Greening Georgie: Gosh make up

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Sunday, 30 December 2018

Project Use Up Update #12

And here we are, the final update on my project use up for 2018. I didn't get rid of as many products as I had hoped, but I still moved out 14 from this year and I'm happy with that.

Let's start with the last product I managed to use up this year, the Gosh Velvet lipstick in Matte Plum. I was worried that this won't actually be gone by the time of this post as I didn't have too long to go and this is one of those products that doesn't actually need to be re-applied very often (very good in general, but not when you're trying to use it up). Like the Rose colour I really liked this lipstick. It's cruelty free, has very good staying power, it a nice colour, and doesn't dry out my lips despite being matte. It also smells really nice, which is always good when you're putting it so close to your nose. I still have other lipsticks to use up and, once they are gone, I would like to try some more natural products so it's unlikely that I'll buy this again. However, if you are looking for a well priced, matt, cruelty free, long lasting lipstick then I would recommend the Gosh Velvelt lipsticks in Matte.

Next lets go for the Barbara Day Even Smoother eye primer in Vanilla. I actually pulled the stopper out of this one as I noticed the product was beginning to get a bit dry and I wanted to see just how much product I had left. It turns out I've done pretty well and, though it's difficult to see from the side, when I look down the tube it looks like I've used up around 3/4 of the product. For the fact that you use so little of it with each application that isn't too bad. However, I've had this product for over two years and, whilst it still smells fine, I don't want to take any risks with something I'm putting around my eyes, so it's time to get rid of it. I'm not sure if any of the Barbara Day products are cruelty free (or if you can even get them any more) and it did struggle with the oiliness of my eye lids meaning that the eye shadows did not stay on for a particularly long time. Due to this, I wouldn't recommend this item to anyone and I won't be getting this again. I think that eye primers are probably an additional step to putting on my make-up that I don't really need so, now that this is gone, I'm not going to be buying another primer again.

I still have a fair way to go with the Living Nature eye liner in Midnight, though I did make some pretty good progress with it over 2018. It's a pretty good eye liner and is very soft in texture, but that does mean that it smudges quite easily even if you set it with some eye shadow. I'll be rolling this one over to next years project use up where I might test out some very dark smokey eyes in the name of using up a product.

The same it true for the NYX Dark Circle Concealer Corrector in Light / Pale. I have done a pretty good job at using up a lot of this product, but there is still about a 1/5 to go. It's done a good job at reducing the look of my dark under eyes, but not disguising them completely and doesn't have the best staying power. However, it has been very easy to use and I'll be rolling this over to next year as well.

Lastly, the Argan Oil hair treatment. As I'm using a new shampoo bar which is adding a lot of moisture and waxiness to my hair I haven't had to use this hair treatment at all over the last month. Instead, I've been using it as a not very strong body moisturiser. I tend to need quite thick moisturisers around this time of year so it's not really cutting it, but that does mean I need to reapply it more then I would any other product and it means it's going down a lot quicker than before. I will carry on using this until it's gone and I think that I will roll this item over to next year as well.

I also want to have a quick chat about the Urban Decay Naked Original / 1 palette. I've been using this palette exclusively this last quarter and, whilst I do love the colours, it's getting old and the smell is definitely changing so it's time to say goodbye. Also, the size of the glitter is a little bit much for me, especially as I'm in my late 30s (highlighted 'fine lines' anyone). I'm not sure if the new versions are quite so chunky in their glitter and if not I would recommend this palette is you're looking for one with this colour range. Urban Decay is also cruelty free. I actually don't feel too bad about getting rid of this palette as I have managed to hit pan on 4 of the colours, so it's had its use.

And that's it, another year completed. I had hoped to get rid of 17 products, but it's actually been 14 (with some additional items added along this way) and I'm happy with that. I've already started thinking about what items I want to go through next year and hopefully that will be the final year that I have to actively concentrate on getting rid of surplus products. I hope you had a great year using up your products, let me know how you did in the comments below. 😀

My progress throughout the year:

Sunday, 2 December 2018

Project Use Up Update #11

The final month is now on it's way and it's very clear now which products I have a chance of finishing by the end of the year and which I really don't. Whilst I obviously hoped to finish all of this items this time around I'm still pretty pleased with the amount of progress I have got done so far.

Let's start with the got bit. I have finally used up the MUA lipstick in Raven. I really like MUA as a brand as the products are pretty good quality for the price and they are cruelty free. I was also surprised by the fact that I actually quite liked wearing a black lipstick. Dark colours tend to suit me, but I wasn't expecting black to. The only thing I didn't like was how glossy this product was, which meant it didn't last very long and tended to get everywhere. If, for some reason, I decided to get another black lipstick it will need to be matt. However, if you like black, glossy lipsticks I would recommend this one. That now only leaves the Gosh Velvet lipstick in Matte Plum to go and I think I can get this finished by the end of December.

