Are You Over Protective...

[a914butterfly]

i don't keep a physical inventory, but rather a mental inventory (i'm usually 99 percent sure of what i own and how many of each i own). I just feel that i spent alot of my hard earned money and know some of it will be worth alot since alot of it is discontinued or LE. as far as anyone borrowing my make up, i wouldn't let that happen cause i don't feel that its sanitary to share makeup.

 

[kradge79]

You were in no way being materialistic!! I have a list of all my stuff in a Word document and I always know where everything is. You have to protect what's yours, right? I don't let a lot of people use my stuff, I'll put it on them, but I don't let them take it with them. What a stinky friend.

 

[bellezzadolce]

I do keep an inventory on excel of my make-up and I do not let others use it. I will apply it for them, because I'm very strict about sanitation, I always use good counter practices at home and being a licensed nail tech I've studied all about sanitation and disinfection and I take that very seriously. But I'm like like with all of my things, not just make-up.

 

[lovemichelle]

i would never share make-up, but i dont keep track of mine anyway. i have a dutch masters box i keep some in and my everyday make-up is in a plastic bin. i had my everyday stuff in the dutch box, but after buying lingerie and other stuff it's over packed and seperated everything. i can usually notice if something is missing though and if it is it's in my purse since i take the essecentials everywhere with me (bare minerals wamth, blush, eyeliner, blot powder, lip stuff and like 2 brushes)

 

[FacesbyNiki]

My friends know not to touch my stuff. They have their own. But they do ask me to do their make up all the time. LOL

 

[2_pink]

My sister isnt old enough to really get into my makeup, and the only person i really have to worry about is one of my friends...she loves my makeup but cant justify spending so much. I dont mind, but i do watch her while shes using it....we usually just talk, but i make sure shes not messin anything up. But she does have a problem with throwing it around in the drawers, instead of the nice color coded rows that they were in before...*im nuts, i know* But i love her so its ok.

People who are close to me know how i love my makeup so they dont even attempt to ask to borrow it, i dont even carry it in my purse, i take cheaper alternatives. I have one traincase and one drawer that i keep all my stuff in and i know where everything goes, so if its gone then i will know.

 

[Glow]

The only peoplethat touches my MAC are my best friend and my boyfriend (but he only plays around with electric eel. he's rather fond of it.) , even then i'm precautious. She wet my creme de violet and I had a total cow. I feel bad because I flipped out on her, but yeah..

 

[arewethereyeti]

I don't think I'm particularly overprotective, but there's a difference between being protective, and other people not respecting you or the things that belong to you. Nobody should EVER feel like they can help themselves to your makeup without asking first, and to "borrow" things from a person's home without saying a word... well, if a person can't be bothered to ask before taking, I doubt they'll feel the need to return the item later. Just my opinion.

 

[SugarAsh182]

I don't keep an inventory per say, but I have a very good memory, and my traincase is very organized. I notice immediately if something is missing.

I did have one incident during prom season... I like to go back home and make some money by doing m/u for girls going to prom. Last year, I did a girl who I knew really well, just a year below me. She asked me if she could bring the lipgloss that I used on her (MAC Flashmode) to the dance w/ her so she could reapply for pictures. I said sure. A week later, I called her asking for it and she informed me that she "lost" it. Promised she'd buy me a replacement. It's been a year and I've received no replacement! And what irks me the most is I think she just wanted to keep it for herself, she didn't really lose it.

Anyways, since I'm in college, I keep my traincase locked and I don't let *anyone* share my m/u, unless I'm putting it on them and then putting it back into my case lol. Honestly, all my friends think I'm crazy anyways, so I really don't have too much of a problem w/ it.

I only let my cousin touch my stash, and it's because she's a MAC addict too. We split pigments n'stuff and anytime she wants a sample, I'm happy to oblige.

 

[giz2000]

Nope..I am the only female in my house, and no one uses my stuff...so if something is missing, it's because I misplaced it myself!

 

[kissmypinkstar]

Oh god i'm glad i'm not the only one who babies her make-up! The first time one of my friends came over to my house, she went through my entire make-up collection and started testing everything on her hands on stuff. It sounds silly but i thought this was so rude because she didn't even ask.
I hate people messing with my stash!
I would allow my mum and sister to use my make-up if they wanted, but neither of them are into make-up like i am so i've never had to! I never let anybody borrow anything else and that's that.

 

[lilxgem]

Wow, I guess after reading this, I'll keep an inventory myself, although I don't have friends who are obsessed with makeup except the one friend who introduced me to MAC in the first place. But seriously, what your friend did was really really messed up. And I'm surprised she actually told you she took it when you asked her. It could have been worse. I can't believe she called you materialistic... jeez, then what the hell is she? =p

 

[joytheobscure]

I keep a mental inventory of my mac, for example, I know that my ricepaper is gone somewhere in my bedroom and I can't find it - its driving me crazy. I tend to be ocd about my lip products because I carry them in my pocket or purse so much.

I dont have people in my room messing with my stuff. I will do someones makeup but they can't borrow. I don't loan makeup, cds, and books. I know what I have, I wouldn't loan it out - and I consider it an investment, if I have a $20 cosmetic product that someone else likes I tell them where the mac counter is. I'd tell people to buy their own.

Now, I do have a nine year old which has been warned and threatened, I try to pick her up products at the dollar tree and give her reject products to keep her away from mine, I went ballistic when I found pink aperitif (my perfect l/s) in her bedroom half gone. ARGH... I am passing on the love of products... but you know.. she's too young to really wear makeup.

They look like little tubes of lipstick but when they cost over $13 apiece. It adds up quick if you have to replace what your "friends" borrow.

 

[Piaqua]

The whole thing kind of reminds me of that episode in Sex and the City when Carrie's Manolos get stolen at a party because the host required all guests take ther shoes off. Carrie askes her to replace the shoes, and get's called materialistic. You chose to spend your hard earned money on makeup, just because you may have expensive taste, it doesn't make you materialist to demand back what is rightfully yours if it gets stolen from you! No one would call you materialistic if they stole diamonds from you and you demanded their return, why should makeup or anything else be different.

 

[MACgirl]

when it comes to lipglass i already have dispoable lipbrushes and mascara wands for when i do makeup, so whenever i go out i just apply it on them instead of them on thelselves and if i i happen to take a lipglass or two (which is prrr and instant gold) i take the ones i use on myself all the time, and only let my sisters use them....btw i think she stole from you, that was messed up plus she questions why u do inventory...umm hello this whole situation is why....

 

[pugpug]

unbelievable. so YOU are materialistic because you keep inventory of the makeup that you have? what does that make her then? she has to resort to stealing USED MAKEUP from a newly-met-friend. not only is she more materialistic than you, she's a freakin' theif.

 

[Modil]

money spent, is money spents regardless of what it is to me


so yes I am protective of EVERYTHING that I buy with my own money