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

[boschicka]

When you all purge your makeup collection, are you mostly giving items to friends/family or are you selling? I can see selling new in box items, but how do you sell used lipsticks, etc? Do you sterilize the product? Cut off the end? Leave it up to the buyer?

 

[PixieDancer]

When you all purge your makeup collection, are you mostly giving items to friends/family or are you selling? I can see selling new in box items, but how do you sell used lipsticks, etc? Do you sterilize the product? Cut off the end? Leave it up to the buyer?

We have our own swap/sell thread for our low-buy group if you'd like to list your purged items there. Link is in the first post.
You can swap/sell used items, just make sure you list the usage. Most people will sterilize the items they receive. But you can sterilize lipsticks (eyeshadows, powders, etc) with 99% alcohol (or Beauty So Clean) as well.

 

[SleepingBeauty]

@Naynadine: I hope your dad will be okay as soon as possible!

Sorry to hear that, though.


Concerning the selling of used beauty items: I sanitize everything that I can but I haven't gotten around to buy some alcohol to sanitize my lipsticks,so I usually wipe them with a tissue but I usually tell people that I can't sanitize my lipsticks and if it's okay for them, then I don't mind selling used lipsticks.

Ha - Just a few days ago I was convinced that I don't need anything but now I feel like there are 24786 things I want to buy, most of all one of Estee Lauder's new lipsticks and Smashbox's Full Exposure palette. Won't buy any of those so soon because today my new gym clothes came and I need to spend some money on fuel and one of my friends celebrates her birthday next week and I want to see the new Captain America 2 on Monday. Oh well.

 

[NaomiH]

@Naynadine, I really hope your dad will be okay.

 

[LouGarner]

I'm not DILLIGAF but I LOVE the lip mask. I also use it at night and it is still on my lips in the morning. I picked up a sample of the cherry lip scrub yesterday -- it smells incredible.

i picked up the cherry scrub and my daughter's love it.

 

[LouGarner]

Day 15 NYC Mocha lipstick. This lipstick is an dupe for MAC shitaki. Lipstick which was dc. It's a glaze formula and i love this lipstick.

 

[User38]

I rarely scroll back.. so I am

which lip mask? the agave? I was thinking of getting that one. Gotta take better care of my lips

My lips today were Chanel / Malicieuse..

 

[KiKi Kontour]

I'm not DILLIGAF but I LOVE the lip mask. I also use it at night and it is still on my lips in the morning. I picked up a sample of the cherry lip scrub yesterday -- it smells incredible.

i was actually thinkin of the lip mask but to u laydeez who use it...is it worth the price tag for it? i got a sample of it that i haven't used yet lol.

also...for hourglass users...i was thinkin of gettin one of the ambient lighting powders and cant seem to choose between radiant and dim!! i would love to see them do a blush palette the way they did the lighting powders cuz i feel like i'll NEVER finish one of their blushes!

 

[lyseD]

I'm not DILLIGAF but I LOVE the lip mask. I also use it at night and it is still on my lips in the morning. I picked up a sample of the cherry lip scrub yesterday -- it smells incredible.
i was actually thinkin of the lip mask but to u laydeez who use it...is it worth the price tag for it? i got a sample of it that i haven't used yet lol.

also...for hourglass users...i was thinkin of gettin one of the ambient lighting powders and cant seem to choose between radiant and dim!! i would love to see them do a blush palette the way they did the lighting powders cuz i feel like i'll NEVER finish one of their blushes!

It's $30 in Canada, which is pretty steep, but you don't need much so I feel like it will last forever.

 

[walkingdead]

Day 15: Stila Vivienne

 

[kanne]

A little pause in my no-buy streak today, but I think I deserved it. I paid off two very expensive bills today, as well as paying $200 off my credit card without having to stress about money until the next pay. There was a special on Hydraluron at Priceline this week as well as a 2 for 1 deal on Rimmel's Moisture Renew lipsticks, so I picked up Notting Hill Nude and In Love with Ginger.

 

[mosha010]

Yea my low buy for march was yesterday I got my electric palette and I'm oh so happy playing w it. So it's hardly a big expense once u factor in all the use it'll get. I've been mixing it with neutrals to make it work friendly

 

[PixieDancer]

My Lipstick challenge keeps getting interrupted. I felt pretty sick today with a cold that's trying to come on me... So it's another day of no lippie for me!

I'm not counting the days I don't wear lipstick though, so eventually I'll get through 30 Lipsticks!

 

[User38]

My Lipstick challenge keeps getting interrupted. I felt pretty sick today with a cold that's trying to come on me... So it's another day of no lippie for me!

I'm not counting the days I don't wear lipstick though, so eventually I'll get through 30 Lipsticks!

Feel better soon !! Shall I ask Bert what you need to do.. lolol

I lost count of my lippies.. I do sometimes change mid day.. lol, so I would actually have more than 30

 

[DarylandCarole]

Broke my 24 day no buy with the Patentpolish collection.. as planned. Ended up getting 2 instead of 1.. not as planned. No regrets though. I was originally going to test the formula out with 1 and then if I wanted more I'd go see them in store.. I feel like that would be more trouble than it's worth though since Sephora is right across from MAC. Better for me to be done with the collection now and stay away from the mall. Who knows what could happen in there.. Other than that things are going really well. I feel like I'm in a great mental place with my low buy after not buying anything for a few weeks. Back on the no buy now, hopefully until Alluring Aqua in May! Happily skipping the rest of the April collections and I don't think I even want anything from the Sephora sale.