Next is the Living Nature eye liner in Midnight. Progress is slightly slower this month as I don't like doing a full on smoky eye when I'm wearing a dark lipstick. It's still going down however and I will definitely be a carrying it on to next year's project. It hasn't got the best staying power and I do find smudges under my eyes, but nothing too bad.

NYX Dark Circle Concealer Corrector in Light / Pale is another slow and steady, and I've managed to take off another section. I'm pretty sure this will also be another carry over to next year. The creaminess of this product (an issue in summer) has actually turned out to be a blessing over the colder months and it's definitely holding up better now that the temperature has dropped.

Let's not even discuss the Barbara Day Even Smoother eye primer in Vanilla. We all know where this one is going.

And lastly the Argan Oil hair treatment. I've used up all my liquid shampoos and am now testing out a shampoo bar, which has turned out to possibly be a little bit too oily for my hair type. This means I haven't needed to / wanted to use a hair oil and so progress has slowed right now. I'm going to leave it for a couple of weeks and see if my hair settles down once it gets used to the shampoo bar as I may need to go back to using a hair treatment. If it doesn't then I will need to find another use for this product, possibly a body moisturiser, to get it used up. Either way it's going to be a carry over to next year.

My progress so far:

Sunday, 4 November 2018

Project Use Up Update #10 and Other Products

So, another month is done and I'm now on the final stretch. I'm not expecting to use up many more of the products that I have left, but I am glad that's I've finally used up another item after a couple of months of stalling. (Apologies for the lighting in these photos, it's just so dark today it was difficult to get the right light.)

And let's start with that. This month I had to say goodbye to the Gosh Velvet lipstick in Matte Rose. I hadn't completely finished it but got ill whilst wearing it. When I put it on again after getting better I got a really sore throat again, so I decided I had the throw it away. I only had one more days worth of wear in it so it's not too bad, but a shame to not get the satisfaction of finishing it properly. I really like this product, it feels good on the lips, isn't too trying, and is a really lovely colour. Basically, if you're looking for an affordable, easy to find, cruelty free, nude lipstick I would recommend this one. However, I'm not really intending on buying nude lipsticks in the future and I want to test more 'natural' lip colours anyway so I probably won't buy this again. I had also hoped to use up my MUA lipstick in Raven this month as well as I had a few extra days off work, but unfortunately I got really ill for a couple of weeks and haven't been wearing lipstick at all during that time. It would have been fitting to finish it on Halloween, but there's always next month and I do think I'll get it done by then. I'm not sure if I'll get my Gosh lipstick finished by the end of the year, but I will have at least 1 month to concentrate on it.

I've been doing a lot of smokey eye looks this month and that has helped me use a good amount of the Living Nature eye liner in Midnight. However, there was also no eye liner wearing whilst I was ill so the progress on this is a little lower then I was hoping for. This is a really easy eye liner to use, very soft and smudge-able, but that does mean that it's not necessarily the longest lasting eye liner I've ever used and definitely needs setting. This one is definitely going to be a roll over to next year.

The NYX Dark Circle Concealer Corrector in Light / Pale is going a long quite well. In fact I've used much more then I was actually expecting. It seems to be that once I hit the side of the product the rest seems to come away quite easily. I might even be able to finish this by the end of the year, but I think I'm being a bit hopeful on that front. It's a lovely product to use as it's so creamy and the colour is actually pretty good for what I want it for. Just going to keep plodding on this one.

You know the drill on the Barbara Day Even Smoother eye primer in Vanilla. Slow and steady, slow and steady. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but this might actually be one of the products I just have the throw away at the end of the year as I've had this for so long and it is going right by my eyes.

The same can be said on the Argan Oil hair treatment. This is going to take a while to use up, but it is quite a good product and smells really nice so I'm not too bothered if it takes a couple of years to get through.

The other products I used up this month are......

My Jura Diurachs Own Fragrance Hand Cream. This product is lovely, smells really, really good, and works very well. I've been using it every day after work and it's definitely helped stop my hands from turning into a leathery, flaky mess. The only issue with this for some people is that it contains bees wax and I'm not sure if it's cruelty free, though I assume this line would be. I can't find this hand cream on line so I think you can only buy it on Jura (what a shame, just have to take another trip to Jura). The packaging is also glass which makes it easy to recycle.

