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This month I managed to finish quite a bit of product and am so proud of my slowly diminishing stash of beauty products. Hooray to a great way to end 2015!
This month's empties post has full size and sample size empties as well as tosses - onto the list!
Full Sized Items:
Garnier Fructis Style Curl Calm Down Anti Frizz Cream
I don't have curly hair, but my hair definitely does get frizzy. I love using this just as a leave in conditioner though and it leaves my hair smelling amazing and feeling smooth.
yes to tomatoes repairing acne lotion
I really liked this as a night moisturizer because it wasn't hydrating enough for me during the day. The smell could be weird at first but it was gentle on the skin despite it containing salicylic acid. I didn't use this everyday but at times when I noticed my skin was acting up. I'll probably pick up another bottle once I clear my moisturizer stash up a bit.
THEFACESHOP Hyaluronic Acid Baby Face Hydrogel Mask
I really like this mask because of it's jelly texture - it helps adhere the serum to the face and doesn't hold too much serum that it drips down your neck, which is something I often find with face sheet masks. The serum itself is hydrating and refreshing with a light clean scent.
My Beauty Diary Apple Polyphenol Mask
This mask smells like apples and is very hydrating. The mask pack has a tonne of serum and the mask itself is paper so it's quite a generous and messy application. Literally, there is enough serum for your body when you squeeze it out of the packet. 

Samples:
Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew Daily Regenerating Serum
Tresemme Keratin Smooth Shampoo & Conditioner
Pantene Repair & Protect Miracle Repairing Shampoo & Conditioner
Garnier Fructis Full & Plush Shampoo, Conditioner & Voluptuous Blow Out
L'oreal After Colour Conditioner
Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy Gold Couture - Definitely want a full sized bottle of this, it smells AMAZING.
 Hey Honey Good Morning Honey Silk Facial Serum
J.R Watkins Body Butter Lavender
Clinique Liquid Facial Soap, Clarifying Lotion & Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel
philosophy miracle worker overnight
Chanel Chance
Garnier Skin Naturals Miracle Skin Perfector 
Tosses:
L'oreal TheOneSweep Sculpting Blush Duo
This does NOT work at all. I literally have dug my finger and brushes into this product and nothing comes out - the powder is just too hard and is not pigmented enough. After a couple months of trying to make it work, I'm saying goodbye!
Almay Smart Shade Smart Balance
I used to really like this tinted moisturizer, but lately it's become really streaky and pronounces my dry spots. The one bonus was the SPF 15, but that doesn't balance out the cons.

What was your latest empty or toss?


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I saw this Broken Glass Manicure tutorial by CutePolish on Youtube and decided to try it myself.
I think these would be the perfect nails to ring in the New Year and they just look so cool!
To achieve this look, you'll need:
Clear Polish
Pieces of cut up translucent/opal cellophane
Thin stick - I used a small dotting tool

I used black and white nail polish as the base for this look. 
Once the polish has dried, apply a generous coat of clear polish and stick the pieces of translucent/opal cellophane onto your nails with the stick. It helps to have a damp towel with you to help pick up the cellophane pieces. You want to make sure that the corners of the cellophane pieces are adhered to the nail or else they will peel off quite easily.
When you are finished with your mani, ideally you should finish this off with a gel top coat, but a clear polish will work as well.

I really love the look of this polish and have had many compliments. The only downfall is the cellophane pieces fall off so easily, hence why the gel top coat is ideal. I work in retail and have to do a lot with my nails at work so after a 7 hour shift, about a quarter of the cellophane pieces had fallen off. 

What design did you do for your nails this holiday season?

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LUSH has a huge selection of cosmetics, making it the perfect place to shop for gifts - especially last minute ones. For Christmas, LUSH has quite a bit of limited edition products starting from $4.95 and pre-wrapped gifts from $14.95 to $329.95! Among the many festive products, here are the ones that really caught my eye.

Joy To The World Wrapped Gift - $19.95
Joy To The World contains a tub of Love and Light Hand Cream (45g), which has a light orange scent and a chunk of Snowcake Soap (100g), which smells exactly like almond nougat.

Salt and Peppermint Bark Body Scrub- $9.95
With a light white chocolate peppermint scent, this bar works wonders as it scrubs away dry and rough body parts.

