree Power + Caffeine B5 Revive Serum Mask

- Global Beauty Care Power Toner

- BYOMA Jelly Cleanser

- Garnier Fructis 2-in-1

- Super Nature Potent Aloe Shampoo and Conditioner

- Batiste Dry Shampoo in Cherry and Blush

- Therabreath Antiseptic Mouthwash

- XtraCare Bodybalm Jelly Stick

- Hempz Lotion in Blueberry Lavender and Chamomile

- Secret Clear Gel in Mixed Berry

- River + Rowe Honey Drip Body Milk

- Banilla Co Clean it Zero Mandarin C Cleansing Balm

- Spa Luxury Papaya & Coconut Hair Mask

- River + Rowe Honey Butter Body Cream

- Walmart Island Coconut Body Scrub

- Global Beauty Care Hyaluronic Acid Exfoliating Body Scrub (2)

- The Ordinary Alpha Albutin 2%+ HA Serum

- Belif Aqua Bomb Sleeping Mask

- Garnier Fructis Smooth + Shine Leave In Conditioner

- Mixoon Soondy Centella Asiatica Essence

- B Pure Multipurpose Hair Oil

- Colgate Baking Soda and Peroxide Toothpaste

- 50 Pack of Cotton Ovals

- 72 Pack of Always My Baby wipes

I work a warehouse job so I don't get to wear makeup like I used to :( but I'm very into skin and hair care so I went through quite a bit!! Not to mention I packed all this from my personal collection so I could honestly say I recommend all of it.

One of my best yet!

The items I’d repurchase are the Frenshe oil (in the winter though), the Dove body wash (smelled divine, their absolute best scent) Mixsoon’s bifida night cream and sunscreen, the wipes obvs, ACT anticavity mouthwash (my holy grail, no cavities since I started using it), Dermasil’s Milky Toner (10/10. Love DT), Summer’s Eve wash and the Listerine oral spray!

I’ve been really focusing on using up all my testers and full size products, so satisfying to use these all up!

The Dior powder took me three years to use up

Joico Defy Damage - the shampoo and conditioner are really good at preventing breakage. I do love this set. I just won’t buy it from Marshall’s again it seems less concentrated than a salon brand should be. If I repurchase I’ll get it from Ulta. I’m trying out Amika the Kure, shampoo conditioner and mask rn so far I love it! WR

Lemme Debloat - HG won’t be without this! WR

Lemme Sleep - helps me go to sleep faster, helps with insomnia. This with after a good workout really makes me sleep like a baby! WR

Bath and Bodyworks Champagne Toast hand sanitizer spray - I love the scent and the convenience of keeping it in my car. I love the moisturizing sanitizer more. WNR

Ouai Scalp and Body Scrub - I love the melrose place scent. This foams up really well creates a great lather. It’s a gentle scrub, makes my skin feel soft. I would not repurchase bc my African net sponge exfoliates really well. WNR

Olaplex 5 Leave in - nice little sample. It didn’t impress me. It didn’t soften or detangle my hair meh 🫤 WNR

Dove Bridgerton Raspberry Rendezvous Body Wash - I love Dove Body washes. The limited edition ones are the best. I’ll admit I’ve never watched Bridgerton but I love the Dove and Kitsch Bridgerton collabs. The scent is berry and vanilla, just warm and sweet!

Moon Platinum Toothpaste - I like this. It has good cleansing power. My mouth feels clean and fresh. It didn’t whiten my teeth a bit. I’m trying Boka next. WNR

Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair - HG this is just amazing for my skin, removes blemishes, dark spots and really plumps my skin. It just looks smoother and brighter after using this consistently. I have maybe 5 more of these samples to go through and a large full sized bottle. WR

Ask me anything! 💖

🥳🎉 used spoolie to get highlighter out of the corners and used as loose powder

🥳🎉 removed stopper then used duraline to get the dried bits liquidy again :)

EOS has me in a chokehold!! Also, my empty Dr. Bonner bottle went missing. But also a 10/10. The only thing I won’t be re purchasing is the toner and lip gloss (it was nothing special).

Sharing my progress from the past year! Emptying a blush is so satisfying.

