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

[Starlight77]

Hi.

hope you are still feeling well!


everyone must be super busy lately because it definitely has gotten quiet. must be all that stalking and lack of sleep,

I do hope everyone got all the goodies that they wanted from AA. I did really good for me. The old me would have bought almost everything (about $250 worth), the new me bought about $100. To me, that's success and it's thanks to here for it. I get caught up in those collection threads out of boredom and convince myself I need things more then I do.
Be proud and happy of what you bought ladies. I hope no one has regrets because there is always CB. I'm living by the motto of "if I want it and i'll actually use it, i'm gonna get it!" ... it's ok as long as you don't go in debt to get it. My makeup rule is cash (debit) only. that's just to protect myself or i'd hit astronomical numbers

My high buy has slowed down and i'm happy where i'm at. woohoo.

I'd so join in on the travel bag but i'm afraid mine is a bit boring. (2 night, 3 days)
Urban Decay Shattered Palette
Dior Coral Glow Lip Balm
1 mascara
MAC pp in painterly
a few brushes (6 i think)

now what I pack for my kids is a different story haha

 

[ILoveMakeup84]

Hey ladies! I was good and only got AS from AA which was my original plan all along I hope all of you enjoy your new goodies! I might get DG from Osbournes and the blush from Pedro so only 2 things! Yaay! I want to share what I take with me when I travel! Love the idea!! Revlon ColorStay Cream Whipped Foundation MAC MSFN in Light Plus ELF concealer in a stick (dont remember the exact name) in fair Garnier Dark Circle concealer MAC Rio MSF MAC Stereo Rose MSF MAC Lustering, Sweetie and Venus l/s's Revlon Berrie Smoothie Lip Butter NARS Light Reflecting Setting Powder UD Naked Palette LORAC Pro Palette Mascara Jordana Made to Last Liquid eyeliner pencil in Black (love it!!) 6 eye brushes 3 face brushes

 

[CrimsonQuill157]

To all the ladies who encouraged me to pick up Mehr (I think it was @HerGreyness and @PixieDancer, if I am wrong I apologize), THANK YOU!! You were right, it is gorgeous! It's the perfect MLBB shade for me.

 

[veronikawithak]

To all the ladies who encouraged me to pick up Mehr (I think it was @HerGreyness and @PixieDancer , if I am wrong I apologize), THANK YOU!! You were right, it is gorgeous! It's the perfect MLBB shade for me.

Yay! Always love finding those shades. I'll have to add it to my list of B2M potentials.

 

[CrimsonQuill157]

Yay! Always love finding those shades. I'll have to add it to my list of B2M potentials.

Indeed! I have to sort through to get all my neutrals out to take when I go see my dad... he's very finicky about stuff like makeup... he loves Viva Glam III on me (which I thought he'd hate considering it's a bit dark on me) but thinks Revlon Snow Peach gives me clown lips...

 

[PixieDancer]

To all the ladies who encouraged me to pick up Mehr (I think it was @HerGreyness and @PixieDancer , if I am wrong I apologize), THANK YOU!! You were right, it is gorgeous! It's the perfect MLBB shade for me.

Yay! Glad you love it!! It's a go-to for me... One of my favs!

Yay! Always love finding those shades. I'll have to add it to my list of B2M potentials.

Do it! It's a great B2M option lippie!

 

[User38]

Do it! It's a great B2M option lippie!

<peeks in>

runs out again.. but agrees on Mehr.. it's my enduring

 

[veronikawithak]

<peeks in>

runs out again.. but agrees on Mehr.. it's my enduring

@HerGreyness

I feel like I might start burning up being in the low buy thread.. lol.

I changed my avi just for you.. so you won't be confused by the generic one.

 

[User38]

@HerGreyness

I feel like I might start burning up being in the low buy thread.. lol.

I changed my avi just for you.. so you won't be confused by the generic one.

darling, thank you.. you are too beautiful to hide behind those brush thingies.. lol.

I get hot butt when I come in here too. lmao

 

[Glitteryvegas]

I am going to vent.

What in the ACTUAL F.

Ordered on Thursday, no shipping confirmation yet, just 'pending'.

Live chat MAC - can't help me at all. "Email/call this number, etc." I emailed in re: what the heck is happening? Is there any confirmation that you actually have my items?

Crickets.

I mean, I know this is a first world problem, but F.

I'm never ordering from MAC online again.

UGH.

 

[kanne]

This is fun! Ill play since I'm in the military and i travel at lease 4x or more a year and i recently moved back to the states and i traveled with just a carry on and a medium size luggage for the next 3 months therefore my makeup bag was tiny, ill post, its very basic actually ive traveled more in a 2 wk trip to tokyo but i wanted to get the most of all my makeup and i really liked what i came up with.

foundation- Naked which i gave away to my ister so now i just stopped by Sephora for 3 samples for the time being
concealer- YSL touche eclat
blush- Nars Madley, MAC Pleasure Model ED, Mac Autoerotique ED
eyeshadows- Kat Von D Ladybyrd palette, both Mac Temp Rising Quads
lippies- all Limecrime velvetines, mini Dior rouge red, mini benefit lady choice, mini givenchy brun cratuer
eyebrows- great lash clear mascara, Nars Bali e/s
mascara- mini samples from YSL, and Blinc and Clinque bottom lash
highlighter- Kevin Aucyn Celestial

for brushes i included beautyblender, shu umera 18, hakuhodo g5543, brushes just 1 lay down, 3 crease and 2 pencil brushes, last was my eyebrow brush.

thats is, tomorrow i will try and take a pic, i basically did a face and sepearted either that or something similar to what i thought i would like for tat trip that was most versitle.

