December Empties

We’ve done it! We’ve reached the final empties post for 2012 🙂 It’s been quite a year regarding empties, managed to get through quite a few products this year, mostly skincare but a number of makeup too 🙂 I have several goals for next year regarding my spending habits, which I’ll address on my resolution post on the 1st of January 2013 🙂

Lancome Eau Fraiche Douceur
Basically a cleansing water which I used as a toner after my cleasning oil and cleanser. Loved this, this is probably my 4th or 5th bottle now! I already have another as a back up, but I need to work through a couple other toners before I let myself use my backup.

The Body Shop Earth Lovers – Apricot & Basil
Take it or leave it, as a body wash it was great, I loved how much it foamed up which is a big plus for me, but the scent wasn’t my thing. I prefer tropical fruits alone, not a fan of adding a spice in with this. The Body Shop generally makes great body washes so I”m more likely to go back for a pure fuirt scent instead.

Clear Scalp & Hair Beauty Therapy – Nourishing Shampoo & Nourishing Conditioner *
Decent shampoo and conditioner, left my hair feeling soft and healthy~ But nothing exceptional enough for me to jusitfy going out and purchasing them.

Archipelago Candle – Mango Tangerine
I purchased this quite a while back because I was looking for a highly citriusy scent to burn at home, and this is pretty much it. The name is a very accurate description of the scent, mangos and tangerines! It’s a lovely scent, but after my candle binge at Bath and Body Works, I probably won’t repurchase this. Especially since candles at BBW are many times cheapaer than this one.

Slatkin & Co Candle – Caribbean Escape
Speaking of Bath and Body Works, love this candle! In fact, loved it so much I went and purchased the large version! Yes, even with the insane shipping prices (given this has glass) the BBW candles are wonderful and still work out in total cheaper than purchasing some of the nicer candles in AU… fail right? Love fruit tropical scents, they are my favourite!

SK-II Whitening Source Dermdefinition
I’ve only recently started getting into SK-II products, still finding my way through the mass of products to see what works for me and what doesn’t. This one didn’t really do anything to my skin at all, at least I didn’t notice any change. At least it didn’t do anything bad?

Urban Decay Primer Potion – Original
Loved the formula, but hated the packaging. After a few months I had to remove the stopper to prevent it from wiping down all the product. I managed to get another 2-3 months of use after removing the stopper, so you can see how wasteful this packaging is. I’m aware people can cut open to retreive even more product, but honestly a masscared product doesn’t look as nice for an Empties post / video, and as a beauty blogger I have many more primers I need to work my way through X_x;