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

janette9687

janette9687

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so beuz i got both Temp Rising quads in swaps, which i am extremely happy with now i cant believed i skipped these, i am telling myself i dont need the narcisst palette at all! Yay $70 bucks saved!
 
Ajigglin

Ajigglin

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Rainbunny said:
I haven't been that good, either. I decided to break down and get the Petal Power blush from FoF, but then it was sold out at both the local Mac stores nearby. Rather than packing it in at that point, as I should have done, I bought Nars' Sex Fantasy instead at the Department store. And then I had a "quick look" at Sephora, and came home with the new Tarte palette! So I was worse in February than January even though I only started the low-buy halfway through January! But I do think overall I would have bought more without the low-buy goal, and I'm not very interested in anything else coming up so far this spring, so hopefully I will improve. I did use Temptalia's dupe list to avoid an e/s palette I was interested in by finding similar colours in my stash, though. I wasn't too thrilled with my results and initially thought maybe it was because the colours weren't exactly the same. Then I stopped myself, and realized that was crazy thinking, and it was a good thing I hadn't bought the palette as I wouldn't have been satisfied with it, either! The colour combination just didn't do much for me, and that was that! It also made me realize that often it isn't really the makeup you like so much as the image in the ad, which really just can't be reproduced. Those images just suck you in. So I learned the dupe list at least was a successful strategy, especially when I know I won't use up the colours I have. Why buy a new set of slightly different shades just because someone has thought to put them together in a palette? All I have to do is collect them from my stash, and give the new combo a try.
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That Dupe 2.0 is going to be the mascot of the low-buy crusaders. T did that. I especially like the fact that you can contribute.
 
Audrey C

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Well, I succumbed yesterday to another purchase. I was in Sephora (getting a Clinique Cheek pop blush for my daughter's upcoming birthday) when I swatched the new Clinique 8-pan neutral palette. I have no shortage of neutrals, but these all have a slight shimmer finish and work on me a lot better from a colour perspective than the Naked 2 palette I recently returned. I love the red-tinged brown shades - very flattering on my colouring.

I do have some coloured e/s, but I wear neutrals better than 80% of the time. My corporate look is polished but conservative. I might wear a bolder colour on the weekends, but at the office I go for a more understated look. No board meetings in Heroine l/s, Parrot or Electric Blue e/s, thanks.

I haven't cracked open the packaging so I could still give this to my daughter, but I really don't want to. MINE. I know I'll use it but of course I could have done without it.

Sigh. And here I was all proud of myself for getting rid of a whole palette.

Pics of it here: http://www.funnyfacebeauty.com/2014/01/clinique-all-about-shadow-neutral.html http://www.amodelrecommends.com/2014/01/28/clinique-neutral-territory-2-the-palette-that-doesnt-require-its-own-trolley/
 
Naynadine

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Audrey C said:
Well, I succumbed yesterday to another purchase. I was in Sephora (getting a Clinique Cheek pop blush for my daughter's upcoming birthday) when I swatched the new Clinique 8-pan neutral palette. I have no shortage of neutrals, but these all have a slight shimmer finish and work on me a lot better from a colour perspective than the Naked 2 palette I recently returned. I love the red-tinged brown shades - very flattering on my colouring.

I do have some coloured e/s, but I wear neutrals better than 80% of the time. My corporate look is polished but conservative. I might wear a bolder colour on the weekends, but at the office I go for a more understated look. No board meetings in Heroine l/s, Parrot or Electric Blue e/s, thanks.

I haven't cracked open the packaging so I could still give this to my daughter, but I really don't want to. MINE. I know I'll use it but of course I could have done without it.

Sigh. And here I was all proud of myself for getting rid of a whole palette.

Pics of it here: http://www.thesundaygirl.com/2014/02/clinique-neutral-territory-2-eyeshadow.html#.UwYTWBaQe8o
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It does look good... and better than the Naked(s). If you know you will use it a lot I think it would be a good investment.

