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

[janette9687]

Sooo it all started by tracking my purchases from last this years MAC collections. OMG I am so proud of myself b/c this year compared to 2013 is a major makeover. I think 2013 it felt like i was competing with the whole world to get my purchases online b/c i was overseas without a MAC store, so its a bunch of blindly impulse limited edition item buying.

I then decided to go back further and i went as far as when i first started to pay attention to mac collections which was around 2008. Thank goodness for my OCD and awesome memory that i remember lol so 2008, 2009 were the days that i bought maybe from a collection or 2. 2010 I was deployed in Afghanistan so my interest in makeup wasnt as extensive but i still looked at launches but didnt buy much. Same with 2011. Now 2012 was the year I left to live in Japan and i think this is where it all started. I was away, bored no major stores so of course I shopped. Problem was I didnt wear it enough to actually be worth buying.

Now 2013, I was in Hawaii and then went back to Japan, whoa this is where my purchases blew up! I bought from almost every collection, I think thats why I realized I needed to really take a look at my purchases and compare them to my actual tastes and what i wear. im going to post the lists its going to be a long post but im just in awe after a whole years look in mac collection purchases. I am so glad we did this ladies. This has helped me put things in perspective about

1) what makeup means to me
2) what i actually wear
3) the emotional attachment i had for LE items
4) the amount of purchases i was making

so here it goes:
2013
JANUARY

• Nothing

FEBRUARY
Archie's Girls: Betty and Veronica Collection

• Flatter Me powder-gave away
• Ronnie Red ls
• Betty Bright ls
• Daddys Lil Girl ls

MARCH

• Nothing

APRIL
Fashion Sets Collection

• Ablaze- gave away
• Silly-gave away
• Embrace me- kept

In Extra Dimension Collection

• Double Definition - returned
• Shape The Future – gave away
• Zestful - kept
• Opalesse - kept
• Triple Impact - kept
• Smoky Mauve – rec’d in swap-gave away
• Flaming Chic – gave away
• Bareness - kept
• At Dusk - kept
• Fiery Impact – gave away
• Blazing Heat - kept

MAY
Art of the Eye Collection (MAC Online, MAC PRO Stores Only)

• Parrot e/s - kept
• Banafsaj e/s – in maybe list

RiRi MAC Collection

• Riri woo- kept

Temperature Rising Collection

• Feel my pulse ls- returned
• Caliene- rec’d in swap- gave away
• Ripe for Love- getting rid of
• Soft serenaded- returned
• Bare my soul- rec;d swap- gave away
• Temp rising quad- rec;d in swap- gave away
• Hot night blush- gave away
• Strobe liquid- returned

JUNE
All About Orange Collection

• Tarte & Trendy - sold
• Neon Orange – back t mac- gave away
• Flamingo –returned
• Sushi Kiss - sold
• Sweet & Sour – sold
• Royal Sunset – gave away
• Honey Jasmine – gave away
• Immortal Flower – bought in cco- gave away

RiRi MAC Summer Collection (MAC Online Only)

• Riri boy-kept
• Heaux- kept

Tropical Taboo Collection

• Adored msf- gave away
• Rio- gave away
• Lust- sold
• 159 brush- kept

JULY

• Nothing

AUGUST

• Nothing

SEPTEMBER
Retro Matte Collection

• Lipstick
  Relentlessly Red - returned
  Flat Out Fabulous - returned
  Runway Hit – kept, returned back up
  Fixed On Drama – in out box
  PLWLP- debating these
• Shock Value
• Dynamo
• Fashion Boost

OCTOBER
RiRi MAC Fall Collection

• Hibiscus kiss-returned
• Diamonds ccb- returned
• Bad girl gone good blush- gave away
• Talk that talk ls/lp- kept
• Riri woo lp- kept
• Riri nude- kept

Divine Night: Colour Collection

• Private Party ls- kept
• Exclusive event- returned
• Talk the town blush- returned
• Lavish loving-returned

Divine Night: Sets Collection

• Cremesheen Glass Art of Seduction – gave away
  Lipstick Dark Deed -kept
  Lip Pencil Vino- gave away
• All pigment sets

