Whoever the genius was who started these kinds of blog/vlog posts I'd like to thank because not only do I love to watch and read about them, they have also motivated me to dig through my own stash of backed up bathroom goodies and start to use up the ones I have that have just been sitting around either unopened or used once or twice for god knows how long!
Recently on Beautyheaven, where I spend a lot of my time stalking the forums, I came across a thread called the 'Project 50 Plan'. This is a challenge to use up 50 products stashed in your bathroom whilst not buying any unnecessary items in between. The aim is to de-clutter, without wasting any items and reward yourself at the end. This has motivated me to begin this challenge and delve into the masses of products I have cluttering up my bathroom, one by one!
This is what I've managed to finish up so far this month...
Schwarzkopf Ultimate Oil Elixir Shampoo & Conditioner
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I was sent these to trial from Beautyheaven, and as much as I enjoyed these products (especially the shimmery gold formula of the shampoo) of course something new always comes along when I'm half way through and I end up switching to something else. So I decided to go back and finish these babies up!
First Glance White Pearl Nail Polish
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Whilst I was digging through my cupboards and draws I came across this random polish that somehow got missed when I stored all my polishes in my new makeup draws. It is pretty ancient, gluggy and completely unusable. Bye - bye!
Clear Shampoo &Conditioner Sample Size
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I received these samples in the mail a little while ago and figured starting off trying to use up as many samples as possible was probably going to be a more successful way to start.
Schick Hydro Silk Razor Refill Blade
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After seeing some poor girl die from a flesh eating disease from using an old razor that gave her a small cut one night whilst I was watching TV at some crazy hour it totally made me so much more aware about changing my blades often!
Biore Nose Strip
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I absolutely dispose having blocked pores, so I don't mind how often I use these. I have a few other brands to get through that will most likely feature in my next empties.
Natural Paw Paw Ointment
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Apparently this can be used for pretty much anything, including as a moisturiser and on razor burns, which I found a patch on my calf stinging and itchy the other night after shaving, so I rubbed this all over my legs. Worked nicely. :)
Gillette Series Pre Shave Scrub
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I have no idea where this sample size scrub came from, but I found it in amongst hubby's stash of samples & products I know he will never get to, so I figured it would make an all right all over body scrub. The scent was very manly, but it was quite a harsh, abrasive scrub, which I like and left my skin silky smooth and smelling great!
Who else is trying to work through their products?
Have you blogged about it? Let me know as I would love to check yours out too. :)
Some great empties.. I had heaps of empties at the end of February but I don't think I'll have as many at the end of March! xx
ReplyDeleteIt sure is a challenge and I have to keep reminding myself! Since its still the middle of the month, I may do another empties post this month, will see how much I get through to see if it ends up being worth while. :)
DeleteIts always good to have a lot of empties :) I haven't tried those Schwarzkopf shampoos, are they any good?
ReplyDeleteFunny how good it feels to finally finish off a product, especially the big bottles. The Schwarzkopf shampoo & conditioner were Ok, the smell was a bit weird at first, but the formula is nice and made my hair feel good.
DeleteI have so many samples that I'm trying to work through but eughhhh it's so unappealing to use something that's in a sachet form and you can't properly seal it off for the next use lol
ReplyDeleteI was sent the Schwarzkopf shampoo & conditioner as well, but I just didn't love it as much :/
Great collation of empties though! :)
I know what you mean. It can be hard work to get through all the sachets! First World pros eh? ;)
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