Ohh, I posted my "travel" list for New Zealand a few pages back. I'm trying to take as few things as I can on this trip.

 

[LinenWhite7]

Well... AA has taken an expected turn. I'm sticking to my budget, though. I've been traveling and working like crazy so I'm looking forward to sitting back down and putting everything away in my makeup desk. I feel so our of sorts right now with everything all over the place.

 

[PixieDancer]

I am going to vent.

What in the ACTUAL F.

Ordered on Thursday, no shipping confirmation yet, just 'pending'.

Live chat MAC - can't help me at all. "Email/call this number, etc." I emailed in re: what the heck is happening? Is there any confirmation that you actually have my items?

Crickets.

I mean, I know this is a first world problem, but F.

I'm never ordering from MAC online again.

UGH.
Oh man hun... I'm sorry! Hope it all gets sorted out. I hate when I order online and things get "F'd" up! It takes any excitement out of the launch/collection. MAC needs to slow down and refocus on their customers. Get back to the basics of customer service. That DOES still mean something to some people! Let us know how it goes doll.

Quote: Originally Posted by LinenWhite7

Well... AA has taken an expected turn. I'm sticking to my budget, though. I've been traveling and working like crazy so I'm looking forward to sitting back down and putting everything away in my makeup desk. I feel so our of sorts right now with everything all over the place.

I know how you feel. I just got back from a work trip and I am dying to unpack my travel makeup bag. Now that I finally got all my makeup organized, I want it to stay that way!

 

[Sylvia60]

Quote: Originally Posted by SleepingBeauty [ . . . ]
Also, this might be the wrong thread for this but I don't know where else to ask this, so... Can anyone recommend a mid-tone grey eyeshadow? It can be shimmery but not glittery. Also, I tried Copperplate which was way too brown for my liking and Scene was too dark. I'm looking for something in between. Doesn't have to be MAC.



Have you thought of trying Inglot products for a mid-tone grey shadow?

Anyway, yesterday I splurged big-time with the NARS Summer collection- not only Malacca, but Baalbek and yes, even Iraklion.

Malacca is fabulous. I much prefer it to Club and have consigned Club to my give-away bag.
I'm very, very happy with Baalbek as it makes a great cat-eye and is easy to use.
The Iraklion is a bit of a dark horse and was the splurge item.

And that's my make-up shopping til August.

 

[Naynadine]

I had typed a long paragraph and it's somehow deleted. Oh well... lol.
I received the Nars Contour Duo thanks to a sweet & helpful someone, so my makeup purchases for this month are complete. MAC, Nars, Chanel, Guerlain, a good mix of brands there and products that hopefully will get a lot of love, I think I will be more happy with those items than if I had spent all my money on MAC collections. Admittedly, this is more than my Low-Buy plans allowed for one month, but I now I can chill next month. Besides that, I invested in some other non-makeup things this month which I feel good about.

I packed up my stash today to store it in the basement which I do every summer, because it gets way too hot up here. I guess I should have done it earlier since it was already very warm the last 1-2 days and the cream products started sweating. And while packing everything in traincases I realized once again I have too much stuff, no need to buy more lipstick, blushes, etc. It all looked like a lot more in the traincases than when I have it stored in my Muji organizers.
So this made me think that I really should skip all the MAC stuff from the upcoming collections I was interested in. There were a couple of things I wanted but was unsure of and even the swatches don't convince me 100%, so skipping seems like the best idea even though it's tempting to buy one item here and there.

I also sold some more stuff and will keep on de-stashing.

Oh, and I found Dalliance e/s again, wasn't sure if I still had it or not, lol. LMK if anyone wants it, I'll add it to the swap thread.

Has anyone heard from @Paint&Ink Chick? I hope she's OK.

I stayed strong yesterday and didn't allow myself to let the 40% off lure me into buying something I don't need. I repurchased Chanel Rouge Coco Shine Boy on Wednesday and this lipstick is my most favourite lipstick ever. I've already used up one tube last year or so. If I was forced into giving up all my makeup and only keeping one lipstick it would be Boy. Definitely. I could rant on about this colour. So, I didn't mind the 19€ I spent on it.

All you ladies have fun hauling and enjoy your Alluring Aquatic goodies!

Also, this might be the wrong thread for this but I don't know where else to ask this, so... Can anyone recommend a mid-tone grey eyeshadow? It can be shimmery but not glittery. Also, I tried Copperplate which was way too brown for my liking and Scene was too dark. I'm looking for something in between. Doesn't have to be MAC.

Same here!! I need to repurchase it too at some point.

