SEPTEMBER EMPTIES! | Hannah Louise Poston | MY NO-BUY YEAR 

I love when makeup makes it into the empty videos! It’s so satisfying to use up makeup because it does take so much longer than skincare. Great video! As always, I love your thorough reviews and the way you talk about products.

I fully panned a lip gloss, liquid blush, a perfume, and an eyeshadow single last month :o I feel accomplished as hell! I get second hand accomplishment watching other people's empties videos because I know the struggle since joining the panning community!

BONUS VIDEOS. I 👏 can't 👏 wait! 👏

I couldn’t sleep tonight and I was so glad to have an HLP video to watch! I have three different deluxe samples of illuminating moisturizers, and I love them. I have the exact same feelings as you though about it. It just doesn’t “fit”. I can’t use primer with it, and it also disrupts my use of SPF. So its a no go for me. I also used up a toothpaste this month. AND I learned that a deodorant lasts me 8 weeks, so I don’t need 3-4 back ups. I also have a deluxe sample of Benefit Porefessional and I am NOT a fan. When you take an alligator out of the swamp she gets dry skin, like myself, and the Porefessional does me NO favors in that area. I am so unbelievably excited to see your hair video. When I finally finish my last 3 hair products I want to try the curly girl method. I think that it will do my wavy hair a world of good. Have you heard of this method? I am also trying reusable makeup “pads” after my cotton balls are done. (Yes, cotton balls. I tried to go cheap and I GREATLY regret it.) You should totally make washable cotton rounds and sell them on Etsy. Side hustle girl! Side hustle!- Sorry for the rambling train of thought in this paragraph, insomnia is a hell of a thing. On a personal note, your last video inspired me to start writing again for the first time in 5-6 years. A bad young marriage followed by a few years of fining myself moved me away from one of my true loves. I’ve spent a minimum of ten minutes writing every day for a few days now. I know its not much, but I’m very excited to have started wearing those grooves in my brain again. I’m hoping to rebuild this habit to get my spirit up a little.

Your videos are always a perfect length for me on the elliptical haha!

I would highly recommend Essence Lash Princess. I find it nearly as good as my IT superhero mascara. It's great for such a cheap mascara

I came across your channel a while ago but recently I’ve been absolutely binging your back catalog and I adore the way you describe scents. Even if it’s not my kind of smell, I’m always immediately transported to the cathedral, the woods, or the fireside that you conjure. Love your work

I know this might be asking alot but i would love to see your work space, where you do your sewing

So glad you like the Hada Labo! It's become a staple in my routine, and I can be liberal with it because it's a huge container and not too expensive. I just bought Pyunkang Yul essence toner to replace another toner from Paula's Choice and I love that one as well 💜.

i've used the hadalabo in the past and definitely prefer the premium version (yellow bottle) which has 5 sizes of hyaluronic acid. mine has lasted ages so i hope you thoroughly enjoy yours!

Haha, The Lash Princess is in fact spectacular 😝 It smudges under the eyes like no other does 😃 Ambre 114! I love that scent 😍 I have a feeling that you have such a good taste in perfumes. Maybe someday you could show us your collection and tell more about your perfume history, favourite notes or types of scents. I was so into perfume, much much more than into makeup. Now I'm out of my internet theme forum (because I had very bad spending habits and need to chill) but I still love perfume and enjoy what I have doing a sort of "project pan" 😀

I started using reusable cotton pads this summer. Bought mine from Etsy - Maggie at Curious Sparkles recommended them. I like them, but...1. You have to wash and dry them in a load without fabric softener, 2. They’re stained, even after washing, from taking eye makeup off, 3. I find if I’m not careful, that I use more toner, micellar water, etc. because it take a few extra seconds for the liquid to absorb into the fabric, 4. I only bought 10, and use them up every 3 days, so I’m still using cotton pads until I do another non fabric softener load of laundry. I want to do exactly what you’re suggesting and make some of my own. Still think it’s a great alternative from buying the ULTA Premium Pillow pads (which I will always buy to remove nail polish...they’re the best!).

The way you describe things is so interesting!

I panned 7 shades from my all I see is magic colorpop pallette. I started this year April. I finished almost two shades. I am happy with the progress and I am taking a break. I am enjoying the light eyeshadow (HM single shadow. It's is a dirty milk shimmery color). I also hit pan on my essence blush. (I have been using it ever since June this year.) I am becoming conscientious about my relationship with makeup. For the most part, heavy makeup don't look at on me. There is need to rush through what I already have!

I'm happy there will be some extra videos for the next, little bit. I've been missing your videos :) Finishing perfumes is hard :/ When you love something that can conjure up moments and memories it's hard to let it go, even if you know you can purchase it again down the line.

