Operation "Use it up"! All welcome!!
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Calla88
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I have two creamsheen glosses at the end of their ropes , a broken eye shadow which I depotted and a lip stick I need to finish. Trying to have at least 12 items so I can B2M for lippies from the Playland collection. Trying to combine the "use it all up" with my low buy resolution. I have entirely too much stuff.
liba
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That's a super handy link! If a lipstick averages 400 uses, and you apply once and reapply once and touch up once in the day, you'll be looking at a little under 200 days with that lipstick, or less if you reapply more often. So, you get half a year with your lippie if you use it daily or about 4 years if you use it once a week. I don't think this negates all BU's, because if there's something you love a lot, there's a good chance you're using it once a week through the year or multiple times a week during a certain season when it's the perfect color. If it's some really dramatic color you'd only use for special occasions or going out on the town, even if you love it, if you're only wearing it 5 or 10 times a year, it's going to take a decade to go through it, so yeah….BU's are sort of unnecessary there. Of course, the more lipsticks you own, the less you will ever need BU's too.
I know when I started buying makeup regularly, it wouldn't have occurred to me to back up. Then, because I didn't have many lipsticks, I saw I was really going through them, so there came this phase where I started to BU stuff I really liked. That phase had to end, though, because inevitably, I started having more lipsticks than I could really cycle through without taking extra steps. I'll still BU the most unusual and perfect colors - I BU'ed Punk Couture, for example, but there have been some great colors I loved that I assumed I wouldn't really be able to go through, like Reel Sexy, that turned out to get a massive amount of use. I BU'ed it later, through the Clearance Bin, but even that was a little hasty, because then All About Orange came out and there were multiple good replacements for RS, without having needed a BU. In 2013, I only BU'ed Punk Couture, Riri Boy, Runway Hit and Instigator, and I probably could have passed on Instigator. At least that one I'd be able to find a good home for. PC and RB are the top purples I own, other than Go For It, so those are getting a BU for posterity, even though I'm not going to manage using them once a week all year long (RB will get lots of use in the summer for daily wear) Runway Hit is just a perfect day or night color, so that one does get used a lot.
I think it might be a good rule of thumb that if you DO back up a lipstick, make yourself wear it at least once a week like clockwork or twice a week if it's a color you only wear in a particular season - then you can be confident you will get through it and get some use out of your BU.
PixieDancer
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[2 FoF lippies - not sure which ones he counted. I did get one of each of them except for Naked Bud, which is almost exactly like Touché on my lips. This isn't the low-buy thread, at least] Heehee no its not miss @liba!! You're safe! I'm going to have to check out your skincare line. Although I have been using Arbonne forever and love it. I'm always open to explore new lines!! And we both love Vibrancy Eye... So I know you have good taste! Heehee
veronikawithak
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Love this! Trying to do the same.. most of my stuff barely has a dent in it though.
liba
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LOL I have 5 Vibrancy Eyes now - I so hate having to do this, many many BU's is just not my style.
veronikawithak
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Are they DCing them or something??
PixieDancer
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I hate it too. BU skincare seems so risky! You never know if you'll find something to replace it that's better, or if the ones you bought will stay good. I have 3 BUs now. 2 more in my cart for my next order. I need some staples, but I'm waiting until I have enough in my cart to get pro free shipping. Also crossing fingers for a Huggables restock on MAC.
Yes unfortunately! It's in the Goodbyes section! Boooo! Love that stuff!
veronikawithak
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So sad.. I love it too!!
kerry-jane88
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So I'd been meaning to use up the small amounts of body shop seaweed face wash and decleor face wash before buying another. I was going to repurchase mac lightful wash most likely. But I didn't wash my face with soap for a week (went away on a trip) and my acneic and oily skin looked a lot better for it! So now I'll keep those small amounts of facewash for if my face gets grubby. I already have body shop chamomile butter cleanser to take any 'night out cake face' lol and liz Earle cleanse and polish. Looking into more natural alternatives, I've bought rms raw coconut cream so I'll see how I like that. Operation use it up has actually thrown me many surprises!
veronikawithak
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I used to use all kinds of cleansers and scrubs and my face was an oily, acne prone mess! I've been using the oil cleansing method for about 6 months now and my skin has never been better! I do get a few hormonal breakouts still but other than that my skin has been amazing! I'm using up a sample of the Josie Maran cleansing oil but I won't purchase it as I think her products are way overpriced for what they are. All I really use on my face now are oils, aloe vera gel, witch hazel toner, and aloe/rose water sprays.
So glad to hear that your skin is looking nice! Always great when projects like this give you more benefits than you were expecting!!
kerry-jane88
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PixieDancer
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I used up all my Smashbox CC Cream, my Tarte Smooth Operator Illumizing serum, and my LUSH King Of Skin!
Just rockin along!!
Just rockin along!!
stephglittersss
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Recently finished my Ricepaper eyeshadow, hit pan on my Soft and Gentle and Cork eyeshadow and I'm almost done using up C-Thru and Prrr lipglasses
thefbomb
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Good job to all those who have finished stuff! And to the others keep going! Good luck! I haven't finished any makeup products yet (finished a bunch of shampoos and such though) but! I did throw out some older stuff as well as throw out some lipsticks that I discovered smelled bad AND even better passed on a bunch of lip products and body sprays to my sister so I'm feeling good about that!
