What beauty products have you finished & repurchased? Share products that have become staples!
Some recent things I’ve replaced have been Mario Badescu Drying Lotion/Drying Cream, Kate Somerville ExfoliKate, Chanel Exceptionnel Mascara, MAC Plushlash Mascara, NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base, and Jack Black Lip Balm!
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ELF Complexion Perfection. I use it to set my foundation. I love it. Also ELF Bronzer in Sunkissed. It’s only $1 and it’s very pigmented
Truthfully… I haven’t finished or bought anything recently. 🙁
Do hair products and brush cleaner count? lol
Fresh Supernova mascara, Benefit High Brow, Murad Energizing Pomegranate Moisturizer, Clarifying Cleanser & Gentle Acne Treatment Gel, Korres Body Butters, Revlon Colorstay foundations & concealers, Clinique All About Eyes, Fekkai Glossing Conditioner, Origins Knot Free & Clear Head. A lot of things, apparently. 🙂
Skincare mainly: my Estee Lauder Daywear cream and face scrub, my Louis Widmer eye cream.
Zoya’s Remove+ nail polish remover and Clinque’s tinted moisturizer. Products that I will replace once I run out – Urban Decay’s primer potion (especially in the new tube) and L’Occitane Shea Butter hand creme.
I don’t repurchase much, but my absolute favourite highlight shade is Cover Girl French Vanilla, so I have a back up of that stored away. I also recently repurchase Clean & Clear Eye Makeup Remover. And then promptly spilled a third of it on my laptop keyboard :/
Microshadow sunbreeze from Make Up Store
As for finishing& repurchasing.. Covergirl lashblast and Loreal true match liquid for drugstore products.
Mac’s honey lust eyeshadow, and viva glam gaga. =)
I’ve gone through about 3 Mac All That Glitters eyeshadow in the past 3-4 years.
Apart from compact and concealer (I don’t use fdn) just the Chanel Inimitable Masacara.
all my normal skincare of course, clinique even better clinical brown spot remover. Makeup? mascara, and urban decay zero eyeliner
Covergirl LashBlast Volume Mascara, Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Liner in Zero, MAC MSF Natural in Medium Dark, Talika Lipocils Eyelash Conditioning Treatment, MAC Scene Eyeshadow, MAC Blacktrack Fluidline, MAC Gel Lipstick, L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara.
MAC Ruby Woo lipstick, Nanogold shadow. Urban Decay shadow potion primer. Milani powder shadow in Shock. Maybelline great lash mascara.
rimmel blushes!
Sisley, eyes and lips contour complex.
MAC Blot: can’t live without.
Shiseido Pureness: idem.
loreal voluminous carbon black mascara & mac msfn in medium.
I´ve just repurchased Dior Diorshow mascara. Liked it more than Chanel Inimitable which lengthened my eyelashes beautifully but gave me no volume at all. Chanel Inimitable also has less product so I tend to use it up much faster than Diorshow.
Lush Vanishing Cream & Aqua Marina
MUFE concealer pallette
MUFE Smokey Lash Mascara
also Mario Badescu Drying Lotion
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair..been using & repurchasing it for 10 years 😉
Smashbox photo finish primer!
Use? Up? WT..? Yeah, it’s a difficult concept and one I’m trying to fully embrace right now. Partly out of necessity. I don’t know why I just keep going out buying stuff and not using up what I have. I just buy the same darn colour in a different brand anyway.
Seriously, I’m about to use up Natio Illuminating Primer again, I love it. It’s relatively cheap to buy in Oz and just as good as MAC IMHO
I have that same problem!!! I don’t understand, at all, how to not buy stuff.. I don’t ever remember that I can put things on a “wish list” although that would grow more than reduce.
Foundation:MAC Studio tech (NW35)…its s perfect match, although a bit heavy for day wear…would you have any recomendations for a foundation with lighter feel and coverage in this same shade,any brand.
Lipstick: Chambor moisture plus (sade raisin plus).
Revlon Compact Face powder…all 3 have been wit me for ages 🙂
do you use your tech with a 188 or 187 brush? that DEFINITELY sheers it out a lot. I always spray the brush with Fix + (or just use put it under the faucet for a sec) before i use it. That really helps give it a lighter coverage.
Hope that helps!
