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

[charlotte366]

You ladies are doing well in maintaining control this week over the new pending launches, i am proud!

I watched Pinksofoxy's new video last night and some mentioned a couple of days ago about doing a challenge, I am commiting to a pan challenge from 1 October to the end of the year to see just what I can use up again, I started off the year quite well, but fell off the use it up bandwagon in the middle of the year whilst I was accessing what to keep and what to toss in my stash.

I have selected 10 make up items, some perfume, skincare, haircare and body care to use before christmas, if I manage to use up everything in a category before Christmas I will add something new in. I am not banning anything new or restricting myself to just this items, but I want these to be my focus particularly the make up, it doesn't include any eyeshadow so I can vary my look with that and blush, but I really want to focus on using up my oldest lip product!

Makeup:

1. NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Primer - its nearly done, I bought a replacement last week
2. NARS Creamy Concealer Vanilla - approx 50% left
3. Clinique High Impact Extreame Volume Mascara - nearly done
4. Soap & glory Kick Ass concealer Light - 70% left
5. MAC MSF Natural in Light - I can see a dime size bit of pan already which is spurring me on!
6. NARS Sheer Glow Foundation Sample - Don't love it, need to use it up and move on!
7. L'Oreal Brown Pencil - 50% left
8. Chanel Graphite eyeliner - 60% left
9. MAC To Swoon For Lipstick (This is from Holiday 2008 Adoring Carmine - so really needs finishing!!!)
10. MAC Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick

Perfume:

1. Ghost Deep Night
2. Laura Mercier Almon Coconut

Skincare:

1. Clarins HydraQuench Moisturiser - 10% left
2. First Aid Beauty Radience Pads - 10 pad left
3. Balancing Me Hydrating Mist - 60% left
4. LRP Miceller Water - 30% left
5. Sarah Chapman Cleansing Balm - 50% left
6. Sarah Chapman Overnight Facial - 70% left
7. Superfacialist by Una Brennan Vit C Cleansing Oil - 20% left

Haircare:

1. Charles Worthington Intensive Conditioning Balm - 30% left
2. It's a 10 Keratin Leave in conditioner - 50% left

BodyCare:

1. Shower gel
2. Shower gel
3. Shower gel
4. Body Scrub
5. Nivea Body Lotion
6. Eucerin Body Lotion
7. Garnier Body Lotion

 

[Sandy072]

You all have had progress and great ideas lately! Too many to quote. Someone had mentioned making a fall quad to focus on using certain colors... I ended up filling a small z palette with some staples and some great colors I never use but should (star violet, cranberry, sumptuous olive, mythology). I'm only using that palette plus naked basics and so far so good! I've been enjoying coming up with fall looks and using shadows I've been neglecting. It's so easy to slip into my go-to light lid (naked lunch usually) with soft brown and Swiss chocolate or another brown in the crease. Yay for variety! I also updated the rest of the makeup I keep in a decorative container on my vanity as the only stuff I should reach for which is helping me revisit blushes I've neglected like the Rihanna bad girl gone good, nars sin, and doucouer. The three of them cover all bases and I haven't needed to reach for anything else. I'm going to aim to use these shadows and blushes till end of October then swap some new stuff in I like what everyone's been saying about assessing holiday palettes. I HAD TO HAVE the tarte blush palette last year and I rarely use it. I find them scary because they are so pigmented I have to be careful, and the colors are fine but nothing that knocks my socks off. So I learned my lesson there. The Lorac mega is tempting me so I'm hoping the reviews are lackluster so I can more easily skip it. Other than that, most things really seem skippable. One lipstick from matte collection seems interesting but I have similar shades from the drugstore so I do not NEED it and I'm not buying it. Trying to have the same mantra with the heirloom collection but I have trouble resisting sparkles ... And that packaging ... !!' When vice 3 was announced I decided it was time to really try my vice 2 out, and you know what? I found UD shadows just don't do it for me. Even with primer potion they were faded at the end of the day, while my mac shadows stay on much better. So toodles to vice 3 and whatever other possible temptations from UD shadows. Thanks to everyone for sharing their ideas and progress and struggles, I read this thread every few days and it is so helpful!

