Things I'm Trying to Finish

This is an inventory blog of a beauty disaster who keeps buying new stuff because it looks oh-so-tempting and never finishes anything because beauty regimens and utter laziness don't go together. In an ideal world she should be finishing more things than she is buying.

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Things I'm Trying to Finish turned 4 today! Four years later, and the cake still sucks :( Why Tumblr, why?

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It has taken me EIGHT months!

Yes, EIGHT, to get through 25g of this Crabtree&Evelyn cream. k bye.

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Legion

I’m yet to grow past greedily grabbing the tiny toiletries from hotels, even though I am up to my ears in them, none of them are particularly good for your skin or hair, but all of them smell amazing. Also finishing one is source of immense happiness.

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Acidy, Alcoholy, Drugstory fun

So I picked this up from the supermarket. It’s cheap, gets promoted often, promises to zap breakouts (my skin has decided to try the rebel teen look in my 30s), and supposedly works. Let’s see.

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This Cat Had Ten Lives

The very first of my Kamiya Cotton Paper from my crazy haul from a Japanese beauty store that was on final sale has finished. I liked this. I’m glad I got enough (ten to be precise, hence the ten life-ed cat, getit? getit?) to last me into a couple of my own lifetimes.

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Lip Gels are Pointless

That is all! They also make you feel like you’re stock in a science-fiction-horror-show.

Also this one is outta here.

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Balance Me ... set me free ...

Look I haven’t done a recount since I posted this inventory of eye creams. I started with twelve, acquired at least four more, finished maybe six? I don’t know I can’t keep track anymore ... the point was that I finished one more ... the Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream that isn’t that wondrous actually and to be frank I’ve just reached a stage where I just want things to end. 

I am my own worst enemy.

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Shiny Pretty Things

Lately I’ve been obsessed with solid perfumes, and rose and Diptyque ... well Diptyque’s Rose Solid Perfume if I’m honest, so when the summer limited edition came out, I shelled out for it, even though the only limited edition thing about it is the cardboard box which I will eventually chuck ... one day ... maybe ....

I am not exactly sure why I got the eye masks, must be some order threshold. I vaguely remember reading good reviews, somewhere.

And of course the three random samples. In the Smaug hoard they go, if Smaug loved skincare, rather loved his skincare in sample sizes to be precise.

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Repurposed

Finished my full sized Omorovicza Queen of Hungary Mist and have immediately repurposed the excellent mister for the Pixi Makeup Fixing Spray which while great at doing what it does, squirts onto your face rather painfully through the less than satisfactory pump.

I like the Queen of Hungary mist but as always I’ll hold off on a repurchase until I manage to make a dent in my inventory of other face mists of the same ilk.

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A mountain called Deluxe

Sometimes I remember that it’s better to go through my dragon-hoard of deluxe sized items, like this Alpha-H triple action cleanser, a decent morning / everyday face wash, which has now come to an end.

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Unstapled

Alpha-H’s Daily Essential Moisturiser SPF50+ has been a summer staple for a while. I’ve even managed to run out of the 100ml supersize I got from Lookfantastic a while ago. While I’m tempted to immediately go and order a replacement, I think I need to spend some time layer normal moisturisers with standard sunscreen, mainly because I’m hoarding oh-so-very-many. 

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It’s taken a long long time

I’ve finally finished the Grown Alchemist conditioner, which while nice can’t handle the desert like dryness of my hair. Time to dip into the Davines.

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Things Going Sideways

These are orphan products. Orphan because I have lost track of how I got them and I just found these randomly knocking about so I took a picture, put them in my inventory and that’s that. One would assume if one can’t keep track one has too many things?

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When a bargain is to be had, it rarely is actually had

Or when everyone is buying the same thing, there’s a good chance you won’t get your hands on it.

I’ve been intrigued by Le Metier De Beaute for a while, especially their kaleidoscopes, which are rotating magnetic stacks of eye or face colours (or both) which usually retail for a price I’m not willing to pay.

I stumbled across SpaceNK doing a clearance sale on the brand, The Kaleidoscope in ‘Exquisite’ was going for £20, creme lipsticks for £6 and other assorted items for other assorted prices that I wasn’t too interested in.

So I put the two in my cart, paid £5 for shipping because the bargain was more than worth it and merrily went on my way, until they emailed me to say the Kaleidoscope had sold out but they had shipped me the rest, i.e. I ended up paying the price of the lipstick in shipping #facepalm. 

But overall it was still only about $20 which is a good price for a good lipstick (and it is a good lipstick), which left me thinking maybe I should have ordered more shades?

