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

[NaomiH]

I also wish there were more Satins! I was surprised to find out that Lustres and Frosts were the most common formula.

I really don't get the lustres bit at all, but that could be because I don't like them. Lol.

 

[veronikawithak]

Happy to report that I ordered my Hourglass blush palette that I've been lemming for months it feels like, and nothing else (except samples of course). I promise publicly that I will not buy anything else from Sephora until the sale. The one exception is if there's a Dual Intensity NARS palette and I'm stressed about it selling out.

I really don't get the lustres bit at all, but that could be because I don't like them. Lol.

I used to love them, still really like them but mostly for nude shades. They're just too high maintenance otherwise.

$21?!?! I think I'd have some kind of freak out. Lol

Yep.. I still placed an order though lol. I'll just be placing them very rarely.

 

[Naynadine]

Yep.. I still placed an order though lol. I'll just be placing them very rarely.

Enjoy! I'd love to know what you think of it.
I will probably have to wait till the end of Oct for it, I have to order it from the UK because we don't have Hourglass here. So I'm already annoyed having to pay for shipping, lol.

I forgot about another temptation... next month there's the Glamour Shopping Week I had been waiting for (it's 2x/year). I wanted to get a Shiseido mascara and not sure what else yet, but I think I have to decide between that or the Hourglass palette, I can't get both.

 

[kerry-jane88]

Looking at my list of purchases for September so far I've definitely gone over my goal of 8 makeup/beauty things per month. Tom ford blush duo Softcore Bareminerals ready veil light Bareminerals matte foundation fair Dr hauschka volume mascara pearl aranthacite Sigma brilliant and spellbinding palette Dr hauschka compact powder translucent Lush pooh stix bath bombs x3 Lush coconut deoderant Lush potion lotion 17 dolld up mascara brown Josie maran escape to Morocco set Lily lolo mineral foundation starter kit light Lily lolo mineral foundation candy cane sample Lily lolo mineral foundation porcelain sample Zoya nail polish sansa Crazy rumours root beer lipbalm Game of thrones etsy lipbalm Cheryl stormflower perfume Real techniques nice pics brush set So I'm trying to switch most of my beauty products to cleaner more natural alternatives. For my base I have been using mac msfn, but when I ordered it in the new packaging I noticed it contained dimethicone, which I'm trying to avoid daily use of. I had my friend wedding last weekend so then it was a bit of a.rush to try and find a decent alternative for my pale skin. The bareminerals seemed like they would be fine but when applied they were way too dark and even.the dr hauschka translucent powder was too yellow on me, so that's three things right there that I can't really use I ordered the Lily lolo kit and samples and I've started playing with those and I think the colours will be much more suitable, plus Lily lolo is like half the price of bareminerals! Do you ever feel like you're chasing the dragon!? It's like no that didn't work, that didn't work... I'm sick of it really it's almost enough to make me go back to what I'm used to using. Half the problem is that I'm so pale really I'm not even fussed about texture, appearance, wear time, i just want the.colour to match! It was my birthday last week so a few of these things were bought with birthday money but Ivery included them into my list as I was the one who chose to spend my birthday money on beauty! Birthday beauty gifts included: Sailor moon beauty powder Lush rosie gift set 3 concept eyes lip pigment x8 With lush hallowest and Christmas and mac holiday sets launching next month I definitely need to regroup!

 

[Audrey C]

Gorgeous engagement/wedding pics! Thank you for sharing.

I'm pleased to say that I've purchased one holiday set (UD Ten 24/7 - Ocho Loco 3 was always on my list), one sale kit (Tarte liner kit from last year that I missed), plan to buy the Tarte Lipsurgence set when it comes out (was always on my list)…and that's it.

There are quite a few e/s palettes coming out and I'm sure I'd like at least some of them, but I don't LOVE any of them. That's my new standard; if I'm going to add an e/s palette when I don't need any more e/s (3 MAC 15 pans with only a few empty slots, 2 Inglot 10 pans, UD Naked 3 and Electric, KVD Monarch and LM Artist Palette) then I have to absolutely adore it and it has to be markedly different from something I already have. That's a pretty high barrier.

I've purged a lot of my collection this year (a ridiculous amount really, when I look at what went BTM with little use) but I'm trying hard not to let myself do one out-one in at this point because I think it's artificial. I had way too many blush. I've bought five this year (two Hourglass and 3 MAC) that I love and got rid of at least 10. I still have way more than I need but at least I'm down to shades I actually enjoy wearing. I'm not going to replace the net difference because I'd be right back to where I was.

