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February and March Empties

Lately I've been making a real effort to use up products in my stash! Whether that's skincare hair care or makeup! I have also cracked through a lot of lip balms, I repeat, a LOT of lip balms because of my Accutane treatment.

Skincare 
Liz Earle's Cleanse and Polish is a great staple cleanser, I love the stuff and this is probably my fourth bottle. I would definitely repurchase this, but at the minute my CeraVe cleanser is still my number one. I also used up the Liz Earle Skin Tonic, which I absolutely love, it's so refreshing and hydrating on my skin and will definitely be repurchasing!
I had been hanging on to my Body Shop Skin Defence SPF for a long time. I'm not sure if it's been discontinued but I cannot find it anywhere! This never broke me out, it's got SPF 50 and sits really well under makeup. Gone but not forgotten.
I also used up the Too Faced Hangover Rx Good to Go Moisturiser. This is an ok product, It has SPF 25 and does make my makeup sit nice, but I have a few cheaper moisturisers that do the same thing. The scent is really nice to begin with, but if you apply this every morning, it does start to become sickly and I dreaded putting it on!
The sad day came when my Kiehl's Avocado Eye Treatment Ran out...It has lasted me a year but I still get bitter every time it runs out. I know I will buy this again at some point but at the minute I'm trying some others.

Hair Care
The only hair product I used up was the John Frieda, Frizz Ease, Miraculous Recovery Mask. Honestly one of my favourite masks ever! My hair looks shiny and healthy, it's just a great product.

Makeup 
Smash-box's Primerizer is that one primer I always go back to, It's lightweight, makes my makeup look flawless and is super hydrating. I have some other primers I'm using at the minute, but this is definitely one of my favourites.
I also used up my Benefit Precisely My Brow Pencil and a travel sized Gimme Brow. Gimmie Brow is just average for me, I love Glossier's Boy Brow and Nyx's tinted brow mascara, they just make my brows fluffier, so I probably won't repurchase this. The brow pencil is great I've had this forever, but I recently discovered the Nyx Brow pencils and I think they're a bit more forgiving and easy to blend, so probably won't repurchase this either.
Nyx's on the rise mascara was a product I couldn't wait to try, but it kind of let me down. It just didn't do anything for my lashes. They looked flat and the mascara really stung my eyes, so I will stick to the mascaras I know and love.
I also used up the Makeup Revolution Liquid eyeliner, which is my second eyeliner. This is a great formula especially for the price, but I'm just finding they're drying out quite quickly, so I'm trying something new!

Lipbalms
Now I've gone through six lip balms in the past two months alone...six! I'm going to do a blog post specifically about my favourite ones towards the end of my accutane so keep an eye out for that!

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