Mid January 2014 Beauty Empties!

Ola Beauty lovers! It's that time of the month where I show you my mid January beauty empties! I love these type of posts to see others opinions on products that they have finished to the very end. So let me stop babbling as always and jump right into the products.

1. Balea Face Masks
- I mentioned these in pretty much every beauty empties. So all I will says is great drug store face mask, cheap and affordable, and works great on the skin.

2. Montagne Jeunesse Face Masks
- Same goes for these masks as well. Another drug store alternative, affordable and works great on the skin. Will continue to use this brand as well.




3. Listerine Mouth Wash
- This is my favorite mouth wash of all time, love the taste and love the fact their is fluoride in this formula. Anything to help me keep those cavities away because I hate filling cavities. Keep a look out because I will be testing out a few other brands to give you readers an idea of what else is decent out there.




4. Single Pouch Conditioners
- I love the green packet Silk Elements Olive conditioner. That is the one I enjoy the most. As for the cream packet Silk Elements luxury conditioner, this one was an utter fail. Only because the formula smells like old hair spray. It hydrated fine, but because of that smell I was totally turned off by it. The purple packet by proclaim is good as well. This one has keratin so be careful you don't over use this product because you don't want to get breakage from too much keratin in your hair. The white packet ion deep conditioner is good as well. Smells like sweet almond oil and to me acts like a normal conditioner but it does hydrate well.
All these packets I got at Sally's beauty supply for 0.99cents.




5. The Body Shop Grapefruit Body Butter
- I just love the body shop body butters. I have been a fan of them since I was in high school. This one is the smaller size container, but I have a couple of the larger tubs so I am excited to use those up as well. They can be pricey $25-$30 for the bigger tubs but it is so worth it.



6. Benefit Bad Gal Lash Mascara- Sample size
- I had a previous sample size before this one and I hate it. The brush is way to large, the product gets all over my lids, and it pretty much was dried up when I opened it up the first time. Not worth the $30 for the full size. Save your money people! There are better mascaras out there for more then half the price.







7. Lancome Visionnaire - sample size
- These type of skin care creams is difficult for me to produce a full opinion on them since I can't get more then a couple uses out of sample sizes. So I only used this as a night cream, did it help diminish pores/wrinkles/dark spots? Not that I could tell but I didn't use it long enough to see an actual difference. Lancome is pricey so no I will not purchase a full size of this.



8. Grassroots Research Labs Vitamin C skin refreshing cleanser
- Got this facial cleanser at the MAC sale back in September, this was on sale for $10. I am not familiar with this brand so I am not sure what their retail costs are. If you do know please leave me a comment below. Anyways it was an OK facial cleanser. It did not wow me in any way. I will not be purchasing this one again, it was decent while it lasted. 


9. Proactiv Solutions: Refining Mask
- This has been in my monthly favorites in the past. LOVE THIS MASK! I have serious hormonal acne and when I start feeling a blemish or break out coming on, I popped this mask on and it would just pull out all the junk out of your skin so that the acne would simmer down. It can be expensive, around $36 a large bottle, but it is well worth the price, believe me.



10. Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Peach Satin
- I enjoyed this blush. It was more of a cream blush but it was very nice. Blends well into the skin. The lasting power is average, I would say between 5-7 hours. I would get another one but I would like to finish a few more blushes before I do so. They are very affordable as well $5-$6. Good drug store alternative.

 

11. Neostrata Intense Brightening Cream- Sample size
- Again I can't come up with a solid opinion on skin care sample sizes so I just used them for night creams. I can't tell if it brightens since I only used it twice, but it was alright while I had the sample. No I will not buy it in full size.


12. Bath and Body Works 3 wick candle: Pumpkin Cupcake scent
- LOVE LOVE LOVE candles. Bath and body works candles are my ultimate favorite. I usually wait until they go on sale 2 for $20 so I can get two for the price of one. The regular price is around $21 each so they are a bit pricey regular price.