 

[veronikawithak]

Yay [@]charlotte366[/@]! I love using things up. I'm working on Chanel Boy and MAC Deelight lipgloss now and once those are done I'll pick another two to go through. [@]Sandy072[/@] Fantastic progress! Those are all awesome shadows for Fall! Good idea to use them with the Naked Basics. Reminds me I need to get on using the eyeshadows I picked out.. I'm so bad with actually using them and I need to figure out why.

 

[Sandy072]

Yay [@]charlotte366[/@]! I love using things up. I'm working on Chanel Boy and MAC Deelight lipgloss now and once those are done I'll pick another two to go through. [@]Sandy072[/@] Fantastic progress! Those are all awesome shadows for Fall! Good idea to use them with the Naked Basics. Reminds me I need to get on using the eyeshadows I picked out.. I'm so bad with actually using them and I need to figure out why.

I forget .. What colors did you pick out? Maybe some of us can help recommend combos. I started layering some - mythology felt a little too orange for what I wanted yesterday so I put a little Venus from the naked palette over the inner third of my lid and it transformed it. Also helps use things up! I should try adding gloss or lipstick to my "use only" pile but I have so many I like right now. Forgot to mention I did add a Maybelline matte and a few limited edition wet n wild to my collection recently.. And some nyx liners.. When things are cheap I feel less guilty .. But in return I need to use things up or purge things that aren't working for me. Milani sangria for example.. Had it over a year.. Rarely wear it.. So patchy. Why don't I toss it ???!

 

[janette9687]

Regarding upcoming Holiday sets... I think it's really important to keep ourselves focused on the big picture. After all it doesn't matter how good the value is if we won't use the products or half the items aren't colors we enjoy. Try to divide the cost between the items in the set(s) that you'll actually see yourself finishing. Be brutally honest. THEN decide if it's still such a great "deal!" Personally, I'm skipping most Holiday sets this year. I will get a balm set from Sephora (Jack Black or Fresh) simply because I use these a ton and they are rather pricey individually. Tarte blush palette was tempting me, but I'm skipping for the HG Blush palette. NO eyeshadow palettes. Allowing myself 1 pigment set from MAC. NO gloss sets. NO glosses for me PERIOD until I use up a few more I have open. Don't think the Holiday period will be too tough for me.  Stay strong ladies. Remember, this started as a RESOLUTION thread for the New Year... We've all had ups and downs along the way. But let's ALL try to finish strong and focused!

I need to remember this! Because I've done really great this whole year not buying collection after collection I'm really proud that I have been able to go thru my stash and condense as I get new purchases and I'm more conscious of what I buy and use. For the holidays I have been debating the HG palette but in the wait for it I slipped and got the HSN Benefit Holiday blush palette Quote: Originally Posted by Vineetha View Post OMGG!!I have so wished for this kind of palette from Benefit for so longgg! Finally!!!! http://iconosquare.com/viewer.php#/detail/818088392455543870_175907998 I already have Rock blush and i love it, so I set it aside to give away if i have a smaller one, and since I got taupe and love the subtle contour it gives me I set aside my Bobbi brown and Too Faced chocolate matte bronzers that barely been touched. Sometimes I debate those too because the BB is more red based and gives such a good natural bronzed look, but to be honest i rarely bronze or contour. I wish I could just get smaller deluxe size makeup products instead. So now Im debating if I even should get the HG blush palette, I love the formula but i feel like i have every blush option i could possibly need. Now with the matte collection coming i am wanting 3 lippies from there (SIS, Pander me, and now NV) Pink lippies are very had for me I go on this endless search for a warm lighter pink and i feel like I may like this one, ugh decisions, I have already gone to check and i have Givenchy rose dressing, mac haute attitude and mac please me, took out please me put it in the giveaway box because its a very drying matte. i really need to just go home and start sorting thru my lipsticks again. I think I would really like to get down to 30, that would be a nice variety. Ive also been lemming the Makeup geek es and some BB es. I am just such a sucker for matte browns, especially the olive tones ones. I decided that I wont buy any until i have gone thru some and in need of replacing after all they're not LE. last dilemma was the Heirloom collection pigment set, I have decided to only get the pink one, that i also have to sort through my pigment vials see which would realistically actually ever get any use in the future. heres to staying strong!

