Well, here’s my first empties post. I decided to start doing it because I noticed that I myself love reading other bloggers’ empties, it’s actually kind of fun to see what other people used up and what they ended up thinking about the products in the long run.
I often don’t fully use up things and simply “retire” them, it mostly happens to the products I was very “meh” about (there are a couple of those in this very post). So here is my inaugural Empties post, March 2013 edition.
Since my pile of used up products is fairly large, I had to separate them all into groups, and this post is going to be just about the makeup group, as you can already see from the pictures.
- Cattiva Divino Lash Mascara – I know a lot of people who said they really liked this mascara, but I hated it from the moment I got it in my BeautyFix last summer. It has an unpleasant chemical fragrance to it, which is actually what it’s supposed to smell like. Also, it didn’t help my lashes in any way, and the application was always clumpy and “spidery”. The only cool thing about this mascara, in my opinion, was the gorgeous tube.
- MAC Prep + Prime Lash Primer – This was my first ever lash primer and I loved it. I was actually shopping for a mascara for thin lashes and the girl at the counter recommended I use this primer underneath for the best effect. So just like that I was introduced to the world of primers and found out about face primers soon after as well. I was never planning to repurchase this and found a better alternative from Jane Iredale.
- Guerlain Noir G Mascara – This is my holy grail mascara, and I still beat myself up for my expensive taste. It seriously does it all: lengthens, defines, conditions, doesn’t clump, gives volume and it even smells good! This is one of those rare cases where I love the mascara for the mascara formula itself and not just for the wand shape.
- Jane Iredale Longest Lash Mascara – Got this sample in one of my beauty subscriptions last year, I believe it was Sample Society. I didn’t see any lengthening effect, maybe some volume and that’s about it. After using it for a few days initially, I just set it aside and left it rotting in the drawer for months.
- Qtica Extending Top Coat – This top coat didn’t live up to any of the claims it made. It takes forever to dry, doesn’t seem to extend the life of my manicure, it’s fairly thick and on top of that it makes all of my polishes bubble, even Zoya ones which is what it’s supposed to be used with. There is still about half left in the bottle but I’m retiring it early because I can’t stand the frustration.
- Stila Set and Correct Baked Powder Trio – This finishing powder is pretty good at masking small skin discolorations, it’s especially good if you don’t have any major visible skin problems and only need to even out your complexion a little bit. I probably won’t repurchase, but I enjoyed using this product.
- Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint – The sample sounded promising, but on the next day after I used it my face broke out really bad. I have nothing else to connect it with, so I blame all the parabens in the formula 🙁
- Vincent Longo Duo Lip Pencil – Loved the formula but hated the color, and I don’t even have anybody who likes to wear such dark colors on their lips, fyi I received this pencil in Sangria color which is a deep burgundy red. It was just sitting in my drawer for several months before I finally decided to just get rid of it.