13. Lush Sea Spray
- Love this hair sea spray. Its $12 and gives your hair these awesome beach waves. I have repurchased this one already because I enjoy this product so much. I mostly use this in the spring and summer time.This item smells awesome! Like a resort :)


14. Marcelle Eye Makeup Remove
- Like this eye makeup remover. It gets off waterproof eye make up, and its affordable. Wal-Mart carries this brand, and you can get two of these for the price of one. One bottle of this goes for around $7 so that is a good deal. My ultimate favorite is still the L'Oreal one but that one is double the price so I try to only get the L'Oreal one when its on sale.



15. Pro-namel Toothpaste by Sensodyne
- This is my favorite toothpaste brand. It is a bit pricey ($7-$8) but worth it because it really does help with my teeth sensitivity. The iso-active formula is my favorite line in the brand.


Well that is all my empties for the mid month of January. Hope you guys like these quick reviews on my thoughts on these products. Let me know what you have finished and what you liked or didn't like.

Don't forget to go check out my YouTube Channel: MacGirl25Antonietta

Until next time beauty lovers <3
MacGirl25

July Beauty Empties 2013

Ola Beauty Lovers. Today I have a July Empties for you, these are all the products I finished during the month of July. If you want to check out a video on this then go check out my YouTube Channel MacGirl25Antonietta.


1. L'oreal Paris Hair Expertise Ever Pure Sulfate-free color care system: Conditioner in Rosemary Mint
- I finished this conditioner a lot later then I finished the shampoo. But all the same the conditioner was nice. Smells amazing and is a medium formula for hydration. What I love most about this L'oreal line is that is anti fade for colored hair. Protects from UV rays from the sun. Is sulfate free. Has natural botanical and is 100% vegan.  I will re purchase again but I like to rotate shampoo and conditioner so it will be a while until I go back to it.

2. Sensodyne Tooth paste in the Iso active formula
- I know you may think tooth paste in this entry but come on, everyone needs to keep a healthy clean mouth going and I used up this tooth paste to get it. I had some sensitive teeth towards cold items and so I used this bad boy and it helped me out a lot. I change up my tooth paste once I finish a bottle. Sometimes from the same brand, sometimes a different brand. So stay tuned to the next empties to see which bottle I finished next.

3. Vaseline Hydrant Spray & Go in Cocoa Radiant
- This product was in my last Favorites. Loved this item. I can not describe to you the moisture it provides. It's quick to apply when you are in a rush and the hydration is amazing. Very affordable you can get this at your local drug store. I definitely will re purchase once I run out of body lotion. (I have so many more bottles of other brands to go through) .

4. Beauty Treats Make up Remove tissues in cucumber
- Love this make up removing cloths. They come in a pack of 30 for $4.95 at trade secrets. They are very moist and they remove all your make up without having to scrub hard. One of these packages should last you at least one month if you use 1 cloth per day. Love these, I repurchased already :)

5. Bath and Body Works Anti Bacterial Foaming Hand Soap in Sweet Pea
- I have all kinds of Bath and Body works had soaps. Love them so much. I change up the scent every time I finish a bottle. So you will see this again in the next empties article in a different sent. They don't dry out your hands which is why I love this brand.

6. Barielle Skin Polish Exfoliant in Pomegranate
- I got this exfoliate as a gift from a girlfriend of mine for Christmas. She had said it was a great exfoliate so I was so pumped to use it. Well this was a cream consistency and did jack shit to my skin as an exfoliate. LOL Hey I am being honest that is what all you Beauty Lovers need when it comes to product review. Don't get me wrong, this cleanser was very moisturizing but it did not do well as an exfoliate like the jar says. Not a re-purchase for me.  I believe you can find this brand at the Sally Beauty Supply and when I checked this exfoliate it was going for about $17 to $20! Save your money and go the St.Ives which is cheaper and does the job right!

