Operation "Use it up"! All welcome!!

[liba]

I really need that ''no buy lip stuff'' resolution....I would like to try it from January till June at least,but it sounds sooo tough,i really don't know if i can make it

Yeah that's a tricky one. It was quite easy for me to resist lip glosses this year, since I just wasn't in a really shiny lip mood, but lipsticks are hard to hold back on when they're great, and this year MAC brought it hard with all those gorgeous All About Orange colors, which are all so flattering on me, the Nudes & Metallics and the retro mattes, not to mention all the great everyday colors from Apres Chic.

I think I will be able to hold off on casual, daytime lipstick colors - I'm well situated on those for now. I've already seen the Magnetic Nudes lip shades in paper swatches and I find them pretty much all quite resistible. Same goes for the Huggable lip colors - I'm excited for that formula, but there aren't that many colors that really knock me out. I'm still going to buy MAC's dramatic and unusual colors, though - I really can't resist that sort of thing, hehe.

 

[matchachoco]

Yeah that's a tricky one. It was quite easy for me to resist lip glosses this year, since I just wasn't in a really shiny lip mood, but lipsticks are hard to hold back on when they're great, and this year MAC brought it hard with all those gorgeous All About Orange colors, which are all so flattering on me, the Nudes & Metallics and the retro mattes, not to mention all the great everyday colors from Apres Chic. I think I will be able to hold off on casual, daytime lipstick colors - I'm well situated on those for now. I've already seen the Magnetic Nudes lip shades in paper swatches and I find them pretty much all quite resistible. Same goes for the Huggable lip colors - I'm excited for that formula, but there aren't that many colors that really knock me out. I'm still going to buy MAC's dramatic and unusual colors, though - I really can't resist that sort of thing, hehe.

I feel the same way! I'm not even tempted by Huggable or Magnetic Nudes but I can't resist the bold, special lipsticks. I bought every single color from All About Orange... Now, the only MAC product I want for the rest of this year is the Punk Couture grape purple lipstick. I'm down to 15 lip glosses but I really have no business owning more than 5. Only added 3 this year but that was 3 too many. On the bright side, I just finished Viva Glam VI! I'm going to work on Star Nova lustreglass now. I have 10 B2M items and I'd love to get to 12 before the end of the year!

 

[Bcteagirl]

Ok, I'm in! I recently moved and got rid of *most* of my makeup, then stocked up from nearly scratch (Aside from some eyeshadow and lipstick) during VIB. I will concentrate on trying to use up the eyeshadow/lipstick from pre-VIB although that won't be easy with all my fun new stuff!

 

[charlotte366]

Quote:Originally Posted by ma146rina

I really need that ''no buy lip stuff'' resolution....I would like to try it from January till June at least,but it sounds sooo tough,i really don't know if i can make it

I am taking a positive attitude to it, I have nudes, pinks, plums, fushias, reds, corals and oranges in satin and matte finishes and clear gloss....what else can I really need! I should be able to make any colour combination with that lot. I found that although I did buy a lot less this year Ioften still use the same colours, particularly in blush....I think I now know what suits and what I would wear for certain looks. I also am trying to think what I can have instead.... this year I didn't no buy but i booked a dream holiday and saved for that. The feelings and memories of that week away gave me more pleasure than any piece of make up in my collection has ever done. I am finding increasingly that the make up is a short lived high, which made me wonder if I was addicted, I have since proved to myself that I am not, but that I need to try to shift my focus elsewhere. A no buy will be a good way of funding another dream holiday, whilst ensure I actually use what I have....I am so guilty of buying something using it for a couple of weeks and then dropping it like a hot stone the following month when something new comes out! This thread helps me focus on using items that are nearly finished and keeps me out of the new colour collection threads which are terrible for enabling me! I will confess to falling off the rails slightly with Nars holiday collection though!

 

[charlotte366]

Quote:Originally Posted by matchachoco


I feel the same way! I'm not even tempted by Huggable or Magnetic Nudes but I can't resist the bold, special lipsticks. I bought every single color from All About Orange... Now, the only MAC product I want for the rest of this year is the Punk Couture grape purple lipstick.