I really like the Lush Dirty Toothy Tabs. They are very easy to use and a great space saver in your toiletry bag (something very important for me as I have literally been living out of that thing). The flavour is also good and this product is also vegan and cruelty free. I would prefer the packaging to not be plastic, but at least it's recycled and recyclable and that's really stuck in my head after I heard someone say 'If you're not buying recycled products you're not really recycling' (which I believe is attributed to Ed Begley Jr). For convenience these are great and will probably buy them again, especially if I'm travelling, but I love the Georganic products better so those will probably be my main dental products.

The last item is the Younique Moodstruck Epic Mascara. A friend of mine sells Younique products so I brought this off her when I was coming to the end of my mascaras. I've probably been using this way longer then you're supposed to use a mascara but the scent of it hasn't changed so I kept using it until the product was basically gone. This product it lovely and made my eye lashes look really long and think. It also held them at a sweeping up angle and didn't flake on me (a reoccurring issue I have with most mascaras). Apparently they are working towards getting a cruelty free status as they don't test their products on animals, but I haven't had confirmation on that yet. It is a little bit of a pricey mascara as well at £20, but isn't the most expensive mascara out there and it does have a very good effect. As with the lipsticks, however, I am wanting to go down a more natural route and so it's unlikely I will be buying this product again.

And that's it. Let's see what I can get through in November.

My progress so far:

Sunday, 7 October 2018

Project Use Up Update #9

This month has seen the same slow steady use up with nothing actually finished as last month. There has been some good progress in some of the products, mainly the lipsticks, but I think it'll still be a couple of months before anything actually goes.

As before we'll start with the Barbara Day Even Smoother eye primer in Vanilla. I'm using this every time I wear make up, but again, there's no obvious change from the outside. I am tempted to actually remove this product from the tube to give me a better idea of how this is doing, I just need to find a container.

You can see how much of the Argan Oil hair treatment has gone, but the progress here is probably just as slow as the eye primer. As before, I use this every time I wash my hair (about twice a week) so the progress is slow but steady.

I have finally been able to reach the edge of the NYX Dark Circle Concealer Corrector in Light / Pale and will now start increasing the size of this. I don't think I'll be able to finish this by the end of the year, but I am now on the final run and don't think it'll be long before I need to buy a new concealer. Do you have any recommendations on more natural concealers worth spending the money on?

I've been using the Living Nature eye liner in Midnight a little bit more by slightly changing the style of my make up. This has meant that my progress has been a bit better this month then last. It's still going to be roughly another six months before this is gone, but at least I've worked out how to get through it quicker.

My lipsticks is definitely the area where I've seen the most progress, probably because I've had a week off where I could wear makeup almost every day. I made sure that I wore the MUA lipstick in Raven as least a couple of times during the week to really work on getting through this one. There is a possibility that this will be gone by the end of October, but it will need some extra work on that. The other lipstick I've been concentrating on is the Gosh Velvet lipstick in Matte Rose. This is a really nice, easy lipstick wear, but it's matte properties does mean that it stays on longer then other lipsticks and, therefore, takes a little longer to get through.

And that's it. Not a particularly long blog this time, but there is definitely the usual lull in progress you normally get in a project pan around this time of year. I'm aiming to definitely finish the lipsticks by the end of the year, but I think expecting the other items to be finished is probably a bit unrealistic.

My progress so far:

Sunday, 2 September 2018

Project Use Up Update #8 and Other Products

As expected this month has been a no use up on the project front so this is going to be a pretty quick blog. I have, however, managed to use up other products over this month.

Let's start with the never ending Barbara Day even smoother eye primer in Vanilla. I've been able to scrape more from around the sides but it still doesn't look like there is much change here. I'm half tempted to scrap what's left into a jar so I can actually see any changes, but that might be at the end of the year.

Next is the NYX Dark Circle Concealer Corrector in Light / Pale. I'm still working on one side of the product, which has gone down a bit this month to the point where I think I will have reached the packaging by the end of the coming month.

Still slow and steady on the Living Nature eye liner in Midnight front.

I decided to set a goal of wearing MUA lipstick in Raven at least once a week in the last two weeks in August and that's had a real impact on getting through this product. I'm going to keep this goal for the next few months and should be able to get this lipstick finished by the end of the year. Despite using the other two lipsticks over August they don't seemed to have gone down at all. I am going to try and get these finished by the end of year, but it will be a push.

Lastly the Argan Oil hair treatment. Now that I've got into the habit of using this every time I wash my hair I'm starting to see actual progress on this product (though I couldn't get a photo that actually showed the line here). I have excepted that this product will take a few years to get through, but at least it's on its way out.