7. One n Only Argan Oil Color Cream Developer in 20 volume
- I color my hair and I love this cream developer only because it doesn't leave my hair feeling like straw after you color your hair. This developer makes your hair feel silky and smooth as if you were born with that type of gorgeous hair. I found this at the Sally beauty supply, not to positive on the price but I would say it is around $8. I have already Re- purchased :)

8. MAC Studio Moisture Tint in Dark
- This was in my last favorites as well. Loved this tinted moisturizer. It is very light, not greasy and does the job well. A bit expensive. For more details please go check out my review on this from a while back. Will re purchase this in the future.

9. Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber Gel Mask
- I got a sample of this a while back and finally finished it. I have to say I enjoyed this product a lot. I would wash my face and then apply this gel, let it sit for 10 minutes and wash it off. I can not describe how moisturized my skin actually felt. It was very refreshing. You can get this line off BeautyBay.com I will probably get this mask in full size in the future but I will be finishing off my other masks first before I purchase any more. Not to sure of the price on this one but I am sure if you search it on BeautyBay.com you will get a price from there. Very enjoyable sample I must say.

10. OPI Nail Envy
- Loved this nail base coat. It says it prevents splitting but which it did for a while, but it doesn't ever prevent splitting because near the end of the bottle my nails began to split again. Not sure if it was because the formula got more dry from all the uses I got out of it. But it did the job while it lasted. This nail envy is around $17 in salons, a bit pricey for my liking. If you can find it cheaper then great, if not then there are other alternatives that are cheaper that can do a better job.

11. Clarins Liquid Bronzer for the face
- I am not a fan of self tanner lotions. I know that they say too much sun is bad for you, but think about it, those self tanners are probably worse for you than the sun with sunscreen on since there are all those chemicals in those self tanners. This liquid self tanning facial bronzer did squat to my face. The smell stunk of self tanning creams, and there was no good outcome to it. This was a sample size I got from Shoppers Drug Mart. Thank god I didn't buy the full size. Waste of money. Clarins isn't cheap either just so you know.

12. MAC Penultimate Eyeliner in Rapid Black
- Hates this eyeliner. I don't beat around the bush. This eyeliner sucked. The felt tip was too flimsy so you cant even get a good cat eye out of it. The formula dried up way too quickly, I think in total I maybe used it for 2 weeks straight and after that its done, it starts to skip when you attempt to apply it and the fine tip is shot. Not worth the money at all (about $15) . So many other liners out there, I wont be re purchasing this one ever again.

13. Avon Eyeliner Glimmer stick in Blackest Black
- This eyeliner too me forever to finish. I don't mind this liner in the winter, but in the summer it is definitely not water proof. Love the mechanical pencil application but I need a water proof smudge free liner in the summer since my skin gets oily and I sweat. I'm human people c'mon. Very affordable around $4 from your local Avon representative. Not bad definitely workable in fall and winter. I have a tone of eyeliners so I doubt I will be re purchasing this, but if you have an Avon Rep check it out for the fall time since the season is approaching.

14. Bakel Cool Eyes cream
- Got a sample of this eye cream with a purchase I made at BeautyBay.com. I love this eye cream. The cooling sensation on my under eyes is amazing. Puts me to sleep like a baby and the next morning my under eyes are so hydrated it is so much more enjoyable applying make up to it.
Not sure of the price, but once I finish my other eye cream samples, I will be looking forward to purchasing this one in full size.

15. Proactive step 3 repairing treatment 

- I love certain proactive products. Like their lotions are awesome. I loved this treatment I used everynight and it would help keep the breakouts at bay. The only problem is that it's expensive. I am not sure if I will repurchase again only because of the price. We will see because their lotions are very good. Non greasy formula is so pleasant. 

Well my Beauty Lovers, I hope you enjoyed this mini review. Let me know some of your products that you enjoy to finish.

Until Next time Beauty Lovers
MacGirl25