I was expecting this quarter to be as slow as the last so it has been a pleasant surprise that I've managed to get through as many items as I have. In no particular order.
The NYX Dark Circle Concealer Corrector in Light / Pale is finally gone. It has taken a little while but every last bit on this product has been scrapped from the pot. As I said in the previous post it does do a good job at correcting the colour under my eyes, but doesn't provide the type of coverage I normally like. NYX is cruelty free though. At the moment I haven't brought another concealer to replace this one as I want to just use my foundation for now until I decide what I'm going to do with my makeup moving forward. I am tempted by the RMS Beauty Un Cover-Up so that might be my next expensive purchase.
I started doing more smokey looks this quarter which meant that the Living Nature eye liner in Midnight did go a lot faster than before and is now finished. There was also a lot less product left in this than I thought. This is a lovely dark black, very smooth to put on, and easy to smudge. It's also cruelty free. However, its lasting power is not as good as I would like so even if I do but another eye liner it won't be this.
The Barry M lip liner in Red or 3 was also another product that has also now completely gone. It got very soft at the end and kept breaking every time I tried to sharpen it, but I think that has more to do with the age of this item rather than the overall quality of the product, which is really good. It worked really well with the Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani lipstick in 714 but also looked very nice worn on its own. Barry M is cruelty free and for the quality of the product you get for the price I would recommend this.
The Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani lipstick in 714 is so painfully close to being finished. Just a tiny bit more, though I know in reality there's still a few days worth of wear. I do really love this lipstick, in fact I might even go so far as to say it's the lipstick for me. It's matte without being drying and the perfect blue red tone that's very flattering. It also has pretty good staying power and Urban Decay is cruelty free. I am actually looking for more natural lip products, if any, in the future so I won't buy this again for now. However, it'll always be a favourite.
There is one product that I haven't actually finished but will be getting rid of and that is the Buxom eye shadow palette in Dolly's Wild Side. It is a beautiful palette and the eye shadows are very good quality, but they just aren't the type of colours I would naturally go for and I don't really feel that the colours suit me particularly well. I wouldn't really have realised this if I hadn't tried this product for the amount I have this year so I'm glad I gave this a go and I'm not just keeping this palette with me. It has been well used but it's time for it to go. I'm going to have a look and see if there is anywhere that I can donate this rather than just throw it away.
I started using the The Body Shop lip liner in Hot Date this quarter. It definitely isn't as red as I thought it was going to be, more of a darker tea rose, but it's a beautiful colour. It's also very soft and I seem to be getting through it quite quickly. It might even be gone my the next update leaving me with no lip liners left and that's something I'll be very happy about.
I also started using the The Body Shop black liquid eyeliner. It was a bit of a learning curve as it has been many years since I last tried using a liquid liner. It doesn't help that my eye lids are so sensitive and blink at just about anything. Needless to say the lines have been sort of thick over the last couple of months, but I am getting better at it. I don't actually know how much of this product is left so I guess it will be just a blindly use until it's all gone.
The NYX Powder Blush in Taupe and The Balm highlighter in Mary-Lou Manizer look pretty much the same as they did in the last update despite the fact that they are both used every time I wear makeup. I'm hoping to reach pan (though not actually finish) by the end of this year but I'm not going to hold my breath.
As with the last quarter I haven't touched The Body Shop Matte lip liquid in Tahiti Hibiscus just yet as I'm waiting to finish my current lipstick first. I should definitely get to it in this quarter but whether or not I'll be able to get this finished by the end of the year is another matter.
Yes this has definitely been a good quarter for using up my makeup and it's been very satisfying. However it does mean that next quarter is probably going to be another slow one. If I'm lucky I should get two products used up but not much more. It really has been satisfying to watch my makeup collection reducing to a more manageable size, closer to the product selection I would like to have in the long run. I think I will still have one more year of this but that should be the last run.
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