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September 2026 Empties with Product Reviews

36 items

Tori Ray

Hi there! Welcome to September's edition of Empties with Product Reviews! September was another insane month for empties - I finished 36 products!! Listed below is everything I finished in September along with my brutally honest review of the product...

Sections

Skincare

Makeup

Hair Products

Body Care

Supplements

Makeup Tools

Skincare

Skincare & facial towel empties

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Cocokind Calming Magnesium Mist. I have lost track of how many of these I have gone through - they need to make a jumbo size! But this bottle does last me a few months. If you have sensitive, irritated, acne prone skin, thi...

COCOKIND | Calming Magnesium Facial Mist

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Prequel Universal Skin Solution Dermal Spray. This is hands down my favorite hypochlorous acid spray! I have gone through so many of these - and I just found out that Amazon now sells this in a jumbo size! I use this no matt...

Universal Skin Solution Hypochlorous Acid Spray

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the TONYMOLY Ceramide Mochi Toner. I finished a mini. I have used this toner before and I really liked it! It is a milky toner, but has a very watery consistency (I would compare it strongly to the Laneige Cream Skin Toner). Thi...

Milky Mochi Toner

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These are the Clean Skin Club Blemish Control Towels. I LOVE these! This is the 3rd box I’ve gone through, and I will never stop repurchasing them. I was genuinely so shocked at how well these work! I thought for sure that these were ...

CLEAN SKIN CLUB Blemish Control Towels XL

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These are the Summer Fridays Gentle Reset Daily Exfoliating Pads. I finished 1 sample pad. Even though I only used one pad, I LOVE these!! This is the biggest exfoliating / toner pad I’ve ever tried. You could probably cut these in half ...

Gentle Reset™ Daily Exfoliating Pads

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Medicube Azelaic Acid Exosome Shot 2000. This is my FAVORITE azelaic acid serum!! I think this is the second bottle I've gone through. This one is spicy though! It has microscopic spicules to penetrate deeper into the skin....

Azelaic Acid Exosome Shot 2000

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the COSRX Snail Mucin Sheet Mask. I finished one mask but I bought them in a 10 pack on Amazon. This is my favorite sheet mask! It is VERY thin and SUPER saturated in product - you can squeeze SO much product out of the package...

COSRX Snail Mucin Sheet Mask 10 EA with ...

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Dr Althea Pure Grinding Cleansing Balm. This is my FAVORITE cleansing balm!! I love the grinding mechanism. This doesn't irritate my skin, doesn't make it feel tight or dry, and doesn't make my eyes cloudy. The only thing I...

Dr Althea Pure Grinding Cleansing Balm 50ml - Boots

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Water Drench Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Hyaluronic Cloud Moisturizer. I finished a mini, but it was a big “mini” and it took me quite a while to get through. I love that this is an SPF and moisturizer in one. For days I'm runnin...

Water Drench Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Hyaluronic Cloud Moisturizer

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ These are the Medicube Zero Pore Pads. It took me FOREVER to go through these! I started out using them on my face, but I found that they worked better on my body than on my face! On my face, they felt ok, but once in a while they’d break ...

Zero Pore Pads

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Kaleido Cosmetics Rose Apple Balm - Tinted Lip Serum & Salve. I finished a mini. I think I got this in one of my Ipsy bags forever ago and I finally finished it. It was WAY past expired at this point. But in its prime it was...

Rose Apple Balm - Tinted Lip Serum & Salve

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the point of view drip it nourishing glow serum. I got a one time use sample of this and I LOVED it!! I typically use the Beauty of Joseon Glow Deep Serum and I would compare that to drip it. I only got to use it once but it immedi...

point of view. drip it nourishing glow serum

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Kiehl's Avocado Eye Cream. I finished a mini. I really liked this eye cream! I used it morning and night. It worked great underneath makeup, and didn't pill with my morning and nighttime skincare. I didn't notice a difference i...

Avocado Eye Cream – Brightening and Hydrating ...

✅ ⭐️⭐️ This is the Cocokind Ceramide Barrier Serum. I finished a mini. I liked this. It has more of a thicker, milky consistency. This mini was SO small, I really didn't get a lot of use out of it. I used it maybe 10 times? It didn't irritate my sk...

Ceramide Barrier Serum | Hydrating Serum

❌ ⭐️⭐️ This is the ETUDE SoonJung 2x Barrier Repair Cream. I finished a mini. It took me FOREVER to get through this! I just didn't reach for it. It didn't seem to do anything for my barrier. It was very runny for a cream. Like a really thick serum ...

ETUDE SoonJung 2x Barrier Repair Cream

Makeup

September Makeup Empties

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Ciate London Extraordinary Translucent Powder. I LOVED this powder! It is straight up WHITE, it's borderline baby powder (it kind of smells like it too). This is perfect for baking, setting your face, and mixing it with powde...

Ciate London Extraordinary Translucent Powder

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Morphe Wakeup Artist Under Eye Correcting Concealer in shade Blossom. I LOVE using this to brighten up my under eye. I don't do my makeup without this! This is the second or third one I've gone through, and I've already repur...

Wakeup Artist Under Eye Correcting Concealer

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Armani Beauty Mini Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Liquid Foundation with 24HR Wear. I finished a mini. This is by far my FAVORITE foundation of all time! I have gone through 2 mini bottles this year, which is the fastes...

Armani Beauty Mini Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Liquid Foundation with 24HR Wear

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the BENEFIT COSMETICS Precisely, My Brow Detailer Waterproof Eyebrow Pencil. I have lost count of how many of these I've gone through. I'm shade 4, and it is the PERFECT shade! The pigment is perfect, the pencil is so easy to us...

