Buys and Byes August 2024 | Makeup & Beauty Budget, Haul, and Empties

[@kristiodom5279]

Happy Birthday! 💜🎂 Yes, the black polish is an empty. 💅 Once you are to the bottom of the wand or the thinner doesn’t work anymore, it is an empty. It is a declutter when you could use it, but you don’t want it anymore.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you for the birthday wishes and also confirming that dang polish is an empty!! ❤️

[@laurels_makeup_fun]

Happy Birthday Erin! It's so exciting to see your channel grow. Congratulations on 2K! I know you all have a tough time coming too, our dogs are so important to us. Sending all the positive vibes!

[@erintaylorwrites]

thank you for the well wishes and your compassion! I love how man wonderful people are in this community!

[@njpans]

Happiest of Birthdays to you!! You’re going to love your forties!! I am turning 51 this year and I am loving my 50’s!! Call the black polish empty…you used as much as you could and it’s basically there. Prayers for Malcolm ❤

[@erintaylorwrites]

it is always an honor to age and I'm ok with saying young at heart and in my soul. Now my body on the other hand needs to be in bed by 9pm and I have heating pads everywhere. 😂

[@njpans]

@@erintaylorwrites oh yes!! There is that…but mentally I think you will enjoy your 40’s even while your body may not lol!! I often joke that I pop & lock and I’m not even breakdancing 😂😂😂

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@njpans I have to make "the noise" when I get up from sitting down too long, or god forbid if I have to get down onto the follow. 😂

[@njpans]

@@erintaylorwrites oh goodness yes…avoid the floor as much as possible!! I look like I’m playing Twister when I try to get up off the floor 😂😂😂

[@margowhitlock7933]

Thanks for sharing. Enjoying the empties.

[@erintaylorwrites]

❤️

[@taramisu9978]

Happy 40th birthday! You don't look it at all. I am 51 and while it feels old there are so many that don't get to this age so I will embrace it. Keeping good thoughts and prayers for your dog.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you! And yes! Aging is an honor and a privilege that many do not get to experience! Every day if a gift, even the hard days. ❤️

[@9023rsd]

Happy Birthday! 40 is the new 30 😆. My b-day was the 1st, 55 yo, I don’t feel this age. My mind tells me I’m 30. We are so blessed to another birthday! I hope you have an amazing day, month, year. Praying for Malcolm! ♥️

[@erintaylorwrites]

I am thankful to be able to age. Any day is a good day if I'm top side. I think I am stuck at the like 28-30 mindset and I'm totally ok with that!! Maybe thinking young keeps your soul young. ❤️

[@marlenegomes4008]

Im turning 40 this month too. And trust me. I feel like I’m turning 30. Im just a baby!

[@erintaylorwrites]

Right!! We are all babies looking around for the actual adults!! Happy 30th birthday to you as well!! 🎂

[@marlenegomes4008]

@@erintaylorwrites exactly!!!! Everytime someone calls me Mam’ I look behind me ! 😂😂😂 love your videos. Love your energy. Love your company

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@marlenegomes4008 Aw thank you! When the bag boys at the grocery store call me ma'am I get kind of offended, like I was just in high school also, sir! 😂

[@maritorres1455]

Happy Birthday!!🎉🎉 The black polish is an empty sweetheart 😊

[@erintaylorwrites]

Woo!! So Happy I can count that as an empty! I can take it out of my "declutter" bag now!

[@june2gem]

Happy Birthday Erin! 🥳🎉🎉🎊🎊

[@erintaylorwrites]

thank you!!! 🎂

[@itsjustStephslife]

HAPPY 40th Erin!!!!!

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!! I'm trying to stay young at heart! 😂

[@emilyrogers3271]

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!! I had a great day yesterday!

[@beautyandbeyond347]

Happy birthday! I love the Elf skincare line!

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!! I do like some of their skin care, but some of it I think it is too expensive if you look at cost per oz. but I always go back to that moisturizer!

