Empties round up #6

Hi babes,

There is this thing that's only acceptable amongst beautybloggers. Already guessed what it is? Yes you're right. We're discussing my empties. In case you're still like 'huh? What does she mean?!' I've kept my empty beautyproducts to review for you. YES YOU. The things I do for you... (My mother still asks on a weekly basis if she can please throw it away) Today I'll tell which of these products I would repurchase and why. Let's get started!

The rules

1. We start of with the name of the products of course.

2. We discuss it's status : Repurchase Right Away / Maybe Someday / Nope Nope Nope

3. Reasoning

4. This is a rule for you. Grab a cup of coffee or any other drink because this is going to be a long one.

Bourjois Wake Me Up shower gel - Maybe Someday 

Why? It smells really nice, fresh and fruity. It really does wake you up.

Bourjois Undress Me shower gel - Maybe Someday

Why? I have loved this one for years and will repurchase it someday but I want to explore different scents. This shower gel smells sexy and lingers.

L'oreal #TXT07 texturising spray - Maybe Someday

Why? It smells nice, adds lots of volume but my hair doesn't stay voluminous for long. I'm trying a new one right now but I think I'll repurchase this after this new one, try it again and hairspray it afterwards.

Batiste XXL volume dryshampoo - Repurchase Right Away

Why? It cleanses the hair, smells nice, does not make feel like I can't breath after spraying and it keeps the hair voluminous for long. It does sometimes make your hair sticky and tacky if you spray it from too close or too much.

Got2Be Beach Babe seasalt spray - Repurchase Right Away

Why? It's a great and cheap seasalt spray.

Kruidvat volume lift dryshampoo - Nope Nope Nope

Why? It doesn't do much for my hair and it takes my breath away in the bad way. After spraying I felt like suffocating and needed to run out of the room to breath.

Dove Wintercare showercream - Maybe Someday

Why? It smells delicious and moisturised my skin but it's a limited edition from 2 winters ago.

Hema Mild Nailpolish Remover - Repurchase Right Away

Why? It takes of your nailpolish and smells like cherries instead of that bad nailpolish remover scent.

Rexona Maximum Protection (purple, pink and green) - Repurchase Right Away

Why? It's a great deodorant but I've used it for so long that I've associated the pink and purple scent with my sweaty smell so now I'll only repurchase the green one or other ones I haven't tried yet.

Nivea micellair water - Nope Nope Nope

Why? It's not as good as the other drugstore micellair waters, it's a smaller bottle and it's more expensive. I prefer the Garnier one.

La Roche Posay micellair water - Repurchase Right Away

Why? This one has a permanent place at my girlfriends home. The packaging is small so it doesn't take up much space in her toiletry bag. The product is great and for some reason I just love it.

Corine de Farme Micellair water - Maybe Someday

Why? Let's just say I love the pump. This is my favorite after the Garnier one. The bottle is massive, it lasts forever and has a great pricepoint.

Shiseido benefiance Balancing Softener - Nope Nope Nope

Why? I was just using it up because nobody else in my home did. I don't even know what it does or saw a massive difference in my skin. I didn't purchase it in the first place and wouldn't buy it again.

Kruidvat cleansing pads - Nope Nope Nope

Why? It didn't take my make up off, hurted my eyes and sadly it just wasn't any good. Lazy me is very disappointed. 

Garnier Hydra-adapt normal to combination skin - Nope Nope Nope

Why? As you can read here I have dry skin and this just wouldn't be right for my skin. I liked the texture and smell though.

The Bodyshop vitamine E Aqua Boost Sorbet - Repurchase Right Away

Why? I love how cooling and fresh it feels on my skin. It sinks in quickly and does feel really moisturising.

Clarins Superrestorative daycream - Nope Nope Nope

Why? It didn't wow me and would be a little bit too expensive.

The Bodyshop seaweed mattifying daycream - Nope Nope Nope

Why? I loved this, it mattifies and sinks in quickly but in the long run it wouldn't benefit my dry skin considering this is from the combination skinline from The Bodyshop.

The Bodyshop seaweed clarifying night treatment - Nope Nope Nope

Why? Same reason, it wouldn't benefit my dry skin.

