Month of Foil #2.

I am overjoyed with the amount of sample sachets that I used up in this year's 'Month of Foil'.

The final tally was 116 empty sachets.

As before it was a bit of work to plan out what went with what and there were a few days that I  resorted to using my normal products as I knew exactly how they would treat my skin. Although there were only small amounts of lotions and creams in most sachets I did get a 'feel' for a lot of the products that I used and of course there were some that I liked, some that I disliked and some that I really liked that are now on my wish list.

I didn't have many body care samples (maybe because they are more likely to come as minis?)only four body lotions and three shower gels, I also used a sachet of nail polish remover.

I had a stack of shampoo and hair conditioner sachets and managed to use up twenty seven. They were all OK, nothing really stood out, but I used mostly cheaper drugstore brands. (I still have lots of Oribe and Rahua in sachets). I did use a sachet of Oribe Gold Lust Nourishing Hair Oil though which was very nice, it made my hair look and feel smooth and shiny and stopped it from frizzing.

Make up wise I only used three sachets of primer. Dior Pore Minimizer Matte Primer was the worst product I used during the month. It made my skin look and feel so bad that I had to wash it off. 

Out of eight cleansers I only enjoyed Nude Omega Cleansing Jelly and Ole Henriksen Pure Truth Melting Cleanser. I was really disappointed in 37 Actives Cleanser - given it's high price point I expected this to do wonders but instead it made my skin feel quite tight.

The stand outs of the twenty four serums I used up were Kane NY Serum Savant and Dr Brandt DNA Transforming Pearl Serum. I loved both of these. I also enjoyed Kat Burki Rose Hip Serum which was very comfortable on my skin and, of course, Sunday Riley Good Genes.

I used up nine sachets of eye cream. I was really impressed with Vichy Idealia Eye, it was a joy to use as it didn't irritate my eyes in the slightest and left my eye area nicely hydrated.

Face creams were what I used up the most of - thirty two in total. 

For daytime I liked Babor Daily Purifying Cream which felt calming and  I simply loved Chanel Le Lift  (in fact I love Chanel skincare full stop). For night time Caudalie Premiere Cru was as rich and comforting as ever while Laneige Water Sleeping Mask offered a lighter weight alternative. Olay Fresh Effects Swirled Mattifier was a dud for me as it zapped me of all my glow.

Treatment wise I used four peels and one mask - I meant to use more masks but really didn't have the time.

Overall, I'm really happy to have made a huge dent in my stock of sachets but I know that this time next year another 'Month of Foil' will be needed as I seem to accumulate so many of them!