Budget time! Collections from May till September

[darkishstar]

Okay. So I think. We need a thread like this. To keep ourselves in line and in check! I know it's not fun to see how much damage we're going to do to ourselves, but I think this thread will help. a LOT. And it will help keep us in perspective.

Questions to consider:
-Do I need it?
-Do I have too many colors in this color family already?
-Will I use it even if I want it?
-Is it dupeable?
-Do I already have something close to the color I want?
-Is it a good finish/is it glittery/is the color payoff good?
-Will I have enough money for this?
-Is it unique?
-Am I giving in to hype?
-Will this be a good addition to my collection?
-Is there a similar color in the perm collection I've been wanting that I can replace with a LE item?
-Can I get it at a CCO?
I find asking myself this really cut down my list.

Collections to consider:
Neo Sci-Fi: May
Solar Field: May
Future Earth: May
Tendertones: May
Summer Trend Bags: May
Cool Heat: June
Colour Forms: July
New View: July
Sonic Chic: July
Electroflash: July?
Starflash: August
Overrich: August/September

Not even going to touch the holiday ones till those come.
The ones with question marks next to them are maybes till I see them in person.

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LIST:
-Cool Heat MAC Collection ($28 + tax)
Solar White
Warm Chill

-Colour Forms Collection ($47.50 + tax)
Naked to the Core
Inner Hue
Royal Flush (?)

-Sonic Chic ($16.50 + tax)
Nuance

-Electroflash ($49.50 + tax)
Odd Couple
Play On Plums
Hot Contrast (?)

-Overrich ($39 + tax)
Antique Green
Heritage Rouge (?)

-Starflash Collection ($56 + tax)
Sunset B.
Lotusland
Smoke & Diamonds
Top Hat

TOTAL: $236.50 + tax = $256.01
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HOLY CRAP!
This is not a good thing. But... over the course of June - September, that's about $64 per month. So... is it really a bad thing?

Well, get to it ladies!

 

[Susanne]

Honestly I don't want to think about a budget right now

There have been so many new information the last days - I have the feeling I am overchallenged right now

I want to enjoy the news I get and fall in love with new products, but it is a bit too much!
I know I want a lot from all the following collections - but it definitely destroys my joy if I have to think about a budget ot about the question" How will you pay for all this?"

 

[Sanayhs]

This has gotten straight-up RIDICULOUS.

Having hacked away at my list, I still want:

NEO SCI FI (May 21)
sci-fi-delity 16.5
evening aura 16.5
Spaced Out 22
peach lippie?

SOLAR FIELD
refined golden bronzing powder 26.5

98 plus tax


COOL HEAT (June 12)
Turquatic Heat 28.5 ?
Solar White 16.5
Warm Chill 16.5

61.5 plus tax

Colour Forms (July 11)
Inner Hue lipstick 16.5 (coral with golden peach)?
Royal flush pigment 23.5 (red)
Gilded Green pigment 23.5 (green)
Tea Time pigment 23.5 (brown)
Circa Plum pigment 23.5 (lavender)

110.50 + tax

SONIC CHIC
Gentle

20 + tax

OVERRICH
# Blonde’s Gold
# Antique Green
# Vintage Gold
# Museum Bronze
# Mauvement
# Mega-Rich
# Copperbeam
# Heritage

188 + tax

STARFLASH
* Mystery
* Feline
Plus, who knows how many eyeshadows after swatching.

ELECTROFLASH
Love Connection
Fast Thrills

36.5 + tax

CULT OF CHERRY
Who even knows yet!? But I'm LOVING the sounds of this collection.

Without knowing for starflash or cult of cherry, really, I'm still hitting a pretax total of $514.50! This is NOT going to work, folks.

HELP! (Please send money or pro card )

 

[darkishstar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Susanne Honestly I don't want to think about a budget right now There have been so many new information the last days - I have the feeling I am overchallenged right now I want to enjoy the news I get and fall in love with new products, but it is a bit too much! I know I want a lot from all the following collections - but it definitely destroys my joy if I have to think about a budget ot about the question" How will you pay for all this?"

I don't know, it makes me much happier, knowing that I can prepare for what I want in advance or look at i in perspective and know that I'm not actually spending as much as I thought I would. In my case at least.

And by thinking this way, I KNOW I will get the products I want for sure and will use, and there's an amount of joy in that for me, strange as it is to say so!

I did feel challenged, but I took it straight, and I definitely know this list is going to change.

 

[AudreyNicole]

*sigh* Here we go (this is with MAJOR cutting)... *takes a deep breath*

Cool Heat: June - $56.50

• Solar White e/s
• Warming Trend e/s
• Warm Chill e/s
• Gentle Simmer Slimshine

Colour Forms: July - $24.50

• Play Around Pink Colour Forms Powder
• Naked to the Core l/s - B2M

Sonic Chic: July - $39.50

• 181se Mini Kabuki
• Gentle Mineralized Blush

Electroflash: July? - $96.50

• Fresh Green MES
• Polar Opposites MES
• Sea and Sky MES
• Odd Couple MES
• Hot Contrast MES
• Culture Clash l/g
• Fast Thrill l/s - B2M
• Vanity's Child l/s - B2M

Starflash: August - $98.00

• Dreammaker e/s
• Grand Enterance e/s
• Sunset B e/s
• Lotusland e/s
• Talent Pool e/s
• Top Hat e/s
• Star by Night e/s

Overrich: August/September - $39.50

• Blonde's Gold Pigment
• Antique Green Pigment

I will probably still keep cutting or I may add a thing here or there, but for now, the damage is: $354.50

 

[darkishstar]

Not bad Audrey! I think you did pretty well! It seems you're mostly going for Electroflash and Starflash! (See the trend? Eyeshadows!)