[@anubhutitiwari]

Belated Happy birthday ❤ i love Marc Jacobs Perfect perfume.. love the update such a good month❤

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you for the birthday wishes!! I do love the MJ perfumes also. Most of them are so good!!

[@sarah_tk421]

“You guys, did I just say I’m turning 30?!” Editing Erin is hilarious 😂 Happy birthday, Erin! 🎉

[@erintaylorwrites]

LOL thank you!! I do my best work when I'm editing. 😂

[@AndiDoesStuff1973]

Happy "30th" birthday! 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉 You're aging in reverse!! Happy the pup made it home safely! It always feels good to finish a lip product!! I just finished a liquid lipstick that's been hanging around forever! Sad thing is that it's been discontinued so I can't repurchase but I did enjoy it. I am going to stalk Marshalls looking for Paula's choice! I love that Sally Hansen Insta Dry! I decided the same thing! Why purchase top coats when that one works so well! Your budget is on point!!! Hopefully you can transfer some makeup budget to the palettes! I know there are some you will want to purchase!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@erintaylorwrites]

I have a good feeling about my "30s" 😂😭 I think I love finishing lip products as much as I love finishing cheek products!! I'm very interested what Marc Jacobs will come out with next year because their lip stick formula was beautiful! I'm glad I tried top coats from Holo Taco and INLP, but you are right, No reason to buy a $10 top coat with the one for $3 works just as well or better!! I better have some budget left over. I want so many of the palettes!

[@proud2bnumber1]

Happy Birthday!!! 🎂

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!!! ❤️

[@Dreamer-by4nk]

Yes black nail polish an empty. You earned it.

[@erintaylorwrites]

🥰 Thank you!! Using up a black polish is defiantly an accomplishment in my book also!!

[@JordanDitgen]

Happy birthday! 🎉

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!! 🎂

[@Itsjustmaria43]

Happy birthday Erin 🎉

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!!! ❤️

[@sarah_tk421]

“I have the humour of a 12 year old boy.” Same #mindinthegutter

[@erintaylorwrites]

RIGHT! I can't help it!! We grew up with ALL of the innuendos!

[@MsAlyssaJM]

Happy new decade! 😊 I feel like being in my 40s makes me think of my mom because I remember her the most from her 40s

[@erintaylorwrites]

OMG you are right! Like I think about my mom in her 40s and I feel too young to be at that stage. Maybe if I had kids I would feel different. 🤷‍♀️

[@MsAlyssaJM]

@@erintaylorwritesI have kids and I still feel confused by it 😂

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@MsAlyssaJM LOL then we are just doomed 😂

[@slr_beauty_and_makeup]

Happy 40th birthday 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!!!

[@LuxRLD]

Happy birthday ! You look great by the way ❤

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!!! 🥰

[@JessicaLee.3]

Awe, how sweet of you to rescue the dog while looking for it's owner. I'm so sorry Mal is struggling. I'm praying for him. Happy Birthday!! 40 is so young, so don't sweat the small stuff! Oh, poor Inara, she just wants to make sure her family protected from the unknown dog. Jaeger is exactly like that too. I'd consider that black polish to be an empty. You used most of it and it became unusable at the end. Moschino is Italian, and you pronounce the sch the same way you would in school. So it would be mo-ski-no My younger son is a Virgo like you, his birthday is on the 3rd. Hope you enjoyed your day!!

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you Jessica!! Thank you for helping with the mo-ski-no. My mouth still doesn't want to make that sounds. I think I would be hopeless with learning a new language! 😅 Mal had a little bit of a rally other the weekend, so he's doing okay right now, but I know the time is coming. We are just continuing to love on him. I really don't feel any different at 40. Mainly because I already had the aches and pains at 35. 😂 I'm thankful for the 40 years so far and how I have been able to learn and grow as a person. ❤️ Happy Sept birthday to your son.