NOVEMBER

• Nothing

DECEMBER
RiRi MAC Holiday Collection

• Pleasure bomb ls- kept
• Bad girl riri ls- kept

Magnetic Nude Collection

• Pleasure model-kept
• Autoerotique- kept
• Magnetic Appeal- returned
• Fairly Precious- kept
• A natural flirt es- rec’d swap=gave away
• Sweet heat-kept
• Silver dawn- kept- might give away
• Ampurous alloy- rec;d swap- may give away

Punk Couture Collection

• Punk Couture- returned
• Instigator-kept
• Haute couture- returned
• Studded kiss- returned

​Now 2014
JANUARY

• Nothing

FEBRUARY
A Fantasy of Flowers Collection

• rec’d Perfect Topping in swap

MARCH

• Other

• Lime crime pink velvetine
• Liners, wicked, salem

APRIL

• Nothing

MAY
Alluring Aquatic Collection –

• seduced at sea blush- getting rid of
• sea me hear me blush- getting rid of
• Delphic ED bronzer
• Enchanted one l/s

JUNE

• Nothing

JULY

• Nothing

AUGUST

• Nothing

SEPTEMBER
Artificially Wild Collection

• natural wilderness e/s
• pink cult blush
• taupe blush

OCTOBER
The Matte Lip Collection

• Styled in Sephia
• Pander Me
• Other- Hourglass Blush Palette, Benefit Blush palette

NOVEMBER

• Nothing

DECEMBER

• Nothing

 

[tirurit]

Wow amazingly organized!

 

[mauu]

Sooo it all started by tracking my purchases from last this years MAC collections. OMG I am so proud of myself b/c this year compared to 2013 is a major makeover. I think 2013 it felt like i was competing with the whole world to get my purchases online b/c i was overseas without a MAC store, so its a bunch of blindly impulse limited edition item buying.

...

Wow, you really slowed down this year. Well done! You can be proud of yourself. Keep it up!

It's a great idea to look back on your purchases and reflect on what were hits and misses or what's still laying around unopened. I still have unopened items from January 2014, for example... Not good.

 

[Audrey C]

Sooo it all started by tracking my purchases from last this years MAC collections. OMG I am so proud of myself b/c this year compared to 2013 is a major makeover. I think 2013 it felt like i was competing with the whole world to get my purchases online b/c i was overseas without a MAC store, so its a bunch of blindly impulse limited edition item buying.

I then decided to go back further and i went as far as when i first started to pay attention to mac collections which was around 2008. Thank goodness for my OCD and awesome memory that i remember lol so 2008, 2009 were the days that i bought maybe from a collection or 2. 2010 I was deployed in Afghanistan so my interest in makeup wasnt as extensive but i still looked at launches but didnt buy much. Same with 2011. Now 2012 was the year I left to live in Japan and i think this is where it all started. I was away, bored no major stores so of course I shopped. Problem was I didnt wear it enough to actually be worth buying.

Now 2013, I was in Hawaii and then went back to Japan, whoa this is where my purchases blew up! I bought from almost every collection, I think thats why I realized I needed to really take a look at my purchases and compare them to my actual tastes and what i wear. im going to post the lists its going to be a long post but im just in awe after a whole years look in mac collection purchases. I am so glad we did this ladies. This has helped me put things in perspective about

1) what makeup means to me
2) what i actually wear
3) the emotional attachment i had for LE items
4) the amount of purchases i was making

so here it goes:
2013
JANUARY

• Nothing

FEBRUARY
Archie's Girls: Betty and Veronica Collection

• Flatter Me powder-gave away
• Ronnie Red ls
• Betty Bright ls
• Daddys Lil Girl ls

MARCH

• Nothing

APRIL
Fashion Sets Collection

• Ablaze- gave away
• Silly-gave away
• Embrace me- kept

In Extra Dimension Collection

• Double Definition - returned
• Shape The Future – gave away
• Zestful - kept
• Opalesse - kept
• Triple Impact - kept
• Smoky Mauve – rec’d in swap-gave away
• Flaming Chic – gave away
• Bareness - kept
• At Dusk - kept
• Fiery Impact – gave away
• Blazing Heat - kept