And divide your total with 4 months, and you'll see that it's actually not so bad!

 

[CantAffordMAC]

Neo Sci Fi/Solar Field/Future Earth:
Pleasureseeker - (Glaze) Creamy peach
Naked Space - (Frost) Creamy mid-tone nude peach
Pink Grapefruit - (Frost) Pink-orange with gold pearl
Soft and Slow - (Cream) Mid tone creamy plum
Evening Aura - Frosty golden peach (Veluxe Pearl)
Prep + Prime Microfine Lip Refinisher
Refined Golden - Finely spun golden with soft pearl finish

Total: $111.80

Tendertones:
Sweet Tooth - Sheer coral w/ white pearlized pigments(LE)
Hush Hush - Sheer peach with gold pearl (LE) (Repromote)

Total: $31.03

Cool Heat:
Solar White - Frosted muted white-gold ((Frost) (LE)
Warming Trend - Frosty light taupe (Veluxe Pearl) (LE)

Total: $29.96

New View:
Medium/Natural and Shimmer - Soft creamy beige / Light peachy pink

Total: Lets just say $25, since we don't know.

Colour Forms (if I get anything at all):
Inner Hue - Creamy mid-tone coral outter w/ sheer golden peach pearlized core (L)
Female - Frosty pale pink w/ green gold pearlized pigments

Total: $32.60

Sonic Chic:
Gentle - Raspberry with gold pearl
Love Thing - Dirty burgundy with gold pearl

Total: I guess we don't know? I'll say $40

Electroflash:
Sea & Sky- Silvery pale blue with deep blue and silver veining / Bright blue mono
Hot Contrast - Dirty red with silver and black veining / Black mono
Major Minor - Frosty mid-tone beige with multi-dimensional pearl (Frost) (LE)
Sonic Vibe - Frosty mid-tone pink with multi-dimensional pearl (Frost) (LE)

Total: $I guess we can just say around $60?


Grand Total: $330.39.

 

[darkishstar]

Cantaffordmac: I love it! You have a lot of neutrals with some color here and there, so different from mine!

I'm secretly hoping I can cut out the Nordstrom's collection too, sad to say.

The MES will be $16.50 each I'm guessing, just like how they were priced in Antiquitease last year?

 

[Simply Elegant]

I'm only getting the solar bits ($19.50x3=58.50), all of them except the black one and mystery and orpheus kohl powers ($13.50x2=27). I don't really like a lot of the stuff that's coming out and this is fine for me.

 

[KikiB]

Oh this is going to be brutal-no pre-cutting here except for Neo Sci-Fi, Colour Forms, and Cool Heat:

NSF/SF/FE
Sci-Fi-Delity lipstick-14
Electro lipstick-14
Pink Grapefruit lipglass-14
Soft & Slow lipglass-14
Evening Aura eyeshadow-14
Expensive Pink eyeshadow-14
Scatterrays Solar Bits-19.50

Total-$103.50

Cool Heat
Solar White shadow-14
Warming Trend-14
Warm Chill-14
Gulf Stream-14
Cool Heat-14

Total-$70

Colour Forms
Royal Flush pigment-$19.50
Gilded Green pigment-$19.50
Tea Time pigment-$19.50
Circa Plum pigment-$19.50

Total-$78

Sonic Chic
Dainty-$16.50

Total-$16.50

Electroflash
Fresh Green MES-$16.50
Two To Glow MES-$16.50
Play on Plums MES-$16.50

Total-$49.50

Starflash
Dreammaker eyeshadow-$14
Bold & Brazen eyeshadow-$14
Talent Pool eyeshadow-$14
Sunset B. eyeshadow-$14
Lotusland eyeshadow-$14
Feline Kohl Power-$13.50

Total-$83.50

Overrich
Blonde's Gold pigment-$19.50
Mega-Rich pigment-$19.50
Heritage Rouge pigment-$19.50
Copperbeam pigment-$19.50

Total-$78

I will probably skip Cult of Cherry altogether, however there is the possibility of a Lipglass or two.

Grand total before cutting down...$522.11. I hopefully will be able to have a few empties to B2M for one item or so...doubtful though.

 

[panda0410]

I only want Black Ore from Solar bits, all the pigments I dont already have from Colour Forms and Overrich and the kohls (excluding feline!) from Starflash. Oh, and Blue Flame from Cool Heat.

Really I am hanging out for the brush sets in Red She Said!!

 

[spectrolite]

I just worked this all out in Office a few minutes ago. After seeing so many good things coming up I decided to skip some collections and save some money

Neo Sci-Fi: May
Decided to skip this!

