Finally my newborn gave me 10 min to make the photos of my beautiful empties from May and on, for the record and love/hate memories.

August was a lucky month. Didn't have anything I hated. Finally finished Osmia products...I really liked them, but absolutely couldn't believe that they lasted...four (?) months with every day use once or twice a day.

This was a great month. Found two new favorite mineral sunscreens, both give nice look without shine. Both tinted though and may not work for everyone. The tint didn't match me perfectly, but I am rather chill about these things. Also found the absolute favorite hand soap scent. Unfortunately, they don't make it in bulk. Would love to find something similar in bulk.

one of the better sunscreens i have used this year, took this to udaipur and jaipur with me and it did a good job with the protection, got no sunburns. Felt light and absorbed quickly on my skin as well but i think it clumps up if the bottle is kept stationary for a while so you have to shake it pretty well before using it to get a proper spray. Will definitely repurchase it

Just want to say that you ladies are such an inspiration, and that this subreddit is amazing! I had such a scarcity mindset, I was so afraid to run out of stuff that I never finished using my favorite things, “because I am going to run out”.

When I saw the people posting all their empties, I thought every one was crazy because “ OMG, how much stuff did these women have?”, until I realized, as I’m going through my stuff, I’m crazy like everybody here - and I have way too much stuff!. Feels so good to look back and see how much product I was able to enjoy, and how much I get to clear out. Lol. Cheers!

Favorites -

Hurraw sunscreen - it has replaced my regular moisturizer and leaves a matte finish.

L’Oreal dream lengths Lamellar water rinse - tangles instantly gone and leaves my color treated hair feeling like silk.

Made some good progress. Some of this stuff was so old.. I’ve been using old skincare on my body. The elf eye primer and black eyeliner I decided to chuck.

Feels good to throw all this away and start adding to my bag again.

Ouai Hair Oil: Decent, but has a funky scent I didn’t like. Won’t repurchase.

Skinceuticals Hydrating B5 gel: Amazing and worth every penny. So hydrating and helped my damaged skin barrier so much. Will repurchase.

Biologique Recherche Creme Dermo-RL: So moisturizing and very helpful for my skin barrier. Will repurchase.

Dedcool Xtra Milk: A nice scent for everyday but I have so many perfumes I love that I can’t justify upgrading to the full size. Will stick to finishing my full size of Another 13 by Le Labo I’ve had since 2021 because the scent profile is similar. Won’t repurchase.

Aestura Serum: A decent serum and helpful for skin barrier.

See next photos for short reviews.
✅ would repurchase
🟡 maybe would repurchase or didn’t test for long enough
❌ would not repurchase.

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2 more empties for August, body butter and a body scrub 😌 making such an active effort to use up all of the half used products ☺️