I'll probably stay around 25 lippies; that feels like a good number and allows me to have shades I only wear at certain times of the year. I've added more to this category this year than any other but did a lot of purging and actually finished 7-8 products as well so I'm slightly down from my beginning of year count.

I added Electric and Monarch this year and hadn't planned to; I justified it to myself by getting rid of all my single EDES that weren't pigmented enough for me and all the other shades I was meh about. I depotted the rest of my MAC singles into a new 15 pan and also added about five individual shades to those. That's turned out to be a better strategy for me than buying a whole new palette. I feel good about the shadows I have now and wear most of them regularly.

I'm not attracted by as much now because I love most of what's in my stash. I may trim a couple of purple lippies and get rid of another brighter coral that I've always been iffy about (it was a BTM anyway) and I'm considering letting go of a highlighter or two just because I don't need as many as I have, but otherwise I'm happy with where I am.

My word of caution for those purging one item every time they get a new one; that might be enough because it prevents your collections from growing, but it's not going to help anyone actually make their collection smaller nor is it going to stop overspending if that was occurring. If your goal is to just not grow your stash, it's great. If your goal is to prune your collection, stop buying all the new shiny items and to spend less on makeup, that approach may not achieve any of those goals.

I'll keep buying lipstick because I burn through them and am fine with wearing certain shades for a single season. I'll continue to buy e/s very selectively. Blush and highlighters don't tempt me as much now; I doubt that I'll ever buy a MSF again and am likely to get rid of the two I still have. I prefer a finer finish even if it's more expensive. I got rid of the blush I was iffy about and replaced them with the everyday more subtle shades I love but I have enough of those for a long time.

I no longer feel like I'm overbuying, so I've addressed my real concern although I definitely went over the 10 items I articulated at the beginning of the year.

 

[veronikawithak]

[@]kerry-jane88[/@] I hear you. I have a couple backups of my MSFN but if this new formula doesn't work for me I'm not sure what I'll do. I've been thinking of ordering some mineral samples from Alima Pure or another one of those minimal/natural brands, maybe this will be my push to finally do that. I think shipping to Canada is like $20. They do have a great color selection though and some brands even do custom color mixes.

 

[kerry-jane88]

[@]kerry-jane88[/@] I hear you. I have a couple backups of my MSFN but if this new formula doesn't work for me I'm not sure what I'll do. I've been thinking of ordering some mineral samples from Alima Pure or another one of those minimal/natural brands, maybe this will be my push to finally do that. I think shipping to Canada is like $20. They do have a great color selection though and some brands even do custom color mixes.

It's just added on so many purchases trying to find something suitable, and I'm bummed there's nothing really comparable to msfn in the natural makeup world it's mostly loose minerals. I'm happy the green makeup market is increasing, hey you never know maybe.one day I'll have my own natural cosmetics line and I'll name all the pale shades after my fellow pale specktra lovelies!

 

[veronikawithak]

[@]Audrey C[/@] Your holiday list is sensational.. and it's great that your love for the items you already have is stemming your desire for new things. I'm getting to that point too. I've replaced a lot of my stash this year with formulas and colors that actually work for me other than colors that were "must haves". I think part of my overshopping was that I wasn't really happy with what I had chosen. Chalked it up to a learning experience for someone new to makeup and have been better lately. I'm much more careful with bringing in powder products like blush and eyeshadow too and I think that's smart because they take so long to use up and as we've seen recently new formulas can just totally revolutionize the colors. Good point about purging too.. it can definitely create a false perception if you're not careful with it. I don't have much left to purge really.. just focusing on the using up part of the cycle. The only things I really should be purchasing are lipsticks and glosses because like you I actually go through those regularly. I'm sure I'll still try out new things, but I'm so much more careful. Really enjoyed reading how well you're doing! You've definitely done what you set out to do this year, regardless of whether you reached your exact number or not. Awesome job.

 

[veronikawithak]

It's just added on so many purchases trying to find something suitable, and I'm bummed there's nothing really comparable to msfn in the natural makeup world it's mostly loose minerals. I'm happy the green makeup market is increasing, hey you never know maybe.one day I'll have my own natural cosmetics line and I'll name all the pale shades after my fellow pale specktra lovelies!

I know.. it's like finding a needle in a haystack. PLEASE start a line.. I'll buy it. Lol.

 

[dodotheextinct]

@NaomiH Thank you!

Thought I'd share some random "pan porn" or in this case empty lipgloss tubes! This marks the halfway point in finishing my Deconstructed Rose set from Bite. I've started working on the two on the right as well.. so it looks like I'll be able to reach my goal of finishing the set before the end of the year. I don't know why looking at empty products is so satisfying or motivating, but it really is.

GREAT job! Keep it up only 6 left to go! That's amazing!

 

[shellygrrl]

FOTD... * It Cosmetics YSBB CC Cream - Fair * MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer - NW15 * NYC Smooth Skin Loose Powder - Translucent * MAC Eyeshadows - Mystery and Smut (brows) * Sonia Kashuk Brow Gel - Clear * NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base * Smashbox Eyeshadow - Vanilla * BareMinerals Flawless Definition Mascara - Black * MAC Blush - Strada * Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter - Sweet Tart

 

[Elba]

Hi ladies, I hope it's going well for y'all! Haven't checked in for some time, it seems I have some catching up to do! Anyways, I wanted to share a low-buy/shopping my stash success that I'm very proud of! I really liked the Amourous Adventure quad from ANR, even went to swatch it in the store and almost bought it... then I remembered that I already had black tied. And sable is permanent. So I went home without it, but had serious skipper's remorse. Was looking at swatches and looks and almost started hunting it down and getting it anyway... And then, in a stroke of genius :encore: I checked my stash for dupes... and found them!

Shades are cashmere (sable), mermaid (sex & the oyster, breathless (brawn) (all SMH) and black tied in and old palette. I don't know if they're perfect dupes since I don't have the original eyeshadows to compare, but it's good enough for me. Did a look with my "new quad" today and love it! And it makes me happier than if I had just gotten the palette, since there is no guilt for spending money/buying more stuff. And now I'll go cath up on the thread. Hugs for everyone who likes them.

 

[Rainbunny]

Hi ladies, I hope it's going well for y'all! Haven't checked in for some time, it seems I have some catching up to do! Anyways, I wanted to share a low-buy/shopping my stash success that I'm very proud of! I really liked the Amourous Adventure quad from ANR, even went to swatch it in the store and almost bought it... then I remembered that I already had black tied. And sable is permanent. So I went home without it, but had serious skipper's remorse. Was looking at swatches and looks and almost started hunting it down and getting it anyway... And then, in a stroke of genius :encore: I checked my stash for dupes... and found them!

Shades are cashmere (sable), mermaid (sex & the oyster, breathless (brawn) (all SMH) and black tied in and old palette. I don't know if they're perfect dupes since I don't have the original eyeshadows to compare, but it's good enough for me. Did a look with my "new quad" today and love it! And it makes me happier than if I had just gotten the palette, since there is no guilt for spending money/buying more stuff. And now I'll go cath up on the thread. Hugs for everyone who likes them.

Good for you, Elba! I think we can probably dupe almost every look they throw at us, if we put our mind to it! I did that myself with a Chanel quad I really coveted last spring, and when I put it together, decided the colours didn't really suit me. If I had bought the quad, it would have just languished in my stash. So instead of buying the fall collections, we can use them to update and inspire looks we can put together from what we already have.

 

[PeachTwist]

Made a relatively sizable purchase from Sephora, but I honestly don't feel too bad about it as I haven't been buying. I haven't been using either but, I feel like because I'm not going to extremes and I'm learning to not buy all the time or keep buying more once I've made an order it isn't *as* bad as I was. I just need to find the energy to organise the office/make-up room to get to where it can all be used.

 

[Alysse011]

I'm thinking of buying two of the NARS dual intensity shadows. I know there are rumors about a palette and I am admittedly really interested in that. But past nars palettes have had questionable pigmentation and the pans are so small. So I don't know. If I'm going to buy them I want to do it before triple points ends at Nordstrom. I need advice ladies!

 

[veronikawithak]

I need advice ladies!

For me, it's worth it to wait for the palette. The shadows are permanent and you could always catch another points promo at a later date. That being said I don't know what the quality or the size of the palette is.. but I'm still going to wait.

 

[janette9687]

I need advice ladies!

I think you should buy the singles you want, most likely its only a few of the ones you really want vs a palette of it prob containing one or 2 of the ones you want. Then you wont waste more money or get more than what you actually want.

 

[janette9687]

Gorgeous engagement/wedding pics! Thank you for sharing.

I'm pleased to say that I've purchased one holiday set (UD Ten 24/7 - Ocho Loco 3 was always on my list), one sale kit (Tarte liner kit from last year that I missed), plan to buy the Tarte Lipsurgence set when it comes out (was always on my list)…and that's it.

There are quite a few e/s palettes coming out and I'm sure I'd like at least some of them, but I don't LOVE any of them. That's my new standard; if I'm going to add an e/s palette when I don't need any more e/s (3 MAC 15 pans with only a few empty slots, 2 Inglot 10 pans, UD Naked 3 and Electric, KVD Monarch and LM Artist Palette) then I have to absolutely adore it and it has to be markedly different from something I already have. That's a pretty high barrier.

I've purged a lot of my collection this year (a ridiculous amount really, when I look at what went BTM with little use) but I'm trying hard not to let myself do one out-one in at this point because I think it's artificial. I had way too many blush. I've bought five this year (two Hourglass and 3 MAC) that I love and got rid of at least 10. I still have way more than I need but at least I'm down to shades I actually enjoy wearing. I'm not going to replace the net difference because I'd be right back to where I was.

I'll probably stay around 25 lippies; that feels like a good number and allows me to have shades I only wear at certain times of the year. I've added more to this category this year than any other but did a lot of purging and actually finished 7-8 products as well so I'm slightly down from my beginning of year count.

I added Electric and Monarch this year and hadn't planned to; I justified it to myself by getting rid of all my single EDES that weren't pigmented enough for me and all the other shades I was meh about. I depotted the rest of my MAC singles into a new 15 pan and also added about five individual shades to those. That's turned out to be a better strategy for me than buying a whole new palette. I feel good about the shadows I have now and wear most of them regularly.

I'm not attracted by as much now because I love most of what's in my stash. I may trim a couple of purple lippies and get rid of another brighter coral that I've always been iffy about (it was a BTM anyway) and I'm considering letting go of a highlighter or two just because I don't need as many as I have, but otherwise I'm happy with where I am.

My word of caution for those purging one item every time they get a new one; that might be enough because it prevents your collections from growing, but it's not going to help anyone actually make their collection smaller nor is it going to stop overspending if that was occurring. If your goal is to just not grow your stash, it's great. If your goal is to prune your collection, stop buying all the new shiny items and to spend less on makeup, that approach may not achieve any of those goals.

I'll keep buying lipstick because I burn through them and am fine with wearing certain shades for a single season. I'll continue to buy e/s very selectively. Blush and highlighters don't tempt me as much now; I doubt that I'll ever buy a MSF again and am likely to get rid of the two I still have. I prefer a finer finish even if it's more expensive. I got rid of the blush I was iffy about and replaced them with the everyday more subtle shades I love but I have enough of those for a long time.

I no longer feel like I'm overbuying, so I've addressed my real concern although I definitely went over the 10 items I articulated at the beginning of the year.

I need to purge my lipsticks as well, 25 would be an ideal number, i dont even wear lipstick on the daily so i need stop these differeant variations of one color.

 

[shellygrrl]

I'm having a concealer situation. (No, I haven't splurged on a bunch of concealers. Just having thinky thoughts.) So I love my MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer (rest in peace). However, I've been finding it's not always great for covering blemishes. So now I'm trying to work out what I want to do in that regard. (Which means possibly breaking my concealer no-buy, at some point.) Option 1: I also have OCC Skin Conceal in R0. It has a similar texture to SS, only with a little more thickness, but it is, oddly enough, way too light for concealing my blemishes. (That said, it does work well as a sheer cream foundation.) I could buy R1 or Y1 and mix. Option 2: Get MAC Studio Conceal and Correct palette in Light. Mix (N)W10 and NC15. Or (N)W10 and NW20. I'm also open to other ideas. At times like this, I wish I had better access to counters et al.

 

[PixieDancer]

At times like this, I wish I had better access to counters et al.

Hmmm? Well, do you like the OCC concealer? If so, mixing shades might be the way to go. You'd be using a product that currently doesn't work in the shade you have it in, hence using something you already have rather than buying a whole new product and letting the OCC one go to waste.
The MAC Palette would probably end up being something you can't get full use of.

I use 2 different concealers and shades too. I think that's normal. The concealer I use to conceal blemishes is too dry and thick to use under the eyes. But perfect for face coverage.