Empties Since July

July to August.

Been quite busy lately! Not much time for playing with skincare. Or for writing about it! I should continue my "spring cleaning" project as well. 

Face

Innisfree No Sebum Mineral Powder

Good finishing powder! Old but still worked well. Can't believe I had forgotten it. I have two back ups that I am using right now. Gonna save this jar so I can use it for travelling again.

The Face Shop Rice Water Bright Light Cleansing Oil

Super old, tried to use as a body wash as well. But I suppose this product just wasn't for me. I guess it was the combination of fragrance, the feel on skin. Probably broke me out a little too.

Klairs Rich Moist Soothing Cream Mini

Very nice soothing unscented cream! Moisturizing and soothing, without being too heavy. Could repurchase.

Exuviance Deep Hydration Treatment Mini

Ok product I guess, was hydrating, sticky on skin, but I suspect it also broke me out a little. Not sure if it's discontinued.

Paula's Choice Calm Restoring Moisturizer Normal to Oily Skin Mini

Very good for oily skin. Disappears into skin, feels calming, leaves skin slightly "silkier". I could use this again during a heat wave! Otherwise my skin needs a bit more moisture.

Filorga Meso Mask Smoothing Radiance Mask Mini

Hydrating, nice smelling mask. But I suspect it didn't actually do much. It was a pleasure to use though! Would use again, but would not purchase.

Samples: Drunk Elephant Protini Powerpeptide Resurf Serum, Kiehls Super Multi-Corrective Cream, Purito Sea Buckthorn Vital 70 Cream

I think Kiehls broke me out. It was thick, pleasant cream but it maybe smelled a bit bad?  Drunk Elephant was a nice effective and gentle serum. Very expensive for lactic acid serum but it does have a lot of other nice ingredients as well. Purito Cream was pleasant, neutral, absorbed easily, could use again.

Body

Dermosil Exfoliating Socks

Nice socks, effective! Uses lactic acid.

Rexona Maximum Protection Sport Strength Antiperspirant x3

Three antiperspirants finished in 2 months?? I am on a roll... should order more... yes thanks I am disgusting and sweat a lot and go ham when applying antiperspirant!

Nofo Exotic Flowers Shower Gel

Cost about 0,5€ and for that price this was okay shower gel. General not too strong scent, a bit too watery consistency for me, and not as effective at washing as I would hope but considering price... Okay.

Hair

Olaplex No 0 Mini

Olaplex No 3 Mini

Feels like water. You are supposed to apply No 0 first, it is like a primer, wait a little and apply No 3 and wait a little and then wash hair. Pre shampoo treatment duo. I got maybe 3-4 uses out of the mini bottles? So can't really say if they worked for my hair. Did not do harm however, and maybe my hair was a bit softer after treatment.

Shopping from July to August

My shopping from July to August. Overall I spent about 161 €.

DEPEND GEL IQ FEED YOUR SOUL

DEPEND GEL IQ FREE YOUR ENERGY

DEPEND GEL IQ HOT COCOA

DEPEND GEL IQ LIGHT MY FIRE

DEPEND GEL IQ SQUEEZE THE DAY

DEPEND GEL IQ TUSCANY TRIUMPH

Depend Gel IQ polish haul, 35€! Several were on sale so I overdid it a bit... (Without the sale this lot would have cost around 56€ on Depend's own site.) Now I can mix&match colors. All the shades are so pretty... However I don't think I needed 3 orange polishes!

And... currently some of my nails look bad, they are a bit split. I have not been diligent with hand cream&nail oil, been so busy!

Lisa Elridge Luxuriously Lucent Lip Colour in Meet Me In Berlin 

Light Set.1 Foundation Sample Card

36€, the shipping was 4€ and the sample card free (normally 3€). I don't know what possessed me to order this expensive lipstick almost on a whim. I just saw some swatches, compared them to Nars Rosecliff and thought that the shade is perfect for me... Meet Me In Berlin looked a bit more brown and balmy than Rosecliff.

Everyone online keeps raving about the foundation as well. So maybe I should try at least the samples! I would have bought the Light Set 2 card too but it was out of stock!

EDIT: Meet Me In Berlin looks very different on lips compared to Rosecliff, even though swatches are not so different! It is a lot more sultry look kind of lipstick, but with one layer it is natural. 

EDIT2: The lipstick is very flattering color for my skintone. I just have to get over it not being exactly a disappearing neutral shade.

As for the foundation, just swatched the card and based on that I would choose 2.5 Light With Olive Undertones but it may be even too olive for me. I bet I can make 3 Light With Golden Undertones work too. I will try mixing them too when I face test!

EDIT: 2.5 is perfect for me, on my face just neutral. The liquid consistency and fast drying reminds me of Dior Backstage foundation. I am interested in purchasing the full bottle at some point. Too bad the sample is too small to determine if the foundation breaks me out!

Kiehl's Dermatologist Solutions Hydro-Plumping Re-Texturizing Serum Concentrate 15 ml

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream 28 ml

Depend Gel iQ Soft Spoken Kindness Sprinkle

Depend Gel iQ High Shine Cleanser Step 5 35 ml

Depend Gel iQ Pre-Cleanser Step 1 35 ml

CeraVe Hydrating Foaming Oil Cleanser 473 ml

CeraVe Blemish Control Cleanser 236 ml

Free Sample Biotherm Cera Repair Barrier Cream

About 65€, from Lyko. I needed more Depend Gel IQ cleansers to be able to do my nails... the bottles are really very small (the starter set bottles only 25 ml) and you get the best result when not skimping on the liquids! 

I also got some Kiehl's... yes, maybe it will be a new brand interest of mine, lol! I liked the mini cream I had so bought another one for the next winter. Also interested in the Serum, because it has 15% Glycerin, so very basic but effective...

And then last but not least, going to probably use both Cerave bottles as shower cleansers, both body and face!

Everything was on sale -25% so that triggered me into ordering.

Essence Golden Days Ahead Lip Oil 01 Oh my Gold!

Essence the Extreme Nail Hardener

Lily Lolo Pressed Corrector Pistachio

Dermosil Nail Oil Carrot

Dermosil Exfoliating Socks

Some gifts and some impulse purchases. Essence Lip Oil is ok, but was expecting more golden look, it is completely clear on lips. Some sweet scent but not too bad. Not sure yet if it irritates the skin around my lips. Essence Nail Hardener was a stupid purchase, it has done nothing within two weeks of use. And it splits off my nails within a day, why not just use a clear nail polish instead? That would last two days on my nails, probably. Lily Lolo's Pistachio Color Corrector is fine, does not look very green when swatched and it's quite light but it sure seems to neutralize redness. Not sure yet if I like the formula.

I know I will like Dermosil Socks, they are great. The nail oil feels nourishing as well.

So, overall, I should keep my purse strings tighter.