Mid-year empties

Pans from January through June this year, plus mini reviews.

Products:

• Ilia Limitless Lash Mascara mini in After Midnight – I’m not sure if the smell was how it was supposed to be, but I liked this mascara. I would consider revisiting another one of these once I get through my other backup mascaras.
• Tonymoly Lovely Eyebrow Pencil in Black – my go-to eyebrow pencil. The last inch or so of this pencil fell out before I got to use it up. I’ve purchased this product many times before and that’s the first time that happened to me.
• Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner in Intense Black – good eyeliner, but I realized I prefer liquid liners with brush tips over this one’s felt tip.
• Macabalm Moisturising Lip Balm – felt a bit grainy at times but overall not bad
• The Creme Shop Gudetama Macaron Lip Balm in Pineapple Sherbert – this is the one empty I feel a bit sentimental about, not just because it was a gift but because it’s so cute too. The product was nice and I enjoyed using it up completely.
• Carmex Moisturizing Lip Balm SPF 15 in Holiday Punch – I liked the flavor and the texture, the way it’s shiny almost like a gloss, but I felt like this sometimes made my lips feel drier and I’d have to reapply more frequently. I traveled with it a lot on airplanes and never had a problem until I opened it on a 777 and all the product started oozing out, unstoppably. That was the end of that.
• Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Oil-free Sunscreen – nice, average sunscreen, kept me from burning on a week-long beach vacation even though it was expired by the time I started using it.
• C.O. Bigelow Lime & Coriander Body Lotion mini – nice lotion, not much to say.
• C.O. Bigelow Body Lotion Lavender-Peppermint Formula – the lotion was fine, but I don’t like this type of bottle. It’s hard to get product out when it starts running low, except if you bring it on a plane, when it inevitably explodes.
• Lancome UV Expert Aquagel Defense 50 Sunscreen – a very old Ulta birthday gift. It was well past its expiration date by the time I started panning it, but it never broke me out or let me sunburn (though I never put it to the test at the beach or anything.)
• Supergoop Play SPF 50 Everyday Lotion – LOVE this sunscreen. It’s a bit pricey for me and I have other sunscreens to use up first, but I adored this.