how do you do it? do u keep a list? i wanna do mine i'm using microsoft excel but wanna know if theres a better way to do it.

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i keep my eyeshadows through a list on microsoft excel. its so easy

I use Open Office's equivalent of Excel. My inventory has been getting quite a bit of updating in the past three days

I have my "wish list" on a separate spreadsheet and I rate things by a priority of 1 to 3. 1s I must get before I buy 2s and 3s.

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Sarah W - Flying M·A·Caholic

I use Excel.

should i start keeping an inventory now?? how will it help me in the future??

I use excel for inventory and I just use word for my "wishlist"

so when u use excel its just basically a list?

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It can help you in a number of ways: You can use it to plan future purchases. If the worst comes to the worst and your collection gets stolen or lost you can use it for insurance purposes. Insurers may not be inclined to believe your makeup collection is worth as much as you say it is but an inventory can back up a claim.

I use a spreadsheet for my wishlist so I can work out exactly how much things will cost and plan my spending within my budget.

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Sarah W - Flying M·A·Caholic

omg that's exactly what I do! great minds think alike! i love having a seperate wish list and listing items in order of priority.. it really saves me time wandering around the counter! I swear its soo easy to get distracted when you're shopping for MAC, but if I have my list with me, it'll keep me from getting side tracked and keep me from spending more than what I intend to!

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exactly! lol i always go to mac w/ a list. if i dont know i'll spend more than i have. haha.

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My inventory spreadsheet has the following columns from left to right;

• Total quantity of a particular product owned
• Product type (e.g. 'Lipstick', 'Cream Colour Base', 'StudioFix')
• Shade
• Retail price
• Retail price multiplied by total quantity owned
• Quantity carried in my knapsack and traincase
• Value of item carried in knapsack or traincase.

Everything is totalled up for my entire collection and that part of the collection which goes out on the road in my train case or knapsack when I'm doing makeup for other people. This means that at any time I know how much the retail replacement value of the knapsack and traincase would be in the event they got stolen. Because all the calculations are done by the spreadsheet it updates itself automatically when I add new items to my inventory. The total for just my knapsack comes to £1,883.53 at the moment - which works out at about $3,256. Knowing that makes me much more careful with it!

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Sarah W - Flying M·A·Caholic

I honestly just keep a mental inventory.

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What I do is copy and paste from my wishlist into a brand new "shopping list" which just shows the items I want to buy that day and the price I expect to pay for them including discount. It's all totalled up and I print it out and hand it to the assistant. That way I'm much less likely to be distracted and end up with things which aren't really a priority or things I can't actually afford!

As time goes by I see the outstanding value of my priority 1 items going down steadily and I feel like I'm making real progress My priority 1 list is currently at about £190 and it started at over £500. My priority 2 list has a value of £126 and my priority 3 list comes in at £335. Occasionally as I gain skills and experience I will reevaluate the priorities of items still outstanding and change them to match my actual needs more closely.

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Sarah W - Flying M·A·Caholic

God, I need to start keeping a list. I had one on Access, but it BADLY needs updating.

I just keep a basic list on my MS Word, it just lists type of item, brand & shade name