 

[veronikawithak]

They were Sumptuous Olive, Antiqued, Amber Lights and Coppering. It's not so much finding combinations (although of course I'd welcome any suggestions) as it is just sheer laziness. Now that I'm back in school and working I don't have much time to sit down and do eyeshadow and when I do it's not the first thing I want to do. We'll see how it goes! Ps. Toss it! You'll feel so much better. It already wasted your money.. that can't be helped. Don't let it waste your time, energy, thoughts, and space too! I decided to skip RHPS. I had the lipstick in the cart and then I just put my phone down and walked away for a second. When I took it out again I closed the window. Really it's not something I'm going to wear everyday, I have one vampy lipstick and that's enough for me right now, I have enough lipsticks to last me several years, etc. Most importantly, I can still love the movie and not have to get something from this collection! It's not like the movie loving police are going to arrest me if I didn't get a souvenir to mark the collaboration. Am I going to get $24 (with tax) worth from it? Doubtful. It's not like it'll be a display item or conversation piece in my home and when people come over I'll show it to them and they'll get all excited. I might take it out and admire it by myself every once in a while.. for what, $2 a viewing until the novelty is gone? And really if I want to remember the movie.. I'll just WATCH the actual MOVIE. Which is free! Sorry for the bit of a rant there but I needed to say that to myself!

 

[janette9687]

They were Sumptuous Olive, Antiqued, Amber Lights and Coppering. It's not so much finding combinations (although of course I'd welcome any suggestions) as it is just sheer laziness. Now that I'm back in school and working I don't have much time to sit down and do eyeshadow and when I do it's not the first thing I want to do. We'll see how it goes! Ps. Toss it! You'll feel so much better. It already wasted your money.. that can't be helped. Don't let it waste your time, energy, thoughts, and space too! I decided to skip RHPS. I had the lipstick in the cart and then I just put my phone down and walked away for a second. When I took it out again I closed the window. Really it's not something I'm going to wear everyday, I have one vampy lipstick and that's enough for me right now, I have enough lipsticks to last me several years, etc. Most importantly, I can still love the movie and not have to get something from this collection! It's not like the movie loving police are going to arrest me if I didn't get a souvenir to mark the collaboration. Am I going to get $24 (with tax) worth from it? Doubtful. It's not like it'll be a display item or conversation piece in my home and when people come over I'll show it to them and they'll get all excited. I might take it out and admire it by myself every once in a while.. for what, $2 a viewing until the novelty is gone? And really if I want to remember the movie.. I'll just WATCH the actual MOVIE. Which is free! Sorry for the bit of a rant there but I needed to say that to myself!

the reds were very lovely in this collection, i actually stalked because i was up, I work nights but this was very familiar to the Marylin Monroe lippies, a dark, a yellow tones, a bright red and a deep plum one. I actually debated it, but then i realized i have 6 version of red i really should get thru. haha

 

[crystalzi]

I'm so sad I couldn't pick up something from rhps. I even had sin in my cart, and turned off the computer. Then I read the studded kiss set is out aaaahhh! So hard. so to cheer myself up I went through my makeup and put aside 12 ancient Mac things I just had sitting there for years because they were "collectibles". A couple Barbie glosses, some dried out gel liners, a heatherette gloss, etc. I plan to b2mac for sin and maybe cyber.

 

[PixieDancer]

Effectively SKIPPED RHPS! And B2M'd today for Sin. Mission Accomplished!

 

[awickedshape]

The temptation was great but I'm relieved that I skipped RHPS, too.

