Seems like a good result to me!
Since I'm on a no-buy till the end of 2015, I can make my purchase list alsready now, too.
So, items purchased in 2015:
- powder, foundation, concealer: I have no idea. Since I only own two foundations, three concealers and two powders which I regularly use up, I didn't count any numbers. I use them pending on my blemishes/breakout situation, otherwise I'd probably own just one of each, but need to adapt to what my skin "needs" each day.
- mascara: none. I got some samples as GWPs and already had a lot of samples. I'll probably have enough until 2017, lol.
- nail polish: 3. This is pretty good since I was a seious polish addict before and could not walk out of a drugstore without one or two Essie polishes. These were below 3 Euros each, so no big deal financially, and I like the colors and quality even more than some pricey ones I own.
- eye liner: 2. I purchased two fluidlines from Mac is Beauty in March, and that's it. Trying to use some gel liners up before they turn dry.
- eye primer / cream shadow: 2. I picked up 2 Paintpots about two weeks ago. They weren't necessary at all, but at least one could be considered a replacement for another one I'll finish soon.
- lipgloss: 2. I'm really happy I didn't purchase more. One was Viva Glam, in case that's an alibi. I purged a lot of lip products and I've realized I'm not a gloss girl at all. I dislike all my hair or tiny fibres from my scarf or bits of food getting caught on my lips, therefore I rarely use glosses. I'm interested in the VG Ariana Grande one, but otherwise, I won't purchase any glosses anymore.
- lipstick: 19, of which 3 were B2M and 1 was a GWP mini: Ohhhh my goodness, how did this happen? Well, I purged a lot of lippies, so maybe my stash didn't grow in general, but Lord, nineteen! At least, all shades are wearable for everyday and I didn't purchase any crazy/bold/special occasion ones. The mini I got as GWP is a red (Rouge Coco in Arthur), but it was free, so this doesn't really count. My long-term goal is to use/get rid of most bold shades I own. One red and one bright pink is enough for me. For the neutrals, I need to reflect more whether I already got similar shades. Just because a color is wearable, it doesn't mean I'll wear it a lot (when I've got too many others).
- eyeshadow: 10 singles (3 of them as a gift), 1 trio, 2 palettes (Mac x9 palettes): I'm okay with this. Could be better, but also worse in my opinion. Except for the glittery Dazzleshadows, I use all of them a lot, especially the palettes. The thing I need to do is purge some older ones I never use.
- brow products: 2. In May, I purchased the Ash Blonde fluidline for brows and a backup because I didn't know if it's LE. The perfect color match for me, so nothing bad about this!
- highlighter: 2. not really necessary, but two is not suuuch a big number, and I purchased them in Winter/Spring already, so I'm satisfied.
- blush: 3. Just like the highlighters.
- lipliner: 4. I hopped on the lipliner trend train this summer and yup, I really love them! Before, I owned just a single one, so I'm not hoarding them. I go through them/need to sharpen quite quickly, so there one can see that using them often means that I love them!
In general, I'm quite satisfied with my shopping this year, but those lipsticks!!!!! I definitely need to be more careful purchasing them. I didn't even expect having purchased so many this year, quite a shock
The number of eyeshadows does not make me very happy, but that's mostly because I didn't declutter my older ones yet. I'm very proud concerning blushes/highlighters and nail polish, because those were problematic for me in 2014.