MAY
Art of the Eye Collection (MAC Online, MAC PRO Stores Only)

• Parrot e/s - kept
• Banafsaj e/s – in maybe list

RiRi MAC Collection

• Riri woo- kept

Temperature Rising Collection

• Feel my pulse ls- returned
• Caliene- rec’d in swap- gave away
• Ripe for Love- getting rid of
• Soft serenaded- returned
• Bare my soul- rec;d swap- gave away
• Temp rising quad- rec;d in swap- gave away
• Hot night blush- gave away
• Strobe liquid- returned

JUNE
All About Orange Collection

• Tarte & Trendy - sold
• Neon Orange – back t mac- gave away
• Flamingo –returned
• Sushi Kiss - sold
• Sweet & Sour – sold
• Royal Sunset – gave away
• Honey Jasmine – gave away
• Immortal Flower – bought in cco- gave away

RiRi MAC Summer Collection (MAC Online Only)

• Riri boy-kept
• Heaux- kept

Tropical Taboo Collection

• Adored msf- gave away
• Rio- gave away
• Lust- sold
• 159 brush- kept

JULY

• Nothing

AUGUST

• Nothing

SEPTEMBER
Retro Matte Collection

• Lipstick
  Relentlessly Red - returned
  Flat Out Fabulous - returned
  Runway Hit – kept, returned back up
  Fixed On Drama – in out box
  PLWLP- debating these
• Shock Value
• Dynamo
• Fashion Boost

OCTOBER
RiRi MAC Fall Collection

• Hibiscus kiss-returned
• Diamonds ccb- returned
• Bad girl gone good blush- gave away
• Talk that talk ls/lp- kept
• Riri woo lp- kept
• Riri nude- kept

Divine Night: Colour Collection

• Private Party ls- kept
• Exclusive event- returned
• Talk the town blush- returned
• Lavish loving-returned

Divine Night: Sets Collection

• Cremesheen Glass Art of Seduction – gave away
  Lipstick Dark Deed -kept
  Lip Pencil Vino- gave away
• All pigment sets

NOVEMBER

• Nothing

DECEMBER
RiRi MAC Holiday Collection

• Pleasure bomb ls- kept
• Bad girl riri ls- kept

Magnetic Nude Collection

• Pleasure model-kept
• Autoerotique- kept
• Magnetic Appeal- returned
• Fairly Precious- kept
• A natural flirt es- rec’d swap=gave away
• Sweet heat-kept
• Silver dawn- kept- might give away
• Ampurous alloy- rec;d swap- may give away

Punk Couture Collection

• Punk Couture- returned
• Instigator-kept
• Haute couture- returned
• Studded kiss- returned

​Now 2014
JANUARY

• Nothing

FEBRUARY
A Fantasy of Flowers Collection

• rec’d Perfect Topping in swap

MARCH

• Other

• Lime crime pink velvetine
• Liners, wicked, salem

APRIL

• Nothing

MAY
Alluring Aquatic Collection –

• seduced at sea blush- getting rid of
• sea me hear me blush- getting rid of
• Delphic ED bronzer
• Enchanted one l/s

JUNE

• Nothing

JULY

• Nothing

AUGUST

• Nothing

SEPTEMBER
Artificially Wild Collection

• natural wilderness e/s
• pink cult blush
• taupe blush

OCTOBER
The Matte Lip Collection

• Styled in Sephia
• Pander Me
• Other- Hourglass Blush Palette, Benefit Blush palette

NOVEMBER

• Nothing

DECEMBER

• Nothing

What strikes me most about this exercise is that I KNOW if I did the same thing, I'd see a huge percentage of MAC purchases that I ended up giving away or taking BTM. It really drives home how important it is to buy very selectively; otherwise, we might as well just burn twenties for kicks.

