final trash stash for 2016!

Fairly routine empties except for one item: I finished a perfume!

Hautpflege

Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cleanser – C$26 for 150ml
Detailed review here. This tube lasted me 5 months which makes the price of this quite fair.
Stash worthiness: 9/10     Repurchase: Yes

Laura Mercier foundation primer Mineral – $43 for 50ml
This made my favourites list earlier in the year – it’s a lightweight gel-cream primer that creates a smooth base for foundation. This tube lasted me a whole year – I won it in a giveaway from the UK and I tried looking for the same version at Sephora but theirs doesn’t say “Mineral” on it. Laura Mercier offers 7 different types of primers so it’s possible that it’s discontinued.
Stash worthiness: 9/10     Repurchase: Maybe

Shiseido Bio-Performance super Corrective Serum – $100 for 30ml
I’ve been using this nightly as a my under eye serum for a while and even though it’s nice (lots of silicone), I don’t think it does much in terms of improvements. I’m going to switch to something else (I recently got the Sukin eye serum) to see how a less expensive option fares. This bottle lasted me exactly 18 months, since my last bottle appeared in my June 2015 trash Stash!
Stash worthiness: 7/10     Repurchase: Maybe

Sibu Sea Buckthorn Hydrating Serum – $40 for 30ml
I’ve had this bottle unopened in my stash for a while now and finally pulled it out to use in late November. I’ve read a lot of rave reviews on this product and that’s why I bought it – for me, it leaves a sticky film and smells like old ginger mixed with a wet dog. It was hydrating enough but nothing outstanding. I also went through the bottle quite quickly – this only lasted me about 4 weeks.
Stash worthiness: 6/10     Repurchase: No

C.O. Bigelow supreme 2X Lip shine in Vanillamint – $8 for 14g
I love these for overnight use! I’ve not found anything better than these – high or low end. This Vanillamint is my favourite scent out of the ones I’ve tried.
Stash worthiness: 10/10     Repurchase: Yes

Mary Kay Timewise Targeted-Action Eye Revitalizer – $45 for 10ml
This is my last bottle of this! It’s an eye roller mechanism that dispenses a milky serum. It doesn’t do much but I like using this on my lids nightly to help keep them depuffed. and of course it’s discontinued! I’ve bought a couple of eye roller type of products from Avon and Body shop in hopes of finding a worthy successor! Daumen drücken.
Stash worthiness: 7/10     Repurchase:  No (discontinued)

Körperpflege

Nova Scotia Fisherman Sea Salt soap – $7.95
This made my last favourites list – it smelled great and was soothing on the skin. (above photo from the favourites post)
Stash worthiness: 8/10     Repurchase: Yes

Haarpflege

Ion curl Solutions Curl Texturizing Spray – $8 for 237ml
I use this in conjunction with the curl Keeper when I want very defined waves. If I spritz too much of this, my hair will get a bit crunchy, so I have to be careful to not go overboard. This is Sally beauty Supply’s own brand of hair products so can only be purchased through them.
Stash worthiness: 8/10     Repurchase: Yes

Bilden

L’Oreal Bare Naturale Mascara – $11.50 for 4.8ml (discontinued)
My favourite discontinued mascara. I’ve been rationing my remaining supply of this. review of this here. I have just 1 more unopened one in my stash. I’ve managed to put off the inevitable until this year!
Stash worthiness: 10/10     Repurchase: 

Essence I ♥ extreme Mascara – $5 for 10ml
I wanted to like this. The wand is a bit unwieldy but with practice, I managed to stop getting mascara all over my lids. The formula is great – tiny bit clumpy but provides good volume and length. and the mascara lasts amazingly well on my lashes without smudging or flaking even with my watery eyes (this isn’t marketed as waterproof but it certainly feels like it). but why did I not like it? It somehow leeches moisture from my eyes and makes my eyeballs so dry and itchy I had to buy some lubricating eyedrops to get through the day.  What a shame because the performance was quite good and it’s so cost effective too.  I think if you don’t suffer from sensitivity to waterproof mascaras, this would be an excellent mascara!
Stash worthiness: 5/10     Repurchase: No

Essence get big Lashes Triple Black Mascara – $5 for 10ml
I was wary to try this one after the experience I had with the I ♥ Extreme version.  Thankfully, I had no issues like it, but I did not find this mascara to build up any volume – in fact, I had issues getting the mascara from the wand onto my lashes. It just wouldn’t apply. I looked like I barely had any mascara on when I used this.
Stash worthiness: 3/10     Repurchase: No

K-Palette 1-Day Tattoo real lasting eyeliner 24h WP in Deep brown – $20 for 0.6ml
This is an amazingly long wearing liner, as is typical of Japanese liquid liners. It has a brush tip, rather than felt tip – I much prefer brush tip as I find they apply the product more smoothly. Das einzigeissue I had with this liner was that it seemed to get used up / dry out faster than what I experienced with other Japanese liners. This pen lasted me about 6 months whereas I’ve had ones last me more than a year (especially the KissMe Heroine Make Eyeliner).
Stash worthiness: 9/10     Repurchase: Yes

Nagelpflege

Deborah Lippmann 2 second nail primer – $19 for 15ml
I received this as a gift at least 4 years ago. It is basically alcohol in a nail polish bottle. It’s supposed to prep your nails so that nail polishes adhere to it better. What it really does is gets rid of any oil residue using alcohol. I use it on and off but I don’t see a huge difference either way. I might refill the bottle with rubbing alcohol.
Stash worthiness: 6/10     Repurchase: No

Werkzeug

The face shop Double-Headed Cotton Swabs – $3 for 300pcs
I bought these because they have such small heads compared to the Q-Tip brand ones (Face shop top, Q-Tip bottom):

I also find it less linty compared to Q-Tip. I used the face shop swabs to clean up mascara smudges when I’m doing my makeup. I bought these before I read about how the Japanese cotton swabs are supposed to be great. The face shop is a Korean company, these ones are made in China though.
Stash worthiness: 9/10     Repurchase: Yes

TheFaceShop konjac sponge – $4 each
My HG konjac sponge and now it seems the face shop has regular supply of them so I don’t have to fret about stocking up.
Stash worthiness: 9/10     Repurchase: Yes

Duft

Stella by Stella McCartney eau de parfum – $59 for 30ml
And here it is: I’m finally saying goodbye to this perfume! It was my second item of my half-assed “PUFU”, which is basically project pan but less regimented. I did an update last year but this perfume seemed like it would never finish, but it finally did just before Christmas! I heard from fivezero that they reformulated this with different ingredients so I’m unsure if I will repurchase it – I will have to do a wear test of the new version.
Stash worthiness: 9/10     Repurchase: Maybe

Sample / travel Size

Skeyndor Power Hyaluronic Intensive Moisturising emulsion – this has a faint metallic scent to it, for some reason. It had a nice light texture and my skin looked plumped but the smell was off-putting.

Chantecaille Magnolia, Jasmine and Lily Healing emulsion – this is supposed to help calm redness but it does nothing. and it smells like ink and mushrooms.  I have another sample tube of this somewhere which I’ll likely just toss. The full size 50ml of this costs $120 USD!

Dermalogica Multivitamin Power firm for eye and lip area – this is nice for the under eye area – it acted like a serum / primer before I used my eye cream. It also smelled nice, like raspberries. I would consider purchasing the full size.

Mary Kay Amber Body lotion – not a fan of this smell. used it up on my feet!

Have you tried any of these items? Did you finish up anything in December? I’ll be doing a summary of my trash stash for all of 2016 soon!

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