I'm down to 15 lip glosses but I really have no business owning more than 5. Only added 3 this year but that was 3 too many.

On the bright side, I just finished Viva Glam VI! I'm going to work on Star Nova lustreglass now. I have 10 B2M items and I'd love to get to 12 before the end of the year!


I no what you mean on the gloss front, I rarely wear mine these days, so I strictly am not opening any new ones till I finish some of the old ones! I found a mac lipstick from the adoring carmine holiday sets that I loved, around 30% left planning on focusing on that this winter too as its a good everyday staple winter colour!

 

[liba]

I really need that ''no buy lip stuff'' resolution....I would like to try it from January till June at least,but it sounds sooo tough,i really don't know if i can make it

I am taking a positive attitude to it, I have nudes, pinks, plums, fushias, reds, corals and oranges in satin and matte finishes and clear gloss....what else can I really need!
I should be able to make any colour combination with that lot.

I found that although I did buy a lot less this year Ioften still use the same colours, particularly in blush....I think I now know what suits and what I would wear for certain looks. I also am trying to think what I can have instead.... this year I didn't no buy but i booked a dream holiday and saved for that. The feelings and memories of that week away gave me more pleasure than any piece of make up in my collection has ever done.

I am finding increasingly that the make up is a short lived high, which made me wonder if I was addicted, I have since proved to myself that I am not, but that I need to try to shift my focus elsewhere.

A no buy will be a good way of funding another dream holiday, whilst ensure I actually use what I have....I am so guilty of buying something using it for a couple of weeks and then dropping it like a hot stone the following month when something new comes out!

This thread helps me focus on using items that are nearly finished and keeps me out of the new colour collection threads which are terrible for enabling me!

I will confess to falling off the rails slightly with Nars holiday collection though!

I've often thought about how I could afford some fun trips for the cost of the makeup I buy. It's definitely true about the memories you keep forever. At this point in my life, I have more friends to share makeup with than to go on trips together with, by a long shot, so I may stick to makeup for now - I've traveled on my own enough to last me for a long while.

 

[Glam Couture]

I'm trying to figure out what to start with. How long do you usually keep your shadow for?

 

[Glam Couture]

I was able to use Napoleon lip gloss in a year! A definite keeper

 

[matchachoco]

I bought 8 glosses this year, but they all were way above average: Mall Madness and Feelin' So Good from Archie's Girls (Feelin' So Good is the best vampy lipglass I own - goes on so smoothly and Mall Madness is a pinker version of one of my all-time favorites, Flaunting It, so plenty of use on that one) Rhythm and Underdressed from Temperature Rising (that sparkle finish is my favorite lipglass finish and MAC hasn't done any good ones like these for a couple of years. I'm wearing Underdressed right now!) Lust for Life, Utterly Tart and Liqueur from Indulge (LoL and UT have a great texture you can blot down or wear full gloss and Liqueur replaces one of my old favorites I'm running out of, Spree.) Private Party csg from Divine Night (it's almost like another one of my all-time favorite glosses, Looks Like Sin).  I just about never BU glosses, so I'm usually well through my favorite colors by the time a new, similar one comes out! I'm actually ready to wear gloss more often now, since this past year or two was so much all about the matte lip. Time for a change!

Those are some spectacular glosses. I picked up Rhythm too and wore it a few times this summer - it's gorgeous! And it's definitely time for a change!

I'm trying to figure out what to start with. How long do you usually keep your shadow for?

Years and years! I keep my brushes pretty clean so they hold up well.

I no what you mean on the gloss front, I rarely wear mine these days, so I strictly am not opening any new ones till I finish some of the old ones! I found a mac lipstick from the adoring carmine holiday sets that I loved, around 30% left planning on focusing on that this winter too as its a good everyday staple winter colour!

That's smart! It's so hard to resist tearing into new stuff right away but I need to remember not to open my goodies till there's room. Oh, and 30% sounds totally doable!!

 

[Bcteagirl]

I have gathered the crew for operation 'use it all up'.

I have been slowly switching over from drug store brands. I have also been changing over from a lipstick/masacara and maybe eyeshadow routine to a more invovled routine. I also moved four times this year.

