Resolution "LOW-BUY" 2014! Who wants to play?

[Spikesmom]

I wouldn't (Disclaimer: I am all about packaging!). Get one of those nice containers from The Container Store like all the youtubers have to put them in so you can flick through and see the colours easily...it's cheaper than a pro palette anyway!

I actually have the empty palette already. A palette and insert is only $6.00 total with the pro discount.
Quote: Originally Posted by LinenWhite7


Those are all beautiful! I am a fan of depotting eyeshadows, but since you only wear one blush a day (usually), are you trying to save space? Would you use them more if they were in a palette? What if they were in their own little organizer basket? If you are trying to cut down on clutter and save space, a palette is nice. How much value do you place on packaging? Are you a lover of LE packaging or does it not really matter to you?

I actually have them in one of these from the container store right now. Mine are white with bright blue handles. The blushes fit perfectly in those little divided sections. I'm just trying to find more space. Those have gotten expensive!! I just went on the CS website and it's $50. I think I paid $30 years and years ago. I used to store beads in them.

I am trying to save space. I do love the LE packaging, but after having it for a while the novelty wears off some. I think right now the space is more important to me than the packaging. I just need to stop worrying about how I will feel down the road.

I'm so neurotic today, I must be driving you guys crazy!!

 

[Spikesmom]

We are going to take the kids on a road trip soon, and wouldn't I rather have the money for that than another pink lipstick?

I think a road trip sound great. Pink lipstick can wait!

 

[Spikesmom]

Would you use them more if they were in a palette?

This is a good question, I need to simmer on that for a while.

 

[veronikawithak]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spikesmom I'm so neurotic today, I must be driving you guys crazy!!

Nope! We love to hear about internal struggles over makeup in the #teamlowbuy thread!

That's what it's all about over here.

 

[NaomiH]

We are going to take the kids on a road trip soon, and wouldn't I rather have the money for that than another pink lipstick?

Road trip all the way!! I hope y'all have a great time on it too.

 

[Spikesmom]

Nope! We love to hear about internal struggles over makeup in the #teamlowbuy thread!

That's what it's all about over here.

We are fortunate to have a place like this to "think out loud"!! Love you guys for this!!

 

[veronikawithak]

We are fortunate to have a place like this to "think out loud"!! Love you guys for this!!

Yes!! Exactly. This is my favorite place on the internet.

 

[NaomiH]

We are fortunate to have a place like this to "think out loud"!! Love you guys for this!!

I feel the same way!

 

[lilinah]

I've got Adored MSF (peachy pink), Fairly Precious EDSF (peachy rosy gold), the Becca Rose Gold highlighter (rosy gold), Mary Loumanizer from theBalm (champagne), and the NARS one from the Guy Bourdin palette (whitish champagne). Do I need to even consider Stereo Rose and/or Perfect Topping? I'm NW15-20 and I wear highlighter whenever I wear makeup. I just got into MAC last year so I haven't seen these MSFs before.

First, i'd say it depends on a couple things, especially your coloring and what you like to wear.

I'd say skip Stereo Rose. Someone said it was like frosted barbecue sauce. And you have plenty of warm blushes.

I'd say get Perfect Topping. It's a great highlighter and a real in-between sort of color, which is great for my light (between 15+20) neutral coloring. It has both warm and cool colors swirled together. And on me it has enough color to be blush-like.

If you have darker and warmer skin tones, then PT will be more of a highlighter (doesn't sound like you're drowning in them) and Stereo Rose *might* not be too strongly colored. I rarely by blushes/highlighters without swatching first.

 

[elkaknits]

I am struggling over the Nars collection. I love pinks. I don't actually wear pinks except for blushes and pink pulling red lipsticks... and shell pink eyeshadow for tear duct/ actual lid. Hey I wear a lot of pink but not barbie pink..... My husband actually turned me onto pink blush when I was eyeing Chanel rose initiale.. I was looking at a plum color {Nars Sin is my go to so burgundy/wine/plum} and he said cheeks should be pink {and lips and nails red in case nobody remembers how my husband thinks} so I picked up my first pink blush. Soooo you guys who are more blush crazy than I am here are the colors I have:

Nars: Sin, Seduction {laguna for contour}

Smashbox: Aurora {looks like sin but matte}

MAC: Coygirl, Perfect Cheek, Legendary

Dior: Rosy Glow

Chanel: Star Dust {mistake!}, Rose Initiale, Plum Attraction {brume D'or & Notorious for contour}

I actually am thinking of Star Dust & Notorious for eyeshadows but haven't done that yet. I don't really contour because I am fat and my face is round and I have extra chins and stuff so trying to create cheekbones is a joke-y joke. I am not being down on myself just factual. I am working on my health and weight this year so maybe one day I will contour for reals.

