Since I like shopping - a bit too much - its evident I like acquiring things. Since I have a significant stash of makeup and other beauty products its evident that I like having things. Though in sharp contrast to acquiring things and having things - I'm not using enough of the products I have so the accumulation has gotten a bit out of hand. Having a low-buy or a no-buy goal is only going to resolve half of my problem. My personal challenge - as listed below - is going to help me start to reduce my stash and I hope the reduction is significant. After all what's the point of having something -- unless you're going to use it?!?!
In the first 100 days of 2015 - I want to generate at least 100 empties. My rules are as follows:
Sorry for the short notice ladies -- is anyone else up for another challenge?
In the first 100 days of 2015 - I want to generate at least 100 empties. My rules are as follows:
- Full-sized products and Deluxe-sized samples count as one item used.
- Two foil packets count as one item used (i.e. one shampoo foil + one conditioner foil = one item used). This is sort of a personal incentive to use the foil packets and just make them go away since I generally dislike foil packets and don't normally use them - hence the accumulation. That said I definitely don't want the majority of my empties to be from foils.
- Some products need to be tossed and replaced like eye lash primer, mascara, and liquid eyeliner though they may not be used until the product is gone - I generally toss and replace these products because I see them as expired.
- I will consider a full-sized pressed blush or a full-sized pressed eye shadow 'used' when I hit pan because I want to put a serious dent in my blush & eye shadow collection in 2015 and this is a good way to get started.
- The vast majority of products have to to be used until they're gone in order to count.
- If there is a sample that I don't like and don't use until its gone - I will toss it and it won't count for this challenge.
- If I accumulate 100 empties before 100 days is over, I will not stop. Rather, I will see how many additional empties I can generate.
Sorry for the short notice ladies -- is anyone else up for another challenge?