 

[Ajigglin]

I'm interested in one of those and their brush cleansers.  So I was looking at my blushes, after I realized the two I just bought from the Matte collex are dupes for what I already have, and realized I keep buying blushes in the same color family.  I probably only wear 4 out of the 30 I own, which I know isn't a lot, but for me it is.  I'm tired of buying the same things.  I'm going to try and leave MAC alone and buy more skin care, or even different finishing powders and etc...  There is a particular brand I want to try but can't think of at the moment, but their products are used to help your makeup application last.  I am going to stop buying brushes, and buy the LE/Special brushes. I'm going to  save my money for Hakuhodo (sp). One good thing about having so many brushes is that I was able to give some to my Aunt when she decided she wanted to learn how to put on E/S.  I don't even miss those brushes. LOL  I have enough lipsticks to wear a different one everyday for four months. (I know people have more but that's enough for me)   I have pigments I don't use, like ever, and I want to buy some from the MAC holiday collex? LOL  I also refuse to buy anymore lipsticks that are in the Embrace Me, Pink Pigeon, Party Parrot, Outrageously Fun, Impassioned family.    And no more red.  I was surprised that Rocky Horror had colors I don't have, but I went from trying to find the perfect red lipstick 4 years ago, to having 20+reds?  LOL    So instead of figuring out what I need, I'm going to buy what is different from what I already own.  Especially with MAC.   So I might just skip the Holiday Collex, just to skip the insanity of it all.   Even the individual E/S and lipstick.   I can drop ~200 easily on makeup but I'm cringing at paying that for a Stevie Wonder concert ticket????   Doing his "Songs in the Key of Life Album?"    I haven't been to NY to visit my girl in two years?  I have another friend in Nashville and I haven't been there yet! She's been there 10 years.  My cousin is in LA, been there for 10 years, haven't been out there yet either...   Yeah, I'm tripping!!!   (Or I need a sugar daddy, friend with a buddy pass, or a job making more money)   OH and I'm not saying I buy makeup instead of visiting friends/family and doing fun things. What I mean is, it is easy for me to spend money on makeup but when it comes to other things, I pause at the cost.   But I still go out and have fun.   I have to wear this makeup somewhere.  

So much honesty here. Thanks for sharing.

 

[janette9687]

What strikes me most about this exercise is that I KNOW if I did the same thing, I'd see a huge percentage of MAC purchases that I ended up giving away or taking BTM. It really drives home how important it is to buy very selectively; otherwise, we might as well just burn twenties for kicks.

I know! Its crazy but like you said it shows you your habits! At first I was just writing down what i bought but then i took it a step further t see what happened to it, so I know now that i lean for a perfect pink and i dont wear it and i try and shop what everyone hypes then end up returning it. My BF makes fun of me for returning items, hes just like dont buy them in the first place and hes right, i think just becasue the policy is there doesnt mean its another excuse to shop irresponsibly. I am so glad i did this.

"drives home how important it is to buy very selectively" this is really what i took away from this years low buy.


I think next i will attack my brush collection, I use to have 2 sets of eye brushes from MAC and the some sigma, I got rid of my sigma and my second set of mac as i dont think i need back ups of eye brushes. I now have an extensive collection of hakuhodos that I love and adore them i dont regret the brand they were an investment but i know i have to go through them, i dont need 6 blush brushes, these are beautiful but the amount I have is overwhelming.

Im in Japan next year I'm going to visit the store and make one last big purchase for any unique japanese tradition ones I havent tracked down again Im going to be super selective. I think my hakuhodo collection is extensive enough and I may part with some that I barely use, love them but its no need to have multiple brushes that serve the same purpose. At the moment I know I have about 20 hakuhodo face brushes alone.

 

[shellygrrl]

Holy tracking, Janette! You slowed waaaaay down this year! :cheer:

 

[PeachTwist]

I am going to stop buying brushes, and buy the LE/Special brushes. I'm going to save my money for Hakuhodo (sp). One good thing about having so many brushes is that I was able to give some to my Aunt when she decided she wanted to learn how to put on E/S. I don't even miss those brushes. LOL
I have enough lipsticks to wear a different one everyday for four months. (I know people have more but that's enough for me) I have pigments I don't use, like ever, and I want to buy some from the MAC holiday collex? LOL I also refuse to buy anymore lipsticks that are in the Embrace Me, Pink Pigeon, Party Parrot, Outrageously Fun, Impassioned family. And no more red. I was surprised that Rocky Horror had colors I don't have, but I went from trying to find the perfect red lipstick 4 years ago, to having 20+reds? LOL So instead of figuring out what I need, I'm going to buy what is different from what I already own. Especially with MAC.
So I might just skip the Holiday Collex, just to skip the insanity of it all. Even the individual E/S and lipstick.