-Kate, your friendly MAC artist 🙂
thanx for the tip Kate…i do have Fix+..bt my brush is 191..i will look fr 188/187. 🙂
P.S: Can we depot regular MAC e/s to fit into the palette..and cud u recommend 15 shades fr my skin (Indian) NW35 perfect match 🙂
benefit boi-ing is the first thing that springs to mind! and inglot loose powder
Mac Snob L/S my favorite lipstick I cant remember how many I’ve gone through, Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser, MAC studio fix powder, MAC Well Dressed Blush,MAC Viva Glam Gaga I cant remember what else I’ve repurchased recently I normally don’t repurchase things besides lipsticks and face cleanser I like because I want to try other things
🙂
MAC MSFN in Light(many times), Bourjois Healthy Mix concealer, L’oreal Volume Million Lashes mascara, Dermalogica Active Moist Moisturiser, Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel, Urban Decay Zero and Bourbon 24/7 liners, Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
I have finished & repurchased Shiseido purreness deep cleasing foam, and Clinique take the day off for eyes and lips
UD Primer Potion, MAC Studio Finish fluid and concealor, MAC Cocobar liquidlast liner, Benefit BadGal mascara, MAC Strada, Smashbox Photofinish Primer, a lot of other things lol…
Korres Lip Butter, MAC Brow Set (Clear), LUSH Dark Angels Cleanser, LUSH Ocean Salt Cleanser, LUSH Soft Touch Body Butter, MAC Fast Response Eye Cream, MAC Lustreglass (Love Nectar), MAC Studio Fix Powder, MUFE HD Foundation, L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara (Carbon Black), Revlon ColorStay Makeup, Sephora Blot Film, Urban Decay Primer Potion
..that ended up being a lot longer than I original thought it would be, LOL!
Oh.. and the ELF Studio brush set, it’s not exactly replacement – just more of a decent set of brushes. :]
Oh yeah I just remembered Maybelline Shiny-licious, it took me so long to use it all up though that by the time I got around to getting it again they had discontinued my colour. I also go through bare escentuals mascara pretty quickly, but we’re on a break right now and I’m stuck with L’oreal or some other supermarket thing.
Clinique High Impact Curl mascara
Paula Dorf tinted moisturizer
MAC Naked Lunch e/s
MAC Shroom e/s
MAC Splashwear mascara
MAC Fix+
MAKE-UP:
NOTHING…it takes me forever to go thru’ make-up as i constantly buy new things and kind of forget/stop using the older stuff. The last time i hit the pan was in 2007 with my MAC Studio Tech. Repurchased, well if it counts then last month i lost my MAC Ramblin Rose l/s so repurchased.
BEAUTY:
Once every 6 weeks or so i buy these from lush-
Lush Fresh Farmacy cleanser
Lush Aqua Marina cleanser
Lush I love Juicy shampoo
Oddly enough I’ve been on a product finishing spree! Quite surprised considering I always use stuff halfway and get bored. I finished:
– Clinique Liquid Soap for Oily skin
– Clinique Take The Day Off: Eyes, Lashes and Lips
– Clinique Clarifying Lotion #3
– L’Occitane Ultra Rich Body Cream Vanilla
– Redken Smooth Down Detangling Cream
Repurchased most of them 🙂
Lancome Hypnose Drama, Diorshow Blackout, MAC ricepaper (it’s the third!).
I have finished quite a lot of products recently, but haven’t repurchased many of them, purely because I already had back ups or similar products (like the number of moisturiser samples I have is insane!). Does that count as repurchasing though? I have properly repurchased Avon’s Anew Clinical Eyelift (eyecream) and Rejuvenate Mask though as I’d run out completely.
Jan Marini Bioglycolic Cleanser, Jan Marini Bioglycolic Bioclear Lotion, Jan Marini Transformation Cream, Dermalogica Skin Prep Scrub, Lush Ocean Salt, Eminence Organics Naseberry Cranberry Body Wash, Jane Iredale PurePressed Base, Helena Rubinstein Lash Queen Mascara, Urban Decay Primer Potion, Chanel Eye Shadow Quad in Spices.
These are all products that I have repurchased several times, and they’re all considered HG/products I coudn’t live without!
What do you think of the Jan Marini Transformation Cream?
Nars Dolce Vita lipstick, Nars Orgasm lipgloss, Chanel Rouge Allure 19 Remarkable, YSL False Lash Effect Mascara, DiorSkin Sculpt Concealer, Chanel Teint Innocence foundation
Beautyticket.com,a discount beauty site,sells several different YSL mascaras for $15.99 each.