I had to laugh at your comment about avoiding the mall! The closest mall for me is 45 minutes away, and I never have a specific reason to be up that way, so I rarely go to the mall these days. Sometimes I hate that, but overall it's probably a good thing. I bought 4 of the Patentpolish. I love lip pencils. I have almost all of the NARS ones, and they're much more expensive. (I bought them last year when I had more money.). I had planned to try these, but I didn't realize that they were coming out today so I didn't have a list. I do much better if I decide what to buy ahead of time.

 

[DarylandCarole]

Nayadine, sorry to hear about your Dad. That sounds scary. I lost my Dad this past September to cancer. He had surgery last Feb and we thought they had gotten all of it (they removed his entire bladder). He went for a checkup in July and they told him it had spread. He started radiation and he wanted us to wait to visit until he was done and got his strength back (he lives a few states away). He never did get his strength back, though. He had a hard time breathing one day so he went to the E.R. I flew down to be there, hoping to talk to him, but they had sedated him. They stopped the sedation but he never woke up. I feel so bad that I didn't get to visit with him before he died. My stepmom had them turn off his pacemaker and all of the IV's, etc. we had no input on any decisions at all, which was hard (in fact she got upset when I asked if I could be there when the Dr. Gave us his prognosis. She told me IF she decided I could be there, that I could not say a word.) No funeral, no momento's, nothing. Sorry to post such a sad post, but everyone should go visit loved ones when they are sick, because you never know. I put off making the trip while I waited for my sister to decide when she could go. That was a big mistake that cost me my last visit whole my Dad was awake. Don't make my mistake, anyone! Make sure you have no regrets, if possible.

 

[DarylandCarole]

And now to get my mind off my Dad and stop crying... Here's my lipsticks of the days... 1. Yesterday, Smoked Purple 2. Today, Heavenly Hybrid

 

[Naynadine]

@Naynadine, I really hope your dad will be okay.

Thanks, girls

Quote: Originally Posted by burghchick

Nayadine, sorry to hear about your Dad. That sounds scary. I lost my Dad this past September to cancer. He had surgery last Feb and we thought they had gotten all of it (they removed his entire bladder). He went for a checkup in July and they told him it had spread. He started radiation and he wanted us to wait to visit until he was done and got his strength back (he lives a few states away). He never did get his strength back, though. He had a hard time breathing one day so he went to the E.R. I flew down to be there, hoping to talk to him, but they had sedated him. They stopped the sedation but he never woke up. I feel so bad that I didn't get to visit with him before he died. My stepmom had them turn off his pacemaker and all of the IV's, etc. we had no input on any decisions at all, which was hard (in fact she got upset when I asked if I could be there when the Dr. Gave us his prognosis. She told me IF she decided I could be there, that I could not say a word.) No funeral, no momento's, nothing.
Sorry to post such a sad post, but everyone should go visit loved ones when they are sick, because you never know. I put off making the trip while I waited for my sister to decide when she could go. That was a big mistake that cost me my last visit whole my Dad was awake. Don't make my mistake, anyone! Make sure you have no regrets, if possible.

So sorry to hear about your dad and that you couldn't say goodbye.

My dad is a bladder cancer survivor and my grandma had a very long battle with it before she died from it. I never said goodbye to her, even though she lived next door. I have horrible regrets, especially that I didn't even go to her funeral. I was 14 and immature and couldn't really handle the whole situation. I defnitely agree with you about making sure to not have regrets.


On a lighter note, not sure if I mentioned yet, but I was able to win an auction for a Estee Lauder lip pencil for just 1 Euro. Now that's the kind of prices I like, lol. So I finally have a lip pencil and don't have to buy the Chanel one that was tempting me forever.

 

[PixieDancer]

Nayadine, sorry to hear about your Dad. That sounds scary. I lost my Dad this past September to cancer. He had surgery last Feb and we thought they had gotten all of it (they removed his entire bladder). He went for a checkup in July and they told him it had spread. He started radiation and he wanted us to wait to visit until he was done and got his strength back (he lives a few states away). He never did get his strength back, though. He had a hard time breathing one day so he went to the E.R. I flew down to be there, hoping to talk to him, but they had sedated him. They stopped the sedation but he never woke up. I feel so bad that I didn't get to visit with him before he died. My stepmom had them turn off his pacemaker and all of the IV's, etc. we had no input on any decisions at all, which was hard (in fact she got upset when I asked if I could be there when the Dr. Gave us his prognosis. She told me IF she decided I could be there, that I could not say a word.) No funeral, no momento's, nothing. Sorry to post such a sad post, but everyone should go visit loved ones when they are sick, because you never know. I put off making the trip while I waited for my sister to decide when she could go. That was a big mistake that cost me my last visit whole my Dad was awake. Don't make my mistake, anyone! Make sure you have no regrets, if possible.

Thank you for sharing this story! Everything you said hits so close to home for me! Hearing you speak about your dad... It's obvious you loved him very much! I'm sure he would be heartbroken to know you are carrying around these thoughts and guilt. Try to make peace with it when you can. Your dad knew you loved him and is most certainly looking out for you now. Bless you doll!

 

[kerry-jane88]

So just watched a burlesque program on sky and it made me want to try on all my reds! Putting sin lipstick in b2m bag, the one time I wore it it was so painful and although I love the colour it honestly doesn't do me any favours, so one down!