I can drop ~200 easily on makeup but I'm cringing at paying that for a Stevie Wonder concert ticket???? Doing his "Songs in the Key of Life Album?" I haven't been to NY to visit my girl in two years? I have another friend in Nashville and I haven't been there yet! She's been there 10 years. My cousin is in LA, been there for 10 years, haven't been out there yet either... Yeah, I'm tripping!!! (Or I need a sugar daddy, friend with a buddy pass, or a job making more money) OH and I'm not saying I buy makeup instead of visiting friends/family and doing fun things. What I mean is, it is easy for me to spend money on makeup but when it comes to other things, I pause at the cost. But I still go out and have fun. I have to wear this makeup somewhere.
So much honesty here. Thanks for sharing.

I'm the exact same. I don't know why, but it's the one thing I just don't care about the cost so much. Everything else though and I'm like "Wait.. should I? Do I NEED to? Is it WORTH it?" What I really need though, is to say is this MAKEUP worth it?

Probably not. I'm still buying, though.

I'm making a purchase from Sephora today for F&F and calling it quits for the year though. (I hope.)

I have enough stuff coming in the mail that is being kept aside for me for xmas, that my entire xmas is going to be nothing but make-up. Which as exciting as that is for a junkie, I'd like other things -- problem is, I don't know *what* else I'd like. It's easier for me to just say to people "Meh, buy me makeup". What makes it worse is my birthday is 4 days after Christmas. (29th) so it's even more difficult for them.

I think I'm just going to ask for lots of pjs, socks and hoodies. I live in them anyway seeing as I can't work or study. This is all ridiculous though.

 

[Jennifae]

I think my spending (even though I still struggle with my "low buy") has gone way down compared to last year. For example, I only purchased $119 worth of products from this year's Sephora F&F Sale while last year I hauled $410 worth of products. That's a bit of progress, right? All thanks to this thread. You ladies have been so helpful!

 

[MissTania]

I so agree with you ladies above, make-up purchases get some kind of crazy special pass as opposed to other items or experiences like travel!

It's our passion, so I guess that's why we allow it.

It's funny, I never was one to spend money on alcohol (except on rare occasions) when I used to go out clubbing- I always thought I'd rather buy a lipstick than a cocktail.

Meanwhile, people who spend a lot on drinks would not dare buy a tonne of make up or even spend the equivalent on it, or splurge on a high end brand.
Someone posted a link to youtuber Pinksofoxy and I watched the video, thank you to whoever it was

What resonated with me was how she had been using up older products and targeting them.

I haven't heavily targeted all of my older items yet, and I have some MAC items I want to use up which are pretty ancient, especially the lipsticks.

Eg. I have one of the Barbie lippies from 2006 which has a little left, another lippie from 2007, and a handful from 2008-2009.

So tonight, I put them aside and I'm going to use them up ASAP and if any are just not my cup of tea, they'll be used for B2M.

I have quite a lot from 2010, which I think I will group together so I am more mindful.

I'm thinking I'll keep this up for the 2011-2014 ones as it will encourage me to stay on track.

Considering it will be 2015 soon, it is scary to think how many older lipsticks I have

I think my spending (even though I still struggle with my "low buy") has gone way down compared to last year. For example, I only purchased $119 worth of products from this year's Sephora F&F Sale while last year I hauled $410 worth of products. That's a bit of progress, right? All thanks to this thread. You ladies have been so helpful!

I totally agree! This thread has helped me be more careful even though I am still buying I am committed to less back ups and saying no sometimes to things I can live without, and at the very least reducing my no second thoughts buying. Even if I do end up buying an item, at least I walked away and thought about it. Quite a few times, I have not returned to buy things I would have snapped up instantly.

Also, I've sold back ups of some hot ticket LE items which I would never have done in the past. eg. Betty Bright, Pleasurebomb, Force of Love, even Party Parrot. I realised having back ups sitting around which I won't even get near for a long time is silly and I was better off with some cash in my hand than storing a lippie.