I am a creature of habit: MSF natural, MAC paint tube in Untitled, Well Dressed, Chanel foundations (all types…) Lancome black waterproof eyeliner, estee lauder dark grey eye kohl, estee lauder creme concealer, NYX Summer Love round lipstick, MAC C-Thru, Mario Badescu glycolic eye cream, cetaphil, Olay daily facials.
Mac oil control lotion. Wouldn’t change it for the world.
Sort of repurchased without finishing, but I’m close!
Tarte Dark Circle Defense concealer, Tarte lights, camera, lashes! mascara, Smashbox jet set liner in midnight, Philosophy Purity, Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Laura Mercier foundation primer, Laura Mercier silk creme foundation, too faced shadow insurance, CG lashblast, MAC bronzing powder, Laura Mercier pink pearl limp plumper, and MAC Prrr. LOL I know that’s quite a list but its products I must always repurchase.
Urban Decay Oilslick e/s
NARS Primer with SPF
MAC MSF Natural
MAC Blot Powder
Mac Prep+prime spf50
Helena Rubinstein lash queen black
Mac MSF Natural in shade Medium 🙂
Covergirl lash blast 🙂
A ton of mascaras! My fave is Lancome Hypnose and CG Lashblast. Clinique Stay Matte Pressed powder, and MAC Cremesheen Glass in Partial to Pink.
I have finished my shiseido liquid eyeliner and bought a new cartridge (sooo sad it is discontinued, i bought the last one at my counter 🙁 the new liquid eyeliner are the same, not refillable and still 35$…i’ll have to find an another liquid eyeliner, any suggestion?)
Philosophy Purity cleanser, Olay Sensitive skin moisturizer and
Estee Lauder: Night Repair
Estee Lauder: Hydrationist cream. I used for a couple of years but no longer use.
MAC: Saddle and Bronzilla It’s a limited edition lipstick but I just started on my backup tube yikes! I hope they re-promote soon.
I have a long list but too long to write I’ve been wearing makeup for years.
I have never finished any makeup items, only keep on buying and trying the new ones(with all the limited edition new cosmetic releases, how can I resist:)!) But I repurchased some of the skincare products: shiseido white lucent cleansing cream (used 5 or more tubes), shiseido white lucent gel cream, Dior hydraction sobert cream, clinique surge cream and Kose Sekkisei Lotion/toner. Those are all I can think of now.
NARS Blush in Deep Throat. I love my Purpose Gentle Cleansing wash. It may sound boring but it works!!Maybelline Full N’ Soft Mascara
Bare Essentuals Buxom cream eyeliner
MAC Woodwinked
MAC Humid
MAC Vanilla
UD Zero e/l
MAC Wildly Lush Plushglass
Stila Kitten e/s
MAC Studio Fix, MAC Prep + Prime Face Protect SPF 50, Smith’s Rosebud Salve and MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack.
Only udpp which reminds me I need purchase a new one!
Estee Lauder Verité Moisture Relief Creme
Estee Lauder Double Wear Light Foundation
I’ve hit pan on MAC’s cream base in Hush, so I’ll be replacing that soon.
Almay mascara for hazel eyes
MAC´s eyeshadow in Shroom,MAC´s MSF Natural and MAC´s Mascara X.
groundwork paint pot and matte cream
Fewer than I first thought:
UDPP
MAC Rich Ground Fluidline
MUFE HiDef Powder
MAC Femme Fi e/s
MAC Primer with SPF 30
MAC Sweetie l/s
MAC Syrup l/s
Only mascara & foundation. I go through those like crazy.
Lately eye primer too
And skin care gets replaced often too
MAC Family Silver eyeshadow duo, Love Nectar lipglass, Partial to Pink creemsheen lipglass, Plushlash, Moisturelush Cream, Fix Plus, Studio Sculpt Foundation, and Mineralize Natural. Urban Decay Primer Potion. Cosmedicine Self-Adjusting Exfoliator. Murad Acne Bodywash and Acne Spot Treatment. Korres Guava Body Butter. I didn’t realize I had finished that much stuff before!
I’ve bought a lot of stuff lately (damn online shopping!) but I am having way too much fun trying out different products that unfortunately I haven’t repurchased anything. However, if I ever finished something and felt the need to repurchase it would have to be my Seaweed pore cleansing facial scrub from the body shoppe, and my maybelline falsies mascara. but this post doesn’t count because I have not finished either!