Physicians Formula Organic Wear mascara - Maybe Someday

Why? It was so voluminising but dried out really quickly. For right now I'm loving the L'oreal Miss Manga mascara.

Hema Volume mascara - Nope Nope Nope

Why? It really didn't do anything for my lashes.

Kiehls Marvelous Mineral mascara - Nope Nope Nope

Why? I found an old back up of this mascara. I loved it. It was my favorite mascara in high school but unfortunately it's discontinued.

Essence Get Big Lashes mascara - Nope Nope Nope

Why? It didn't do anything, was flaky and smudged.

Catrice light reflecting concealer - Maybe Someday

Why? I liked the product but I'm trying a different concealer right now.

Essence Superfine Eyeliner - Nope Nope Nope

Why? This liner stained my eyelid blue, it's just to scary to keep using. I don't want to have a blue line around my eyes forever!!!

Essence I love Punk jumbo liner - Nope Nope Nope

Why? It was more grey than black and I need my eyeliner to be black!!

Primark felt tip eyeliner - Nope Nope Nope

Why? It just wasn't great, not really black, not really longwearing.

There weren't so many absolute great products in this empties roundup but I try to use my products up anyways. I mean I did pay for them so I should use them up, otherwise my mother would be right when she says I throw my money away and we can't have that ;)

As a disclaimer I also want to say that just because I don't like it or it just doesn't work for me doesn't mean that it won't work for you. My fails could possibly be your holy grail product. Do your research and if you think you'll like it, try it for yourself.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

The empties round-up #4

Hi lovelies, 

Time for another empties round-up. I've mainly used up some haircare and make-up remover.

 Starting with make-up removers. I used up a Garnier micellair water. I love this one. It has great value for money because it's only 6 or 7 euros I believe but the bottle is twice as big as the micellair waters from other brands. It also easily saturates the cotton pad without having to use a lot of product. It makes my skin feel very clean. I also used up 2 packs of whipes. First I also used up a pack of waterproof make-up remover whipes from Garnier which were nice. They smelled like grapes, weren't too dry but I do prefer a micellair water. I also used up a pack of Hema whipes, they aren't especially for make-up but I use these at the festivals in Summer and used up the remaining ones when I had to remove swatches at home. I do love these, they are very cheap (0.75 euros) and smell amazing. I also used up a pack of cotton pads by Liddl, they are horrible they seperate into pieces of fluff when you rub your eyes with them.

As usual my trusty Bioderma Node K shampoo and also 2 dryshampoos, both from batiste. First I used up the tropical one which I didn't like. The smell definitely wasn't for me and cleaningwise it just wasn't the best I've ever tried. The xxl volume on the other hand is great and has already been repurchased. It cleans the hair whilst giving it lots of volume and keeping that volume in place. 

I used up 2 sample size conditioners. Both were great, both smell delicious and do the job greatly. 

Lastly I used up a Catrice mascara, it was featured in lots of blogposts and was pretty decent but it did run out and get clumpy quicker than other mascaras. Also I finished the bodyshop shea sugar scrub and boy is this good. It smells delicious and really does exfoliate.

What have you finished lately?

- Nikki

The empties round up #3

Hi lovelies,

It's time for another emptiesblogpost. These are the times I'm actually proud I use stuff up and the pile of make-up things doesn't keep on growing. Let's see what's done, what shall be repurchased and what definitely won't be repurchased.

Hair

- Bioderma Node K shampoo

- L'oreal elseve anti-breakage conditioner

- Topmodel brushes

Let's see... The topmodel brushes won't be repurchased because I've already bought 3 of them but the brushpart always comes lose from the rest of the brush. The glue just doesn't handle knots very well. The shampoo will always be repurchased because my dermatologist recommends it and the conditioner makes my hair very soft but if it's anti-breakage? I don't know 'bout that.

Make-upremovers

- Biocura make up remover pads

- Nivea eyemake-up remover

- Garnier micellair water

- Shiseido creamy cleanser

The biocura make up remover pads aren't that great. The pads are really thin and rub your eyes which isn't comfortable. You need a lot of pads to get your make-up off and it still won't feel clean. The nivea eye make up remover is nothing special, it gets the job done but isn't mindblowing either. I'd prefer my micellair water from Garnier which I already repurchased. The creamy cleanser is great, it's really creamy as the name suggests. It has little granules in it that work or at least feel like a scrub. It's kinda expensive but I have another back up so we'll use it up.