BENEFIT COSMETICS | Precisely, My Brow Detailer Waterproof Eyebrow Pencil

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer. This is the second one I've gone through. I bought the wrong shade and used it anyways, and it still worked really well. I use this to spot conceal and carve out my eyebrows and cover up ...

NARS | Soft Matte Complete Concealer

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the L'Oreal Paris Infallible 3-Second Setting Spray. I finished a jumbo (gifted to me by my friend Christie!). I love using this AFTER my Huda setting spray. I will use the Huda to melt everything together, and then if I'm going ...

L'Oreal Paris Infallible 3-Second Setting Spray

Hair Products

Hair product empties

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Not Your Mother's Plump For Joy Dry Shampoo. This is my favorite dry shampoo of all time! The NYM formula is superior, but this specific Plump For Joy one is my favorite. I spray this on my roots after washing my hair (on mo...

Not Your Mother's Value Size Plump for Joy Jumbo Dry

✅ ⭐️⭐️ This is the L'Oréal Paris EverPure Sulfate Free Glossing Shampoo with Glycolic Acid. I went through this super fast, literally in about a month, which is I think the fastest I've gone through a shampoo (and I finished the conditioner at the ...

L'Oreal EverPure Sulfate Free Glossing Shampoo

✅ ⭐️⭐️ This is the L'Oréal EverPure Sulfate-Free Glossing Conditioner. I finished this at the exact same time I finished the shampoo which NEVER happens to me! I went through this SO fast - literally finished it in a month, and I only wash my hair ...

L'Oréal EverPure Sulfate-Free Glossing Conditioner for Shiny Hair

❌ ⭐️ This is the Bumble & Bumble Surf Spray. I got a mini/sample, and got exactly 3 uses out of this. There were no directions on the bottle either, so I didn't know what this was meant for or how/when to use it. So I used it on wet hair during ...

Surf Spray for Beachy Waves

Body Care

body care empties

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Love Wellness pH Balancing Cleanser. This is the third bottle I've gone through (I think I buy the jumbo bottle). It typically lasts me about 6-8 months. Ladies, If you have ever dealt with any issues *down there (I keep my ...

Love Wellness pH Balanced Cleanser: Vulva Cleanser

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Tree Hut Espresso Martini Shea Sugar Scrub. I finished a mini. This is my new favorite scent from Tree Hut! I am OBSESSED!! It truly smells like a real espresso martini. It doesn't smell artificial to me at all. The mini is s...

18 oz Espresso Martini Shea Sugar Scrub - Tree Hut

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Luna Daily The Everywhere Spray-To-Wipe in the Hydrating Soft Cotton scent. I finished a mini, and it actually lasted me a long time! I got mine in a Sephora Favorites kit. This is similar to the Lume brand. You can spray t...

The Everywhere Spray-To-Wipe - Hydrating Soft Cotton

Supplements

The supplements I finished up this month

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These are the Lemme Sleep Gummies. I absolutely swear by these!! This is the 3rd bottle I've gone through and I will never stop taking these (oh what I would give to be on the PR list!). I have always struggled falling and staying asleep...

Lemme Sleep Gummies - 5 mg Melatonin, Magnesium & L-Theanine

✅ ⭐️⭐️ These are the Lemme Women's Multi Daily Vitamins. This was the first time I tried these. I love the Lemme Sleep gummies so I wanted to give these a try since I should be taking a multi vitamin anyways. These smelled and tasted AWFUL in my opin...

Lemme Multi Gummies

Makeup Tools

Makeup tools I used up this month

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These are the AOA / Shop miss A Velvet Puffs. These are the BEST powder puffs ever!! I have tried SO many, and none are as dense, fluffy, soft, and effective as these ones are. They work with every powder, and they're really easy to cle...

AOA Velvet Puffs - 6 Pc Triangle Set

Candles

Adding Candles to my empties!!

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the White Barn / Bath & Body Works Strawberry Pound Cake Candle. I finished a single wick candle. I LOVE this scent so much, I bought the matching body lotion. If you like smelling like / your house smelling like dessert the...

Strawberry Pound Cake 3-Wick Candle

Nails

The nail products I finished this month!

✅ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the Glamnetic Brush-On Nail Glue. I never include these in my empties, but I go through this constantly. This is the BEST press on nail glue out there! It's only $8, and my press ons will stay on for WEEKS before they start lift...

Brush-On Nail Glue - Glamnetic | Ulta Beauty

Products I Did NOT Finish!

These are all the products I did NOT finish - make sure to checkout the why!

❌ ⭐️ This is the Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare DermInfusions™ Fill + Repair Serum with Hyaluronic Acid. I did NOT finish the sample packet of this that I had. I used it with the Daily Peel Pads and the pads wrecked my skin. I tried using this on my own,...

DermInfusions™ Fill + Repair Serum with Hyaluronic Acid

❌ ⭐️ This is the Truly Unicorn Fruit Lip Plumping Balm. I did NOT finish this. I never reached for it, and when I did again it was grainy and tasted SO expired. This used to smell good, but it is so expired I can't even use it. It also was not plump...

Truly Unicorn Fruit Lip Plumping Balm

❌ ⭐️ These are the Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel - Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare. I got a sample from Sephora as my birthday gift this year, and I did NOT finish them! What I got came with 3 treatments, and after 1 I threw the rest away. This DESTROY...

Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel - Dr. Dennis Gross ...