Estee Lauder Advance Night Repair, mmm… that’s the only thing I keep buying when its done! Makeup products last me a long time! (Maybe because I have many different things LOL!) As for skincare… I rarely stay with the same thing because I want to keep trying nwe things that work better for me!
Intimidate slimshine, of which I am trying to find a dupe….
Mac face and body foundation, strobe cream and blot powder
It would have to be my Dermalogica Medibac line of products.
Cover Girl Lash Blast Luxe mascara. I also wanted to buy again L’Oreal Panoramic curl but they discontinued it 🙁
*Bobbi Brown Longwear GEl Liner ( Both sepia ink and violet ink; i’m in absolute love with them)
*Bobbi Brown Corrector ( feels like it’s made for me 🙂 )
*Covergirl Lashblast Waterproof Mascara
Woopsie, totally forgot my MUFE HD Foundation, Mac Satin Taupe es
MAC Opulash mascara…LOVE IT!
Bobbi Brown eyeliner gel
MAC Lipliners – Whirl & Stripdown
Bare minerals lip gloss – Wild Honey
Caudile Cleansing Water
Come to think of it, the only product I’ve ever done that with is my Meow foundation. Otherwise…it takes me a long time to get through something.
I have finished and repurchased:
Sugar Double Wink Mascara (8-9 tubes int the last 2 years, too bad they are discontinued).
Mac Crystal Avalanche (my favorite highlighter of all times).
Mac brush cleaners (I buy one every 4-6 months).
Mac’s Wipes (buy one every 2 months).
Things I have finished and repurchased in the past 3 years that I have been a MU junkie (NOT counting skincare, foundation/concealer, or mascara):
– 2 pans of MAC Almond Icing eyeshadow (LE, thank gawd I’ve been lucky enough to track down backups!)
– MAC Retrospeck eyeshadow (just hit pan on my 2nd repurchase)
– MAC Bronze Eyeshadow
– MAC Star Violet Eyeshadow
– MAC Magnetic Fields Eyeshadow (LE and again glad I have backups!)
– MAC Dreammaker Eyeshadow
– MAC Matte Gel
– TF Shadow Insurance (been through several tubes now)
– MUFE Aqua Eyes Eyeliner in 0L and 1L
– MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
– MAC Dipdown Fluidline
– MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot
….ok I think thats it!
Has anyone else never finished a mascara? Mine either expire or get dried out…or I lose them.
Neostrata Smoothing Cleansing Mask.
Maybelline Colossal mascara in glam brown.
Cover Girl Outlast lipcolor in Canyon.
MAC Cultured Lipglass and Viva Glam V Lipstick…
Clinique Superbalanced foundation
and if EVER given the opportunity again, MAC Cloudbound and Up At Dawn eyeshadows from the Pandamonium quad!
MAC studio fix, MAC select cover up, Smashbox face primer, Viva Glam V lipglass, Covergirl Natural Lash mascara, and I go through lots of mascara. I like to try different brands but I mostly use revlon and covergirl mascaras.
Off the top of my head… UDPP, Origins Have a Nice Day moisturiser, No7 clear brow gel (nothing especially great about it – it just does the job and is easy to pick up in Boots), MAC Naked pigment (well, I finished a sample and bought a whole jar),MAC Prep & Prime face, Carmex lip balm (many times)…plus a few mascaras probably because I tend to stick to Lancome, Clinique, Estee Lauder and No7 for those.
omg! you’ve already gone through the nars smudgeproof? or was it just a sample?
i’ve never finished anything but eyeliners and mascaras: engraved PPT, l’oreal voluminous…haha. only started getting into makeup this past year though
A sample 🙂
UD: Primer Potion, Zero & Bourbon 24/7 and De-Slick Powder. Chanel Inimitable mascara (so much of my paychecks over the years has gone to re-purchasing this stuff every 2 months!). Skyn Iceland eye cream and face wash. Neutrogena eye makeup remover and Oil-Free Acne Wash (been using that since I was 10). Dior Brow styler and J’Adore body lotion. That’s all I can think of off the top o’ my head for now.
Laura mercier tinted moisture, MAC shroom. Urban decay zero eye, liner golden lip glass & hope in a jar.
i never finished a mascara. they all dried out. they are all miserable. i need one that is thin and fine and not stucky and gluey.