Make-up

- Maybelline one by one mascara in satin black

- Rimmel 123looks mascara in waterproof

- L'oreal Miss Manga mascara in black

- 2be black edition ultra volume mascara

- Catrice lashes to kill false lash fibres mascara

I loved everysingle one of these except the Rimmel mascara. The Rimmel mascara really didn't do anything but I haven't seen it in the shops anymore so I don't think it's still available. All the other ones are pretty good in my opinion.

Randoms

- Rexona maximum protection deodorant in sensitive dry

- Kruidvat nailpolish remover

- Weleda pomegranate bodylotion sample

-Optive eyedrops

- The BodyShop vitamin E eyecream

- a bunch of cottonpads packages

The deodorant is my alltime favorite. The nailpolish remover did the job without a lot of effort. The bodylotionsample smelled absolutely discusting but you might love the smell. The eyedrops and cottonpads are decent enough for me and lastly the bodyshop eyecream, which is lovely but I lost the lid and after a couple of weeks the texture completely changed and the product separated so I couldn't use it anymore but I would repurchase the product.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

The empties round up #2

Hi lovelies, 

What do you think about another Empties-post? For this article I've gathered all the products I've used up over the past months. It surprises me that I can actually use this many products. Let's see below what I've used up and can now finally go into the trash.

All the finished products

Finished make-up

Let's start with the most interesting: Make-up. I've finished 3 mascaras. They were all getting old so I've been trying to finish all my open mascaras. These were the oldest ones so I started with these. I have nothing to complain about, all of them are very good. I've finished the Essence I love extreme mascara, Maybeline le colossal volum' express mascara and the Catrice all round mascara. All of them in black or the blackest version available. I've also used the Catrice long lasting waterproof eye pencil. The problem with this was that the kohl sticky thing fell out and dried up completely. I've done a review about this product here.

All the wipes

I've used a pack of big cotton pads from Kruidvat, A pack of small cotton pads from Biocura (the Aldi make-up brand) and 2 packs of facial cleansing wipes from coconut care. I bought these at the Action. They were absolutely horrible. I've never reacted to a product before but after 2 days of using this, my whole face dried out, was covered in tiny little bumps. It was a disaster. My skin had never been worse. I couldn't get it back to normal for days. I even tried putting body butter on my face to get some moisture back in my face. Nothing worked until I found a sample from Vichy that was meant to be a moisturiser for very, very dry skin. I tried that and it cleared my skin up in about 2-3 days. That sample is a real miracle worker but whatever you do, do not buy these facial wipes. The only way I even finished them was wiping swatches of my hands and they don't even do that properly.

My favorite deodorant, the only one that really works

I've used up 2 of my favorite deodorants, I use nothing else so expect to see these in every Empties post. These are the Rexona maximum protection deodorants in Sensitive Dry and Confidence. Both are great but I prefer the Sensitive Dry scent slightly over the Confidence scent. A review can be found here.

Hair and Face-care

I've used up another Bioderma Node K shampoo, prescribed by my dermatologist so I don't really dare to use anything else as my main shampoo. I've used up 2 La Roche Posay micellair waters. I do like these but I'm trying some cheaper brands at the moment. They are just shy from 15 euros which is pretty expensive. I've also used 3 things from the Shiseido benefiance line. This is aimed at older skin but my auntie bought this for her but actually never used it so I thought well it's an expensive brand I'll use it before it expires. I've finished the Balancing softener, a generous creamy cleansing foam sample and the daytime protective cream with SPF 15 as a daytime moisturiser. It's a bit too much for my skin as it is pretty greasy and it stays a bit sticky but this isn't aimed at my skintype so formulate your own opinion over these products.

