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When it comes to social media I can admit that I am easily influenced by other people, and their opinions, especially when it somes to beauty products. Over the years there have been some products I've bought that I never would have bought if it weren't for the fact that they were hyped up so much on social media. With that said, there isn't many of these products that has really disappointed me tho, I've been rather pleased with all of them. 




Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette

This one I bought about a year ago, I think it was the second time it came out, and I had heard so many good reviews of it so I just had to buy it! It's definitely become a favorite, I don't think I ever will regret buying this! The quality of this palette is amazing, the shadows are so buttery and blend like nothing else. The color combination is bomb, the perfect summer palette, Too Faced really did it with this one.  

Laura Mercier Loose Powder

Before the big hype of the Laura Mercier Loose Powder, I didn't even know that loose powder and baking was a thing. So after a while of hearing about this all over YouTube and Instagram, I finally decided to try it out. After I used it a couple of times i realized that my makeup stayed put for so much longer on my oily skin, and that my pores and texture were minimized. I would say that this product seriously changed my hole makeup game (even tho its not my favorite anymore, since I've tried other ones).

Benefit Porefessional Primer
When primer first became a thing, this was the one everybody was talking about. It was everywhere, and all of the big influencers raved about it, and how you couldn't do your makeup without it. So of course, i bought it. When I first tried it out I was amazed over how small my pores looked and how flawless my skin seamed. But after a few hours of wearing this on my oily skin I noticed that my oils started peaking through and the foundation started to break apart.. I still use this tho, but only on occasions when I'm wearing my makeup for a few hours, and not the entire day. Would probably not repurchase this one, would rather buy a primer that suits my skin type better.

Make Up Forever Ultra HD Stick Foundation
This stick foundation was extremely popular a few years ago, and I heard about it everywhere. So when I was out traveling one summer I decided to pick this up, and I was so exited to use it. But again, I have oily skin. This looks really good when I first apply it, but after the five hour mark it just breaks completely apart on my skin, all my oils just ruins it.. So I don't use this that much unfortunately.

L'Oreal Paradise Mascara
This one is a rather new product that got raved about on the Internet when it first launched. This was the mascara everybody was talking about, and I remember I was so upset with the fact that I couldn't get it right away. When I finally got a hold of it I was so excited, and for very good reason! This seriously became my new favorite mascara the second I tried it. It just gives my lashes so much volume and length, without clumping or smudging.  

Physisians Formula Butter Bronzer
With this one I really understand the hype! This is seriously the prettiest bronzer I've ever used. This has the perfect color for my skin tone, not too grey, but not too orange either. In addition to that this blends like a dream, it doesn't matter if I put on too much, I can just blend it away, and that way it always looks flawless. I'm in love. 


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These past months have been so hectic for me, I just finished my Bachelors degree so I've only been focusing on my exams lately. Now that I finally am done I just realized that I haven't posted a single post since April..

I had a lot of posts planned, but I had to prioritize my exams. Earlier this month I photographed my empties for April, but I never got around to actually posting them. So now, over a month to late, I finally was able to write this post, and I decided that I would include both my April and May empties, since I haven't had the time to post my April empties before.  

Skincare products I've used up:

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I seriously can't believe the amount of products I use up every month! When I started collecting my empties I didn't think that I would have enough products to make a post every month, I thought I would have to do one every 2-3 months, but girl was I wrong. I use up so many products every month, I don't even know where they come from. 

This month I've used up about the same amount of products in all three categories; skincare, body/hair and makeup. In my skincare empties there is a wide variety of brands and products, and I've almost used up one product for every step in my skincare routine, in addition to a couple of mask. In my body/hair category it comes as no surprise that the majority of the products are from Korres. They have, as most of you know, my all time favorite body products, but this month it was a few more than usual. When it comes to the makeup I've used up there is actually way more than usual. I've actually used up two foundations, two mascaras and two brow pencils! I must say tho that all of these have been open for much longer than one month, they just happened to run out all on the same time. 

My empty skincare products:

My empty body/hair products:

My empty makeup products:

