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December Empties with Product Reviews
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items Hi there! Welcome to December’s Edition of Empties & Product Reviews - my last empties of 2025!! I finished up 40 products this month! Listed below is EVERYTHING I finished in December along with my brutally honest review of the product. I also i...
Sections
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Skincare
Hair Products
Makeup
Face Masks
Body Care & Perfume
Did NOT Finish
Skincare
All the skincare I finished this month!
✅7/10 ~ This is the Peach & Lily Glass Skin Veil Mist. I really love this mist! I originally tried a mini and liked it so much I bought the full size. However since then I’ve found a lot of other sprays I’ve found more beneficial for my skin. Thi...
Peach & Lily Glass Skin Veil Mist
❌ 4/10 ~ This is the Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm. I finished a mini. This is one of the worst cleansing balms I’ve ever used. I don’t think there is eucalyptus in this, but it smells like it and it has this minty/menthol burn t...
Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm
✅100/10 ~ This is the Make Beauty Hydrascape Moisturizing Reverse Emulsion. I never do my skincare without this! This is the second bottle I've gone through and it makes a HUGE difference in my skin! This gives my skin a deep hydration, and it helps ...
Hydrascape Moisturizing Reverse Emulsion
✅ 10/10 ~ This is the BYOMA Phyto Mucin Glow Serum. I use this every day before applying makeup and as apart of my morning skincare routine. I LOVE how insanely hydrating this is! This is basically a vegan snail mucin serum. I like this one for under...
Phyto Mucin Glow Serum - BYOMA | Ulta Beauty
✅ 11/10 ~ This is the mixsoon Centella Cleansing Foam. I finished a mini. I LOVED this cleanser!! It is so thick and creamy, yet I feel like it really penetrated my skin and gave me a really deep cleanse. It is super hydrating too. Didn't irritate my...
mixsoon Centella Cleansing Foam 150ml
❌ 3/10 ~ This is the Peach & Lily Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream. I finished a mini. I am so sad that I didn’t like this! I love Peach & Lily, but I hated this moisturizer. I didn’t like the way it smelled at all. Not that it was fragranced...
Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream
❌0/10 ~ This is the Innbeauty Project Extreme Cream Refillable Moisturizer Firming and Lifting Moisturizer. I finished a mini. I HATED this moisturizer! I finished a mini in like 4 uses. But the few times I did use it I hated it. It felt so thin and ...
Extreme Cream Refillable Moisturizer | Firming & Lifting Skincare
❌4/10 ~ This is the Skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid Eye Treatment. This took me forever to go through! It’s extremely hydrating but that’s the only good thing about this. I didn’t notice a difference in the appearance of my under eyes at all. It doesn’...
Triple Lipid Eye Treatment
✅ 11/10 ~ This is the TONYMOLY Green Tea SPF 50 Daily Defense Sunscreen. I love every product from this brand and this was no exception! It’s thick and super hydrating, yet not greasy or oily at all. It works perfectly underneath makeup! And it’s lit...
Green Tea SPF 50 Daily Defense Sunscreen
✅ 10/10 ~ This is the Sephora Collection Micellar Water Cleanser with Probiotics & Niacinamide. I finished a mini. It only lasted me about 3 uses but I found my new favorite Micellar water! This removed my makeup SO effortlessly! No incessant scr...
Micellar Water Cleansers
✅ 9/10 ~ This is the Eadem Cashmere Peel. I finished a sample (what I got was so small and literally half empty so I think it was more of a sample size than a mini) from Sephora that I redeemed points for. I LOVED this! I got about 4 uses out of it, ...
Cashmere Peel | Award-Winning Exfoliating Toner for Dark Spots
✅ 100/10 ~ This is the Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray. This is my all time favorite hypochlorous acid spray!! I love the mister on this. It’s so hydrating. My skin also is loving this every time it gets irritated. I’ve noticed less brea...
Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray
✅ 7/10 ~ This is the SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Light Cleansing Oil. I finished a mini size. I liked this, did not love it. It didn’t irritate my skin and it did a decent job of removing my makeup. The mini packaging made it hard to get the product...
SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Cleansing Oil 200ml
Hair Products
All the hair care products I finished this month!
