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

[kerry-jane88]

It's official. I hate MAC lipglass. I just can't get past the stickiness of it. I've been trying to rotate through all of my products this month (doing my own 30 day challenge but trying to get through all categories, not just lipstick) and I've ended up taking both l/g off the day I've worn them.

I'm keeping Underdressed because I quite like it over another lipstick, but the other two are going BTM. I prefer CSG and the couple of Buxom samples I've gotten.

What I love the most are my Huggables; they're largely replaced my more opaque gloss and rendered them largely unnecessary; I really hope that they make that formulation permanent.

now ive started wearing my stash more, i've noticed the variations in so many things. i love csg, plushglass, but lipglass urgh why have i kept buying it!?
i've just b2m'd a few of mine that felt/smelt a bit 'off' and given the rest to my sis.
the only ones i have left now are viva glam 1 and embrace me, though i would wear them over the matching lipstick - but i wont be buying lipglass again - EVER!

 

[NaomiH]

Order canceled! This is so silly, my first order since Huggables and here I am feeling bad about buying.

 

[lipstickaddict]

I'm not good with pigmented blushes, eihter. I love MAC Hidden Treasure but I can't apply it for the life of me. Even with the NarsYachiyo and (what I consider) light hand I still feel like it looks crazy.
Not to enable here, but I don't think the Ombre blushes are that pigmented.

I have ripe peach and it isn't that pigmented at all. It all depends which part of the blush you use I guess (if you concentrated your brush on the darker part and didn't blend I guess it could be a bit much for some people--haha). I swirl both parts and it is gorgeous peach perfection

 

[lipstickaddict]

Order canceled! This is so silly, my first order since Huggables and here I am feeling bad about buying.

Good for you though NaomiH! You are definitely standing by your low buy and that is great!!!!

 

[Naynadine]

Order canceled! This is so silly, my first order since Huggables and here I am feeling bad about buying.

It was the best thing to do if you're already regretting the purchase.

 

[NaomiH]

It was the best thing to do if you're already regretting the purchase.

Thanks ladies!

 

[ILoveMakeup84]

I agree about lipglasses! I stopped buying them last year. I love the color range but hate the stickiness!

 

[CrimsonQuill157]

I bought Toying Around and Red Balloon. I budgeted myself $150(minus tax) up through Pedro and I have $118 left to spend. Alluring Aquatic is looking like a possible skip unless Goddess of the Sea looks amazing, as is the Osbournes collection as the lipsticks are a little too pastel for my taste. I might escape under budget!!

 

[DILLIGAF]

I agree about lipglasses! I stopped buying them last year. I love the color range but hate the stickiness!

Same here. I kept around 5 but for the most part I'm not a fan. Like someone else mentioned I prefer CSG.

 

[PeachTwist]

@PeachTwist - Wow girl, what a weekend, eh!? Glad you are on the mend and taking it easy today. Hope you get some much needed rest. Fighting sucks big time, but when you stop fighting that's when you know there's big trouble.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I was sick, so we didn't accomplish much. I'm looking forward to Easter next weekend (I'm not a woman of faith, but I do love celebrating holidays with our families!).

Trying to fend off swatches of PS ombre blushes. They look stunning, but I'm fearful of overly pigmented blush. Maybe because I haven't practiced placement of blush a lot, so I get nervous that I look like a crazy clown or something. LOL.

Thanks love - very true. We're okay, he's just having a man period I think. I am looking forward to seeing my Mom tomorrow though, I haven't seen her in a couple months. Momma hugs always make me feel better and fix everything.

I have Ripe Peach and Azalea Blossom Ombre's, and while they're beautiful to look at - I don't reach for them. I don't know if it's fear of using them up or what it is, but I can't bring myself to pay the cost of what they'll be with a couture collection, that's for sure.

 

[PeachTwist]

Never been a gloss girl - never will. Too much risk of hair going in it, yuck.

I ordered some more drawer organisers today. I'm still waiting on my other package of them to show up but I can never have too many of the damn things, lol. I refuse to stop until I have my main vanity drawer exactly how I want it. It won't be perfect until I've sorted out my lipstick organisation but it'll be close enough that once the current organisers are here and my vanity is finishing being "built" (we just have the sockets to sort etc) that I'll take pictures. I'm so proud and happy with it, lol.

 

[ILoveMakeup84]

Same here. I kept around 5 but for the most part I'm not a fan. Like someone else mentioned I prefer CSG.

Oh I love CSG! Those are my fave lipglosses by far!

 

[Audrey C]

Oh, I like the thought of tracking this way. I'll play! I haven't included swaps in the list below, but I have included all of my purchases.

