#personal challenges

Here's what I finished in April. It's a long list again, so settle in!

5 Candles

• Yankee small tumbler candle in Lemon Blueberry Bliss

• Target Easter egg shaped ceramic single wick candle in Pistachio Vanilla

• DW Home single wick candle in Christmas Morning (No idea why this is called Christmas Morning. It just smells like coffee. Nothing Christmassy at all, which is why I burned it in April)

• Oak & Rye 3 wick candle in Whiskey & Oud

• Yankee 3 wick tumbler candle in Champagne Toast

4 Cleansers/Cleansing Balms

• Banila Co mini Clean It Zero Cica-Relief Calming Cleansing Balm

• Youth to the People mini Superfood Hydrating Gentle Cleanser

• Deluxe sample of the MAC Major Foamo Jelly Cleanser

• Banila Co mini Clean It Zero Tea Tree-EX Pore Clarifying Cleansing Balm

2 Toners

• Tonymoly mini Wonder Ceramide Mochi Toner

• Belif mini Aqua Bomb Hydrating Toner

1 Wash-Off Face Mask

• Lush 2.2 oz Rudolph Jelly Face Mask (this one smelled so yummy!)

1 Hand Soap

• Bath & Body Works gentle foaming hand soap in Frozen Lake

2 Hand Creams

• Miniso x Disney Winnie the Pooh hand cream

• Bath & Body Works 1 oz shea butter hand cream in Into the Night

1 Serum

• Loreal deluxe sample 1.5% Pure Hyaluronic Acid plumping serum

2 Sunscreens

• Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch 70 spf body sunscreen

• elf mini Suntouchable Whoa Glow 30 spf in Sunbeam

2 Moisturizers - 1 Body, 1 Face

• Bath & Body Works Ultimate Hydration Body Cream in Into the Night

• Peach & Lily deluxe sample Matcha Pudding Antioxidant Cream

1 package Blemish Patches

• The Creme Shop 24 count Cotton Candy Skin hydrocolloid acne patches with aloe vera

1 Body Scrub

• Josie Maran 18 oz Argan Sugar Balm Body Scrub in Vanilla Pear

1 Fragrance

• Victoria's Secret full-size fragrance mist in Pure Seduction Splash

1 Body Wash

• Josie Maran Everybody Wash Now! Moisture Mousse All Over Cleanser in Berry Bliss (This was the most hydrating body wash I've ever used in my life, and I'm sad to see it go and sad it's been discontinued)

1 pen

• Papermate Profile Ballpoint 1.4 in purple (Not inventoried, just celebrating the satisfying empty!)

9 Single-Use Masks

• Arirang Bliss Rice Essence sheet mask

• The Creme Shop Hello Kitty Hydrating Hydrogel under eye patches

• The Creme Shop Work Hard, Rest Hard collagen eye patches

• The Creme Shop Be Juicy, Skin! smoothing corgi face mask

• The Creme Shop Little Twin Stars Cloud Walk Moisturizing Foot Mask

• The Creme Shop Hello Kitty & Friends Smooth Crew Softening sheet mask

• The Creme Shop How Do Eye Look? Fresh Nourishing & Hydrating eye patches

• The Creme Shop Hello Kitty Chill Reset hydrogel eye patches

• The Creme Shop Be Smooth, Skin! red panda face mask

24 Samples

• .03 oz Versace Eau de Toilette tester in Bright Crystal

• Banila Co single-use Clean It Zero ceramide firming cleansing balm

• 5 Sample sachets Good Molecules Hyaluronic Acid Serum (Since I had 5 of these, I dumped them in a little pot and used them all together, which gave me a pretty good trial of the product. It's decent, would buy it again in a pinch)

• 4 Sample sachets of Dionis Youth-Boosting Goat Milk hand cream in Lavender Blossom (I liked this product but not this scent. Way too floral for me)

• Sample sachet of Guerlain Abeille Royale Youth Watery Oil Serum

• .04 oz Jimmy Choo Eau de Parfum tester in Fever

• .05 oz Carolina Herrera Eau de Parfum tester in Good Girl Blush

• 1.5 ml Burberry Eau de Parfum tester in Goddess

• Sample sachet of Innbeauty Pore Refine Pore and Texture Serum

• 1.2 ml Maison Margiela Eau de Toilette tester in Replica: From the Garden

• Josie Maran Whipped Argan Oil Body Butter .25 oz sample in Golden Hour

• 2 ml Snif eau de toilette tester in Vanilla Vice

• Sample sachet of Dr. Barbara Sturm Hyaluronic Serum (This hyaluronic acid serum is $325 for 1 oz at Sephora! Ba. Nanas.)

• 2 ml Snif eau de toilette tester in Me

• Sample sachet of Innbeauty Project's Keep It Clean Hydrating Gel Cleanser

• Sample sachet of DHC Super Collagen Cream

• 1.2 ml Viktor & Rolf Eau de Parfum tester in Flower Bomb Tiger Lily

9 Given to or Used by Friends

• Ulta Beauty Soft Blur Poreless Face Primer

• 2 ml Snif eau de toilette tester in Hot Cakes

• La Soie 200 ml Oat Milk Gentle Facial Scrub

• Nabla Miami Lights glitter eyeshadow palette

• The Creme Shop Little Twin Stars Cloud Walk Moisturizing Foot Mask

• The Creme Shop My Melody Mellow Melo! clarifying and exfoliating sheet mask

• Supergoop! mini Unseen Sunscreen 50 spf

• Celavi x Peanuts Moisturizing Snoopy Hand Cream in Rose

• Celavi x Peanuts Moisturizing Snoopy Hand Cream in Coconut

6 Decluttered to Trash

• 2 KBeauty single-use hand masks (no idea how old these are, and I can't find an expiration date on them)

• 2 b-pure single-use foot masks (same as above)

• Covergirl Exhibitionist Demi-Matte Lipstick in Peacock

• Wet n Wild Mega Last Matte Lipstick in Teal to Bedevil

So here are the 2026 totals to date:

• January: 24 empties and 24 declutters/gifts for a total of 48 items off my shelves! A great start to the year!

• February: 24 empties (again!) and 19 declutters/gifts for a total of 43 items out in February.

• March: 49(!) empties, 22 gifted, and 6 trashed for a total of 77 items! Holy crap! What a month!

• April: 58(!!) empties, 9 gifted and 6 trashed for a total of 73 items! Another really great month!

241 items out in 4 months! We are chugging along!

Here are some progress pics of what I'm using now.

Likely rollouts in May:

• Banila mini glow cleansing balm

• Fresh mini rose toner (not pictured)

• Glow Recipe mini Watermelon Dew Drops (I have like 2 uses left of this, but I've been too lazy to grab a spatula and dig it out)

• Olay eye gel (not pictured - like 2 uses left of this too)

• Pixi mini Glow Tonic

• Belif mini Hyaluronic Acid serum

• Beauty of Joseon Glow Serum

• Bath & Body Works mini shower gel in Watermelon Lemonade

• Bath & Body Works shower gel in Into the Night

• Paula's Choice sunscreen (not pictured)

• Coola Firming Oil sunscreen mini

• Josie Maran Body Milk

• Josie Maran body oil

• Tonymoly marshmallow hand cream (not pictured)

• Miniso x Strawberry Shortcake hand cream (not pictured)

• Too Faced Kissing Jelly Lip Oil Gloss (not pictured because I forgot it at work)

• Goose Creek single-wick tumbler candle (not pictured)

• Yankee large jar candle (not pictured)

That is A Lot - if I'm right about the rollouts, May looks to be a very successful month too!