Soooo are we seeing a hole in my blush that the pink Nars will fit into easily? I haven't gone to counter yet to see in person but they all look awesome online.....

I see no nail polishes or lipsticks calling my name right now. I am pretty sure I can hold out until the By Request for lips

 

[elkaknits]

PS MAC says I am a warm 15 but that matching me is hard because I am closer to neutral therefore I wear match master 1.5 I actually prefer wearing the fabulous NARS concealer so am thinking of trying them for foundation next time. I am brazillian by birth so have that olive tans easily thing going down but avoid the sun... brown eyes with gold/green flecks which accounts for a lot of plum/deep purple eyeshadows/liners. Avoid yellow/orange like the plague. Dark brown hair with natural red tints in sun but my daughters think it is black >>squints>> with grays coming in. My grays are silvery white not yellowish white; I consider myself a winter if you do the old color me system.

 

[Rainbunny]

I am struggling over the Nars collection.  I love pinks.  I don't actually wear pinks except for blushes and pink pulling red lipsticks... and shell pink eyeshadow for tear duct/ actual lid.  Hey I wear a lot of pink but not barbie pink.....   My husband actually turned me onto pink blush when I was eyeing  Chanel rose initiale.. I was looking at a plum color {Nars Sin is my go to so burgundy/wine/plum} and he said cheeks should be pink {and lips and nails red in case nobody remembers how my husband thinks} so I picked up my first pink blush.  Soooo you guys who are more blush crazy than I am here are the colors I have: Nars: Sin, Seduction {laguna for contour} Smashbox: Aurora {looks like sin but matte} MAC: Coygirl, Perfect Cheek, Legendary Dior: Rosy Glow Chanel:  Star Dust {mistake!}, Rose Initiale, Plum Attraction {brume D'or & Notorious for contour} I actually am thinking of Star Dust & Notorious for eyeshadows but haven't done that yet.  I don't really contour because I am fat and my face is round and I have extra chins and stuff so trying to create cheekbones is a  joke-y joke.  I am not being down on myself just factual.  I am working on my health and weight this year so maybe one day I will contour for reals. Soooo are we seeing a hole in my blush that the pink Nars will fit into easily?  I haven't gone to counter yet to see in person but they all look awesome online.....   I see no nail polishes or lipsticks calling my name right now.  I am pretty sure I can hold out until the By Request for lips ompom:  

If you go check Temptalia's comparison swatches in her review of this collection, it is very sobering how dupeable Final Cut is. I was interested in New Attitude, and owned 3 of her comparison blushes for just that one blush! Even if you have a hole in your collection, you can easily fill it anytime if you are trying to save money now. This collection looks so pretty when you look at all the blushes and pencils together. When you look at each color on its own (which is how you will be wearing them), they are all pretty ordinary. I was tempted, too, but have said no to myself because I am purely being sucked in by the marketing here.

 

[veronikawithak]

I was tempted, too, but have said no to myself because I am purely being sucked in by the marketing here.

Such great points! I totally agree. Collections are designed to look amazing and part of that is how the products complement each other.. If you look at products individually, most of the time they really aren't that special. It's why we get sucked in by palettes filled with dupes for things we already have! Haha.

 

[kanne]

Honestly the entire NARS collection is very dupeable and i wouldn't rush into buying anything from it. I did buy Love and Descanso, which are both lovely but when they arrived I honestly thought "I didn't need any of these."

 

[Glitteryvegas]

LOL I didn't take that the wrong way, but I'm not sure how the size of their collections comes into play. I think I understand the questions I'm being asked. You are absolutely right, they always want to know what colors work for them, but during a one on one, a lesson or a "makeup bag rehab", part of the service is discussing formulas that will work for them. Sometimes I go into groups like the Junior Leage and teach a class. I get clients that way. It's always a barrage of have you tried this, that and the other??? Gah. I actually got a text a few days ago asking me if there was anything new and fun at the drugstore. I have no idea lol!!! I don't want to buy more stuff but it was hard not to be able to answer that question.

I honestly don't have an interest in expanding my stash, I'm disgusted by the size of it right now. I've already gotten rid of the three new Maybelline items that I bought earlier this year.

I just really like the first hand knowledge that I have. It has helped while marketing myself. I can and have planned to rely on samples, blogs, reviews, etc... As I said before, clearly I haven't been trying everything, but it's been enough kwim? It's just going to be a game changer when it comes to the job if that makes sense lol!!

Hopefully this makes some sense to someone. It makes sense in my head.

You raise an excellent point - how do you stay on top of things for the sake of your profession, without giving in to the hype/purchasing/etc that may accompany that exposure to new products?

