This month’s empties post is on the modest side. It is the result of my trying to do some damage to the hoarder’s stockpile I have going on. The process started during the beginning of lockdown last year, when I realized that it might be harder to go out and get new things. It was the perfect opportunity for “out with the old”, so here goes:
When lockdown started in March, I resolved to use up the skincare and bath products in my stockpile. Of course, another incentive to do so was that online shopping and going out were not options available at the time. So here’s the small progress I’ve made:
The Lotus Jeju Lotus Leaf Revitalizing Cream – This brand produces luxury skincare products that seem to have more presence in the US than in the rest of Asia. I was able to get mine from Althea Korea, luckily. The scent and the packaging are all premium and in-line with obscure luxe beauty brands. Too bad Althea no longer carries their products as I would’ve like to try their other stuff.
Laneige White Dew Original Ampoule Essence – Laneige is one of my HG Kbeauty skincare brands forever, especially when it comes to finding products that are easily compatible with my skin. I used this as my serum step, and I like that this added just the right tangible boost of moisture to precede moisturizer. (Slight tackiness, smoothing effect.) Scent-wise, it’s the typical clean floral fragrance I’ve come to associate with Laneige. Repurchase? Maybe.
Maybe it’s the New Year feels, but I’m motivated to keep my low-buy going into 2019. And it doesn’t hurt that I’m getting some inspiration from Netflix’s Tidying Up With Marie Kondo. I have a long way to go, but this whole concept of keeping things that spark joy is helping bring out my critical side. So instead of more new purchases, I’m likely to be going through the backlog and sharing empties like what I have here:
Watsons Naturals, Good Virtues Co., and Dove
I’m always talking about my personal anti-hoarding campaign, but I feel like I’ve actually made a lot of progress this year. I want to free up the linen closet I’ve been using to hold skincare and bath products to hold… well, towels and linen. Out of the three shelves in that closet, I’ve already been able to reclaim one! Now I’ve got a fresh batch of empties and the wish that another shelf will be good to go by the end of the year.
Since I rang in 2018, I’ve been spending more time shopping the beauty stash than shopping for new things. It has a lot to do with a hall closet that turned into a beauty vault during the time of the Great Hoard of 2015-2016. With that said, I’ve been quietly using up what I’ve amassed (for both the full-sized and sample-sized product categories), so expect there to be more empties posts this year.
For the first quarter, here’s the meager spread I’ve started with:
Biore, Bobbi Brown, and Estee Lauder
Food + World + Me 