✅ 9/10 ~ This is the Redken Acidic Bonding Concentrate 5 Minute Liquid Mask. I received this as a free gift for being a Diamond member at Ulta. This bottle lasted me about 5 months and I loved it! I use it once a week in place of my conditioner. My h...
Acidic Bonding Concentrate 5 Minute Liquid Mask - Redken | Ulta Beauty
✅ 11/10 ~ This is the Eva NYC 10 in 1 Mane Magic Hair Primer. I LOVEDDDDD THIS!!!! It smells AMAZING! I can’t describe the smell but it’s intoxicating and luxurious and I’m obsessed with it - I need a perfume with this exact scent. This is a 10 in on...
10 in 1 Mane Magic Hair Primer
✅ 100/10 ~ This is the Not Your Mother’s Plump For Joy Foam Shampoo & Conditioner. I finished the shampoo and conditioner duo this month, but I can’t find the shampoo for sale anywhere anymore. NYM is silently discontinuing all my favorite hair p...
Max Body Foam Conditioner
✅10/10 ~ This is the Paul Mitchell Bond Rx Reparative Oil. I received this in one of my Allure Beauty Boxes. This has become my all time favorite hair oil!! This consistency is VERY thin which I love! I don't like when thick hair oils weigh down my h...
Bond Rx Reparative Oil| Paul Mitchell | JPMS
Makeup
All the makeup products I finished this month!
❌7/10 ~ This is the Tatcha The Liquid Silk Canvas: Featherweight Protective Primer. I LOVE all things Tatcha, but I was not a huge fan of this. It didn't feel silky to me, it was more greasy. The pump on this sucks. It sticks and doesn't come back up...
Tatcha The Liquid Silk Canvas: Featherweight Protective Primer
✅ 100/10 ~ This is the Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil Waterproof Eyebrow Definer. I go through these like crazy! A full size lasts me about 2-3 months using it almost daily. I have not found a brow pencil I like as much as this one. Pigm...
Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil Waterproof Eyebrow Definer.
✅ 10/10 ~ This is the Tarte Cosmetics colored clay cc undereye corrector in shade Light Medium Peach. I bought this on TikTok shop and got a really nice free brush with the purchase of this product. I think this is the best under eye color corrector ...
Tarte Cosmetics colored clay cc undereye corrector - concealer
Face Masks
All the wash off and sheet masks I finished this month!
✅ 10/10 ~ I love all of the TONYMOLY sheet masks! I think the Master Lab mask are so underrated!! I’ve been having a lot of irritation to my skin as the result of a severe allergic reaction I have in November, so I’ve been reaching for a lot of sooth...
Master Lab Sheet Mask Centella Asiatica
✅ 10/10 ~ These are the Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Hydra-Gel Eye Patches. This was my first time trying them and I am OBSESSED!! First off they are EXTREMELY hydrating!!! Second, even though they are super hydrating, they don’t s...
Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Hydra-Gel Eye Patches|30 pairs / 60 patc
✅10/10 ~ This is the Lovisia - Pokémon Pokepeace Face Mask. My friend brought this back from Japan for me to try! This is one of the most hydrating sheet masks I've ever tried! Everything was in Japanese, so I'm not sure what all the ingredients or b...
Lovisia - Pokemon Pokepeace Face Mask
✅ 8/10 ~ I LOVE these lip masks! I bought a variety pack of 30 on Amazon for around $8!! These lips masks are HUGE so they cover all of my lips which I love. They are very hydrating too! They come in so many different scents and each one has its own ...
30PCS Hydrating Overnight Lip Masks Kit
✅ 10/10 ~ This is the Pixi Beauty DetoxifEYE Depuffing Hydrogel Eye-Patches. I finished 1 pair (free gift with purchase). These are super hydrating and did not budge! I hate when eye patches slide down my face and these didn't do that at all! I did n...
DetoxifEYE - Depuffing Hydrogel Eye-Patches
✅ 10/10 ~ This is the I Dew Care Wash Off Face Mask in Chill Mo-Mint. I finished a mini. It is so soothing and refreshing! It is made with peppermint extract but I love that it’s not so overpowering that it burns my skin or my eyes. It’s actually ver...
Wash Off Face Mask - Chill Mo-Mint
Body Care & Perfume
All my body products and perfume I finished this month!