 

[Maris Crane]

I think I was pretty darn good in regards to RHPS. Order ended up with only one of the lipsticks - Frank-N-Furter. Skipped Sin as it's perm and I know I'd get hardly any use out of it. I have enough for one B2MAC so if I'm that desperate, I'll back to MAC for it. / I did get a backup #224 and some cleansing oil as I have none left, I use my one #224 ALL. THE. TIME. and it got me free shipping. But only one item bought this month (the lipstick) so I'm pretty pleased. I think if I avoid makeup until the end of the month and allow myself one or two treats, that may be a good Low Buy option or schedule for me.

 

[janette9687]

I bought the HG palette today... X( but have already mentally gone through my blush stash and gotten rid of 3 blushes to be replaced by the palette. I hope I like the palette and it shows up on me... I have to officially put myself on a no blush buy!

 

[mel33t]

@veronikawithak @PixieDancer @Audrey C Thank you guys so much for the suggestions on ideas for the 30-Day challenge. I think I'm going to do a focus on palettes. I'm going to rotate a few palettes, duos, and quads and see what I really use and like, and what I don't. My rules are: 1) palettes must be used three times without repeating colors 2) quads must be used 2x with two noticeably different looks 3) duos can be used along with another duo or single, but cannot repeat colors. So today I've started with my LORAC pro and I used a few colors already. I can't repeat them, so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out! Good job everyone on yesterday and being level headed with RHPS. Is anyone planning to get the LORAC mega or mattes??

 

[Ajigglin]

They were Sumptuous Olive, Antiqued, Amber Lights and Coppering. It's not so much finding combinations (although of course I'd welcome any suggestions) as it is just sheer laziness. Now that I'm back in school and working I don't have much time to sit down and do eyeshadow and when I do it's not the first thing I want to do. We'll see how it goes! Ps. Toss it! You'll feel so much better. It already wasted your money.. that can't be helped. Don't let it waste your time, energy, thoughts, and space too! I decided to skip RHPS. I had the lipstick in the cart and then I just put my phone down and walked away for a second. When I took it out again I closed the window. Really it's not something I'm going to wear everyday, I have one vampy lipstick and that's enough for me right now, I have enough lipsticks to last me several years, etc. Most importantly, I can still love the movie and not have to get something from this collection! It's not like the movie loving police are going to arrest me if I didn't get a souvenir to mark the collaboration. Am I going to get $24 (with tax) worth from it? Doubtful. It's not like it'll be a display item or conversation piece in my home and when people come over I'll show it to them and they'll get all excited. I might take it out and admire it by myself every once in a while.. for what, $2 a viewing until the novelty is gone? And really if I want to remember the movie.. I'll just WATCH the actual MOVIE. Which is free! Sorry for the bit of a rant there but I needed to say that to myself!

Lmao @ "the movie loving police." Skipped RHPS as I said I would. How did it go once it finally went up? Everything sold out yet?

 

[PixieDancer]

I bought the HG palette today... X( but have already mentally gone through my blush stash and gotten rid of 3 blushes to be replaced by the palette. I hope I like the palette and it shows up on me... I have to officially put myself on a no blush buy! 

I ordered mine today too. Was gonna hold out for the sale. But you know it won't last for more than a sec & I don't want that stress. I'll be honest... Can't wait to get it!

@veronikawithak @PixieDancer @Audrey C Thank you guys so much for the suggestions on ideas for the 30-Day challenge. I think I'm going to do a focus on palettes. I'm going to rotate a few palettes, duos, and quads and see what I really use and like, and what I don't. My rules are: 1) palettes must be used three times without repeating colors 2) quads must be used 2x with two noticeably different looks 3) duos can be used along with another duo or single, but cannot repeat colors. So today I've started with my LORAC pro and I used a few colors already. I can't repeat them, so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out! Good job everyone on yesterday and being level headed with RHPS. Is anyone planning to get the LORAC mega or mattes??