Yog Nog Soap - $6.95

This soap smells like a delicious eggnog with a strong vanilla base that'll leave you skin feeling milky soft after use. 

Peeping Santa Bubble Bar - $6.95
This bubble bar looks so adorable and festive but is slightly deceiving. Usually holiday scents don't consist of strawberry, but this one does, so it's perfect for strawberry scent lovers!

Snowman Fun - $6.95
Fun is a multipurpose Play-Doh-like soap that would be a great bath activities for kids. I prefer the Snowman one because it has fruity based scents whereas the Santa Fun has floral based scents. 

Santa Baby Lip Tint - $8.95
A beautiful red lip tint that not only adds a pop of colour but moisturizes your lips as well. Use with a lip scrub to get the best results. Christmas Kisses is a pre-wrapped gift for $19.95 that contains Santa Baby as well as Santa's Lip Scrub which is a cola flavoured scrub. There's also the Mint Juleps lip scrub if you want to stick to a minty theme.

Those are my LUSH picks this Christmas. What's yours?

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Essence hosts a lot of social media giveaways and I recently won one via their Instagram! 
Due to a very long delivery time (like 3 weeks), Essence sent me two prizes which include:
Metal Glam Eyeshadow - Chocolate Jewelery
All About Eyeshadow - Chocolates
Silky Touch Blush - Adorable
XXXL Shine Lipgloss - Just Georgeous
XXXL Nude Lipgloss - Just Nude
Long Lasting Eye Pencil - Hot Chocolate
Long Lasting Lipstick - It's Nude Time
Long Lasting Lipstick - All You Need is Red
I Love Trends Polish - Nude Sweet Nude

Onto the swatches!

 Starting with the top right,  is Metal Glam in Chocolate Jewelery. It's a beautiful chocolate brown with chunks of glitter on the top layer and a bit of shimmer in the powder itself. I would prefer it without the layer of chunky glitter on top though.

Below that are the swatches from the All About Chocolates palette - I swatched them in columns from top to bottom. The eyeshadows are pretty pigmented and have a silky finish with a slight shimmer which you can see better in the second photo in direct sunlight.

 Starting from the top right is the Silky Touch Blush in Adorable which is a light rose pink. I LOVE their blushes because they are quite pigmented. I initially thought this blush would be too light for my skin tone but it provides a beautiful light flush to the cheeks.

Next up is the XXXL Nude Lipgloss and It's Nude Time Lipstick.  I'm just going to mention that I really don't like nude lips. It looks great on other people, but I just look washed out and sick. The lipgloss and lipstick both have a pink tone and apply sheer. Still too light for my skin though! :(

The XXL Shine Lipgloss and All You Need is Red Lipstick on the other hand are amazing.

Lastly is the Long Lasting Eye Pencil in Hot Chocolate is a twist up eyeliner that is super creamy, pigmented and easy to use. I pretty much love any twist up eyeliner but this one is definitely a great one given it's quality and price.

Have you won any contests lately?



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Eep! I finished TWO full sized products this month! AREN'T YOU PROUD OF ME?!
(Sorry for the photo quality, I'm still trying to figure out why it's so different!)

Full Sized:
Softsoap Body Butter Coconut Scrub
This is one of my favourite body washes! It doesn't leave you that dry feeling you have when using soap, and it has exfoliating apricot seed powder.
Covergirl Ink It! Perfect Point Plus Pencil Eyeliner
Very easy to use BUT it smudges just as easily. Cons: when there was about 1/4 of product left, the eyeliner kept snapping off and you can't twist it back in once you twist it out.
LUSH Lord of Misrule Bath Bomb & Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar
I freaking love LUSH bath bombs! Out of the two, I preferred the bubble bar because, well, it made bubbles! LUSH products always intimidated me because of the strong scents, but once these babies are diluted, it smells heavenly!

Samples: 
THEFACESHOP Rice Water Bright Cleansing Foam
Burt's Bees Sensitive Daily Moisturizing Cream
Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleansing Gel & Collagen Moisturizer SPF 15
Prada Candy Florale
Dove Pure Care Dry Oil Shampoo, Conditioner & African Macadamia Oil
Clinique  Liquid Facial Soap, Clarifying Lotion & Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion +

What was your biggest empty this month?


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