I'm also putting my Urban Decay Naked original palette into this post as it's the palette I've been concentrating on this year. I have decided to only use this palette for the rest of the year as I am thinking about getting rid of it at the end of 2018 as the formula is beginning to change. There is pan on two of the shadows and I think I can hit pan on two others as well.

Now for the additional products. Let's start with the Georganics Coconut Oil Toothpaste in English Peppermint. I've really enjoyed using this and it worked well on my teeth. It wasn't a big deal using the spatula every time I brushed but I would like to try some of their products which don't need the spatula. This product is vegan and cruelty free, and definitely worth a look. Right now I am using some Lush toothtabs, but I will definitely return to Georganics once these are gone.

And there's the Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel Sensitive. This is my third tub of this, I really love it as it is very effective at removing dead skin and making my skin soft. Sensitive obviously as I have sensitive skin, this is vegan and cruelty free. I will definitely buy this again, but only after I have finished my other face mask.

My progress so far:

Monday, 6 August 2018

Project Use Up Update #7 and Other Products

As I thought last month, the progress this month has been very slow on the use up front and I can't see any of these products disappearing in the next few months.

I'm going to start with the one product were there has been the most progress and were I have finally got into a habitat of using regularly. That is the Argan Oil hair treatment which I put on my hair every time I wash my hair. This still won't be finished by the end of this year as I only wash my hair twice a week but at least I'm getting through it.

The NYX Dark Circle Concealer Corrector in Light / Pale is showing a little more progress as I've been concentrating on one side of the product where there is now a definite dent. I'm hoping this will be gone by the end of the year.

As with last month I've been concentrating on the Gosh Velvet lipstick in Matte Rose, which means that there's a little progress in this lipstick but none in the others. I am not sure if any of these lipsticks are going to be gone by the end of the year, but I'll keep going through them. Then MUA lipstick in Raven is actually the easiest to go through so I might actually concentrate on that from now on.

The Living Nature eye liner in Midnight is making a slow and steady pace (not really much to write about here).

As is the Barbara Day even smoother eye primer in Vanilla.

Another product I finished this month is the Jane Iredale PurePressed Base Mineral Foundation in Warm Silk. I use this mainly as a setting powder with a slight cover rather then a foundation, but I like that I can increase the coverage of this if I want. This is my favourite foundation and I will buy it again in the future as my only foundation. It is a pricey foundation, but I think it's worth the price for the quality of it, the fact is offers protection from the sun and is cruelty free. I also believe this is a vegan product from the ingredients list, though please let me know if I'm wrong.

My progress so far:

Monday, 2 July 2018

Project Use Up Update #6 and Other Products

So the slowing down of using up has begun. I have managed to finish another product, but the rest are moving very slowly and will probably take a few months before the next product is finished.

Starting with the item I finished, the Burt’s Bees hand salve. I've been using this pretty much every night on my nails to help keep the skin moistured from the work I've been doing. It did a very good job at keeping my skin healthy and I have definitely noticed a difference since I've stopped using it. Burt's Bees is a cruelty free brand again, but obviously it's not vegan. I did like this product but I want to see if I can use something simpler.

The next product I've used the most is the Gosh Velvet lipstick in Matte Rose. This is the lipstick I've been concentrating on and I haven't really touched the other ones at all. This is taking a little while to use up and I thought I would use up more based on my week off, but it was too hot to wear too much makeup during that time anyway. I might wear one of the other lipsticks during July just for a bit of a change. No change to the other lipsticks.

The Living Nature eye liner in Midnight is a slow mover as before. I really need to start using this more, but it does smudge around my eyes a bit (even when I set it with eye shadow) so I don't always want to add more. I think this one is going to take a couple of years to get through.

The Barbara Day even smoother eye primer in Vanilla and NYX Dark Circle Concealer Corrector in Light / Pale are both plodding along slowly. I'm not sure either of these will be finished by the end of the year, but I live in hope. Both work well enough, but aren't really working their best in this weather and probably with the oils and SPF I use on a daily basis.

The last item is the Argan Oil hair treatment. I am actually remembering to use this everytime I wash my hair, but seeing as I only wash my hair twice a week I don't use very much. It's a good oil mix though and works very well at moisturising and defrizzing my hair without being too much.

The other product I finished was the Physicians Formula Organic Wear CC Mascara in Black. This is a good natural mascara and, once it had dried out a little, gave quite good volume and length. But, like most mascaras I use that aren't waterproof, it did smudge under my eyes during the day so I won't buy this one again.

My progress so far:

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