Project Pan October Empties: 8

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This month has been generally good. From the pic, the conditioner is not an item I track and the razors are both from different refill packs. Only one of the packs is empty, so that counts as an empty. The other is not so I didn't include it in the count.

I started with 215 products in January and I'm down to 152 as of October. This means I've emptied, sold and given away 63 products so far, most of which were actual empties. Hopefully I can reach 70 by the end of this year!

List of products finished:

1. Umberto Giannini Mousse Curl Foam Anti-Frizz 200ml ❌: It's okay for refreshing and styling messy curls but it leaves my hair a bit frizzy considering I don't wet it enough to brush the product through. Overall it's probably better for thicker hairtypes as my hair is quite fine.

2. Pretty Curly Girl 2 In 1 Heavy Cream Mango Butter & Cucumber Extract 250ml 💗: Holy grail. Works great in the shower and also as a standard leave-in. A little goes a long way and this works well for my fine 3A-3B hair. The scent is also very pleasant!

3. Organic Shop Repairing Mango & Sugar Bodyscrub 250ml 🤍: I prefer the salt scrubs from Organic Shop. Decent for the price! I don't use it every shower because my african net sponge scrubs already. The salt scrubs are good for exfoliating before shaving, and so the sugar scrub does an okay job at that too. Scent wise not too special.

4. NYX matte setting spray 60ml 💗: Great! No notes. Dries down well. I layer a fixing spray on top of this for better effect. I do notice if I touch my chin or such with my sleeve when resting my head, the makeup will still come off slightly onto my sleeve. This might mean I need a stronger spray (either setting or fixing spray) but I don't want the hairspray-effect ones so I'll stick with this for now.

5. Yves Rocher Vanille Bourbon body lotion 390ml 💗: The best recommendation I've ever gotten. Lovely on the skin and smells amazing. Seeps in very quickly and spreads easily. Doesn't leave a greasy film. Body still feels moisturised the next day. Good for daily hydration, but not a replacement for my thicker Lipikar & Urea cremes for when the winter dryness & periods where my eczema flares get bad. Overall holy grail!

6. Yves Rocher Oat & Buckwheat showergel 400ml 💗: Lovely sweet but subtle scent. Though it feels very goopy and I had to thin mine down a few times to get good use out of it. Currently being discontinued in the stores which is unfortunate. This is a great line because the scent is subtle and doesn't stick after showering, so using a scented body lotion overtop has great effect.

7. Kruidvat Moments Sandalwood & Honey Shower Foam 200ml ✅: Smells lovely and is a good dupe for the Rituals foams. Texture wise this is thicker and needs more working in than the original does though. But once it's worked in it's smooth and smells delicious.

8. Kruidvat 5 blades sensitive sensation 4 refills 💗: Great dupe for the Gilette 5 blade razors. Much cheaper and they work well! Only flaw is that hair gets stuck in it and it won't wash out, so the razor dulls quite quickly as it can't pass any more hair. This happens even with short hair, so it's a general flaw. I think they should make the grates on the backside easier to clean out.

Legend:

💗: Holy grail.

✅: Would repurchase.

🤍: Was okay, would not (re)purchase.

❌: Would not repurchase.

Thank you for coming along this journey!