Products I've used up - May 2013

Hey All -

I finished up a bunch of products in May and thought I would share with you. I'll give you my thoughts and then let you know if I would re-purchase or not! Hope you enjoy!

Starting from the left, here we go! 

Soap and Glory Hand Food

Thoughts: At first I was a really big fan of this hand cream, but the more I used it the more I didn't like it. The smell isn't that great and honestly during the winter it wasn't moisturizing enough.

Re-purchase: No, I wouldn't. It's kind of pricey and I found a better hand cream that I like better that's easily more accessible. 

Neutrogena Healthy Skin foundation - #30 Buff 

Thoughts: I've had this for a really long time and I finally used most of it up. I think it started to go bad and was breaking me out. When I first got this foundation, I really liked it. But the more I used it I didn't really like it but that could have been because it was getting old. It made me get pretty oily mid-day and that's just not attractive. It's a good foundation though. 

Re-purchase: Maybe. I didn't hate the foundation and I would consider trying it again. But there are so many other drugstore foundations that I want to try and have heard are better that it wouldn't be in the near future. 

Up & Up brand Isopropyl Alcohol 91%

Thoughts:  I use this stuff to spot clean my makeup brushes. I use this every week to clean the brushes I've used that week, since I only deep clean my brushes like every couple of months. I put some of this into a smaller spray bottle and just re-fill as necessary. This really does great job at cleaning them and they dry pretty fast too. (I'm planning on doing a whole blog post on how I clean my brushes) I learned this trick from multiple people on Youtube! 

Re-purchase: Already have! 

The item in the way back is this: 

Up & Up baby wipes

Thoughts: Ok, your probably wondering why I have baby wipes... welll great question! I use them everyday when I'm doing my makeup. These work great with wiping your hands on if you get eyeshadow/eyeliner or mascara on your hands or even on your face. Also, after putting on foundation or concealer so if your not in  your bathroom you have something with moisture to wipe your hands on! 

Re-purchase: Baby wipes, already have. This brand/kind - NO!!! These sucked. They were not wet enough for what I need them for. I'm sure they are great for the actual use of them but for what I use them for no. 

Lush Tea Tree Water

Thoughts:  LOVE this stuff! You can read more about it in my morning skin care routine or my nightime skin care routine. 

Re-purchase:  Already have! 

Wet & Wild Mega Volume mascara 

Thoughts:  I bought this for a really good price (around $2) after hearing someone talk about how good it was. I think I liked it the first 2 times I used it and that's about it. I think it dried out on my pretty quickly. It also started to flake on me. It gave some volume, but mega no way! 

Re-purchase:  No, I would not. 

Jordana Best Lash Extreme volume

Thoughts: I like it. It gave me a lot of length and some volume. At first it was a pretty wet formula for a mascara which I like. After it started drying out, it started to flake on me. But it's a good mascara and one you should try for about $2.99 a tube. 

Re-purchase:  Yes, I probably would give it a whirl again. The price point is nice. 

First Aid Beauty 5 in 1 Eye Cream

Thoughts:  It was a hydrating eye cream but as for the benefits it was suppose to have, I didn't see any. I don't think it reduced the appearance of my wrinkles or correct the uneven skin tone. Honestly, I don't think it was doing anything. It took me quite a long time to use up this bottle. 

Re-purchase:  No, I wouldn't re-purchase this. I purchased a new eye cream. 

Last item: 

Gold Bond Intensive healing hand cream

Thoughts: Love this stuff. I kept this at my desk at work and was great during the winter months. I found out about this from Kristin Gehm on Youtube. If you haven't noticed by now, I'm addicted to watching videos on YT. She's a fellow WI, girl and really love watching her videos! You can check them out here. But this lotion is nice. It's not greasy and soaks in very fast. It also smells so good. The scent doesn't really linger and isn't too potent because I don't want either of those things in a hand cream.

Re-purchase:  Yes, this was probably my 2nd bottle of it. I just finished up another bottle of hand cream so I am going to be re-purchasing this weekend. 

Hope you enjoyed reading this post on the products that I've used up! I kind of feel more accomplished knowing I'm actually using products up! This is a great way to keep track of all the things you have used and what you did and didn't like. 

Thank you so much for reading!! 

-Jill