Gone by 2018 - Update Two - Giant Declutter - Nip+Fab, Burts Bees, The Balm, Project Pan, Kiko Milano

Update time (start point here, and first update here). If the item has been changed to this marvelous brown colour that means I finished it in a previous update and it isn't a new empty.

Skin Care

1. Loreal Pure Clay Purity Mask
2. Loreal Pure Clay Detox Mask
3. Nip & Fab Bee Sting Lifting Mask
4. Nip & Fab Dragons Blood Plumping Serum
5. Nip & Fab Glycolic Fix Serum
6. Superdrug Tea Tree Cleanser & Toner
7. The Balm Balms Away Eye Makeup Remover
8. The Body Shop Seaweed Day Cream

Body Care

1. Molten Brown Amber Cocoon Hand Lotion 
2. Dr Pawpaw Tinted Balm
3. Roger & Gallet Replenishing Body Lotion - Finished up
4. Superdrug Vitamin C Body Butter

Lip Balm

1. Balm Balm Tea Tree Lip Balm
2. Burts Bee's Cocount and Pear Lipbalm

Hair Care

1. Boots Botanics Moisture Shampoo 
2. Boots Botanics Shine Conditioner 
3. Batiste Dry Shampoo Fresh
4. Loreal Elvive Smooth & Polish Spray
5. OGX Coconut Oil Mist Spray
6. Gliss Shine Tonic Spray - Finished
7. Superdrug Killer Volume Dry Shampoo
8. Superdrug Exotic Flair Dry Shampoo
9. Superdrug Cocoa Brownie Dry Shampoo

Fragrance

1. Ralph Lauren Polo Sport 2-Done
2. M&S Nuit Parfum (Deluxe Sample Size)

Makeup

• New Look Fixing Spray
• Freedom Studio Fixing Spray - Finished
• Revolution Pro Base Priming Spray - Finished
• I <3 Makeup Naked Chocolate Palette
• Bare Mineral The Phenomenon Duo (Golden Iris only)
• Revolution Beyond Eden Baked Eye Shadow Palette
• Seventeen Brow Sculpting Pencil
• Kiko Milano Shadow Stick in 06 Golden Brown
• MUA Lipliner in Caramel Nougat
• ELF Finishing Powder 
• Collection Lasting Perfection Powder
• Loreal Infallible Mattifying Primer
• Collection Pore Minimising Primer
• Collection Cool Rose Illuminating Primer
• New Look Flawless Liquid Foundation in Porcelian
• NYX HD Foundation in 101 Nude
• Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer in Light Neutral
• NYX HD Concealer in 02 Fair
• NYX HD Concealer in 03 Light
• Barry M Eyeliner in 30 White
• NYX Eyeliner in 07 Jet Black
• I <3 Makeup Eye Pencil in Channeling my Inner...

Total Products: 47

Items finished this update:5

Total items finished:12

Items remaining:35

Additional Items

These are items I put in at the start but I only want to see some progress on or try and finish. Unlike the ones above they are not necessarily old or going bad. 

• Kat Von D Ink Liner in Dali
• Too Faced Mini Blush in Justify My Love
• Too Faced Mini Blush in Love Hangover
• Too Faced Mini Chocolate Soleil Bronzer
• Too Faced Mini Milk Chocolate Soleil Bronzer
• NYX Butter Lipstick in Pops - Swapped out for Stila Colourbalm Lipstick in Evangeline
• Kat Von D Mini Liquid Lipstick in Double Dare
• Too Faced Mini Melted Matte in Chihuahua - Its gone bad
• Too Faced Mini Melted Chocolate in Chocolate Honey
• MUA Highlighter in Pink Shimmer
• NYX Prismatic Eyeshadow in Girl Talk

Additional items: 11

Items finished this update: 1

Total items finished:2

Items remaining:9

Update on all the pencil and stick type products

Added in at update one

• 4 By Nature Moisturising Coconut Sheet Masks - 3 Used up already
• 7th Heaven Manuka Honey Peel Off Mask - Finished
• Boots Botanics Hydration Burst Day Cream - Finished
• Revolution Pro Fix Setting Spray
• Soap and Glory Scrub Atomic Face Scrub 
• Primark Lip Liner in mid brown (the shade name was on a sticker on the cap and its gone now)
• Montagne Jeunesse Buriti Fruit Body Smoothie
• MUA Pressed Powder
• Superdrug Vitamin E Dual Phase Cleansing Oil
• Aussie Miracle Hair Insurance Spray
• MUA Volume Mascara - Finished
• Burts Bees Original Lip Balm
• Stila Liquid Eyeliner in Olive
• DKNY By Delicious Fresh Blossom Perfume