Yay Palette Challenge buddy! Your rules are a lot like mine. As for the Lorac Mega Pro... This challenge paired w the new BS Palette that snuck into my stash has forced me to reevaluate that lemming big time! I'm passing on that one. I have more eyeshadows than I could ever use as it is. I will get 2 maybe 3 from mattes. But the 3rd spot is very iffy at this point. Share your palette details here! And good luck possibly resisting the Lorac pro & hoarding mattes!

 

[PixieDancer]

Palette Challenge Update: Used Naked 1 today. I definitely DONT need the Lorac Mega Pro I was gonna get. THAT is clear! This palette challenge put that lemming to rest BIG TIME! I'm still a little upset w myself for getting BS palette... But I'm getting over that! Heehee

 

[veronikawithak]

I'm planning on skipping everything until the Sephora sale next month. I haven't purchased anything since the blush palette 2 weeks ago and I want to keep the momentum going. Exception: NARS Dual Intensity palette. If it comes out before then, I like all of the shades, and the price isn't astronomical.. I don't think I'll be able to resist.

 

[Jennifae]

Here's my September update: I went to a CCO a couple of weeks ago and only bought 3 things: EL Peach Nuance Blush MAC Moss Scape Paint Pot MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer I wanted to skip RHPS, but I caved in and ordered FrankNFurter, Oblivion, and Strange Journey. (Confession: I panicked and bought 2 FnF. *hangs head in shame*) I did manage to skip Artificially Wild, The Simpsons, VGR2, and Brooke Shields. As far as decluttering goes, it's still a work in progress. I tossed 14 lipsticks and 4 blushes into my "it's gotta go" bag.

 

[shellygrrl]

I think I'm going to do a focus on palettes. I'm going to rotate a few palettes, duos, and quads and see what I really use and like, and what I don't. My rules are: 1) palettes must be used three times without repeating colors 2) quads must be used 2x with two noticeably different looks 3) duos can be used along with another duo or single, but cannot repeat colors. So today I've started with my LORAC pro and I used a few colors already. I can't repeat them, so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out!

Good call! :cheer:

Is anyone planning to get the LORAC mega or mattes??

No. Pre-made eyeshadow palettes are a no-go for me these days, and MAC's matte lipstick formula and I, as it turns out, don't get along too well. Way too dry on my lips. I have to do serious prep for it to work. (A few days ago I asked in the B2M thread about whether or not anyone has successfully sent back an unfinished lippie when doing online B2M. Because as much as I love the colour of Instigator, I don't like the matte formula. If I can B2M it, I'd get something in a regular formula I love/prefer.)

I'm planning on skipping everything until the Sephora sale next month. I haven't purchased anything since the blush palette 2 weeks ago and I want to keep the momentum going. Exception: NARS Dual Intensity palette. If it comes out before then, I like all of the shades, and the price isn't astronomical.. I don't think I'll be able to resist.

That'll likely be when I (finally!) get the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette: during the sale.

 

[SleepingBeauty]

@Yazmin Wow, that guy sounds great! It's hard to find a gentleman who has enough courage to ask a woman out. My fingers are crossed for you! It's always great to meet new people even if it's not enough for a relationship.


So, I'm sick and tired of makeup these days. I've lost interest and I've been selling my makeup like crazy the past few weeks. I'm only keeping a few items that I know work on me. The last purchase I made was Velvet Teddy last week or so but I've wanted it for so long, so that's okay. My skin has never ever been oily (except for when I was in puberty but I guess that's normal) but right now it's acting up! My foundation which has always worked for me (Studio Fix Fluid) now looks horrible on my face - it looks super cakey - and it gets oily after an hour or so. I got off the pill a few weeks ago so I think that's the reason. I have to find out what to do about my skin. It's not that I get acne or something else - it's just that my skin looks horrible when I wear makeup at the moment. Really cakey and oily and urgh... Another reason for my lack of interest in makeup is that I work early shifts quite often. When I start work at 7 am I don't wanna get up way earlier to do my makeup 'cause I know I'll look terrible a few hours later anyway, so I'd rather spend those extra minutes in bed and just put on some powder and mascara. So yeah... I'm not enjoying my makeup at all right now. I'm not even up to date when it comes to new collections.