Share your empties!

[50sGirl]

If it was in a yellow bottle, I had the same issue last week not even half empty... But it was impossible to spray it. It was in date still, I got it from Home Bargains.

Yes that’s the one! It’s probably why I received it in a subscription box and it’s cheap in Home Bargains because it’s not fit for purpose.

 

[IdeletedbutI'mbackagain]

Yes, I'd recommend that one! My lashes definitely got longer with it, quite fast as well, I think I noticed it about two or three weeks after I started using it and I only used it in the evenings. I can't say that the lashes got thicker though or that there were more of them.
I never tried any of the UKLash serums, so I can't say how it compares.


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Another empty:
DermaSel Hyaluronic Booster spray. One of those thermal water sprays with a bit of hyaluronic acid mixed in. Really like it , I used it daily in the morning to mist my face before applying serum. Would buy again, but after another spray-type thing to use up.

Forgot to mention that I also used up Reviderm Anti-Aging mask. Amazing Stuff. Expensive, but very worth it, it contains cinnamon, makes you go bright red for a few minutes but then the face is really, really plump. Probably can't use it anymore or only carefully because of suspected rosacea

Is this the correct mask?
How often do you use it?

Sorry but I'm very intrigued

 

[littlepup]

I tried to depot some Nars products as the rubberised packaging had gone all sticky and nothing would remove the stickiness.

Only thing I’ve found works is scraping the sticky away with a blade. But, I feel like once it’s past this point it’s probably for the bin anyway. Just helps if it’s a makeup brush grip.

I chucked a bunch of stuff recently, lots of Palmers I can’t stand the smell off and can’t see past that even though they’re great products, some MUA eyeshadows that had gone, I don’t know, like they’d got wet? Rate them highly though. A floris fragrance empty I adore but is too expensive to buy again - “Cefiro” - it’s the cleanest fragrance, like CKOne on crack. Lots of “The ordinary” actives I used alongside each other and inconsistently so never really knew what worked. A “Tropic” body cream I was given but never really used, nice enough but not nice enough to compel me to use and I’m anti MLM products.
I want to streamline going forward but lots more to chuck. I do need a good body cream though.

 

[Jellycat369]

Does anyone know with the Recycle at Boots scheme if you're able to drop off perfume bottles? I did check the list quickly and couldn't see anything specific but wasn't sure.

 

[IdeletedbutI'mbackagain]

It's a retinoid. I wanted tret and since it's such a pain to get in the UK someone suggested Diff as an alternative. It's also meant to be less harsh than tret but, hopefully, as efficient. I think they are stronger than retinols.

It cost me £28 all in but it's a large tube so should last a few months, and therefore is cheaper than Skin&Me.

That's class!! Did you have to build up your skin's tolerance to it??

 

[Pinkglitter123]

I've been trying the aldi version of opalex. Only need a tiny bit so will definitely last forever. I think it leaves a grimy film and I have really long think hair

 

[50sGirl]

There's a FB group of members selling their Beauty Pie stuff, so I'd check there or ebay if you want another

Thanks. I’ll have a look.

 

[thetemptationisreal]

Yes that’s the one! It’s probably why I received it in a subscription box and it’s cheap in Home Bargains because it’s not fit for purpose.

Definitely not! Do you have any recommendations for a new spray similar to it?

 

[roo689]

I just used up another tube of boots ingredients (they are really fab for the price) caffeine eye cream. my holy grail lottery winner eye cream is the Sisley lip and eye contour cream which I got in a gwp once.

I tried Superdrug’s equivalent of ingredients version and it made my eyelids like lizard woman. Their hyaluronic acid is fine.

I’m also going to rebuy the nyx dupe of the dior Lip oil. Have yet to find another budget dupe as good!

What’s the dupe called please?

 

[ElChanguito]

I’ve just emptied my original Dermablend but saw plenty of 3D online still. I couldn’t get on with 3D, made imperfections really stand out on me. Love the original though, my most repurchased product. Trying to go lighter & cheaper for everyday with L’Oréal TM after being impressed with a friend’s but Dermablend’s a god send for full cover or even as a concealer.