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JANUARY

• Huggable Lipcolour Collection - Fresh & Frisky, Out For Passion, Rusty, Fashion Force, Cherry Glaze, Love Beam
• Hourglass Ambient Blush - Luminous Flush, Dim Infusion

FEBRUARY

• A Fantasy of Flowers Collection - BTM Heavenly Hybrid, Dreaming Dahlia

MARCH

• Bobbi Brown: Antigua Illuminating Bronzing Powder, Hibiscus Pot Rouge, Skin Foundation Stick
• Inglot: 417 & 434 Eyeshadow
• MUFE: HD Foundation
• CCO: MAC Pink Tea Blush

APRIL

• SEPHORA VIB SALE - UD Electric, NARS Douceur, Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation Stick

I'm kicking myself for just posting a few days ago that I was ok with my buying pace this year. I'm about halfway through my April challenge, and I'm beyond annoyed with myself. I'll I have yet to repeat any product other than staples (foundation/concealer/powder/mascara) and it will be more than another week before I get through my blush and eyeliners. I don't think I'll get through every eyeshadow this month (even with wearing several most days) and I'll just get through my lip products.

WHY do I have all this makeup?! No one needs this much variety; I have way too many similar products. What the hell was I thinking? I've gotten rid of a lot of it and it's still way more than any woman could reasonably wear. I don't need a kit; I only do my own makeup. I get bored of things long before I finish them and I have at least two-three years worth of lip products and likely more than a decade's worth of most categories. At some point I'll run out of staples, but not anytime soon.

Forget low-buy, forget cute packaging. I'm done. I'll reevaluate at the end of the summer and see how much I've gotten through, but this is obscene. I could easily give half of what I have away and not really miss it. I've swapped/sold somewhat from the pic below, but it's still a crazy amount. This doesn't include three foundations and five eyeshadow palettes. I think I've deluded myself into thinking that if I had it all tidy in one drawer that it wasn't really so much. Only it is.



I am not buying a single makeup item for six months. I'll see what I've gotten through then, and if I can actually justify a holiday set of lip products. That's what I go through the fastest.

I've been down this path before, so I should have known better. I had a crap ton of makeup in my mid 20s (but way less than this) but stopped buying when we bought our house and got married and I had other priorities and commitments. I didn't buy anything other than mascara and powder foundation for more than three years and then really just replaced lippies and eyeliners as I needed to. I took good care of powder products like blush and eyeshadow; some actually lasted a decade, although I tossed most long before that.

Team NO Buy.

 

[LinenWhite7]

Reporting back from the start of my lipstick (hoarding) organizational challenge. I sorted through first by which lipsticks I cannot live without. Then I got rid of some I don't care about/won't use. The ones left in limbo are slated for a final-death Use It or Lose It challenge. Unfortunately there are 43 lipsticks in limbo. I am happy that in the 'have to have it' categories, I have 5 reds, 5 light pinks, 5 fuchsias, 5 nudes, 5 hot pinks, 6 corals... But 12 plums/purples/berries and 19 everyday pinks. Ergh. That's 52 lipsticks that I can't live without?!? I mean come on. Basically I could easily toss all of the limbo lipsticks and never even know the difference! It also makes all those new collections seem a lot less exciting.

 

[LinenWhite7]

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT APRIL UPDATE!

Day 8

Foundation: MUFE Mat Velvet+ - I have no idea what shade I own! It doesn't say on the bottle. - This was very formal. I am KEEPing it for now but I'm not positive I love it.
Concealer: Laura Mercier Undercover Pot 1 - KEEP, only a tiny bit left and then I can chuck it.
Blush: NYX Bourgeois Pig - KEEP
Bronzer: Wet n Wild Ticket to Brazil - KEEP
Highlight: MAC Fairly Precious EDSF - KEEP
Lips: MAC Impassioned with Maybelline lipgloss in (some sort of fuchsia name) - KEEP, Impassioned is such a fave of mine.
Eyes: Basic eye blending palette (L'Oreal Cupa Joe) with L'Oreal Infallable Iced Latte and a little bit of smudged brown liner - KEEP, I have really been loving my Infallables.

Day 9

Foundation: Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer in Bisque - THIS WAS TERRIBLE. TOSS.
Concealer: Last one - I made it through all of my concealers! MAC Prolongwear In NW20 - slightly too dark for me right now but it's fine - KEEP
Blush: MAC EDB in Autoerotique from Magnetic Nude - KEEP, EDBs are my favorite. Just kidding, I am a blush whore.
Bronzer: MAC Skinsheen Bronzer Stick in Gilty Bronze from Surf Baby, lightly applied with a stippling brush - KEEP
Highlight: MAC Mineralize Blush in Talk of the Town from Divine Nights as a highlight and blush topper - KEEP
Eyes: theBalm Shady Lady #1 - Jet-Setting Jennifer, Easy Wheezie, and Shameless Shana for a shimmery blue - coppery warm brown eye with some blue eyeliner - KEEP
Lips: Too Faced La Creme in Juicy Melons (boob reference!) - KEEP!