Speaking of neutral palettes... here's the Estee Lauder summer one. Not to enable anyone to buy more, but maybe you we're planning on a Naked palette or any other neutral one, so you might like this one better, it has some of their gelee (?) e/s in it as well. Just going by the picture it's the best neutral one I've seen. (pic from Dustin's blog)

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IHughes

IHughes

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Well I had a 10 pound voucher running out in Space NK so I decided not to let it go to waste so I got two of the Houglass Ambient Blushes, Mood Exposure and Diffused Heat. I also bought some makeup remover as I ran out of it. I don't feel too bad though as I haven't bought much else and I haven't fallen for ANY mac collections yet!!
 
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Glitteryvegas

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Beautybuyer said:
I'm tempted to try HG but I feel like I would just be succumbing to the hype
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I just bought an ambient lighting powder and I love it. It basically melts right into my skin (I swear, NOT trying to enable!). It seems impossible to over apply it, which is good for me because I'm new to blush and highlighters. If you're interested, go swatch them in person to see what you think :) I know what you mean though - they are expensive and you don't want to regret 'buying into the hype' if there are products that will work better for you!
 
PixieDancer

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MAN!!! LOTS of ladies fell of the wagon today! LOL
I came to confess too... I finally finished my makeup organization today! Complete with my new Vanity Girl mirror and fully organized new elfa storage system. I was feeling very accomplished when Shellcat texted me about the HG blushes. I talked her down to only 2, but in the meantime felt the lemming overload and went online to grab Mood Exposure for myself. Poopie. Oh well, I knew I was going to get it. But had told myself to wait until the next sale. I guess we all had a "FREE DAY!" Now enough of that team LOW-BUY!! Back on track... I'm going to go slide my elfa drawers out and stare at my babies.... Chanting "LOW-BUY, LOW-BUY, LOW-BUY" all the way....
 
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Yazmin

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I did pop into Sephora today to swatch the Hourglass blushes again. Nope, they didn't swatch well enough for me to purchase again. I did grab a Clinique cheek pop in Berry Pop. I don't feel bad, though, since I plan to return a Becca Shimmering Perfector that I've never used since buying it during the last VIB sale.
 
novocainedreams

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PixieDancer said:
MAN!!! LOTS of ladies fell of the wagon today! LOL
I came to confess too... I finally finished my makeup organization today! Complete with my new Vanity Girl mirror and fully organized new elfa storage system. I was feeling very accomplished when Shellcat texted me about the HG blushes. I talked her down to only 2, but in the meantime felt the lemming overload and went online to grab Mood Exposure for myself. Poopie. Oh well, I knew I was going to get it. But had told myself to wait until the next sale. I guess we all had a "FREE DAY!" Now enough of that team LOW-BUY!! Back on track... I'm going to go slide my elfa drawers out and stare at my babies.... Chanting "LOW-BUY, LOW-BUY, LOW-BUY" all the way....
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I admit I made a *small* purchase last night from Fyrinnae...I was having a bad day/week and just kind of caved, and the rumors they might be closing for a while made me jump on buying a couple things. But still...sigh. I am still tempted by the HG blushes and the new OCC lip tars that came out but I am doing my best to wait for a sale. And in the meanwhile return the MAC PT MSF I bought to balance out my last purchase. For the most part I am still doing well....I really want to try the MELT lippies too but I told myself not until you de-stash more, so that's my goal now.
 
shellygrrl

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I photographed my collection last night as well as earlier this afternoon. In between last night and this afternoon I ended up either tossing things (a couple of lipsticks, a few lipglosses, a mascara that I don't like and will never use again) or setting things aside for sale or swap (other lipsticks that I don't think suit me or that I don't really like, a brow pencil that doesn't suit me, several brushes, etc.). Belated edit: I have a thread for my collection up now in the Traincase section. (And I still need to photograph my nail polishes!)
 
kanne

kanne

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Tom Ford just became available online in Australia.
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The good news is, I stopped bothering to read TF reviews after I visited one of the 2 counters in the entire fricken country and they had no stock, so I have no idea what I would actually want to buy anyway.
 
singer82

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I have not kept up with this thread wow. So many posts. I totally lost my spot. So I just read a couple pages. How is everyone with thier low buys?
 
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