• Artdeco Mineral Powder Foundation. Really enjoy this for the days when I don't want a full face of makeup or when my skin is acting up. When I use it with a flattop kabuki brush it actually gives a medium to full coverage. Will repurchase. 
• Maybelline Total Temptation Mascara. This mascara I must say I really enjoyed, it gave me a good amount of volume and length without being to clumpy. The only problem I had with this is that it is so hard to get of your lid if you spill any. Would maybe repurchase. 
• NYX Micro Brow Pencil. My holy grail brow pencil, works so well. Just the right texture that fills in my brows so beautifully without looking too unnatural.
• Rimmel Stay Matte Long Lasting Pressed Powder. Can't be without this, use it every day. The cheapest and best powder to keep my skin matte all dat. 
• Max Factor Healthy Skin Harmony Foundation. This is my go-to foundation for my everyday look, and this is the second bottle I've used up. It works so well with my skin, gives me a natural glow without getting oily, and it stays put all day. 
• Make Up For Ever Step 1 Skin Equalizer Mattifying Primer. My all-time favorite primer for my oily T-sone. It is the only primer I've found that controls my oils all day and keeps my makeup in place. I of course had already bought a backup of this. 
• Artdeco High Definition Volume Mascara. Really enjoyed this mascara, as I do with all the Artdeco mascaras. It gave me a lot of volume and length, it also separated my lashes and held up all day. 
• Jan Thomas Studio Cosmetics Bronzing Powder. This bronzer is my go-to, I know that it will always work. It has the perfect color for my skin tone and it blends so well with my other products. 
• Depend Slim&Thin Eyebrow Pencil. This is really similar to the NYX Micro Brow Pencil, so I did enjoy this as well, would buy again. 
• Beauty Blender Cleanser Solid. This is a very well known product for washing your beauty blender and makeup brushes. Of course I think it works very well, but I think its a little bit expensive for what it is. I could just use a regular bar soap and get the same results. Probably won't buy again. 

 A couple of weeks ago I watch one of Beauty News's videos on YouTube, and in the video they checked how old some of their oldest makeup. They did this by entering the batch code of the particular product in a search bar on either checkfresh.com or checkcosmetics.net, or they used this app called Beauty Keeper. 

When I watched the video I started thinking about how old some of the makeup in my collection must be, so I decided to go trough my products. I knew before I started that I had some old products that I don't use anymore, but I didn't think that there would be so many, and the worst of it is that some of these went bad several years ago. 

A few years ago when I really started getting in to makeup, my mom was obsessed with Oriflame, and their products. So when I started to show some interest in makeup my mom ordered me all kinds of stuff, and now when I went through my collection I realized that I still had some of the Oriflame products. I knew these had to be old because my mom stopped buying Oriflame products over two years ago.

The first one of the Oriflame products I found was the Matte Velvet foundation, and I believe this was one of the first makeup prroducts I ever got. It is even in the lightest shade so it is from before I started using self tan. When I checked the batch code on the Beauty Keeper app my chin fell to my knees, it expired in 2013!! I know I haven't used it in a few years, but I know I've used it after 2013. I was so disgusted when I realized how old it was, so obviously it went straight in the bin!

The next product I found from Oriflame was the CC Cream, but this one I knew had to be a little bit newer since it wouldn't have matched me before I started self tanning. But I was almost as shocked when I checked the life time of this one, it expired back in 2014.. I can't believe I've hold on to these for that long! And the worst of it all is that I think I actually used this last summer..

The last product from Oriflame that I found in my collection was this old Cucumber face mist, and I couldn't even remember that I had this, so I predicted that it would have to be quite old, and so it was. It also expired in 2014, and when I opened it up to smell it I could definitely tell that it was old, it smelled so bad! Since I didn't remember that I even had this, and since it is almost full I would assume that I didn't like it that much when I first got it, so I just shoved it to the back of one of my drawers, and there it stayed for the past four years.

The last category I decided to look in was my powder products. Powder products usually last longer that liquids and creams, but I knew I had some products in there that were quite old. The first product I found that I knew had to be almost ancient was the Priori mineral foundation powder. This one I couldn't find on any of the websites, but know it is expired a long time ago. I got this from my mom probably five years ago, after she had had it for a while, but she didn't like it so she gave it to me. I didn't use it much either because it was waaay to dark for my fair skin, so it hasn't been used since I got it, but now it's time to get rid of it, it just lays in my drawer and collects dust.

The two other powder products that without a doubt was expired was these two elf products. These products was some of the products I ordered the first time I ordered something online many, many years ago. So I had to laugh a little when I found out I still had these, and that these are some of the products that started my makeup obsession. When I checked the production date of the elf blush it was made in January 2013, which means that it expired over two years ago, and I used it probably a couple of months ago.. The eye shadow wasn't that old actually, it only expired in November 2017. But still, I hardly ever use these, and there is no reason to hold on to them, especially when they are expired. 

Now that these products are out of my collection, I have room for some new goodies!

Do you have some products in your collection that you think is expired?

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I've seen so many people complain that January was so long and though, but for be it seriously just flew by, and the same with February. I had meant to separate my empties for January and February, but here I am in the end of February and I still haven't got my January empties up, so I guess it will be two posts in one (again). 

These months I've used up a few samples that I got in my LookFantastic advent calendar, and as usual some skin care and makeup. Some of these products I've been trying to use up as well, because I've had them for so long, you see both the Batiste dry shampoo and the Ole Henriksen scrub is in the old packaging, so it was about time to use them up. 

The products I've finished these months:

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