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December Empties

I finished 7 products in December, including 1 makeup product instead of all skincare!

~ Clinique take the day off cleansing balm sephora sample: It was odorless, and just oily enough to efficiently remove my eye makeup and mascara. Bonus, it didn't irritate my eyes. I got the full size for Christmas, but I'm going to try to make some progress on my Pond's cream before I crack into it.
~ Peter Thomas Roth pumpkin enzyme mask sample: I got the pack of deluxe sizes to try, and this mask took so long to finish, I'd never buy a full size. It smelled just like a pumpkin treat, so I enjoyed using it up in the fall/winter.
~ Too Cool for School egg mellow cream lotion: I used this as my morning moisturizer. It had a faintly sweet-lemon scent, which I enjoyed. The pump was nice, but I didn't know how much I had left until I went to pump it and it was empty :(
~ Clinique Welcome Wednesday deluxe lipstick from Christmas 2015: finally! I loved the brown-pink color, but I'm super proud that I finished a lipstick! My Nars Audacious in Anita is pretty close to the color I'm losing by finishing this guy.
~ Belif aqua bomb: it worked fine as a night moisturizer, but I have no strong feelings on it. Would probably not repurchase.
~ Benefit browvo conditioning primer: why? just why? I have no idea why a brow primer is necessary, but I used it up anyway. My brows look the same.

Goals for January:
~ Finish or at least make progress on Buxom Bombay full-on lipstick. It's a pretty rose color with a minty tingle that needs more love than I've been giving it.
~ Finish L'oreal gel eyeliner pencil. I got angry with how poorly it worked for me and I chucked it. At least it's gone - and I better understand what actually works for me.
~ Hit pan on the cream shade in Tarte in Bloom palette. I've been using my Anastasia Master Palette by Mario, and it's lacking a white/cream base shade, so I'll try to make progress on this one.

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