Finished: Bobbi Brown vitamin enriched face base

Not only did this smell stupidly strong for something you put on your face, it also made my skin really dry which is quite an achievement as normally my face is like “eh whatever”. I used it on my hands

Total-127

(Our old house had thick black and white stripes in the main bedroom, like being in a mint humbug. It was HIDEOUS but also such a bold choice that I am sure it sparked joy whenever the person who chose it looked at it)

Finished: Pixi clarity lotion. Nice lightweight moisturiser b it nothing special

Total -126

Finished: Some By Mi AHA BHA body wash

Gained (Xmas!):
- L’occitane hand cream (my favourite!)
- 2x lip balms
- Tatcha lip scrub
- Sol de Janeiro perfume
- Brazilian bum bum cream
- Brazilian shower cream gel
A very pleasing collection!

Total -125

Accidentally forgot to cancel my beauty box for December so got some shower oil, a hair mask and some hand cream. Plus a pulse point roller which I already gave away

Total -131

Chucked: Wild science Somerset rose body lotion (hated the smell)

Gave away: Wild science Somerset rose body wash (ditto)

Total -134

Finished:
- Bramley body lotion. Ok, nothing special
- Alpha H liquid gold rose. Strong alcohol smell to this one, not actually sure you’d want it on your face

Total -132

I love this!

OH also my sister gave me a mini shower gel she didn’t like the smell of so actually my total is -130

Finished: The ordinary matrixyl 10% + HA

Chucked: a super old Dove summer glow body lotion (I did like this but as I said it was super old and I got a new gradual tan body lotion in my advent calendar)

Gave away: 5 various unused makeup bits from beauty boxes that I’d never use

Total -131

We leave ours on the counter next to the sink and basically use it as a place to store things that need to be washed, leaving the sink itself free from obstruction at all times

We have considered getting a dog but the problem is, you’re essentially signing Future You up to be heartbroken

Finished: VEGAN by happy skin avocado & ceramide eye cream

Didn’t live the packaging for this, it was very thick so when no more came out of the tube I cut it open (as I always do) and there was at least 1/3 of it still inside stuck to the inside of the tube

Total -124

Finished: Rituals foaming shower gel (gifted last Xmas). Didn’t smell that good or foam that much

Total -123

Finished: Timeless vitamin c & ferulic acid. This is apparently the go-to dupe of the mega expensive skinceuticals vitamin c serum. Unfortunately despite using it pretty religiously I didn’t notice it doing anything

Total -122

Finished: Biore UV watery essence
I liked this until I got near the end of the tube so did the usual thing of cutting it open to get the last bits. This made the outside of the tube all rub off and get in the sunscreen and I didn’t like the feeling of rubbing microplastics into my face

Total -121

I am a Brit and on reading “three or four” my brain automatically filled in “hours” and concluded that’s a perfectly normal amount. Which made the next bit even more shocking 😅

(For context I probably average 3-4 cups a day. Sometimes 5-6. Though on a very hot summer day maybe only 1)

…but will no doubt be reread many many times as all the others have been 🙂