Sample sachets

Lastly these are all the sample sachets I've used up. This is the poor peoples way of trying skin care. Not every blogger gets send generous samples from the beginning but these are the ones I got here and there (you know magazines, Ici Paris XL purchases,...). Let's start with the body moisturisers. I've tried the Garnier intensive 7 days body moisturiser and the Garnier body repair body moisturiser. I liked them both but the scent isn't as great as my The Body Shop body butters. I've used up the Juvena moisturiser, the Estee Lauder idealist skin refinisher, The Lancome advanced genifique youth activating concentrate, the Helena Rubenstein Prodigy re-plasty cream and concentrate. I'll explain my thoughts on those now. First, the Juvena moisturiser, nothing special, wouldn't repurchase but if I freely got a jar I would use it of course. The Skin refinisher was actually really nice. I applied it after my daycreme and it made my skin look better so I didn't need to put on foundation after this so I didn't try. I have another sample that I gladly use up but I wouldn't spend my money on it because I simply can't spend that much money on skincare. The lancome youth activating concentrate was also very nice to use but same problem, very pricey. Just as the Helena Rubenstein line, the samples were also pretty small so I can't form a good opinion on them.

Well that's everything. I hope you liked it. Have you tried any of the products and what were your thoughts on them?

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

The empties round up #1

Hi lovelies, 

I love to watch empties-videos and I wanted to make my own but in blogform. The only problem was I never have empties. I start using new things before I actually finish the first item. Lately I made an effort to finish items and to develop something that looks like a skincare regime.  I started by finishing leftover bits and little samples I find in my mothers closet. We probably still had samples from the nineties but I'm powering through. 

The collection

In the category haircare we have a shampoo and a dryshampoo. I finished the Bioderma Node DS+ shampoo. It's a deepcleaning shampoo, anti dandruff. It soothes my scalp and reduces the itchiness. I have a skin condition but I don't remember the name. You know the deal with doctors, they tell you what to do and what to take to cure it but they don't tell you what you actually have. It something in the psoriasisfamily. That's what he told me. I also finished a Schwarzkopf dryshampoo. It was the first dryshampoo on the market in Belgium or at least the first one I found and my mother has kept buying it so I never tried another one. It does the job.

My L'oreal sublime soft micellair water has ended too. I use this one to take off my make-up at night and to refresh my face in the morning. I like it but it's messy when I try to get it on a cotton pad, it spills everywhere. This cheap nailpolish remover is finally gone too. It takes of the nailpolish but ruins your nails. I got ridges everytime. 

The dove pro age body butter has served me well. It smelled lovely and really moisturised. It's targeted for older skin but that only means it is more moisturising. Little fun fact : I didn't read the packaging right and thought is was a facemoisturiser so I put in on my face underneath foundation and I was like 'Why is my foundation so sticky? That can't be right?' A while later turned out it was body butter, not a facemoisturiser.

I finished a sample and a full size Shiseido benefiance balancing softener. It's targeted at older skin. It's a lotion that softens and exfoliates the skin and it's supposed to intensify the effect of a moisturiser.

 Moisturisers are next. 

 The following samples could easily be very very old. First L'oreal nutrissime for sensitive and dry skin. This one smelled like head and shoulders shampoo. It was just a basic moisturiser. Next the revitalift restoring day cream. This one smelled horrible and I didn't like it. Now my favorite one. I would repurchase it in a second if it wasn't sooooo expensive. Close to a 100€ or maybe over 100€. It smells like Chanel number 5 perfume and feels absolutely lovely on the skin. I want the full size so badly but the price is outrageous.

The energy drops face cream was also lovely. It sinks in quite fast and really leaves my skin energised. The marbert eye cream on the other hand was not lovely. Everytime I use it, it gives me eczema under my eyes. I didn't get to finish it because it damages my skin.

 I finished the biocura round cotton pads and 2 packs of the oval ones,

Make-up doesn't easily get finished but I finished 2 mascaras. The Chanel inimitable intense mascara in black. This one was actually finished a long time ago but I couldn't accept that and I kept it. It's so pretty and was a lovely mascara so I tried it again last week but it really is done. Next in line is the Catrice lashes to kill mascara in ultra black. This mascara has the softest bristles and I loved it especially on days my eyes are a little bit painful or when I'm still so tired in the morning I might poke out my own eye. 

That's all. 

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki