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

allthingsglam

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Quote:Originally Posted by LinenWhite7

So, at Ulta I picked up the new Too Faced A La Mode eye palette, Lorac Unzipped (this has been #1 on my wish list since I started the low-buy), and a skincare item. I redeemed points and with my coupon I only spent $63 - I had talked to my husband before I left and we agreed on $50 - $70 budget. So strange for me to discuss it beforehand and use debit instead of credit.

At Sephora, I want Naked 3 and Naked Skin foundation and possibly a Bite lipstick. I'm ok with just the foundation depending on budget.

Lastly I've got my eye on 3 items from Too Faced (the new Natural Eyes palette, and la creme lipsticks in Juicy Melons and Razzle Dazzle Rose). I have a 20% off code but we will see if I get cash or gift cards or what for my birthday, if anything. If I get a Sephora gift card I will get these items from Sephora instead.

I knew this buying session was coming - I have been planning for it since January. So I don't feel like I'm just buying and buying because of discounts.

From MAC, I'm allowing one item each from Patentpolish, Playland and one new blush (maybe Modern Mandarin from Tres Cheek). Skipping PS. Deep breaths about Alluring Aquatic... I'm a total ho for ED stuff. Hopefully the blushes are dupeable.


I bought Naked 3 last year and I decided to pull it out and play with the colors for the first time this week. So far I don't like it. The colors have to be packed on for me to see them on my lids. Either way I'm stuck with it so I gotta make it work. I'm going to try some primers to see which will work for me.
This had me laughing because my daughter brought the naked 3 palette and I'm like how are the colors and she keep saying I don't know I have not tried it yet I'm like for real u had it since last year Lmbo too funny
 

jennyap

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I bought some MAC stackable jars for my pigments, as well as Copperplate e/s. It was an eyeshadow that, for some reason, I started thinking about recently. I went swatch hunting and it's a colour that is very interesting, and it looks like it'll go very well with shadows I already have, and I don't have anything similar to it already. So yay! Also mulling over listing my Naked palette in my sell/swap post.
Copperplate is awesome. It's one of my most recent purchases (Dec or Jan, I think) and I don't know what I did without it. I use it all the time.
 

charlotte366

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JUST UPDATED FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS! Day 1: L'Oreal Extraordinaire Fushia Drama - A tad to bright/blue toned and very much a statement - great on days where my clothes are really classic and I want a statement, i like the formula it is staying. Day 2: MAC Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick - I don't wear this enough but I like it, going to keep for now and try to use more often. Day 3: Chanel Coco Rouge Shine in Romantic - An HG lippie, the perfect pink, bright enough to lift my face and give me colour without be over the top for work. This isn't that far from being finished and I wanted to repurchase, but only once i have been through all of my lippies and made sure I don't have anything like it. Day 4: Sleek Matte Me in Brink Pink - this went in the bin after - it is awful! It was too fluro for me and too drying I wiped it off before I even got to work! Day 5: Revlon Lip Butter in Wild Watermelon - I like this colour its a nice cross over, not too pink, not too red and not too orange. i like that it has no glitter and its a nice summer bright - keep pile Day 6: Revlon Lip Butter in Sorbet - LOVE, again a cream formula, no glitter/sparkle but nice and juicy looking, good staying power and leaves a nice stain. Keeping it! Day 7: Revlon Lip Butter in Sweet Tart - A more toned down version of Sorbet - again a nice cream, enjoyed wearing this, keeping it! Day 8: Revlon Lip Butter in Strawberry Shortcake - this one doesn't work too well on me its going in the disposal bag! The formula is again a cream, but its less juicy and more opaque, it clings to my dry bits in a way Sorbet and Sweet tart don't, also the colour is too baby pink with too much white in it, I don't think this works for me anymore, I prefer stronger colours with less white - this has gone in my disposal bag! Day 9: Revlon Lip Butter in Macaroon - this was my favorite originally, but now I think i prefer Sorbet and Sweet Tart ? I think it is a lovely colour, but this one has glitter in it, at the moment its staying, but tempted to move it to the disposal bag. A wait and see shade. Day 10: Revlon Lip Butter in Candy Apple - this is a stayer, again a clear juicy lip butter with no glitter, a very wearable red. its a a Keep. Day 11: Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Frutti - think this might be leaving, lovely formula just don't think the colour works on me :-( The orange just doesn't look that amazing on my skin tone, i want to love it but i don't, its in the dispose bag. Day 12: L'Oreal Extraordinaire Rose Symphony for a girls shopping day - swapped for Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in 707 empire for a date! The L'Oreal is a good every day colour, staying in the keep pile, these are lovely opaque glosses that leave a slight stain, nice than the YSL glossy stains in my opinion. The Chanel is a favourite formula of mine, wish they hadn't discontinued it. I have been rationing this, but now I am not going too, i love it and should use it more. Day 13: Bourjois Shine Edition in Famous Fushia - hot pink, my favourite colour at the moment - not sure this is as good as Revlon Sorbet though ? Not sure if the formula of these are as good as the Revlon lip butters ? Its a keep for the moment, but once the 30 days are up I intend to play it off against Sorbet and only keep the best one! Day 14: Revlon Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya My last lip butter! definately a better colour on me that Tutti Fruiti so I may keep this as a peachy lip option! After a Full day of wear I am now not so sure....thinking this can go peach and orange don't seem to be my colours! Currently sitting in the "to go bag" Day 15: Bourjois Shine Edition in 21 Rouge Making of - a gorgeous orange toned red, no glitter/shimmer I love it....more than Candy Apple from Day 10: its less muted but still wearable. Hmmm, I may give these too a face off along with Revlon LB in Sorbet and BSE in Famous Fushia. Day 16: L'Oreal Extraordinaire Molto Mauve - wearing exactly the same make up as yesterday apart from the lippie! Definitley a keeper. Very wearable and moisturising too after a whole days wear. Day 17: Bourjois Rouge Edition in 17 Rose Millesime - hmmm its ok, a coral pink no glitter or shimmer, a cream but not shiney. Bog standard really and so far it looks ok and feels ok on the lips, but it is just ok. Day 18: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Empire....I love this and can't believe Chanel discontinued the formula...sad face, but I need to use it up and its definitely a stayer in my collection. Day 19: Revlon Colourburst in Blush - on the to go pile, I didn't love the colour on me anymore too brown and I think it smells a tad funny so am saying TTFN to this one! Day 20: Bourjois Rouge Shine Edition in 1,2,3 soleil - Orange/pink coral, like the formula no glitter but still not sure this is the best colour for me, its staying for now. Day 21: Clinique chubby Stick Intense in Plushest Punch - I am wearing minimal eye make up at the moment due to awful hayfever, I am waiting for my drugs to take full effect which can take up to a week so I went for a strong berry pink lip to be a statement since my eyes are all naked :-( I like this its a sample size from a gift with purchase, I will definitely use it up, but I suspect that I won't rush to repurchase it! Only 9 days left to go! I am kind of looking forward to being finished so I can go through the bag of lippies to dispose of and see how many out of the 30 I am parting company with!! My stash is showing small signs of going in the right direction and heading towards my stash goals. I don't think I will get there anytime soon but progress is still a good thing particulary as I am only 2 months in! I will post a full update/revised inventory every 3 months in order to hold myself accountable to not only the stuff being purged but any new purchases coming so that they are recognised.
 

SleepingBeauty

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Day 1: MAC Hot Gossip Day 2: MAC Fanfare Day 3: Burt's Bees Tinted Lipbalm Pink Blossom Day 4: Burt's Bees Tinted Lipbalm Pink Blossom Day 5: Maybelline Blushing Beige Day 6: MAC On Hold Day 7: Astor Lip Butter Unguilty Pleasure Day 8: L'Oréal Extraordinaire Lipgloss Rose Finale Day9: MAC Viva Glam II I bought the VG online and didn't try it on, otherwise I would've seen that it's quite brownish on me. I'm wearing a pink lipliner underneath and a clear, rosy gloss over VGII. I think it can stay, though. I don't have many nude lipsticks.
 

NewChick10

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"30 Lipsticks in 30 Days" Updated List: Day 1: Mac Ravishing, cremesheen. I love the color and finish of the lipstick. Moisturizing on the lips Day 2: Mac RiRi Boy, retro matte. I love love love love this lipstick and the finish. Got many backups too. Drying on the lips. Day 3: Mac Hot Chocolate. I love this color and finish. Moisturizing on the lips Day 4 : Mac Runway Hit, Matte. Mac lied about this being a Matte I beg to differ. I want to love this lipstick but it’s just not working for me. Very drying, uneven and streaky looking. I do like the color but I can’t get it to work. I’m glad I finally pulled this lippie out to try but I am pissed that it does not work……… going to be even more pissed lol. Day 5: Mac Mehr, matte. I love this color and finish. No complaints about it. Day 6: Mac Riri Nude,retro matte. Its ok, I don’t think I would not purchase this color again. I love the finish of the lippie. It’s not bad but it is different enough to have. Moisturizing on the lips Day 7: Mac Bad Girl Riri – retro matte, love it, the color and finish. Moisturizing on the lips. Day 8: Revolon Colorburst in 001 Pink Truffle, love the color, very moisturizing and will repurchase. Day 9: Mac Betty Bright, satin, I love love this color lipstick and the finish. Moisturizing on the lips Day 10: Mac Kinda Sexy, matte, love the finish and color. Not drying on me or streaky. Not sure if I will repurchase this again. Day 11: Mac Mocha, satin. I love the feel of this finish. I like the color but I don’t think I will repurchase it again not that it is a bad color but I think I have similar colors. Day 12: L’Oreal Color Riche in 176 Sunset Angora , love it the finish and color and I will repurchase Day 13: L’Oreal Color Riche in Violet Chiffon, love it the finish and color and I will repurchase Day 14: Color Whisper in 30 Pin up Peach love it, moisturizing, I will repurchase it. Day 15: Color Whisper in 95 mad for Magenta its okay, moisturizing nothing bad to say about. The color is okay nothing exciting. I will not purchase again Day 16: Fergie WetnWild in Bebot Love, went on smooth and creamy, love it the finish and color and I will repurchase Day 17: Mac Velvet Teddy matte, went on smooth and creamy, The color is okay…. I won’t repurchase this again. Day 18: L’Oreal Color Riche in Rose Taffeta 174 love it the finish and color and I will repurchase Day 19: Mac Taupe matte, although it’s slightly more brown it reminds me too much of bgrr. I will not repurchase it Day 20: WetnWild 903C Just Peachy The color is okay, drying and patchy on me. I will not repurchase Day 21: Mac Flat out Fabulous, matte, went on smooth not that creamy but there was some moisture there. I had no idea this was going to look this lovely on me. It is a very vibrant color. I really love it and I can’t believe I let this little jewel sit in my makeup bin since last year. This challenge made me pull it out and give it a try and boy its lovely. The staying power is really long too.
 

mosha010

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I didn't update my lippy count over the weekend I've been all over the place but here it is 14: my first repeat with pink plaid and some nymphette 15: underage lipglass. It was Sunday :) then I went to sephora w my friend and ended up trying the lip stains which I must say are pretty good and I might consider this down the road since they're perfect for summer "I don't want to wear makeup but I want my lips to look pigmented"
 

DarylandCarole

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From Sephora I bought the UD Electric palette and a replacement brush for my Clarasonic. But I also bought 4 of the Patentpolish pencils last week. I have been spending too much lately on clothes and make-up. I have a bad habit of putting things on a credit card and ignoring the ever-higher balance. so I'm forcing myself to return some things. It's so hard to return something that I like and want to keep! Ugh. I will have to be careful not to get caught up in the Playland excitement. I am going to allow myself 3 items from it. I will be popping in here frequently for help maintaining. Can I come here when I'm desperately wanting to order clothes, too? I get in these moods and my common sense goes out the window.
 

mosha010

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I outright took my credit cards out of my wallet and just been paying them. So whenever I use my debit on makeups ( which I must say I've Been so so at, I've purchased but mostly things I needed and that covered gaps on my collection in terms of color etc) Anyway whenever I spend on makeup I force myself to pay the say Amount on one of the credit cards as well. So#1: it feels like I spent more therefore it hurts more and keeps me at bay lol And 2: I'm paying off my balance at the same time.
 

mosha010

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Day 16: soft sable with pink gloss. It gives off a nice mauvey color. Since it's a nasty rainy day out here, I will wear mauve in grievance of the sun. Makes no sense but I'm going w it
 

DarylandCarole

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I outright took my credit cards out of my wallet and just been paying them. So whenever I use my debit on makeups ( which I must say I've Been so so at, I've purchased but mostly things I needed and that covered gaps on my collection in terms of color etc) Anyway whenever I spend on makeup I force myself to pay the say Amount on one of the credit cards as well. So#1: it feels like I spent more therefore it hurts more and keeps me at bay lol And 2: I'm paying off my balance at the same time.
Great idea about paying on a card when you buy make-up! I will remember that. I never keep credit cards in my wallet. It worked before I started shopping online. Now, though, either my card info is saved on the site, or it's so easy to go get the card because I online shop from home. I am a true shopping addict. I tell myself that I can't buy anything for awhile and a few days later I see something that I just "have" to have. It makes me so happy to get the stuff delivered, too!
 

jennyap

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Quote:Originally Posted by mosha010

I outright took my credit cards out of my wallet and just been paying them. So whenever I use my debit on makeups ( which I must say I've Been so so at, I've purchased but mostly things I needed and that covered gaps on my collection in terms of color etc)
Anyway whenever I spend on makeup I force myself to pay the say Amount on one of the credit cards as well. So#1: it feels like I spent more therefore it hurts more and keeps me at bay lol
And 2: I'm paying off my balance at the same time.


That's a great idea! I'm lucky that we completely cleared all our CCs a couple of years ago, now we have it set to pay off the balance every month so we are really using it like a debit card. But if I had a balance your approach would be fantastic. I'm on day 26 of no purchases, and really feeling the need to splurge. I still want an Hourglass blush, a Clinique Pop blush, the new Mac 15 cool shadow palette, some of the Mineralize lippies, the new Dior fluid sticks.... But all those things are perm so I'm doing my best to hold strong until later in the year, because I know I want a ton of things from AA! I was thinking about getting some of the By Request collection, but having looked at dupes on Temptalia I think I'm ok to skip. Still thinking about Glam, but I don't want to pay postage (have to spend £30 to get it free here) so maybe not. Proenza I just want the pink blush - I don't actually have anything in that colour range if the pics we've seen are accurate, so that deals with a hole in my stash and a packaging lemming! Patentpolish I've decided to skip, Malifecent there's a slight chance I might want one l/s but I think I can probably skip that too. Playland might catch slightly me out as well, I think there might be a couple of lipsticks I want from that one. Overall not too bad from the upcoming collections we know about, but Alluring Aquatic is definitely where I will struggle the most. On the other hand we are a quarter of the way through the year and I've only used up 15% of my allowed purchases for the year, so maybe a splurge isn't the end of the world. Hopefully once I get to swatch stuff myself my list will get shorter too, it usually does.
 

charlotte366

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Quote:Originally Posted by kerry-jane88

So what are yous doing for your April challenges?

I quite like the considered purge idea so maybe I'll do that.