Yeah, I’ve bought about five 3Ds which will see me through a couple of years 🥲

I think Dermacol is supposed to be a dupe for the original Dermablend. And it’s quite cheap (£13). I’ve never tried it but it’s got 30,000 ratings on Amazon!

 

[50sGirl]

One empty:
Votary Natural Glow Day Cream - I received this in my subscription box. This is such an odd product. On the very first application I thought I’d applied a night cream by mistake as it was so thick and left my face white. It did sink in within a few minutes but it just didn’t leave my skin feeling as moisturised as usual. Certainly no “glow” and more of a tightness which is odd considering how thick it is.
I wouldn’t repurchase and, if I received it in another beauty box, then I’d sell it or give it away. Not for me.

 

[LouSV]

Just finished yet another REN ready, steady glow AHA tonic. I have had many in beauty boxes, this could be my last though as REN are ceasing trading soon
Pleasant enough but Aldi do a decent one for a lower cost

 

[furbabies]

Im in ROI, they don’t ship here since Brexit.

Ah, I'm in England. Have you tried Dermatica?

 

[Geranium]

I have a dilemma. I have three really really old Naked eyeshadow palettes. Part of me wants to chuck them and get a new, small palette of colours I will actually use but the other part of me thinks I should use them. But the rate I’m going they will outlive me! Any thoughts?

 

[Codiaeum]

I'm going to try this as I always seem to be replacing deodorant.

i can really recommend it, not only because it lasted me such a long time. I've tried spray and stick deodorants for many years and always got smelly after some time, didn't matter which brand it was and whether it was antitranspirant or antiperspirant. This Greendoor stuff is a natural type, so it doesn't stop you sweating (which I'm okay with most of the time), but it genuinely doesn't smell on me after a few hours, which always happened with the other stuff.

 

[Codiaeum]

I think it’s the only soap that properly washes residue of all deodorant sweat etc away.
Shower gels smell nice but I don’t think they give as proper a clean as what the dettol does.

I use Dove Beauty Bar and love it, I'm pretty convinced that you have to find a combination that is able to properly wash off residue from your deodorant, doesn't react badly with the bacteria on your skin and smells nice.
My aesthetician told me she had a few weeks where she suddenly started smelling much more, despite not changing anything and "solved" it by applying Sterillium, so straight skin disinfectant, to her armpits. It really can happen to have a bacterial imbalance then leaves you smelling even though you didn't do anything wrong and I've also heard that some people experience this from switching deodorants. hence me believing you need to find the combination that just works for you, even though that can be really annoying...

 

[Aceofspades]

Do you know if you can get a tester of AKT? As don't want to spend out that much if it doesn't work for me!

They do testers where you can get a small tube and just pay for postage. Be mindful though that you need to allow your body to adjust to using a more natural deodorant

 

[OatMatchaLatte]

I’ve been looking at this. Do you use it with other actives and does it sit ok with them?

In the morning, I just follow with a moisturiser, and in the evening I follow with retinol (also The Ordinary). The GF is like water, so it soaks in immediately. I typically put the GF on a while before the retinol, but only because I tend get changed and take my makeup off early in the evening and I don't like the oily feel of the retinol I use on my skin. So I leave that until I'm going to bed.

 

[foxwarren]

Ah, I'm in England. Have you tried Dermatica?

Same.

 

[littlepup]

Mitchum stick here too.

I use a fragrance free soap bar all over to make sure I’m actually washing stuff off and not masking odour (even nice odour like perfume/body cream). You’d be surprised how often you’ll soap up but can still smell say a sun cream on your skin after rinsing.

If anyone really suffers with odour Hibiscrub is a body wash they use pre/post surgery. It kills all bacteria, yeast etc on the skin and stops it forming for hours. (Can’t get it in your eye or ears etc)
Clinisooth/Clinisept+ skin is another anitmicrobial that’s a watery spray, similar deal.
A bit like spraying dettol on a surface but for the body.

They can also help with broken skin conditions like eczema and acne, backne, cuts and abrasion etc, anything where bacteria can worsen them so not a bad ‘fist aid’ kind of item to have in.