✅ 8/10 ~ This is the Truly Unicorn Fruit Skin Brightening Deodorant. I LOVE the way this smells!! It’s fruity and sweet and makes me smell good all day! I feel cleaner and feel like I smell better throughout the day. I don’t like that this is like a ...
Unicorn Fruit Skin Brightening Deodorant - Truly | Ulta Beauty
✅ 10/10 ~ This is the Bath and Body Works Eucalyptus Spearmint Hand Cream. I love this scent! It lasts so long. All of B&BW lotions are super hydrating! My hands are always so dry after I wash them, so I keep this in my purse at all times. I don'...
Eucalyptus Spearmint Hand Cream
✅ 9/10 ~ This is the Megababe Beauty Daily Deodorant in Rosy Pits. I received this in one of my Allure Beauty Boxes. I actually HATE the way this smells! It's got that floral old lady smell and I don't like it at all. BUT once I put it on I can't sme...
Rosy Pits
❌ 1/10 ~ This is the RoC Skincare Retinol Firming Serum Stick. I bought this because a dermatologist on Instagram said using this daily would help fade stretch marks. It did not do that at all. The product itself glides on really nicely until you get...
RoC Retinol Firming Serum Stick
❌ 0/10 ~ This is the Versace Dylan Purple Eau de Parfum. I gave a VERY small sample size that would’ve been a 1 time use, but it was 1/3 full so I got about two sprays out of it. But it was so insanely overpowering that I wouldn’t have used it more t...
Dylan Purple EDP 100 ml
✅ 100/10 ~ This is The Good Patch B12 Awake Plant-Based Wellness Patch. I’ll never stop raving about these! Only thing that keeps me awake throughout the day. If I’m drowsy and dragging throughout the day or if I know I have a long day ahead of me I ...
B12 Awake Plant-Based Wellness Patch - The Good Patch | Ulta Beauty
Did NOT Finish
All the products I did NOT finish this month and why!
❌0/10 ~ This is the Farmacy Wake Up Honey Eye Cream. I did NOT finish this! This burned my eyes SO bad!! I tried using this morning and night and it burned my eyes so badly it made them water for hours and turned my eyes bloodshot red. I used it a fe...
Wake Up Honey Eye Cream
❌ 5/10 ~ This is the Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional: Lite Primer. I did NOT finish this. I think it’s super expired. I had a sample years ago and thought it was a decent primer at the time so I bought the full size. But I never reached for this,...
The POREfessional: Lite Primer
❌ 2/10 ~ This is the Dieux Skin Air Angel Peptide Plumping Gel Moisturizer. I had a mini and I did NOT finish this! This is a very hydrating moisturizer, but it burned my eyes really badly! I like to put a moisturizer over my eyelids and under eyes f...
Air Angel Peptide Plumping Gel Moisturizer
❌ 0/10 ~ This is the Hero Cosmetics Force Shield Superlight SPF 30 Sunscreen for Acne-Prone Skin. I had a mini and used it once and immediately threw it away. I did NOT finish this! First off it’s green. I don’t know if it’s supposed to be color corr...
Force Shield Superlight SPF 30 Sunscreen for Acne-Prone Skin | 50 ml
❌ 2/10 ~ This is the ROUND LAB Birch Juice Moisturizing UV LOCK SPF 45. I got a mini size and I did NOT finish this!! I wanted to love this because of how viral it is and everyone else seems to love it but I did not care for it. It is super moisturiz...
ROUND LAB Birch Juice Moisturizing UV LOCK SPF 45
❌ 3/10 ~ This is the NYX Cosmetics Pro Fix Stick Correcting Concealer in Light Pink. I did NOT finish this this time around. I had finished it before. It’s patchy and doesn’t blend well and this pink shade is too light for how dark my under eyes are....
Pro Fix Stick Correcting Concealer in Light Pink
❌0/10 ~ This is the Makeup Forever STEP 1 PRIMER PORE MINIMIZER. I got a sample size and I did NOT finish this! This felt like rubbing sandpaper on my face. I’m not sure if mine was expired, but it felt like someone mixed sand and silicone and grease...
STEP 1 PRIMER PORE MINIMIZER Smoothing face base