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Saturday, 5 April 2014

Ingredient Spring Clean 2014

As part of this years "Spring Cleaning" I want to try and downsize and use up what I have. To help with this and my New Years Resolution to reduce my cosmetics "collection" by 25% I am preventing myself from buying anything in the month of April. (Currently I am hovering around the 12% reduced mark.) I have to use around 70 more products to reach my New Years Goal. Many of the products are samples or deluxe sample but a good chunk are also full size and not natural. As such I have decided to help boost up my numbers by declaring a INGREDIENT SPRING CLEAN 2014. I invite anyone to join me!INGREDIENT SPRING CLEAN 2014 will be all about spring cleaning our collection and reducing what we have. It will also be about literally cleaning up our collection ingredient wise. I challenge you (and myself) to pick 10 items from your collection that are not so natural and use them up during this Spring. (As you know I am not throwing out everything natural I prefer to get my money's worth and slowly replace unnatural items with safer alternatives) I personally will also be preventing myself from purchasing anything in the month of April.

Now lets get into the products I want to clean out of my collection.

1.Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Consealer
Quick Thoughts: Love this product (It's my favourite) however I am not so fond of the ingredients. I will be looking to replace this with a natural alternative. (Not concerned about natural products? I would definitely give this one a go!)

2. Julep Polish Remover Pads
Quick Thoughts:Good for on the go, vacation or weekend trip. Personally would not repurchase I got them in a Julep Mystery Box.
3. Bath and Body Works Pink Chiffon Mini Shower Gel
Quick Thoughts: Smells Nice....Horrid ingredients! Would not recommend! I'll be using this one to shave my legs.
4. Live Clean Conditioner
Quick Thoughts: Prime example of Greenwashing...This company advertises to be natural but some ingredients are not so great. I would recommend this product over half of the other junk out there in the drugstore but next time this will not be  a repurchase.
5. Neutragena Pink Grapefruit Acne Wash
Quick Thoughts: Smells nice. Not loving the ingredients..wouldn't recommended. This product was just OK.
6. Garnier Ultra Lift Eyes
Quick Thoughts: So far I havn't noticed any improvement in my under eye area. I am only 25 but I can see some lines starting to form.
7. Biotherm Serum
Quick Thoughts: Smells Nice. Not sure if I can tell results from using it. I purchased it as more or a preventative measure against aging.
8. Revlon Photoready Eye Primer and Brightener
Quick Thoughts OK but i prefer the Dream Lumi by Maybelline mentioned above for undereye brightening. It is a handy product to bring on a trip because it is two in one.
9. Clairsonic Mini Cleanser
Quick Thoughts: This came with my Clairisonic Mia I purchased in December. This should be easy to use up on a weekend trip or a vacation. As of yet I have not tried it!
10. Body Shop Seaweed Mask
Quick Thoughts: Nothing special works OK. The ingredients are not the best.


 

I WANT TO KNOW: What products will YOU be trying to use up this month? Will you be part of   INGREDIENT SPRING CLEAN 2014

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4 comments:

  1. Rachel Reviews And Muse5 April 2014 at 09:47

    great post, such a sensible approach to replace everything gradually. I kind of did that but I had mad moments here and there when I threw big groups of things out all in one go! slow and steady will win the race :-)
    Rach xx
    AllNaturalAspirations.com

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    1. Unknown30 April 2014 at 16:13

      Rachel, I can totally understand having mad moments throwing a bunch awayI cannot wait til I can use up some of my non natural things! I have trouble letting go of things because I spent money on them. At the same time though I feel uncomfortable using my non natural products because of all the garbage in them! A few month's ago I was telling my boyfriend I was trying to use up my non natural stuff and that I really should toss some of it that I don't even wear or like. My boyfriend offered to sit down with me and go through some stuff. I needed the extra kick in the butt in order to just throw some of it away! I still have a bunch to go but it really helps having another persons perspective!

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  2. Rachel Reviews And Muse5 April 2014 at 09:48

    p.s. are you on twitter? there is a great community on there, add me @rachmarshall if you are, would be good to connect :-)

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    1. Unknown30 April 2014 at 16:03

      I am! I "believe" I have already added/followed you.:) I am not the most familiar with Twitter so I may be wrong. My twitter is https://twitter.com/gonenaturallove

      It would be lovely to connect!

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