April empties

Clockwise from top left:
1) Sainsburys 2 in 1 shampoo, which I reviewed last month - I use this at the swimming pool, but when I've finished my current bottle I won't repurchase immediately as I have the Pantene Pro-V samples from Marie-Claire to try, which are mini and therefore perfect for the gym. After I've used those I will definitely repurchase this though.

2) Original Source Lime Shower Gel - love this stuff. It has a nice thick consistency, like Lush's shower jellies, but a bit easier to use. And the smell is so good. I bought four bottles of this when it was on offer ages ago and I'm now on the last one :(

3&4) Alberto Balsam shampoo and conditioner in pomegranate. I wasn't particularly impressed with this. Before this I had tried this shampoo and container in Apple and Teatree, both of which were great, but this one was very thin, the conditioner especially - very liquid. I've got Raspberry to use next when I've finished all the odds and ends I've got lying around - if that's also a letdown then I may have to venture up the price ladder a little.

5) Simple Spotless Skin Quick Fix cleansing wipes. I reviewed these when I first got them, but something I didn't realise is that they're a lot less gentle than the other wipes I've tried, but they do do the job. Would I repurchase them? Yeah, sure, if they were on offer. Not otherwise though.

6) Olay gentle cleansers wet cleansing wipes. Okay, I've no idea where these came from or if they even make them any more, but I had a 2/3 full packet lying around so I started using then when the Simple ones ran out. They were so much gentler and generally felt lovely to use, but also weren't so good at removing eye makeup, which would be fine except that 99% of the time I wear really long lasting eye makeup

March Empties: Well, this is a bit of a letdown.

With all good intentions I set aside a bag at the start of March to put all my empties in... and I ended up with just one. Oh well, on with the show.

Dove Silk Glow Nourishing Body Wash - Full size (250 ml)

This was part of one of those Christmas gift sets (in this case it came with another shower gel and a shower puff). It is available for £2.29. Personally, though, I wouldn't rebuy it. It did help moisturise, and so on, but I like scented shower gels. Though, of course, if it were on offer and, say, Original Source, wasn't, then I would buy it.

Does the job, just... no more.

Project pan update

Make-up

1 - Primark Beauty '4 in 1 gentle facial cleansing wipes'

These wipes won't be a repurchase in my opinion. They were a lot cheaper than other wipes - only a pound for fifty, but they don't remove make-up particularly well, and, more importantly, my skin doesn't like them and they often seem to sting a little bit. Worth a try though, to see if you get on with them. They could be quite difficult to get hold of, though, as (in my local Primark at least) they are sometimes next to the tills and sometimes nowhere to be found... The mysteries of Primark, eh?

Books

1 - I finished 'Bringing Down The House' by Ben Mezrich on Monday. The film 21 has been one of my favourites for ages and I wanted to read the book, and, as usual, the book way outshined the film. I'd recommend this if you like escapism, drama, or hot MIT students.

2 - I also finished 'Things Can Only Get Better' by John O'Farrell. It's about his time as a Labour Party activist in the 1980s and was recommended by my Politics teacher. It was really interesting, though like many of the books he recommends it does leave you a bit anti-Thatcher...

Something I have used up: Boots 17 Photo Flawless Eye Pencil

The main reason why I have used this pencil up already is that I love it, and I use it in conjunction with Boots 17 eyeshadow in shade Walnut Pearl for an easy everyday eye.
The other reason is that it's incredibly soft.
It comes in three slightly shimmery shades: blue, brown, and green. The idea is that you buy the same as your eye, and it draws the colour out. So, I have the brown one, but I might buy a green one to wear by itself or with green eyeshadow when I use up my green Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Pencil, which I have in black, grey, green and blue, and which I'll be reviewing at some point.
That musing aside, this pencil really is good. The only caveat is that you have to not push too hard or it crumbles: my mum was doing my makeup the other day for some mother daughter bonding, and because she's used to slightly harder thicker pencils she pushed a little too hard. With a gentle hand, though, this is one of the best eye pencils I've ever used, and at £2.89 a pop, it doesn't matter that I go through the pencil fairly quickly. Once this pencil is one the eye, it stays on the eye, which is good - this pencil has great staying power.
I'm now on my second of these pencils, and after trying mine the other night, my mum's buying herself one too.
One thing I like about it is that it isn't too dark, so it helps to open the eye u, rather than making it look smaller, as lots of very dark liners can.
I would especially recommend this to anyone else with brown eyes/ brown hair/ fair-olivey skin, as I find it enriches my colouring. It's also one of the rare products that seems to look good whatever stage of tan I have.
Now, words over, let's have the pictures!
The first one is my eye without any makeup, then I've done one eye just with the pencil, and then done a 'full' eye make up with the pencil and the eyeshadow I mentioned above, along with Boots Natural Collection Mascara in Brown/Black
http://www.boots.com/en/17-Photo-Flawless-Eye-Pencil_1150614/