The Kaleidoscope that wasn’t to be, Exquisite is mostly blush and highlighter

The rest of the order: Lipstick in Boticelli’s Angel (how could one say no to a name like that) and assorted samples

Tried it on before I took a picture but it is the perfect pinky nude, lasts a reasonable amount of time and feels very comfortable

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Biennial of the Low Buy --- January Update

The Plan

Finished Six Skin/Hair/Body Care Items:

Estee Lauder | Advanced Night Repair Intensive Recovery Ampoules | Sample | Skin Care | Serum

Tony Moly | Changing Magic Foot Peeling Shoes | Full | Body Care | Foot Treatment

Christopher Hanlon | Aloe Vera & Cucumber Body Creme | Full | Body Care | Body Cream

Omorovicza | Ultramoor Mud Mask | Sample | Skin Care | Mask

MONU | Hydrating Mask | Deluxe | Skin Care | Mask

Mahalo | Vacation Glow | Sample | Body Care | Body Oil

Added Fifteen Skin/Hair/Body Care Items:

Clinique | Fresh Pressed Renewing Powder Cleanser | Deluxe | Skin Care | Cleanser

Clinique | Fresh Pressed Daily Booster wtih Vitamin C 10% | Deluxe | Skin Care | Targeted Treatment

Clinique | Fresh Pressed Daily Booster wtih Vitamin C 10% | Deluxe | Skin Care | Targeted Treatment

Clinique | Clinique Smart SPF15 Custom Repair Moisturiser | Deluxe | Skin Care | Moisturiser

Olaplex | No 3 | Full | Hair Care | Hair Treatment

Premium Pin Company | 2" Ripple Pins | Full | Hair Care | Tools

Hi Lift | Ceramic Styling Brush 55m | Full | Hair Care | Tools

Derma-E | Microdermabrasion Scrub | Sample | Skin Care | Face Exfoliator

Kiehl's | Creme de Corps | Full | Body Care | Body Cream

Stemm | Density Stimuli | Full | Hair Care | Hair Treatment

Niod | Sanskrit Saponins | Full | Skin Care | Cleanser

HIF | Volume Support | Full | Hair Care | Shampoo

The Chemistry Brand | Hand Chemistry | Full | Skin Care | Hand Cream

The Chemistry Brand | Retin-Oil | Full | Body Care | Body Treatment

T.N. Dickinson's | Witchhazel Toner | Full | Skin Care | Targeted Treatment

YTD Inventory Update (+1.88%) --- target is 450 (-6.25%):

Start Jan 2018: 480 items

End Jan 2018: 489 items

Finished Zero Makeup Items:

Zilch | Nada | Zippo

Added One Makeup Items:

Hourglass | Veil Mineral Primer | Sample | Makeup | Primer

YTD Inventory Update (+0.17%) --- target is 600 (-0.83%):

Start Jan 2018: 605 items

End Jan 2018: 606 items

Finished Three Fragrance Items:

L'Occitane | Rose Aurore EDT | Full | Fragrance | EDT

Tory Burch | Jolie Fleur Vertie | Sample | Fragrance | EDP

Victoria's Secret | Dream Angels Heavenly | Deluxe | Fragrance | Vaporiser

Got Zero:

Yay!

YTD Inventory Update (-5.88%) --- target is 30:

Start Jan 2018: 34 items

End Jan 2018: 32 items

Not counting the L’Occitane because I finished it before I did my inventory for the year.

Total Spend (-56.35%) --- target is $1800 (-35.47%):

YTD Jan 2017: AU$ $243.19

YTD Jan 2018: AU$ $106.14

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When I got married, someone got me a clearance bin bath & body set from Victoria’s Secret, tried to rip the big red ‘50% Off’ sticker off it, ripped the packaging in the process (it was a cardboard hatbox style design) and then carelessly wrapped the ripped lid with a crumpled wrapping paper (which I was curious about so I removed to see what was under and the story above revealed itself). They obviously did not put their name on the gift. It was so bad I couldn’t even sell it on or give it to someone else. That I had spent over $100 per head to feed them saddens me a little.

Anywhoo, the set contained a body wash, a body lotion, a full sized and a miniature sized perfume, all of the supposed ‘Dream Angels heavenly’ scent. As I loathe to throw anything away, I’ve started making my way through that set starting with the miniature. Good buy o possessor of infuriating memories.

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When you Want to Buy Things but You Can’t Buy Things

Then you buy things like a basic witch hazel toner,  which you can theoretically start using immediately because breakouts have made a home in your adult skin. This was $6.49.