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Stash Dash: My Attempt at a Weekly Round-up for Oct 9 – 15

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All the cool kids are doing it these days. I think a weekly round-up post could be helpful for those of you who might not be able to browse blogs all week. My hope is to not only provide a centralized place to summarize all my posts from the past week, but provide some additional tidbits.

Project Pan 12: KATE Stick Concealer in Natural Beige
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Stick concealers are notoriously challenging – here’s one that is multi-functional and it works well under the eyes too.

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Radiant Skin Series Round-up from 2015

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Here’s the round-up of another week-long series from last year: Radiant Skin Series – which focused on achieving glowing skin just in time for Summer.
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Chemical Exfoliants

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Lash Week Round-up from 2015

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I did a few week-long themed posts last year, here is the round-up of one of them:  Lash Week! Who’d have thought there’d be so much to talk about those hairs that grow around your eye socket.  But there is!
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Mini Mascaras, Mini Reviews

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Skincare Posts From 2015

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If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you know I love skincare! Here are some highlights of posts on skincare on the blog from 2015:
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Grading My Friends’ Skincare Routines

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Comparison Posts From 2015

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I mentioned in my blogiversary post that I feel one of the strengths of the blog is that I’m able to do comparisons between various products due to my stash.  Here are some highlights of those comparison posts (I just remembered that I even did a week-long series called “Comparison Week” ha!):
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Breathless vs Breathless

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My Personal Favourite Posts From 2015

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Every parent says they don’t have a favourite child, but they’re liars!  Here are my personal favourite posts from last year:
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Inconsistent Products

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My Least Viewed Posts of 2015

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Since I posted the other day about my top posts of 2015, I thought I’d show some love to my least viewed / commented on posts of 2015!  I personally liked these entries but hey, my blog was quite new at the time or maybe no one else thinks these topics were that interesting.  Here’s another chance for me to re-promote them! 😀

Pretty Funny

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Trash Stash 2015 summary

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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. 😀
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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:

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