 

[veronikawithak]

I had typed a long paragraph and it's somehow deleted. Oh well... lol.
I received the Nars Contour Duo thanks to a sweet & helpful someone, so my makeup purchases for this month are complete. MAC, Nars, Chanel, Guerlain, a good mix of brands there and products that hopefully will get a lot of love, I think I will be more happy with those items than if I had spent all my money on MAC collections. Admittedly, this is more than my Low-Buy plans allowed for one month, but I now I can chill next month. Besides that, I invested in some other non-makeup things this month which I feel good about.

I packed up my stash today to store it in the basement which I do every summer, because it gets way too hot up here. I guess I should have done it earlier since it was already very warm the last 1-2 days and the cream products started sweating. And while packing everything in traincases I realized once again I have too much stuff, no need to buy more lipstick, blushes, etc. It all looked like a lot more in the traincases than when I have it stored in my Muji organizers.
So this made me think that I really should skip all the MAC stuff from the upcoming collections I was interested in. There were a couple of things I wanted but was unsure of and even the swatches don't convince me 100%, so skipping seems like the best idea even though it's tempting to buy one item here and there.
I also sold some more stuff and will keep on de-stashing.

Oh, and I found Dalliance e/s again, wasn't sure if I still had it or not, lol. LMK if anyone wants it, I'll add it to the swap thread.

Has anyone heard from @Paint&Ink Chick? I hope she's OK.

Same here!! I need to repurchase it too at some point.

I just put all my muji drawers in the closet for summer as well! I only kept out a bag of makeup I want to finish or that I know I'll use a lot this summer. If I think of something I want to wear I'll just go grab it.

YAY for destashing!! <3

I LOVE Boy by Chanel. It's the one lippie that ALWAYS looks good on me no matter what. I'll repurchase until they stop making it.

I'm thinking of doing a Project 333 again this summer.. anyone ever done one before? You basically pick 33 clothing items that you wear for 3 months and those are the only things you can wear. You basically pack up everything else. I have some suits and stuff for trips that I won't count, but my basic everyday wardrobe I'm going to try and pare down. There's a ton of clothes left in my closet on laundry day and I want them out of sight for a while so I can see more empty space.

 

[CrimsonQuill157]

I had typed a long paragraph and it's somehow deleted. Oh well... lol. I received the Nars Contour Duo thanks to a sweet & helpful someone, so my makeup purchases for this month are complete. MAC, Nars, Chanel, Guerlain, a good mix of brands there and products that hopefully will get a lot of love, I think I will be more happy with those items than if I had spent all my money on MAC collections. Admittedly, this is more than my Low-Buy plans allowed for one month, but I now I can chill next month. Besides that, I invested in some other non-makeup things this month which I feel good about. I packed up my stash today to store it in the basement which I do every summer, because it gets way too hot up here. I guess I should have done it earlier since it was already very warm the last 1-2 days and the cream products started sweating. And while packing everything in traincases I realized once again I have too much stuff, no need to buy more lipstick, blushes, etc. It all looked like a lot more in the traincases than when I have it stored in my Muji organizers. So this made me think that I really should skip all the MAC stuff from the upcoming collections I was interested in. There were a couple of things I wanted but was unsure of and even the swatches don't convince me 100%, so skipping seems like the best idea even though it's tempting to buy one item here and there. I also sold some more stuff and will keep on de-stashing. :cheer: Oh, and I found Dalliance e/s again, wasn't sure if I still had it or not, lol. LMK if anyone wants it, I'll add it to the swap thread. Has anyone heard from @Paint&Ink Chick ? I hope she's OK. Same here!! I need to repurchase it too at some point.

I wish I had somewhere to put my lipsticks in this heat. We don't have central air either so I'm worried my lipsticks will ruin

 

[Ajigglin]

Refrigerator?

 

[Naynadine]

I just put all my muji drawers in the closet for summer as well! I only kept out a bag of makeup I want to finish or that I know I'll use a lot this summer. If I think of something I want to wear I'll just go grab it.

YAY for destashing!! <3

I LOVE Boy by Chanel. It's the one lippie that ALWAYS looks good on me no matter what. I'll repurchase until they stop making it.

I'm thinking of doing a Project 333 again this summer.. anyone ever done one before? You basically pick 33 clothing items that you wear for 3 months and those are the only things you can wear. You basically pack up everything else. I have some suits and stuff for trips that I won't count, but my basic everyday wardrobe I'm going to try and pare down. There's a ton of clothes left in my closet on laundry day and I want them out of sight for a while so I can see more empty space.

Lalala, don't even say that! Lol, I hope they never do. If they ever discontinue it I'll probably panick and spend all my money on BUs :/

Yes, that's what I do too, I keep my everyday staples like concealer etc on my vanity, but all the other stuff is in the basement.

I never did any of those projects, no matter if it's makeup or clothes. Kudos to all of you who have that kind of discipline. I can't get myself to stick to something, I want to wear what I feel like when I feel like it.

 

[Calla88]

Boy by Chanel really is the perfect lipstick, it's always in my makeup bag and the one lipstick I always travel with no matter what! The thought of it discontinued makes very sad and I would have buys many BU's and store them in my fridge!