Finish It (Makeup and Skincare) 2015: Conclusion

For 2015, I chose an array of products- makeup and skincare- that I would try and use up throughout the year. For the first half of the year I worked at them diligently, but as my makeup collection expanded I sort of fell off the bandwagon. I don't have pictures of everything in its current state, so I've taken the starting pictures and labeled them.

Blue X= finished.
Green X= given away/tossed.

So first, the makeup.


Ardell Brow Powder: Finished the top and middle shades. Had no use for the bottom one, so I threw it out.

Maybelline Dream Matte Powder: Finished early in the year. I still miss this, the best powder I've ever used.


The Body Shop All-in-One Cheek Colour in Bubblegum: Finished! I can't believe I finished a blush in a year! I've since repurchased it because I can't live without it...

Rimmel Vinyl Gloss: Finished it about 3/4 of the way and then tossed it because I hated the scent.

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil in Black Velvet: Made no progress on this. Passed it along to a friend.

MAC Lip liner in Cranberry: still working on this. Haven't made much progress.

Make Up For Ever HD Blush Sample: Oh my god, the sample that wouldn't end. It got too beat up for me to use the rest, so I tossed it just now.

Too Faced Jingle All the Way Phone Palette: I used this diligently throughout the first half of the year. Finished the matte cream shade, and hit pan on the light brown matte shade, the copper and the purple. Still working on this baby.



Skincare!


Bath and Body Works lotion in French Lavender & Honey: Oh man. I just finished this. Body lotion is so hard to go through! I've stopped buying lotion since.

Estee Lauder Hydra Care Skin Brightening Moisturizer: I hated this, but I was bound, bet & determined to finish it. I ended up using it as a toe cream until it was gone.

Bath & Body Works Hand Cream in Crisp Morning Air: the green line denotes how much I used. Probably going to chuck it or pass it along, I like l'Occitane a lot better.

Vaseline lip therapy in Cocoa Butter: I got about halfway through this and lost it, so sad!

Well, I didn't do the best at this challenge, but I will try again next year. We'll see!

Comments

  1. Chelle12/29/2015 09:15:00 pm

    Use Up projects for the year are so hard. You start off being all gungho then halfway through the year you're like ughhhhhh whyyyy am I still using this??! Decent work though! Mine was only a 50/50, so I get it!

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