[@tonyabillard8716]

Yes I would love to see a non sponsored review on the hair removal system. I may ask for one for xmas.

[@erintaylorwrites]

I will try to put one out in November before Black Friday because that will give me enough time using to see some results. ❤️

[@ruthfoley]

Happy birthday and just FYI I would 100% have thought you were 30! So on that note , full skincare routine please 😅❤

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you Ruth!! I have a skincare video that I put out in June 🥰

[@ruthfoley]

@@erintaylorwrites gonna go back and watch it now!

[@margowhitlock7933]

Happy happy birthday

[@erintaylorwrites]

thank you so much!! 🎂

[@makeuplynzz]

Happy 30th 😘😂

[@erintaylorwrites]

😂 Right!!

[@femkevandiest4176]

Happy birthday Erin!!🎉

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!! I had a great day yesterday

[@blueturquoisett8448]

2 empties this week but not in any project but it feels so good to finish some items.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Oh!! What did you empty?!

[@blueturquoisett8448]

@@erintaylorwrites A colour stay revlon foundation in Caramel and a bronze lipstick from a makeup brand in Trinidad and Tobago, Rouann, in Sunburst. Had the lipstick since 2019 and the foundation since 2021/22.

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@blueturquoisett8448 oh wow! A foundation and a lipstick!! That is so impressive!

[@zeronada000]

Happy birthday

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!! 🎂

[@MsAlyssaJM]

I’d count the black as an emoty

[@erintaylorwrites]

yay!! that makes me feel really accomplished!

[@IshitaTewari]

Wow, I am so glad that you are also a big fan of Innisfree❤ as a suggestion, you should try the black tea youth ampule cream. It works so beautifully like a night cream, please try it.😊

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you for the recommendation! I will have to see if I can find it at TJ Maxx or find it on sale. LOL. I need to stay in budget. 😂

[@9023rsd]

Nice job on the nail polish. They take a long time to finish when you have a variety. My favorite top coat was one from Avon, has UV protection. Unfortunately they don’t make it anymore. It leaves the most shining look I’ve ever seen. I used to buy 3-4 at a time when on sale. I’m down to my last two. One half way already.🙁

[@erintaylorwrites]

Oh man, I hate with good products get discontinued!! That stinks!!! I've made some good dents in my nail polished that I have rolled into my project 10 uses. It is so rewarding to see my products getting used!

[@sandramatras8345]

At what point do you consider a mascara an empty? I never seem to be able to use mine up before they expire/dry out...

[@erintaylorwrites]

I use them for 3 months and then call them done, just for eye safety. I do usually like a dryer formula, so usually they will dry out and be difficult to use around the 3 month mark anyhow.

[@Yolli.Maceda]

Natasha Denona is out with the Roxa palette ❤❤❤😂 Budget! 🙈

[@erintaylorwrites]

I saw that!!! With my $6 in my palette budget we will make it happen. 😅 It does look very much like a remastered Love Midi though....

[@Yolli.Maceda]

@@erintaylorwrites OMG you are right it just looks like the midi love. I have that one and even the purple is there. I am waiting for the swatches.

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@Yolli.Maceda I put the two swatched next to one another and the Roxa is darker and more purple...I mean, I'm going to get it...but the mattes look a lot like the Love

[@margowhitlock7933]

I have gone though 37 lip products so far this year.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Holy Cow!!! That's awesome!!

[@sarahwebb2875]

Your 40 any tips getting rid of forehead lines im 35, nail polish as empty

[@erintaylorwrites]

Personally, I think that forehead lines depend on genetics and bone/muscle structure of the face. I haven't done anything to help/prevent lines apart from my normal skin care. I have lines above both brows from how I raise them with expressions. I am considering getting a little botox and filler to ease some of the lines and prevent them from getting deeper as time goes on. But fillers and botox can also age a person if it's not done right, so I'm taking my time with making that decision.