Gone by 2018 - Update one - Giant Declutter - Project Pan - Ralph Lauren, Stila, Superdrug

At the end of July I started a huge project pan type use up (find that post here) and as its been a little over a month and things have started to get finished up I thought it was about time for an update.

I've not taken hundreds and thousands of photos with this update as that would take way way to much time,  but my exciting thing this month was I hit pan on three shades on the I <3 Makeup Naked Chocolate palette which means it is done. Its gone and it means I have been able to start a huge rolling Project Pan Roulette with all my eyeshadow (link to that post here). That project will have far more up-close and in depth photos than this one.

Anyway, lets have a look at what I got through and what I'm adding in.

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 - Done

Body Care

1. Molten Brown Amber Cocoon Hand Lotion - I think this has gone bad and its smelling funky now so I'm getting rid of it. 
2. Dr Pawpaw Tinted Balm
3. Roger & Gallet Replenishing Body Lotion
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 - This irritated my scalp so badly I had to pass it on as I couldn't use it
2. Boots Botanics Shine Conditioner - I decluttered this at the same time as it really did nothing for my hair
3. Batiste Dry Shampoo Fresh - Done
4. Loreal Elvive Smooth & Polish Spray
5. OGX Coconut Oil Mist Spray - Done
6. Gliss Shine Tonic Spray
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
2. M&S Nuit Parfum (Deluxe Sample Size)

Makeup

Not happy about the lack of progress on the NYX lipstick as I feel like I wore this a lot

• New Look Fixing Spray- Done
• Freedom Studio Fixing Spray
• Revolution Pro Base Priming Spray
• I <3 Makeup Naked Chocolate Palette- Done
• 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 - This has some sero
• 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:8

Total items finished:8

Items remaining:39

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- Done
• 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
• Kat Von D Mini Liquid Lipstick in Double Dare
• Too Faced Mini Melted Matte in Chihuahua 
• 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:1

Items remaining:10

Added in at update one

So I was originally only going to replace the eight items I finished/had to remove but as the Ralph Lauren perfume is almost done along with some of the other items I decided to challenge myself a little more.  I also recently went through my foil packet collection, and its a little out of hand, so I've added in the five packet masks I'm least likely to use up unless they are in the project and I make myself use them, in the hope I can start making a dent in collection too.

• 4. By Nature Moisturising Coconut Sheet Masks
• 1. 7th Heaven Manuka Honey Peel Off Mask
• Boots Botanics Hydration Burst Day Cream
• 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
• Burts Bees Original Lip Balm
• Stila Liquid Eyeliner in Olive
• DKNY By Delicious Fresh Blossom Perfume

Update 1 additional items: 17

Anyway, until next time

XOXO Scruffy

Boots Ingredients Sheet Mask in Charcoal and Willow Bark Review - Cruelty Free Skincare

It seems like everyone and their sister is obsessed with sheet masks right now, and yeah, I was curious. However, I did some research and realised that finding one I could use might not be as easy as I thought. A lot of the ones I found online were made in Asia, and it was hard to work out if they were cruelty free or not. Also some of the ingredients sounded a little daunting, I actually came across one that claimed the active ingredient was placenta. Eeeps, no thanks.

So when I was in Boots today, trying desperately not to buy lipstick (I had seven in my basket at one point, but I put five back. I'm so proud of myself), and I came across Boots new own brand ones, I was delighted as I could finally give them a go. I picked up three, a nourishing one, a revitalising one and this cleansing one. 

So the mask has charcoal and willow bark in it and the back of the pack claims it will leave my skin "feeling cleansed, purified and revitalised in just 15 minutes". Its a good claim, and as much as I'd never say no to my skin feeling more of any one of those things, I drastically need all three right now. My face, especially my forehead is a hot mess with a mix of stress and hormone induced face demons and I have a family function on Saturday I want to look semi-nice for. Here's hoping this helps and doesn't infuriate the little monsters.

So first impressions... ewwwww.

Its so slimy feeling, and I'm supposed to put this on my face and leave it there for 15 minutes. Yuck.

Once I got over the thought of applying an item that felt a lot like it was covered in slug goo to me face, I realised that it is also ridiculously hard to apply. The forehead part is huge, the eyes are a weird shape, the area for the cupids bow is way, way to big and there's a lot of spare round the cheeks and chin. 

Within about 30 seconds of applying it my skin started tingling intensely, far more than I expected and so much I actually found it uncomfortable. I probably should have taken it off but I'm never one to back away from a challenge so I sat through it. It disappeared pretty quickly too, making way for a kind of cool menthol tingle type feeling I actually found really pleasant. I might have left it on my face for a little bit longer than I should have cause I was enjoying it.

Gravity was not this masks friends for two reasons. It pulled on the mask and made it slide down for and cover my eyes and mouth, not fun. It also made all the (excessive) amount of gel in it slide down and pool in the mask folds around my mouth and neck. I spent a lot of time smooshing the gel back up and smearing back across the forehead. Maybe if I'd laid back and shut my eyes it wouldn't have been so annoying but oh well. 

Peeling off the mask was fun. I like peeling things off my skin, it hadn't stuck so my face the way a peel off mask would but there was still some traction there. The whoosh sensation was fun, probably caused by my skin becoming exposed again after spending 20 minutes heating the sheet up.

I rubbed in the excess gel from the mask like you're supposed to and let that settle in. 

Did my skin feel cleansed, purified and revitalised? Not really, it felt clean and soft but that was about it. I was a little disappointed but I hadn't expected much so I packed myself off to bed.

The next morning I noticed a difference though. I had a couple of painful spots forming on my forehead the night before and these seemed to have calmed down a lot. They'd gone from swollen red patches to just little lumps, the way a spot feels when its almost done healing. They also weren't sore to touch and the skin didn't feel tight any more which was amazing. The rest of my skin felt slightly improved and still felt clean from the night before, which never happens. I was so impressed.

So, to cut a long story short...

Did the mask feel gross?

Yes.

Was it annoying to use?

A bit.

Did it do what it said it would?

Yes, but not immediately.

Do the results out way the ickiness?

Yes.

Buy it again?

Definitely.

Boots new sheet masks are available here and are currently on offer at £2 (usual price £2.50 so you're getting 20% off). I'm going to go back and stock up on these, I'll test one again next week and if I get the same results this mask will problem become something I use every time my skin decides to freak out. 

Are you a sheet mask lover? 

XOXO Scruffy 

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