I guess it depends on your self - control - what I mean is, can you be exposed to new products through blogs, youtube, magazines, etc without being tempted? Because if you can, then you could easily keep on top of trends, new products, etc by keeping an eye on sites like that. This way you could stay in the know, without paying the cash for it. I guess to do this, you would have to trust the opinions of specific bloggers so that you could pass on that info and feel like you are giving accurate advice. I guess being upfront too always works - telling clients that you haven't necessarily tried a specific product that they are referring to (for ex: which drug store make is currently 'in' right now?), but that you've heard good things about 'x, y, z.'

Whoops. Just read the second part of your post.

Maybe I would give yourself some leeway with the low buy if you feel that it helps keep you current and knowledgeable for your clients? Maybe set up a distinction between a personal low buy and professional purchases - but maintaining that accountability (not using the professional aspect as a way to get more product for personal use)? This is a tricky question. I think it relates to how I feel about teaching and resources - can I justify buying that book to read and then use it in my classroom? How much of that can I justify to myself? Then I try and think of other ways that I can get the same result - such as borrowing the resource from a colleague, purchasing at a lower cost, borrowing from the library, etc.

Maybe one idea is to join up with fellow MUAs and swap recent items that aren't working for them/you? Hmm...

 

[elegant-one]

I am struggling over the Nars collection. I love pinks. I don't actually wear pinks except for blushes and pink pulling red lipsticks... and shell pink eyeshadow for tear duct/ actual lid. Hey I wear a lot of pink but not barbie pink..... My husband actually turned me onto pink blush when I was eyeing Chanel rose initiale.. I was looking at a plum color {Nars Sin is my go to so burgundy/wine/plum} and he said cheeks should be pink {and lips and nails red in case nobody remembers how my husband thinks} so I picked up my first pink blush. Soooo you guys who are more blush crazy than I am here are the colors I have:

Nars: Sin, Seduction {laguna for contour}

Smashbox: Aurora {looks like sin but matte}

MAC: Coygirl, Perfect Cheek, Legendary

Dior: Rosy Glow

Chanel: Star Dust {mistake!}, Rose Initiale, Plum Attraction {brume D'or & Notorious for contour}

I actually am thinking of Star Dust & Notorious for eyeshadows but haven't done that yet. I don't really contour because I am fat and my face is round and I have extra chins and stuff so trying to create cheekbones is a joke-y joke. I am not being down on myself just factual. I am working on my health and weight this year so maybe one day I will contour for reals.

Soooo are we seeing a hole in my blush that the pink Nars will fit into easily? I haven't gone to counter yet to see in person but they all look awesome online.....

I see no nail polishes or lipsticks calling my name right now. I am pretty sure I can hold out until the By Request for lips

At your request lol!

Definitely New Attitude which is a subtle mid range beautiful blue pink! Perfect down the middle pink - not too barbie, not too subtle. If you use a dense brush you will get more color.

hope that helps dear

Love is a subtle nudish mauvey pink toned natural blush

 

[elkaknits]

I was tempted, too, but have said no to myself because I am purely being sucked in by the marketing here.

I did go peek and honestly I don't have anything she lists as a dupe for any of them. Until 6 yrs ago the only blush I owned was Sin by Nars and then I purchased the Smashbox one which I came to realize was the same color without the slight glow. All of my blushes are only a couple of years old since I figured the one shade I owned could be expanded.... Anyway I don't own anything temptalia mentions as a dupe but honestly I tend to think all blushes are dupable {don't be a hater}

 

[Glitteryvegas]

These are the blushes that I'm wanting to make into a palette. All of them are favorites but four of them are in LE packaging. Will I regret depotting them?

I love all of these and plan to keep them all, but when I look at them all together like this I realize that I could probably get by with just two of these. I just can't pick which two so they are all staying. I wear them all so I'm not going to beat myself up over this one. Just whether or not to depot.

I'm a sucker for LE packaging. Fun & Games is on its last legs over here and I just can't bare it! lol. My vote is keep the LE packaging, depot the others into a palette

 

[elkaknits]

At your request lol!

Definitely New Attitude which is a subtle mid range beautiful blue pink! Perfect down the middle pink - not too barbie, not too subtle. If you use a dense brush you will get more color.

hope that helps dear

Love is a subtle nudish mauvey pink toned natural blush

thank you so much! I was afraid that New Attitude would be like Dior's Rosy Glow on so your eye is of great help. Now to debate with myself if I even need another blush {I know the blush aficionados are cringing at that but seriously Sin was it for a decade}

 

[elegant-one]

thank you so much! I was afraid that New Attitude would be like Dior's Rosy Glow on so your eye is of great help. Now to debate with myself if I even need another blush {I know the blush aficionados are cringing at that but seriously Sin was it for a decade}

Rosy Glow is much more cool violet toned pink in comparison to New Attitude. If you want a bit brighter but wearable pink, Chanel has a couple..like Rose Tourbillon..just off the top of my head. NA is more of a subtle pink.

You are so welcome dear!