Solar Field: May
Skipping this too now!

Future Earth: May
- Volcanic Ash Exfoliator x 2 - My fave MA told me that this was simply amaaazing.
Total: $38 + tax

Tendertones: May
- Skipping this!

Summer Trend Bags: May
- Skipping this too!

Cool Heat: June

This ones going to hurt!
- Climate blue e/s
- Blue Flame e/s
- Warm Chill e/s
- Cool Heat e/s
- Gulf Stream e/s
Total: $84 + tax

Colour Forms: July
- Advanced brush set. I might skip this. I only want the mini #187

New View: July
- Skipping!

Sonic Chic: July
- Gentle
- Merrily
- Love Thing
- Gleeful
Total: $66.00 + Tax

Electroflash: July - This one gonna sting

!
- Play on Plums duo
- Sea + Sky duo
- Hot Contrast duo
- Polar Opposites duo
- Fresh Green Mix duo
- Possibly one more!
- Dangerously Hot lipstick
- Lil' Hot Pepper lipglass
Total: $111.00

Starflash: August - When will these collections end

- Lotusland
- Talent Pool
- Top Hat
- Star by Night
- Possibly Glamour Check
- Raven kp
- Orpheous kp
- Mystery kp
Total: $110.50 + tax

Overrich: August/September
- Heritage Rouge
- Antique Green
Total: $39.00 + tax

Grandtotal of: $448.50+tax+shipping to Australia!

Okay.. I'm really, really hoping that I will HATE some of the swatches for the things that I want. I wont attempt to put down my list for Cult of Cherry.... That's going to break the bank! I don't plan on purchasing anything else from the perm line this year I don't think, unless it is something I use daily and run out of like MSF Natural or Cleanse off oil.

 

[darkishstar]

Nooo, I don't want to add Cult of Cherry or the holiday stuff either. That will come after fall! lol. It counts as separate from these collections in my eyes. lol.

 

[SMMY]

I'll probably wait until the collections get closer to release to finalize my list, because it always shifts once we get more info and swatches start getting posted. I'll probably skip the MES, unless they turn out to have better pigmentation/less glitter fallout than previous releases. MES are not one of my fav. products. Pigments can wait until CCOs, except for maybe one or two from the Overrich collection. The collections that I'm expecting to be brutal on my bank account are the MSBs and Neo Sci Fi. The rest will be decided on later.

 

[darkishstar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SMMY I'll probably wait until the collections get closer to release to finalize my list, because it always shifts once we get more info and swatches start getting posted. I'll probably skip the MES, unless they turn out to have better pigmentation/less glitter fallout than previous releases. MES are not one of my fav. products. Pigments can wait until CCOs, except for maybe one or two from the Overrich collection. The collections that I'm expecting to be brutal on my bank account are the MSBs and Neo Sci Fi. The rest will be decided on later.

That's a good idea. I know my lists will change and I will be modifying them as we get more info and swatches.

And I'll just modify and post them up as I go.

 

[ewlialovesme]

Smoke and Diamonds eyeshadow (Starflash Collection) - £10.


*pats self on the back*

 

[MACa6325xi]

Budgetary Restraint!!! This sounds good to me. Nevertheless, if someone puts a hot tutorial on Specktra or Youtube with any of these new collections-The budget is out the window. I'm going to buy it. I'm a sucker for a good tutorial. I will try to limit myself to $50 or less for a collection, if I like it. I can't afford to buy everything. Fortunately, I can go to my local CCO and pick up items.

 

[darkishstar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewlialovesme Smoke and Diamonds eyeshadow (Starflash Collection) - £10. *pats self on the back*

Wow! Good job! I'm proud of you, I wish I had so much restraint!

 

[darkishstar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MACa6325xi Budgetary Restraint!!! This sounds good to me. Nevertheless, if someone puts a hot tutorial on Specktra or Youtube with any of these new collections-The budget is out the window. I'm going to buy it. I'm a sucker for a good tutorial. I will try to limit myself to $50 or less for a collection, if I like it. I can't afford to buy everything. Fortunately, I can go to my local CCO and pick up items.

Lucky for me, many of the video tutorials or tutorials on Specktra aren't geared toward Asians, so I usually don't get inspired by that. I usually cannot do the same look.

But unlucky for me? No CCO nearby.

 

[astronaut]

Neo Sci-Fi: May (1 pigment 19.50)
Solar Field: May ($0)
Future Earth: May ($0)
Tendertones: May ($0)
Summer Trend Bags: May ($0)
Cool Heat: June (4 shadows $56)
Colour Forms: July ($0)
New View: July ($0)
Sonic Chic: July (1 $16.50)
Electroflash: July? ($0)
Starflash: August (2 shadows $28)
Overrich: August/September ($0)

Stuff I plan on getting from already released and perm:

Dazzleglass ($16.50)
Naughty Nauticals (port red $14.00)
Lipliner (2 of them $28)
Eyeliner ($14)

You know I loved writing the zeros hehe.

So... 192.50 + tax = $207.42 over the course of 4 months... so an average of $51 per month on makeup this summer... hmm.