Update 1 additional items: 17

Items finished this update: 6

Total items finished:6

Items remaining:11

Adding in this update

• Kiko Milano Lip Pencil in Shade 10
• Loreal Pure Clay Glow Scrub
• Superdrug Vitamin E Moisture Mask
• Sukin Antioxidant Eye Serum
• Boots Botanics Hydrating Facial Serum
• Good Things Manuka Honey Hand Cream

• Body Shop Rose Shower Gel (Mini)
• Body Shop Rose Gel Scrub (Mini)
• Body Shop Rose Body Butter (Mini)

• Old Style "You've Been Mangoed" Bath Melt
• New Style "You've Been Mangoed" Bath Melt
• Lush "Candy Mountain" Bubble Bar
• Lush "Upsy Daisy" Bath Bomb

• Tony Moly Clear Skin Rice Mask
• Boots Rooibos Sheet Mask
• Spa Life Coconut and Shea Butter Mask
• Spa Life Bee Venom and Honey Mask
• Rata + Co Chia Seed Mask
• 7th Heaven Aloe Vera Blemish Mud Mask
• 7th Heaven Deep Sea Cleansing Mud Mask
• 7th Heaven Cucumber Peel Off Mask
• Superdrug Chocolate Orange Face Mask

Update 2 additional items: 22

I know it may seem like I still have a lot of items to finish however most of them (except the newer ones) are under a third full at this stage, some even less, so I fully imagine that I will have a lot finished up by my next update at the start of November.

xoxo Scruffy

Project: Use up seventeen by the start of 2017

So a while ago I tried to start a bathroom de-clutter project (full post here), and although looking at the photos I can see I made some progress, it ultimately fell flat on its backside. Every month I have a bag of empties I start writing a post about, then something happens and I loose all interest.

I decided choosing specific items, marking them and then working on them and them alone may be a better way of going about it. So I rounded up a bunch of stuff that's either almost done, or that I'm sick of the sight of (cough*Elvive Shampoo*cough). Also some of them aren't cruelty free, so have been hanging around for a long time, and I want to start 2017 more cruelty free than ever.

 There are 24 products to start with and depending on how the first month goes, I may add in other items in December when I check in. 

Hair Care

I honestly don't love anything in this picture. As you can see everything is over half done too, so I have tried to make it work. I think I'll be finished everything except the Elvive by the start of December. If its still not completely by the 6th of January, whats left is going in the bin. I've been working on it for most of the year in between other products, I don't really like it and I want it gone. I have a Gliss spray I'll add in if the Pantene one runs out and some argon oil that can replace the Frizz Ease when its done. Have I mentioned how little I feel Frizz Ease does for my hair? That's maybe a rant for my empties once its done. I don't have any other shampoo/conditioner to add in, but I think what I have here will keep me going.

Face Care

All the products here are cruelty free, and the three Superdrug products are pretty good. I actually really like the exfoliating scrub and will probably buy it again. I just have a tonne of face care right now and want to get through it. If you're looking for a nice, micro-bead free scrub that's cruelty free and cheap, I would recommend this. The mask is OK (full review here), but I own and can get better easily, also it smells pretty weird. I used up half the jar just trying to write that review, so three or four more uses and its done. It will probably be done by the start of  December. If that is the case I have 4 or 5 foil packet masks I'll add into the mix.

Face Make-Up

This section is a little same-y if I'm being honest. Two mattifying setting sprays that are almost done, the NYX one is OK and the MUA one doesn't seem to do much, but I bought them so I'll use them up. I have a couple of others that are a bit better I can add in when these run out. Two primers I'm not crazy about, and the Maybelline one is old now so I want it gone. Maybelline Lumi Touch concealer, again its old and I don't love it. I've been using it as an eye-shadow base up until now and its been going quickly enough so I don't know why I wouldn't be able to finish it. As for the powders, the Soap and Glory one is old and was crumbling and the MUA one got broken. I had hit pan on both of them and then re-pressed them when the MUA one broke. If these get finished (and I hope to finish the Soap and Glory one at least, if not its going in the bin with the shampoo) I might add in one of the loose powders I'm not crazy about.

