A “side effect” of my No-Buy was the opportunity to dig into my stash and use up what I already owned. I didn’t imagine that I would actually go through so many products each month! And now looking at the full year as a whole, I’m quite proud of my accomplishments. 😀
12 months’ worth of empties!
Stats of my Trash Stash:
• I documented 173 finished products during 2015 (133 were full-size products and 40 were sample / travel size)
• On average, I finished 14.4 products (full and sample size) each month
• The highest number of products I used up was 28 in October and the lowest was 7 (Jan and Feb tied)
• The average rating I gave to all the products was 7.8 out of 10
• Skincare was the main product type I finished up (46%) followed by body / hair products (36%) and then makeup [mostly mascaras and base products] (18%)
• I noted that I would repurchase 52% of what I used up, 38% I would not repurchase, and 10% I may repurchase
However it’s important to note that many of the items that I wouldn’t repurchase do not necessarily mean I don’t like the products… many of the products are discontinued and I can’t repurchase! 😳
If you’ve missed any of my empties / Trash Stash post, here they all are:
January 2015
February 2015
March 2015
April 2015
May 2015
June 2015
July 2015
August 2015
September 2015
October 2015
November 2015
December 2015
Looking forward to Trash Stash 2016! 🙂
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Omg great minds think alike! This week I’m also doing a round up of the year’s posts but for Favorites! 🙂 dang girl. You finished a lot of products. I am proud!!!
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I never did keep up with favourites posts… I only did one last year. I might do that for 2016.
Yeah I can’t believe I finished so much! 😀
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I love the style of this post! It’s great that you were able to collect those stats from your empties for the year. Very interesting 🙂
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Thanks! I like keeping tally of things like this. Now that I have a template, I can continue the trend for next year too! 🙂
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Woohoo – I’ve been meaning to count up my yearly empties too – once I’ve got December’s up this week I may well do a tally of products at the end!
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It was quite time consuming and involved a spreadsheet! But it was quite satisfying to do! I’d be interested in your year end tally! You had some epic empties!
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Woweee, 173 finished products!!! That’s fantastic. Really interesting to read your other stats too – can’t believe you finished 28 in October alone!
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I have my blog anniversary coming up in a week’s time so I’ll post other stats.
Yeah October was a bit crazy, i couldn’t believe it myself!
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It just gives me HOPE !!! 😛 It will be fun for me to empty a lot of my products !!!
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You can do it! And be sure to document it – this way you can really feel a sense of accomplishment and be motivated to continue! 😀
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I don’t know if you felt the same way, but this low-buy is kind of a relief to me !!! I spend 0$ on boxing day specials !!! 😀
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Yes, being on No-Buy definitely gave me a sense of relief… like I didn’t have to make ANY decisions about what to buy because I wasn’t allowed to buy anything so I just focused on other things!
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Wow so many empties! Excuse me while I try to get over that number lol
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Hehe yes it amazed me when I did the final tally!
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I don’t think I’ve been through that many products in my life time 😛
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You’d be surprised! Don’t you finish up skincare and body lotion?
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I guess so, each product normally takes me a little while to get through. My skin can be sensitive so I like to keep things simple 🙂
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That number is amazing! I can’t wait to see what 2016 brings.
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Thanks! Can you believe that I already have a couple of empties for January? I literally just finished them yesterday!
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I’m actually baffled by all of this! It truly adds up eh? Good for you for using up so much stuff! #stashyisgoals
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Yes it does all add up, little by little! Do you keep track of your empties?
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Not reaallllyy, I’m really bad at using things up, and when I do, I tend to just throw them out so things don’t overclutter haha
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Yeah that’s why I do the monthly empties… there are people who kept their ENTIRE year’s worth of empties! That’s crazy yo.
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This is so cool!
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Math is fun! 😛 (I’m such a nerd, I created a spreadsheet tracker for my empties)
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Math IS fun! Especially when combined with empties 😄
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Oooo, this is interesting.. I think I’m going to do it too!
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It’s really helpful to see everything all together! It’s really impactful. 🙂
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WHOA. You got through a lot of products! Way to go. I should really do this too.
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It was really good to tally everything – makes it all seem worthwhile with all the tracking of the monthly empties. I think it helped to solidify my resolve on sticking with the N0-Buy (and now Low-Buy for 2016)!
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You used a lot of shit, haha. You know, you still could do favorites. You don’t have to include NEW things, it could be anything you’re loving!
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I may do a seasonal favourites. My favourites don’t tend to switch up THAT much so it would be pretty repetitive. I’ll think about it! 🙂
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Wow, that’s amazing! You cleaned house!
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That’s what happens when one goes on a No-Buy, I guess! 😛
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Haha, I love that you did a different graphic for each month! Congrats on all the empties!
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