1. Sheglam Cutie Pie: Such a beautiful peach pink. It blends seamlessly with foundation and gives a very natural glow.
2. ILIA At Last: A lovely muted dusty rose shade. I loved how versatile it was for both lips and cheeks.
3. Addiction #14: This is a cool pink-purple/lavender tone. I personally think it suits cool-toned fair skin the best.

I’m glad to have these out of my collection to make room for new ones!

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Pic 1: WRP, or already repurchased. I can't stand to be without my Acwell and Peach Slices toner. Acwell is refreshing and the Peach Slices is so moisturizing and my skin receives it well. I also really like the Mary Kay Satin Lips. I have alternated between it and 3 other lip products at night, and this moisturized well through the night.

Pic 2: Really like these and probably would repurchase. I get great deals on the Softsoap at CVS. I like the Tonymoly cleansing water......I use it to remove my eye makeup. But lately, I prefer Elf's makeup remover.

Pic 3: I like these products well enough.....they just didn't really stand out to me. I have others i prefer. Probably WNR. Maybe I WRP the Ole cream.

Pic 4 - WNR. The Lancome Absolue is heavily scented, and I don't like the scent. It moisturized just ok. The Good Molecules was ok, but I prefer my Acwell way more.

So many of these were half-full or under. My goal for Project Pan is first, to declutter my bathroom, and second, to become more aware of my consumption habits. At the beginning of the month, I went through my entire stash and separated open products from new products with the intention of using the open/partially full ones first. I think I struggle with boredom in my routines - if I don't see some sort of results within the first few uses, I throw the used product in a drawer and move on to something more exciting. Moving forward, my goal is to finish a product entirely before opening another in the same category. Also, how the heck does one accumulate so many minis? I don't think I've ever intentionally purchased a mini before - these were all gifts with purchases.

Side note: Sheet masks put in the freezer after wisdom teeth removal feel AMAZING, seriously.

Moroccanoil Scalp Balancing Conditioner: I have had a lot of trouble with my scalp, it is both oily, but I get dry patches so dry that my scalp itches and breaksout in raw patches. I went into a store and told them the situation and that nothing was helping and this was what they recommended. This was a godsend. It balanced my scalp and completely cleared it up in the first 2 weeks and it maintained it. The only problem is, the products for the duo are very expensive, and the conditioner is not super hydrating for my ends so I have to use extra making the conditioner run out faster than the shampoo. I ran out of this first and finished off the month with a hairmask. I will likely repurchase this in the future, but before I do I saw Dove has a new scalp line for oil control and dryness relief, I picked them up to try and see if they may be a dupe before I repurchase these since they are very expensive and I had no conditioner back ups.

ellement Hyochlorous Acid: I love this stuff for a refresh. It makes my skin feel clean and I use this after cleanser before my moistrouizer, or throughout the day on a hot or sweaty day. This has really made a difference in my skin staying clear and is 100% worth adding into your skincare routine. I will be repurchasing this value bottle to refill my spray bottle as it was more cost effective with less waste and I do not have any backup currently.

Listerine Mouthwash: Not a lot to say about this, it's good, it does the job, I have a back up of a JUMBO Costco size of this that I will keep refilling this small bottle with now.

Garnier Whole Blends Almond & Argan Hair Mask: I bought this on clearence a few years ago for like $3 and only just got around to using it and I loved this. Made my hair soft and smooth without weighing it down or making it oily. I did have another hair mask on hand as a replacement so I now am using the fino hair mask, but I would repurchase this one again in the future.

Bioderma Lip Balm: Was this supposed to be worth the money? It wasn't bad but it was not that good. I have a second one I might save for next winter since that is what it was recommended for when I bought it, plus I really don't want to use it again this soon after when I have others in my collection, but I would not purchase this again, ever. I have replaced this with an eos Birthday Cake lip balm.

Morccanoil Shalp Balancing Shampoo: Pretty much the exact same thoughts as the conditioner, this stuff was great and did a great job at keeping my scalp clear and properly cleansing it.

Sol de Janerio Delicia Drench Shower Oil: I got this as a Christmas gift and I fell in love with this. The smell is amazing and it both makes me feel clean and makes my skin feel extremely soft and smooth. It is even great for lathering before shaving. I have a back up for this but I am saving it for the drier months and currently am working on a Mango The Body Shop shower gel and a Bath and Body Works shower gel that I can not remember the scent but it is very summery.