Other Make-Up

MUA Mascara and Sweet Sheen Lip Balm, both of these are OK. I like the rose colour of the balm and it is moisturising, and I've used it enough for the print to wear off, but not enough to keep it. The mascara is OK too, I just own better. MUA products are usually cheap and cheerful, and, with the exception of some lip products I'm going to review shortly, none of them are really bad. The L'Occitane Shea Butter lip balm (travel sized) is almost done and it is my favourite lip balm product of all time, so much so I will pay the £7+ it costs for a full sized one. I got this in a set last Christmas and its been open since then so I want it gone now cause its a bit old. And lastly, the Cynthia Rowley eye pencil (mini). I really don't like this. I got it as a gift when I subscribed to something and if I'd paid I would have been really disappointed. It doesn't stay in the waterline at all. It won't be done by Christmas but I'm going to try. Anything that's left is going in the bin as the cheap NYX pencils are better.

Perfume

Ghost has been my favourite perfume since I was in high school. I loved it and everyone knew

 I loved it, so I usually get a bottle or gift set for my birthday or Christmas. Unfortunately, I've been unable to find any info on whether or not its cruelty free, in fact all I've found is confusing reports on who actually owns the brand. I've had to make peace with the other bottle I own being the last one I may ever own. Most of my family are aware of my cruelty free stance on things, so I'm not sure if they'll steer clear of beauty related gifts this Christmas. If they don't, what I get will probably be from Lush as they know that's safe (and I love Lush, give me all the Lush). As you can see this bottle only has a tiny wee bit left in the bottom, I'm going to put it in my handbag and that'll probably be gone by mid-December.

Things I forgot to photograph first time

The body butter is nice and came out a three pack I was given last Christmas, I've already used one and would like to have all three done by the start of January. This wont take me long to get through, the other one took me 3 or 4 weeks of steady use. Once its done I'll add the last one in. And we have another dam Elvive product, lucky this is mostly done. I don't like it. I don't like the smell, I don't like the way it sets making it a pain in the butt to wash out, and I don't like it taking up space in my bathroom. Its only two or three uses away from being done though, hopefully it'll be gone by December. I know this looks weird in the photo below but its cause it has a shimmer in it (like the shampoo), its not gone bad. I promise.

Wish me luck guys, I'll let you know how I'm getting on in a month.

XOXO Scruffy

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Project Bathroom Declutter - Starting Point

I'm a hoarder, and a bargain hunter. My skin flip flops from spotty and oily to dry and sore and back again. I like moisturisers, but don't like it when the feel heavy, or doesn't absorb right and I get bored using things that smell the same every single day. My hair is thick, and kinda curly, and my scalp can be really sensitive and irrated sometimes. I like Lush products and often get huge bath sets as gifts.

My bathroom is a disaster!

Please keep in mind when looking at the photos, this is my bathroom. Not the bathroom of a family of four or even a couple, its just me. That level of clutter is all mine. (I also pulled a couple of hand creams and and wipes from my bedroom and handbag so I could give a more accurate report on my hoarding).

My goal for the past couple of months has been to use up as many of everything as I can without buying anything new if at all possible. And for the most part I've done pretty well. I have had to go out and by some face products as I was using things for more spot prone "teenage skin" but my skin began to get dry and sensitive so I had to shake it up a little.

I recently started keeping a count and I'm now at six bottles, a sample and an empty packet of wipes. Before that I was just kind of winging it but that wasn't making for a lot of progress so I thought a clear way to track would be better. I'm hoping to get it down to a lever where everything on the side fits the two pink plastic baskets you can barely see in the background (with the exception of a single shampoo, conditioner, scrub and body wash that can live on the bath). I also want to get rid of the clear plastic box full of Lush stuff and all the other loose bars and bits kicking about, then swap this out with something smaller and most visually pleasing.

Wish me luck guys, also if you have any tips on how to not get tempted and buy more stuff would be much appreciated.

xo Scruffy