I am continuing with my 30 day lipstick challenge an I may extend it by another 30days so that i have been through pretty much all of my lippie stash, i.e hopefully by the end I will have purged it down to a reasonable level with items that work and I love. As of tomorrow I am also going to try the considered purge, my approach for April will be to tackle my foundations and concealers so I only keep what works well at the end of the month!
 

charlotte366

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Quote:Originally Posted by jennyap

Quote:Originally Posted by mosha010

I outright took my credit cards out of my wallet and just been paying them. So whenever I use my debit on makeups ( which I must say I've Been so so at, I've purchased but mostly things I needed and that covered gaps on my collection in terms of color etc)

Anyway whenever I spend on makeup I force myself to pay the say Amount on one of the credit cards as well. So#1: it feels like I spent more therefore it hurts more and keeps me at bay lol

And 2: I'm paying off my balance at the same time.




That's a great idea! I'm lucky that we completely cleared all our CCs a couple of years ago, now we have it set to pay off the balance every month so we are really using it like a debit card. But if I had a balance your approach would be fantastic.

I'm on day 26 of no purchases, and really feeling the need to splurge. I still want an Hourglass blush, a Clinique Pop blush, the new Mac 15 cool shadow palette, some of the Mineralize lippies, the new Dior fluid sticks....

But all those things are perm so I'm doing my best to hold strong until later in the year, because I know I want a ton of things from AA!

I was thinking about getting some of the By Request collection, but having looked at dupes on Temptalia I think I'm ok to skip. Still thinking about Glam, but I don't want to pay postage (have to spend £30 to get it free here) so maybe not.

Proenza I just want the pink blush - I don't actually have anything in that colour range if the pics we've seen are accurate, so that deals with a hole in my stash and a packaging lemming!

Patentpolish I've decided to skip, Malifecent there's a slight chance I might want one l/s but I think I can probably skip that too.

Playland might catch slightly me out as well, I think there might be a couple of lipsticks I want from that one.

Overall not too bad from the upcoming collections we know about, but Alluring Aquatic is definitely where I will struggle the most. On the other hand we are a quarter of the way through the year and I've only used up 15% of my allowed purchases for the year, so maybe a splurge isn't the end of the world. Hopefully once I get to swatch stuff myself my list will get shorter too, it usually does.


I froze my emergency credit card and cut the other one up, its harder to use when its in 9 pieces. Now everything I buy is with cash and that makes me happy!
 

Audrey C

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Just a warning; while my eyes are just fine today someone posted on another thread that they should have done a spot test because one of the UD Electric shades labelled not for eye use made their lids red. Either they didn't bother me because I sheered the shades out or my Canadian eyelids are just that awesome, but some colours bother some people so do be careful !
 

kerry-jane88

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Just had a brainwave! EYEMAZING APRIL! Eyeshadow/eyeliner challenge. A big one for me as I usually just wear mascara. Considered purge here I come!!
 

charlotte366

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Help ladies I need a decision I can't decide whether to pull the trigger on this purchase it's not make up! It's fun and different and I can't wear lime clothes or make up due to my skin tone but I could get away with this... http://www.modalu.com/shop/pippa-bags-handbags/mini-pippa-grab-lime-lizard.html Thoughts please? I really don't know what to do!
 

Audrey C

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Help ladies I need a decision I can't decide whether to pull the trigger on this purchase it's not make up! It's fun and different and I can't wear lime clothes or make up due to my skin tone but I could get away with this... http://www.modalu.com/shop/pippa-bags-handbags/mini-pippa-grab-lime-lizard.html Thoughts please? I really don't know what to do!
You can get away with carrying a purse of any colour IMO. Having said that, it's way more than I would ever spend on a purse. I kill them too quickly. When in doubt with an expensive splurge...wait. There will be something else you LOVE later.
 

Naynadine

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Thoughts please? I really don't know what to do!
I think it's a cute bag, but the colour is very seasonal IMO. Not that you can't wear it in fall/winter, but you might get tired of the colour. I know that's what always happens to me when I buy trendy things and not classic styles or colours. I'm thinking ''OMG, this is so cool!'' and months later I'm like: ''WTH was I thinking?''
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I bought a (cheap) neon lime shopper bag. Haven't used it once, lol.
 
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