I loved the way that the ceramidin liquid made my skin feel, but it freaked out my acne and caused a lot of extra breakouts, so I gave it to my grandma. I was so bummed out because I wanted to love it and use it so badly. My grandma adored it though.

Marleys monsters reusable cotton rounds on Etsy are the best. Not the cheapest option but the best made reusable cotton rounds I have found.

I've been discovering such interesting new products through you. Thank you for your thorough reviews. I just ordered the facial cotton you mentioned.

make-up pads - you can actually just buy some 100% cotton jersey, pre-wash to shrink it, cut into squares - because they are jersey they won't ravel.

Hooray for the empties! I had a nice amount of empties for September and I’m happy! Done and out of the house! It’s satisfying to see less stuff. I predict some more empties for this month- body care, hair care, skin care and I should have a few makeup items too! I’m looking forward to your video on the sunscreens you have tried. I’m curious as to what you picked to replace the Perricone one!

I hear you on the mascara. I love the Lancôme Monsieur Big and miss it so much!

I've decided to buy re-useable cotton/bamboo rounds as well. It required some consideration of my no-buy rules, because I currently use disposable rounds both for makeup and for removing nail polish. I'm obviously going to continue to use disposable rounds for nail polish, so I had to ask myself if buying reusable ones was effectively creating a new category during my no buy. But when I considered some of the goals of my no-buy, goals which include saving money and being less wasteful, it was clear that buying these re-useable cotton rounds was in the spirit of my no-buy even if its place in the rules was slightly unclear.

I love the Hado Labo lotion, I think I’m onto my fifth bottle now! So glad you’re enjoying it too. ☺️

Love the idea of cotton rounds, but really don't like them in practice :( Maybe it's just the set that I bought (I got them on Etsy but they seem to be very similar to the ones that you have, where it's 2 layers of material hemmed around the edge to keep them together) but they absorb so much of whatever I put on them that I find I have to use 2-3x the amount of product that I normally would with disposable cotton rounds. If anyone has found a brand or technique that sidesteps this issue I would love to know, because right now I'm having to decide between essentially wasting product, or wasting cotton

I laughed out loud when the cat meowed! 😹 You’re so great at explaining perfumes!! I was totally with you when you were describing it. I really want to try the Hada Labo Essence. Is it thinner than the Belif Essence? Btw, I know you said you’d like to know when I posted the video of why I cancelled my sub boxes and it’s up now 😊 I gave you a shout-out...on my tiny platform haha. 💜

If you’ve never tried the Ciaté London wonderland volume, it’s great. It’s the only high end I’ll pay for. It’s $22 on Sephora. I tend to apply it and run a disposable wand through it and it’s like having mini falses for me. I rotate it and the wet n wild MegaVolume as my only mascaras.

That mascara is busted da house🏠👑 (that mascara has a track record of drying out within a short period time, it was not your imagination)

I really enjoy your descriptions of fragrances. I could visualize what you were saying when you said it reminded you of incense in a church...I envisioned a priest swinging a censer in a dark, candlelit cathedral. Your writer side really shows when you describe anything pertaining to the senses. :) The alley cats interrupting the video were hilarious. I laughed so hard at that!

i was about to suggest the essence lash princess! i think it is fairly wet at first (like lash paradise) but after a few weeks, super good and dramatic!

I really love empties videos! Feel like I’m getting the most thorough review of something and it helps me decide if it’s something I want to pick up as well 😊 Just uploaded the first video in my yearly empties series, it’s my third year doing them and I learn so much! I would really like to do a no buy in 2019 and have been wanting to do it for a long time but I always chicken out! Even a month is very long and I want so much 😂 but I think that’s exactly why I need to try it - to get out of the consumerism cycle 😬 Anyway, I haven’t tried any of the products you mentioned but there are several on the list I’d be curious to try 🙈

I'm still on the hunt for my favorite toothpaste 😂

Just bought the Lash princess, it is good basic mascara. I got bored of washing cotton bads so i just use my hands to wash my face. I take oil cleanser on palm of my hand and rub it on my face, wash it off and take water based cleanser and repeat the wash. Easy, no dirty pads or extra waste.

Felt the same about ceramidin. Will try hado

You can find flavoured tooth pastes at Winners too in the "natural" products. They have Green Apple

Your hair is beautiful and I love your videos.

Hey! I have an explanation about your toner I think you could be interest in. Alcohol is actually really drying. So it can be "usefull" (I mean that it works, even though it's not really the best solution) for oily skins, acne prone skin or oily hair. But since it's drying, it has nothing to do in a mosturizing toner, especially if alcohol is one of the first ingredients in it. Lot of love :)

Wish they still made Miss Manga mascara, though I've kept the brush that came with--it just deposits an insane amount of mascara on lashes, for extreme volume. A little tricky to use, but worth it.