The difference in your spending at the Sephora F&F sale speaks volumes- congrats!

 

[MissTania]

Apologies if this has been posted, it's a fairly new video so maybe not, this is a New Zealand professional blogger, and her storage is custom made and out of this world awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VodsQ7laz4c

 

[Jennifae]

Apologies if this has been posted, it's a fairly new video so maybe not, this is a New Zealand professional blogger, and her storage is custom made and out of this world awesome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VodsQ7laz4c

I watched that video a couple of weeks ago, and wow... she has the best storage I've ever seen! I also adore her rotating lipstick holder.

 

[Audrey C]

Apologies if this has been posted, it's a fairly new video so maybe not, this is a New Zealand professional blogger, and her storage is custom made and out of this world awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VodsQ7laz4c

Oh my gosh…it's beautifully stored but even looking at that much stuff makes me feel overwhelmed. Ever since I started tracking usage in April, I've been obsessed with getting through my stash each month. I never make it through all the e/s or the off-season lippies, but I know I couldn't handle a massive collection like this. It would feel like weight on me.

Beautiful set up although I couldn't make it past the second drawer before I stopped watching.

 

[veronikawithak]

Oh my gosh…it's beautifully stored but even looking at that much stuff makes me feel overwhelmed. Ever since I started tracking usage in April, I've been obsessed with getting through my stash each month. I never make it through all the e/s or the off-season lippies, but I know I couldn't handle a massive collection like this. It would feel like weight on me. Beautiful set up although I couldn't make it past the second drawer before I stopped watching. 

I felt exactly the same way. Beautiful storage but watching gave me major anxiety. I can barely handle my own stash and that's with it all hidden away.

 

[Audrey C]

I felt exactly the same way. Beautiful storage but watching gave me major anxiety. I can barely handle my own stash and that's with it all hidden away.

My house is feeling really cluttered right now and it feels compressive. I'm slowly making my way through a house purge and it feels great. The more I get rid of, the better I feel.

I've been purging away for weeks and I'm still trimming my makeup. I went from 4 purple lippies to the two I really like (swapped out packaging to keep the AA tube) and today I decided that I didn't like two recent MAC pan shadows (ones I ordered online instead of choosing in person - a mistake) nearly as much as I should so I decided that they and Yield to Love (not a good shade for me) were going back. Forty minutes later, they were in the mail. I used to love fluidlines, but now I prefer pencil liners (UD and Tarte). Five into my BTM bag (they're a couple of years old anyway); I've made myself wear each shade three times since April; obviously I won't miss them. I'm also letting go of my last MB and EDB as well. I just want LESS. I think at least another couple of blush will need to go. There's nothing wrong with them, but I never reach for them since I now have versions/finishes I like better.

I think I'm finally at a place where I'm not at risk of just adding more. It's not that I won't add items I love, but I want to be very selective about it and be sure that it really isn't just more of the same. I'm very pleased that I didn't have a single makeup item in my Sephora F&F sale.

 

[Yazmin]

I need to do a full-on home purge, and not just makeup, and it's overwhelming just thinking about it. I thinking I may need to use some vacation days in order to do this so that I have a day just to rest before I start tackling it all. I've been working so much that the last thing I want to do when I get home is taking on this huge project.

 

[LouGarner]

I need to do a full-on home purge, and not just makeup, and it's overwhelming just thinking about it. I thinking I may need to use some vacation days in order to do this so that I have a day just to rest before I start tackling it all. I've been working so much that the last thing I want to do when I get home is taking on this huge project.

i feel the same way sometimes. i need to get rid of the stuff i'm not using.

 

[janette9687]

My house is feeling really cluttered right now and it feels compressive. I'm slowly making my way through a house purge and it feels great. The more I get rid of, the better I feel.