Day 10

Foundation: Bourjois Healthy Mix shade 52 - TOSS, broke down way early in the day
Blush: Milani baked blush in Delizioso Pink - KEEP!
Bronzer: Tarte Hotel Heiress - KEEP
Highlight: MAC MSF Adored - KEEP
Eyes: Revlon ColorStay quad Goddess - I was fully ready to toss this, and then I loved how it looked and even got compliments on my eye makeup. KEEP
Lips: Almay color + care liquid lip balm in Lilac Love - KEEP These are such wonderful drugstore glosses. Very similar to NYX Butter Gloss but I find them more moisturizing and better performing.

Day 11 was a no-makeup day

Day 12

Foundation: Yaby natural finish liquid foundation in buff - TOSS, not special, didn't hold up very well to my oily skin
Blush, bronzer, eyes: Too Faced A Few of My Favoritte Things palette - KEEP, just love that thing
Highlight: Wet n Wild Reserve Your Cabana (this is my normal undereye setting powder) - KEEP, but not as a highlight. I like something a little flashier!
Lips: Kittenish Patentpolish - KEEP


Day 13 was another no-makeup day

Day 14

Foundation: BarryM Matte Flawless Finish foundation in Nude 2 - KEEP, this is a great color match for me
Blush: Essence Life's a Cherry - KEEP
Bronzer: Too Faced Chocolate Soleil - KEEP
Highlight: BECCA Rose Gold (LE) - KEEP
Lips: MAC Morning Rose with Buxom Amy gloss - KEEP both!
Eyes: Lorac Pro Palette with MAC Teddy in the waterline - KEEP, but I dunno, this thing really doesn't impress me at all.

I'm happy to be tossing some foundations! And I have used almost all of my highlighters and bronzers except my Hourglass ambient lighting palette and an It Cosmetics contour palette, so those should cover tomorrow and then I'm done with that section! I haven't even made a dent in my blushes. I need to use some of my neglected drugstore ones and toss any dupes or formulas that I don't love. And I'm still not repeating any lippies starting back with the beginning of the 30 Day no repeat lipstick challenge.

 

[Paint&Ink Chick]

@Audrey C, off to a good start. Atleast your admitting the prob step 1 lol. Guess mu is addiction, but atleast your wearing your items. Since I'm not working I only wear mu when I go somewhere. Whats the point in wearing it just around the house? Like you, I wonder why do I have all this lol. My stash is big, but not extremely huge. So at this point I'm trying to buy things I need, not out of want.

 

[DarylandCarole]

I've lost track of what day I'm at for the lipstick challenge. I'm at home a lot so I lose track of which days I wear lipstick. Saturday I wore Japanese Maple for the first time, and yesterday I wore Speak Louder. Really liked both. And I did fair with the Playland launch. I bought 2 lippies and 2 lip glasses, exactly the ones that I had written down. I thought about skipping it altogether, but I was awake so it was hard to just ignore it. I'm happy that I didn't let my impulses run wild (like I have before), didn't just order everything out of excitement.

 

[Prettypackages]

@peachtwist : how about you write him a little letter? Sometimes we can't get our feelings out outloud so maybe write him something?
What brushes did you get?
Quote: Originally Posted by DILLIGAF
That's my 30 days. I'm toying around with keeping this up for another 30 days. I do have a bit of lippies to get through.



I'll do another with you...


Quote: Originally Posted by Audrey C I could easily give half of what I have away and not really miss it. I've swapped/sold somewhat from the pic below, but it's still a crazy amount. This doesn't include three foundations and five eyeshadow palettes. I think I've deluded myself into thinking that if I had it all tidy in one drawer that it wasn't really so much. Only it is.


Team NO Buy.



1 drawer isn't bad though. Don't beat yourself up... At least you are wearing and enjoying it. Now you know where you are and can make changes going forward. I am in the same place as you. I've been trying to organize things and I was pissed at what I bought recently. I'm like this HAS to stop!!!
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wait, what is this love it/keep it challenge?

 

[Starlight77]

My 5 year old help me make this HAHA. How are they so computer savvy in kindergarten?!?!

 

[mosha010]

My 5 year old help me make this HAHA. How are they so computer savvy in kindergarten?!?!

I can't see what it says!! Kids are born now with a degree on computers man. I'm afraid for the future