Therefore all fo my mascara/foundation is new. All of my blushes are new with the exception of the hello kitty palette which I am in no hurry to use up.

Digging to the previuosly well loved sections of the makeup I still I have I found:

4 Revlon Illuminance creme eyeshadow palettes. Each with 4 colours, and lots of pan hit in 2 colours.
Now that I am expanding my makeup use a bit, I will get more use out of the other colours as well.

1 Revlon mousse shadow in a nice everyday brown.
1 Greenish gold marcelle
1 Sultry Silver Smoke palette by L'oreal.
Edit: 'Plum Seduction' eyeshadow trio from Clinqiue. One colour almost gone, and I just hit pan on another.


Revlon top coat- Almost finished this one now, it may have one more use.

3 Benefit lip glosses in the clear containers. Some with the wand, some with the brush.
Mary Kay Beach Bronze lip gloss.
Lux 'Muse' lipgloss
Revlon 'midnight swirl' lip gloss.
Red earth lip gloss
2 non-colour lip gloss
Kiehl's tinted lip balm

Clinique 'Heather moon' lipstick- half used already.
Revlon 'heather frost' lipstick (sensing a pattern here)
Avon Sheer pink lipstick
L'oreal Beige

Assorted moisturizer/cleaners

These are not my fun new colours, but they should be used while they are still nice. I am making it a challenge to see how far I can get before the new year.

 

[matchachoco]

I have gathered the crew for operation 'use it all up'. I have been slowly switching over from drug store brands. I have also been changing over from a lipstick/masacara and maybe eyeshadow routine to a more invovled routine. I also moved four times this year. Therefore all fo my mascara/foundation is new. All of my blushes are new with the exception of the hello kitty palette which I am in no hurry to use up. Digging to the previuosly  well loved sections of the makeup I still I have I found: 4 Revlon Illuminance creme eyeshadow palettes. Each with 4 colours, and lots of pan hit in 2 colours.   Now that I am expanding my makeup use a bit, I will get more use out of the other colours as well. 1 Revlon mousse shadow in a nice everyday brown. 1 Greenish gold marcelle 1 Sultry Silver Smoke palette by L'oreal. Edit: 'Plum Seduction' eyeshadow trio from Clinqiue. One colour almost gone, and I just hit pan on another. Revlon top coat- Almost finished this one now, it may have one more use. 3 Benefit lip glosses in the clear containers. Some with the wand, some with the brush. Mary Kay Beach Bronze lip gloss. Lux 'Muse' lipgloss Revlon 'midnight swirl' lip gloss. Red earth lip gloss 2  non-colour lip gloss Kiehl's tinted lip balm Clinique 'Heather moon' lipstick- half used already. Revlon 'heather frost' lipstick (sensing a pattern here) Avon Sheer pink lipstick L'oreal Beige Assorted moisturizer/cleaners These are not my fun new colours, but they should be used while they are still nice. I am making it a challenge to see how far I can get before the new year.

Good luck! Sounds like you're well on your way with a lot of that stuff. Creme shadows are tough! Mine always seem to go bad before I finish them.

 

[IHughes]

Well, I'm afraid I have decided to control my spending. I have started buying makeup very recently so I'm not even close to half way on any product (except skincare and cleaning) so I have decided to TRY not to buy anymore lipsticks until I start to finish a few I already have. It will be difficult because there are many formulas I don't like (I have the problem of the lipstick bunching up badly along where my lips close and on lines). There are colours I enjoy but this happens so badly it makes it hard to wear them! This has made me be on the permanent search for the perfect formula, so I've accumulated quite a few lipsticks! So I'm going to try and finish: - YSL bronzer (my only bronzer at the moment) - Dior Hydralife Bb cream (oxidises badly on me) - Chatterbox and Ravishing (the two worst lipsticks on my lips)

 

[liba]

- Chatterbox and Ravishing (the two worst lipsticks on my lips)

If your lipstick is bunching up, formula after formula, you are probably applying too much. Try patting it on very lightly, rather than sweeping the tube back and forth, then let it sit for a moment and then add more to the areas you want to enhance. Also, it helps to remember to apply the lipstick well under the underside of the top lip - this way, when the lips press together, lipstick is meeting lipstick, upper and lower. Don't worry, you won't be eating your lipstick if you put it a little deeper into the lip!