I've been purging away for weeks and I'm still trimming my makeup. I went from 4 purple lippies to the two I really like (swapped out packaging to keep the AA tube) and today I decided that I didn't like two recent MAC pan shadows (ones I ordered online instead of choosing in person - a mistake) nearly as much as I should so I decided that they and Yield to Love (not a good shade for me) were going back. Forty minutes later, they were in the mail. I used to love fluidlines, but now I prefer pencil liners (UD and Tarte). Five into my BTM bag (they're a couple of years old anyway); I've made myself wear each shade three times since April; obviously I won't miss them. I'm also letting go of my last MB and EDB as well. I just want LESS. I think at least another couple of blush will need to go. There's nothing wrong with them, but I never reach for them since I now have versions/finishes I like better.

I think I'm finally at a place where I'm not at risk of just adding more. It's not that I won't add items I love, but I want to be very selective about it and be sure that it really isn't just more of the same. I'm very pleased that I didn't have a single makeup item in my Sephora F&F sale.

I have started with my makeup but since my BF and I and a roommate are now moving from a house to an apartment I know we both have to go and declutter our other items. We had a fight a couple months ago right before me leaving for this training exercise out of state. He doesn't talk much which kinda irritates because I am not a mind reader, I don't go giving hints or beat around the bush, if i am angry or upset i will say whats wrong so i was upset about the cleanliness of the house. It just feels cluttered and me moving in recently didn't help. It was an adjustment.

Well he blurted out how my stuff is everywhere and how he never said anything about it then he tries to backtrack. i don't care but tell me these things now were getting somewhere! I'm still adjusting about how i fit in this house. Being in the military I move around a lot so i may not have a lot of item but it was all just my things and I been so used to living alone, independent. Now i have to learn to make him communicate4e but also how i should adjust and compromise this space with us. That's prob why I am in need of destashing, watching my spending habits, decluttering because i am now having to compromise space. It feels better to look back and see where i need to readjust.

I also so glad i am not looking for a F&F code either because i dont have a single item i am need of. Whenever i need staples i will replace them as needed.

 

[janette9687]

I so agree with you ladies above, make-up purchases get some kind of crazy special pass as opposed to other items or experiences like travel!

It's our passion, so I guess that's why we allow it.

It's funny, I never was one to spend money on alcohol (except on rare occasions) when I used to go out clubbing- I always thought I'd rather buy a lipstick than a cocktail.

Meanwhile, people who spend a lot on drinks would not dare buy a tonne of make up or even spend the equivalent on it, or splurge on a high end brand.
Someone posted a link to youtuber Pinksofoxy and I watched the video, thank you to whoever it was

What resonated with me was how she had been using up older products and targeting them.

I haven't heavily targeted all of my older items yet, and I have some MAC items I want to use up which are pretty ancient, especially the lipsticks.

Eg. I have one of the Barbie lippies from 2006 which has a little left, another lippie from 2007, and a handful from 2008-2009.

So tonight, I put them aside and I'm going to use them up ASAP and if any are just not my cup of tea, they'll be used for B2M.

I have quite a lot from 2010, which I think I will group together so I am more mindful.

I'm thinking I'll keep this up for the 2011-2014 ones as it will encourage me to stay on track.

Considering it will be 2015 soon, it is scary to think how many older lipsticks I have

I totally agree! This thread has helped me be more careful even though I am still buying I am committed to less back ups and saying no sometimes to things I can live without, and at the very least reducing my no second thoughts buying. Even if I do end up buying an item, at least I walked away and thought about it. Quite a few times, I have not returned to buy things I would have snapped up instantly.

Also, I've sold back ups of some hot ticket LE items which I would never have done in the past. eg. Betty Bright, Pleasurebomb, Force of Love, even Party Parrot. I realised having back ups sitting around which I won't even get near for a long time is silly and I was better off with some cash in my hand than storing a lippie.

The difference in your spending at the Sephora F&F sale speaks volumes- congrats!

you make a very good point about pairing up your older lipsticks, i think i will take this in account as well as i downsize, I have VG cyndi that i rarely touch and when did that come out? yup it has to go.

 

[Maris Crane]

you make a very good point about pairing up your older lipsticks, i think i will take this in account as well as i downsize, I have VG cyndi that i rarely touch and when did that come out? yup it has to go.

I'll raise your VG Cyndi lipstick with a backup (never used!) to my half-used one.

It was my gateway red.

Keep strong, this weekend ladies and gents!