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

DarylandCarole

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Girls, I have a confession to make. I went back for more from AA. I couldn't stop thinking about Water Deities gloss and was going to have major skippers remorse over it. And [@]Mac-Guy[/@] totally wore me down about Siren Song. I didn't even look at it 1st time around, but I kept hearing what a perfect nude it was for pale NWs and as I didn't have any proper nudes wanted to take a look. Turned out my counter still had both in stock over 3 weeks after the collection launched, so I took it as a sign! Good thing I'm leaning more and more toward skipping Osbournes completely.
I'm there with you, Jenny. I bought Clear Water gloss and Siren Song after my initial purchase. I do really like them both, so I don't regret it, but I did this after Playland, too, so I'm seeing why people unsubscribe to threads after they buy the first time. I skipped Pedro L and I'm skipping the Osbournes. I don't even look at the threads. I've seen the products on Instagram, but I don't feel like I need any of them. So why tempt myself with seeing what others want/buy? My window broke in my car yesterday, so I can't roll it up, and I don't have the money to fix it for 2weeks. I think it's a wake up call for me. Make up brings me happiness, but I need to have some savings for unexpected things like this, too.
 

liba

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Hehe and then he'll make me take my lipstick off before I come near him!!! LOL!
LOL is he one of those? I'm dating a guy right now who is a makeup hater. He flips his lid if I put my mouth near him with red lipstick, haha. On the other hand, I admire that he's able to appreciate a natural woman without all the artifice - I don't think I've ever dated someone who adored my hair the way he does, not to mention the rest of wacky 'ole me. SO, he's A-OK in my book, even when he makes a face about the lipstick ROFL.
 

CrimsonQuill157

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LOL is he one of those? I'm dating a guy right now who is a makeup hater. He flips his lid if I put my mouth near him with red lipstick, haha. On the other hand, I admire that he's able to appreciate a natural woman without all the artifice - I don't think I've ever dated someone who adored my hair the way he does, not to mention the rest of wacky 'ole me. SO, he's A-OK in my book, even when he makes a face about the lipstick ROFL.
He doesn't mind the makeup, he just won't let me kiss him with lipstick on. As soon as I get into his room he hands me the box of tissues hahaha
 

liba

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He doesn't mind the makeup, he just won't let me kiss him with lipstick on. As soon as I get into his room he hands me the box of tissues hahaha
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My guy literally flinches if the red lipstick lips are moving into his direction. He just shakes his head when he sees me getting ready to go out, which is funny, since he takes 3 times as long to get himself showered, shaved and dressed than I do. Good thing for him I've been wearing a lot of gloss this spring and summer, LOL.
 

DarylandCarole

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@burghchick  It makes me so sad to hear about your situation. There's not a lot left for me to add, as so many of our lovely ladies have given such nice advice and kind words. I can TOTALLY relate to being a "Daddy's Girl" and have always been closest to my dad. Within the last few years my dad was diagnosed with Leukemia. Just the thought of losing him throughout his struggles, tests, and medication ups and downs has had me a nervous wreck. Just thinking of him not being with me is enough to bring me to tears. I cannot imagine the actual pain you must be feeling. And the empty loss of such a bond. And then to be left feeling alone and without someone to console you. We all need to feel understood. And although you may feel there's no physical person in your life to be that for you, I am honored that you feel safe enough in this community to let us do the little we can to be there for you. We are here anytime you need to vent or need a friendly ear or cyber hug! I'll send up some extra prayers for you in the coming weeks. You are a strong, supportive, and loving woman and I know you will make it through the challenges and heartache. Being someone who loves like you do, just means you will feel the deepest loss. It's the peaks and valleys of being a person who feels as much as you do. Smile and don't stop loving. Don't allow people to hurt you, but don't stop being who you are despite their shortcomings. You never know when you may be making a difference or affecting a change in someone's life just by being who you are! The world could use more people like you my dear! :support:  
Pixie, thank you so much. As always, you are so kind. And I think only a Daddy's girl can understand another one. I wasn't always super-close to my Dad, so it made it more special when we did become close. My stepmom used to tell me that I was my Father's daughter, and I took that as a compliment. I'm so sorry to hear about your father. I hope that he is doing okay. I used to tell my Dad that he couldn't die because I couldn't lose him. As he got older I made myself a little more distant, inwardly, not what he would see, so that it would be a little easier when he died. Most days I do fine, at most I might tell my sister "I miss Dad" and she'll say "me too". That's it. I guess that's why I talk about it here. But I don't want to bring it up too much on here because that's not what people come here for. I so appreciate the kind words from everyone yesterday. It was an unusually bad day. What you said about loving deeply and feeling loss more deeply makes sense. When my Grandma was in the nursing home I couldn't understand why my brother and sister rarely visited. I felt that if I were her, I'd really appreciate visitors, plus it was what I should do because she had been a good Grandma. Likewise with my Dad, when he got sick I called more often. I was very surprised when my stepmom told me that I was the only one who was calling. So for some people I'm a pain in the ass because they think I'm "too emotional". But I hope that others are glad to know someone loves them that much. So thanks for pointing out that there are good sides to my tendency to care so much. And if you ever want to talk about your Dad I'll be happy to listen. I think I know how you feel. :heart:
 

awickedshape

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I'm there with you, Jenny. I bought Clear Water gloss and Siren Song after my initial purchase. I do really like them both, so I don't regret it, but I did this after Playland, too, so I'm seeing why people unsubscribe to threads after they buy the first time. I skipped Pedro L and I'm skipping the Osbournes. I don't even look at the threads. I've seen the products on Instagram, but I don't feel like I need any of them. So why tempt myself with seeing what others want/buy? My window broke in my car yesterday, so I can't roll it up, and I don't have the money to fix it for 2weeks. I think it's a wake up call for me. Make up brings me happiness, but I need to have some savings for unexpected things like this, too.
I hear you. I'm going to have to be very strict after this weekend
 

lyseD

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So just ordered Mirror from PL, got Gold Mirror so they are replacing it. Two glosses for the price of one, pretty good.
 

