Empties #1

Empties blog posts and videos are some of my favourites in the blogger world. Rather than being favourites, its an honest review of what to buy and what not to. 

Over the last few months I have been collecting a number of empties to show you. and I think I finally have enough to give you a good taste of what I've been using.

To begin, the Neutrogena Body Clear Body Wash in Pink Grapefruit.

To start with, this smells divine. I would use this, the matching face wash, and then step out of the shower to use my Body Shop Grapefruit spray (recently mentioned in my scent post) and feel like summer. 

For the price though, I don't think it is really worth it. Costing around $15 AU, I think it is just too much to ask for a good smelling body wash that is pretty much just that, a body wash. Luckily, I got the set on sale for half price and so could excuse it. 

Next is the Original Source shower gel in Mint. These shower gels are my holy grail products. I always go back to buying them. At $4 AU (at the most) for a large bottle, they smell fresh, leave you feeling clean and have a lovely scent that lingers. The mint is my choice for winter, but going into summer I tend to switch to the lime or lemon scent. 

Lastly in this photo, is the Clear Moisturising Dry Scalp Conditioner. I didn't really have scalp problems when I bought this, it was just on sale, and cheap is good!

I mixed some of my purple hair dye into this to keep the lavender going, and it served me well. Not a stand out conditioner, but it left my hair feeling soft and clean, and that is all it needed to do.

Here are another three holy grail products for me. I think that might be a pattern you see in these empties posts, as I am prone to using up my favourites first.

At the front is the Garnier Youthful Radiance Night cream. This is a fairly light night cream, good for those of us with oily skin (which I am prone to at the end of the day) that sinks in and leaves your skin feeling fresh come morning. It smells light and simple, slightly like cucumber. 

The Nivea Soft Moisturising cream is another one I've been using for years. Being a fairly basic, unscented product, it works on most skin types, and I have a spare tube of it in my MUA kit.

I think that is one of the true tests of a product for me, being able to use it and enjoy it on my skin and willing to use it during shoots. Leave it to dry for a few moments before putting your make up on.

Lastly in this photo is the Palmers Shea Butter Formula in the Concentrated Cream. This is a super thick, heavy moisturisers good for dry skin. It is recommended for use on knees and elbows, but I tend to take that one step further and use it on my feet during the changes of season and as a hand cream throughout the year. It takes a while to massage in, but once its on you can feel the difference immediately, and after just a few days of use it repairs the dry skin like nothing else. Very sad to be out of this one!

Finally, something I have mentioned a few times on this blog, the Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara. This is one that I am willing to buy again, but want to test out a few more products before adding it to the holy grail list. A nice formula with a good thick fibre brush to apply with. To read more about this one, check out my March Favourites.