 

[IHughes]

If your lipstick is bunching up, formula after formula, you are probably applying too much. Try patting it on very lightly, rather than sweeping the tube back and forth, then let it sit for a moment and then add more to the areas you want to enhance. Also, it helps to remember to apply the lipstick well under the underside of the top lip - this way, when the lips press together, lipstick is meeting lipstick, upper and lower. Don't worry, you won't be eating your lipstick if you put it a little deeper into the lip!

Thanks for the advice, I'll have to try some of your suggestions!! It doesn't happen with all formulas, it's the creamier ones like Creemesheen and some of the Amplified Cremes (it happens really badly with Chatterbox but not at all with Girl About Town). It's very annoying as it happens whichever way I apply the lipstick, even if I apply it with a brush. I'm an English teacher and I speak a lot so it just bunches all up and it's really horrid. My worst two lipsticks are Chatterbox and Ravishing and I can't wait to finish them (long long way to go, lol) The worst is that I never knoe if a lipstick will do that when I buy it. Some are worse than others: for example Chatterbox is terrible and Gorl about town is ok and they're both Amplified Cremes. I'll try putting more lipstick further in on my top lip although I'm not sure it'll stay as it's the juicy hydrated part of the inner lip. Thanks ever so much for helping! Sometimes I even feel like giving up altogether on lipstick

 

[Bcteagirl]

I am remembering now when I attempted to use things up before I started moving in April, using up makeup is easier said than done!

I did manage to get a few small related items used up, so at least I have something to show for my efforts lol.

Clinique super rescue from a beauty bonus. I love this so much I bought one during VIB.
Top coat- Now I can switch to Seche Vite full time.
Body lotion, and a shower gel pod.

Not much, but it is a start.

 

[charlotte366]

Quote:Originally Posted by Bcteagirl

I am remembering now when I attempted to use things up before I started moving in April, using up makeup is easier said than done!

I did manage to get a few small related items used up, so at least I have something to show for my efforts lol.

Clinique super rescue from a beauty bonus. I love this so much I bought one during VIB.
Top coat- Now I can switch to Seche Vite full time.
Body lotion, and a shower gel pod.

Not much, but it is a start.





Every little helps! I am trying to be really good, had a little spending binge recently and then I did an inventory and got a little bit of a shock. Going on a complete no buy for the 1st 6 months next year of everything, make up, skincare, haircare, nailcare and bodycare. I can only repurchase once all the other items which do the same job are finished. Recently finished another eye primer and a mascara, there are a couple of lipsticks that are close to being finished too, planning on concentrating on them early next year. I also want to reduce my foundations right down as I worry about liquid products going off. I may even do some more specktra sales or ebay sales to reduce the volume down! On the plus side, the inventory is making it easier to resist as it brought the truth home

 

[Bcteagirl]

I hear you. Aside from Naked3 which will be a must, I am trying to go on a use up 2 buy one next year.

 

[IHughes]

I'm on a no lipstick buy and items that I have plenty of, but I've overspent on skincare because of the multiple gift with purchase deals going on at christmas.
At least I don't feel too bad as they are skincare items I didn't have, and they will be put to good use. I'm going to concentrate on finishing some lipsticks because my collection is ridiculous for the short amount of time I've been into makeup!

 

[erine1881]

Just hit pan today on my second TPC blush, finished a tube of mascara x today as well (i backed this puppy up like nobody's business when i found out it was being DCd), just finished a MCLP a well, almost done with a P&P loose, about to finish off 3 pots of TTs, and just finished a pack of wipes (not that big of a deal, but it's another empty, so it counts!). Oh, and my CDN is about gone too. It's the only lipstick I've ever gone thru, and I've gone thru multiple tubes of that bad boy! Everything seems to run out at the same time!

 

[Bcteagirl]

Wow, thats great! You will have fun shopping at the boxing day sales