Empties June 2017.

Due to my heavy use of sample sachets last month, June's empties pile is somewhat smaller than usual. As well as plowing through my stash of sachets I also made an effort to use up as many perfume vials as possible and to repurpose samples of foamy face cleansers as body wash and so I managed to use up twenty two non sachet samples and four full sized products.

Skincare.
I finished a full sized Sunday Riley Ceramic Slip Cleanser, a repeat purchase that I especially love to use in warmer weather, it feels cool, fresh, and soothing, and leaves my face feeling clean and balanced. La Roche Posay Serozinc was a cooling and calming hydrating spritz of mineral water containing zinc. I liked it but didn't find it to be any different to any other 'tins of water' that I have used.
The Ginza Creamy Foaming Cleanser and Energizing Lotion are both wonderful products that I have used before, my skin feels soft whenever I use them and is less prone to redness and congestion. I also enjoyed re-using REN Glycol Lactic Mask. This fruity gel mask always feels such a fun product and gives impressive results, leaving me with a brighter clearer complexion in just a few minutes.
Weleda Almond Soothing Facial Lotion was a good basic moisturiser that absorbed well, felt soothing and was delicately scented with almonds. VenEffect Anti Aging Lip Treatment was a lightly textured white cream that smelled of apricots. I used it as a lip balm but didn't find that it left my lips noticeably different in any way.
Finally, from my skincare stash, I re-purposed three samples of Malin+Goetz Grapefruit Face Cleanser and a generously sized sample of Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel as body washes as I found both of them to be too drying to use on my face.

Haircare.

I really enjoyed Ouai Hair Oil which smoothed my hair without weighing it down or making it look/feel greasy, it smelled great as well. I was disappointed with Davines Oi All in One Milk, I love the oil in this range but I found that the milk didn't do anything apart from detangling my hair, the ends were still frizzy when I used this. I also found the packaging unpractical - the product is quite thick, almost like a serum, so it didn't work in a spray on format.

Body care.
I liked both of the body lotions that I used this month and they were both ones that I had used before. Space NK Life Jump Start Body Lotion is light and easily absorbed but it packs a good punch of hydration and it's citrus scent tinged with mint is very uplifting and awakening. Vaseline Intensive Care Advanced Repair is an unscented cream that isn't at all greasy but is intensely moisturising, it   feels basic but is very effective. 

Make Up and Perfume.
I managed to use up two mini mascaras. I'm not a fan of ByTerry Mascara Terrybly as in addition to it's awful pun of a name I find it has a tendency to flake off throughout the day. I did quite like The Essential Mascara by Kevyn Aucoin,  it's formula is somewhat dry but I like it's curved wand that add curl to lashes as you apply it very much.
I finished nine perfume samples this month. I really like Tam Dao by Diptyque which is woody and spicy and warm. I also enjoyed Diptyque Geranium Odorata, a peppery floral and Etat d'Orange Libre Encens et Bubblegum which is sweet yet smokey and a good summer scent.
Tom Ford Oud Wood and Byredo Blanche were both okay but I didn't particularly like them and I wasn't at all keen on Atelier Cologne Mandarine Glaciale or Maiyet for Barney's. I disliked both Lady Gaga Fame and One Direction You&I so much that I could not wear them and used them as room sprays simply to use them up.

July sees me back to using 'real' products rather than sachets so I'm expecting a much bigger pile of empties than this at the end of this month.