Ajigglin

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@burghchick  It makes me so sad to hear about your situation. There's not a lot left for me to add, as so many of our lovely ladies have given such nice advice and kind words. I can TOTALLY relate to being a "Daddy's Girl" and have always been closest to my dad. Within the last few years my dad was diagnosed with Leukemia. Just the thought of losing him throughout his struggles, tests, and medication ups and downs has had me a nervous wreck. Just thinking of him not being with me is enough to bring me to tears. I cannot imagine the actual pain you must be feeling. And the empty loss of such a bond. And then to be left feeling alone and without someone to console you. We all need to feel understood. And although you may feel there's no physical person in your life to be that for you, I am honored that you feel safe enough in this community to let us do the little we can to be there for you. We are here anytime you need to vent or need a friendly ear or cyber hug! I'll send up some extra prayers for you in the coming weeks. You are a strong, supportive, and loving woman and I know you will make it through the challenges and heartache. Being someone who loves like you do, just means you will feel the deepest loss. It's the peaks and valleys of being a person who feels as much as you do. Smile and don't stop loving. Don't allow people to hurt you, but don't stop being who you are despite their shortcomings. You never know when you may be making a difference or affecting a change in someone's life just by being who you are! The world could use more people like you my dear! :support:  
Pixie always knows the right thing to say, I swear.
Hehe and then he'll make me take my lipstick off before I come near him!!! LOL!
LOL is he one of those? I'm dating a guy right now who is a makeup hater. He flips his lid if I put my mouth near him with red lipstick, haha. On the other hand, I admire that he's able to appreciate a natural woman without all the artifice - I don't think I've ever dated someone who adored my hair the way he does, not to mention the rest of wacky 'ole me. SO, he's A-OK in my book, even when he makes a face about the lipstick ROFL.
That is my husband to a T. He hates makeup, but lipstick and nail polish are his foes. He squeals like a pig if I try to kiss him with lipstick on. He's always saying I look beautiful without it, and doesn't understand why I put it on. I'm like, "because I bought it!" He is team naturale for real. He does compliment me if the makeup game is on point. We'll never reach an understanding on the lipstick stuff, though.
 

Paint&Ink Chick

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Went through my stuff and picked out a "Summer Makeup Wardrobe" to play with for the next couple weeks or so. Not on any challenge to use only these things and nothing else.. I can always go to my closet if I want to wear something I didn't bring out. But I wanted a smaller selection of products so I wouldn't feel so overwhelmed. It's a mix of things I want to use to see if I can get rid of them, favorite things that I want to use more, and new things that I want to play with. I have 2 highlighters, 3 blushes, a bronzer, a powder, 11 lipsticks, 3 glosses, 5 eyeshadows, and 3 nail polishes. Join in and post a pic or list if you want. I'd love to see what everyone else would pick.
 

DarylandCarole

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This is a great idea. I need to do this with my shadows. Otherwise everything else gets lub. And on a good note, I'm super excited ladies, as I start my Psychology classes Monday! This is what I went back to school (again...smh) for. School is definitely helping my low buy lol.
That's great about the Psychology class! It's so nice when you finally get to take the classes that you really want vs. the core classes. I've often thought that I would like going to school for Psych. I'm still thinking about it. What kind of job are you hoping to get when you're done? (Something helping women with annoying ex-husbands? It sounds like you have experience in that area, unfortunately.)
 

Paint&Ink Chick

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That's great about the Psychology class! It's so nice when you finally get to take the classes that you really want vs. the core classes. I've often thought that I would like going to school for Psych. I'm still thinking about it. What kind of job are you hoping to get when you're done? (Something helping women with annoying ex-husbands? It sounds like you have experience in that area, unfortunately.)
Lmfao! Right, but this isn't my ex husband, which is a ass too at times lol, but we're cool. This is my oldest son's ugly father. Ironically he did ask me to marry him, I said NO! Lol. But your close, I do want to work with women, children. Maybe with single moms, who can not get help & need it. Or I've been a child advocate before, with a children's home. So I enjoy working with kids in those situations. And go far it, never too late to go to school or have 2 many degrees lol.
 

User38

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the real test of love is to show your guy your makeup stash, especially lippies. and plop some really red on and plop him on the kisser.. oh yea.

if they run, shut the door quick. if they stick around and enjoy it, you got a Winner~
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Naynadine

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So... should I confess now or later? Lol. I feel like everytime I post that there's no lemming right now and I won't buy makeup for a while... boom! The next day I see something I HAVE to have. Duochrome glow eyeshadow... sigh. I was gonna wait until they had free shipping, which I thought would take a while, but then found a free express shipping code online. But I was good and only ordered one.
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And I was able to resist Pedro, although I went to the site 3x today and kept staring at the blush in my cart. Now it's sold out. Whew.
 

liba

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the real test of love is to show your guy your makeup stash, especially lippies. and plop some really red on and plop him on the kisser.. oh yea.

if they run, shut the door quick. if they stick around and enjoy it, you got a Winner~
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I take my lipstick off to eat, so I don't mind taking it off for more important things
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I'm still wearing my Mangrove when we're going out
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awickedshape

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Coming from the MACxPL thread. I went over my list on PL and have really got to commit to my low-buy. After this weekend, only replenishments of the necessary moisturizer and lip balm for me for a few months, I HOPE!
 
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