MAC plushglass in fulfilled and ample pink
VS makeup pencil liners…HG
Maybelline’s Mineral Power powder foundation, and the concealer.
TheBalm Concealer in Medium Light
Buxom Lips in Lacey
Loreal Hip Liner in Black Shock
Rimmel Sexy Curves
Cliniques spf 50 face sunscreen, cliniques moisturizing lotion and duwops twilight venom, everything else i either haven’t finished yet or didn’t like enough to repurchase!
-Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance
-MAC Plushlash
-MAC Ricepaper e/s
-MAC Bronze e/s
I guess L’oreal Voluminous doesn’t count – but I buy those on the dot every 3 months.
Also Cream Colour Bases from MAC: I’ve gone through four of Tint and I’m on my second Nude. I’ve just got Bamboo and I know I’ll repurchase that. Luckily I live near a pro store because they keep d/c-ing them from the main line…
I’m on my second MAC See Sheer lipstick and my third Nars Laguna too. About to buy my second Nars Sheer Glow too.
MAC Enchantress lipgloss…
NARS primer with SPF 20, Clinique City Block, Mandom eye makeup remover, L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara, MAC Studio Sculpt concealer (will repurchase when finished, but I’ve had it since mid-January and still have a decent amount left)
MAC Fix+, bareMinerals foundation, UDPP, Smashbox Photofinish Light, Bobbi Brown Gel Liner, Clinique moisturizing lotion
mac msf in light medium, ive repurchased about 3 times
mac dazzlelight e/s. not sure why i love it so much its nothing special lol
ysl faux cilis, nothing compares to it
kat von d tattoo liner
too faced shadow insurance
Lancome Hypnose Mascara, YSL Touche Eclat in 3, Korres Primer, Clinique’s Dramatically Different Lotion, and MAC’s oil control lotion. They’re things I use everyday, and they work really well with my skin tone and type.
Skin Actives Anti Aging Cream with Resveratrol,Skin Actives Bright I,Smashbox Halo,Mally Voluminous Mascara,Be Buxom Lip Gloss in Sandy,and Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely perfume.
Mary Kays Mineral Foundation, Maybellines XXL Volume mascara, Mary Kays eye makeup remover, & MACs All That Glitters are my most recent repurchases 🙂
Mainly mascaras – Lancome Hypnose, Lancome Virtous, Covergirl Lash Blast. Also NARS Sheerglow, MAC tinted lip conditioner, Blistex lipbalm
Nars Orgasm blush and Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Warm Beige 🙂
Products that I’ve finished recently are Cliniuqe Liquid Facial Soap Oily Skin Formula and Clinique Clarifying Lotion #4. Both have made my skin look amazing and if it wasn’t for Clinique, I would still be searching for the perfect skincare line that would best suit my oily skin. I’m almost finished with my MUFE Aqua Smokey Lash mascara and will need to replace it soon.
I’ve only done that to one cosmetic item: Bobbi Brown undereye concealer!
Skincare wise, I’ve repurchased Korres’ Pomegranate Daily Moisturiser and Japanese Rose Body Lotion, and DHC’s toner.
Clairins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch Primer
Lancome Definicils
that is it – ever.
MAC studio fix compact, Bobbi Brown Corrector in Peach, Maybelline Delice Blush in Apricot, Avon Anew Clearly C 10% vit C serum.
I haven’t really finished any makeup products but I have with some skin care and treatment-ish products!
I have repurchased: Dove Clinical Protection deodorant, Pantene Daily Oil Cream Moisturizer (Hair), & Clean & Clear Morning Burst Face Wash.
Other Products I have finished but have yet to Repurchase: Beauty Rush Soothing Lip Balm in Clear, Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment
Products I have yet to Finish but will Repurchase: MAC Love Nectar Lustreglass (almost done with), Dior Lip Polish Smoothing Lip Lacquer in 001 Radience Expert (just got it two days ago but already know its at HG status ^-^), Beauty Rush lipgloss in Melonrageous, Beauty Rush Glossy Shinestick in Citrus Sorbet ( 🙁 VS stopped selling these, i am in love with it i will have to go to eBay or something), L’Oreal HiP Jelly Balms in Savory, Lucious, PLush
and sorry i wrote kind of unneccassary extra stuff but I wanted too hehe 🙂