Hannah,thank you for sharing this beautifull empties video,I love to hear you talk about your empties and if you Will purchase them or not.i do that also with every product I use up,and if I like it a lot I Will write it down,because I am only allowed to repurchase when I totaly ran out of a catagory,and it helps me to write down which products I like very much and why because I still have a lot to empty first.Essence and catrice have multiple fantastic,mascara’s,I used from both brands multiple mascara’s because they are sisterbrands,and I loved every single one of them,and they are also very cheap,but if you want a hijger brand mascaras that’s totaly understandable because you are only allowed to purchase one and then you are sure that you have a mascara you Will love.❤️

Thank you for sharing your empties

I have the Essence Lash Princess and it is very comparable to the It Superhero. You should give it a try.

I like the hada labo one better than belif! The toners are great too, they're a bit viscous/tacky compared to Western toners.

Have you ever tried cardamon toothpaste? I think I found a tube in Europe when my travel one ran out and loved it. I think I saw the brand in a whole foods or similar store.

Love your channel 🤗 im on a No Buy makeup and skincare from 1/10 and 1 year forward. Blogging about in in Swedish. I wish no buy and panning/empties where bigger here...I kind of feel alone here..Hugs 🎀

Go get essence lash princess. It’s $5. Not a dupe for a delicious Dior mascara but it does the job and the price is right.

Hannah! Those masks were very economical- I got them in a bundle at Costco, 12 for under $20. 3 of each pomegranate, honey, aloe and something else. So funny about the porefessional. I also hate it, but I have oily skin and I felt like it made my skin extra oily. Like it combined with my natural oils and then almost literally slid off my face. Gross! I know many people like it, but if it sucks for dry and oily, maybe it’s only suitable for normal skin.

The wet n wild mega protein mascara (little green tube) is AMAZING and soooo cheap ($2 i think?)

I wouldn’t recommend the essence mascara as your only mascara. It’s really beautiful when you apply it but it transferred terribly on to my eyelids throughout the day

I can tell that you have good taste in perfume and that your preferences are somewhat similar to mine. I'd probably struggle more with a fragrance no buy than anything. I think it's the most difficult thing for me to resist because it just provides a much more engaging, evocative, transcendent experience. Makeup helps you look presentable and sexy, but perfume transports you. Even though the money wouldn't go nearly as far, I'd rather drop $1000 on fragrance than on makeup any day. If someone told me I couldn't buy makeup for an entire year, but could buy all the perfumes I wanted, I'd smell every perfume I could get my hands on and buy every one that I loved. It would be terrible. And unlike makeup, perfume is one of the few items I like to have around even if I don't regularly use it on my body because I like to have the option of smelling it at my leisure.

I usually see people use the smash box primer oil to mix in with foundation. It could be helpful since you have drier skin?. Buuuuuut since you already finished it and you don’t seem to wear foundation that much, it’s probably fine that it’s done haha

I need to check out that essence. I’ve been using one of the Blithe Vital Treatment Essences for the 7 skin method - it’s amazing and makes my skin glow like nothing else but it’s £40 and I go through it so quickly. On a related note, I have a bad habit of picking my skin so I think I need to look into good ingredients to aid healing. Do you have any good sources for learning more about ingredients? I’ve already subbed to Gothamista and plan to binge her videos this weekend.

Do you by chance have a PO Box address?

You have amazing looking hair.

Did I detect a whiff of Rich Lux in this video? LOL 😂Btw, Lash Princess is a really wet formula, you will need to let it dry out a bit. Also if you have sensitive eyes, this one might bother you when you take it off.

I've never had that issue with the cotton rounds. I make mine from cotton flannel, not bamboo, and they stick together pretty well. I imagine that would be slightly annoying to use. I know I'm a bit late to commenting on the video but if anyone else is looking for the washable cotton rounds, check out my Etsy shop (crueltyfreestitchery)! I sell them in packs of 14 and have the mesh washing bags. 😁💚

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If you want to track how long lasting a product, just write the date when you open it on the bottom of the tube (e.g. mascara) with permanent marker. Maybe, it will help to spend less time to back search when you make this type of videos. Sorry I'm a data junkie so I assume everybody enjoy 'use up time' tracking. :)

Just fyi to anyone out there, my 16 year old daughter has had great results and loves the ordinary niacinamide in her routine and definitely notices a difference, she is quite acne prone right now.

FYI. Somehow this September empties didn’t make it into your empties playlist.

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You remind me of Jennifer Lawrence. Great video.