Anybody corner themselves into buying something they're apprehensive about?

[josie]

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Originally Posted by LMD84 i've never once bought something because i felt i had to buy it. but as others have said, generally when i go into a mac store (or any store really!) i already have an idea on what i want to buy and get out of my trip there. i'd never go in for the hell of it and buy alot of stuff and then think 'doh! didnt need/want that!' i went into the pro store in london at the weekend and a wonderful american girl helped me out. i wanted a couple of paint pots and blushes. told her what i already had and hwat colors i like, she then reccomended me a couple, tried some blushes out on me and i picked 2 paint pots and one blush. i also got some mixing medium because i said i liked playing with my pigments and she reccomended i get it. and i'm perfectly happy with her service and my products.

I don't necessarily buy things I don't want -- it's more like things I'm not completely decided on and I'm kind of an impulsive shopper, so when someone suggests something I kind of have a hard time saying no. I go in knowing what I want or what I want to swatch. I mean I don't always buy whenever someone suggests things, but I just have a hard time deciding whether I'd actually use something or not. The thing about the bronzer is that it looked good, but I wasn't 100% sure I'd actually get use out of it.

Why would I buy something I don't want? I'm not a robot that says "yes" on protocol. I actually want the items I swatch or try out, it's just that realistically I know I'm not going to get much use out of some things I might end up buying. I can't always decide after one swatch if I'd actually get use from an item -- I mean, most of the time I can, but that's not always the case. And being a starving college student, I don't want to be too frivolous with my purchases.

 

[Ruffage]

I have that problem too, and I am also a college student

I started doing makeup relatively late, so there is this phase where I have become so eager to catch up looking pretty and girly like the other girls that I was willing to give anything a try. Because I start late on finding my personal style I was really fickle and frantic on picking a look. I kept switching among smokey-sultry, bold-vibrant, nude-natural and pastel-feminine, all of which requires different colors and thus lots of products (not all of them expensive like MAC, thank God).

I also have that attitude of "better safe than sorry" for an impulse buyer. So I come here, read reviews, get stoked on the hype, and start lemming. There were times when I swatched things randomly in store and in just 30 seconds decided to pick it up, although fortunately I like them enough to use them often. I sometimes feel that all this makeup can be quite a burden, as I start feeling pressured to have to use them all before they go bad.

I'd like to think I'm near the end of this phase, as I am more immune to the excitement surrounding products now and have already settled on looking "natural" (with makeup ) and feminine. I have also let go of the idea that there is enough difference between say for example, a yellow-toned peach and a neutral peach that I need both. It really saves me quite a bit of money and time when I look at displays and think "I kinda already have something like that". I still buy things from MAC and even backups, but only things I really really really love and can use everyday (Light Flush and Tendertones), instead of things that I know will end up at the bottom of my drawer after two applications (Brew lipstick, a couple of paintpots).

It also helped that I got back into a hobby -- drawing -- so I dedicate my time to that and homework/work instead of thinking what to buy every minute of the day and what to use to be prettier (yes, I was in that phase of self-consciousness). The less I'm obsessed with looking pretty with the latest stuff the less I am inclined to buy on impulse.

 

[jrm]

There are definitely things that I've been convinced into buying by the MAC MUA. That said, she specifically said 'hey, lets try this on you, I think it'll look great'. And sure enough - it did.

My latest additions to my collection - that I wasn't expecting to buy, and blown away at the results by the MUA were Buttery / Blonde Taupe brow shader (I would never have thought to buy this!) and the eyeshadow 'Woodwinked' which I'm now thoroughly in-love with.

Generally speaking, I'm going in with an idea of what I want to purchase, but I'm always happy to listen to the girl who I see on every visit. She has such wonderful taste and literally everything she's suggested I've already bought in the past or immediately fallen in-love with without regrets.

I will admit, however, that I have very little self-control .. lol

 

[clwkerric]

I have the same problem! Those darn ladies can sell me anything when it comes to MAC