Originally Posted by
crys2982 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I had to do an update because I'm really proud of myself.
I went into walmart, target, and ulta and didn't buy a thing!!!! Amazing. Very proud of myself. Actually, I picked up the loreal hip gel liner in eggplant and walked around the store holding it fondly but put it back.
Now the part that I've been struggling with has been looking at swatches and reviews online. I saw some great stuff on blogs and searching for one thing led to another and then another and I have spent a good deal of my weekend looking at swatches and reviews and trying my best to talk myself out of online shopping. I was able to reason that buying more blushes is not going to make me prettier or all of a sudden "bring the whole look together" in a way I couldn't do before.
So I didn't make two impulse purchases!
I don't think I can hold out for much longer though. I really want this mac blush, it's so pretty and much brighter than anything I have. *sigh* I've been looking at it all morning. I don't want to already ruin my no buy so soon but I feel like I have to have it. Maybe even a back up. *sigh*
Originally Posted by
Orangeeyecrayon /img/forum/go_quote.gif Crys you will find over time with the no buy you get so adicted to using stuff up that you eventually dont even want new stuff. Not that you wont think some makeup items are pretty but it eventually just becomes second nature to think of the other stuff you have that is just like it, and realize that you can get something similar for WAY less.
I am glad to hear it is going well for you. As for the dealing with those things you want a list is the best idea. I used to do a 30 day list. as in you put the item you want with the date on a list. if after 1 month you still want the item and have genuinely thought about using it that whole time than you get it. But if you find that does not work another option is to make a list of the items you want. But you cant buy it till you use up one of that type of item. So for that blush you can not buy it till you use up a blush you already have
I do that with just about everything. I'm impulsive I see it I want it. So I make it a point to walk around an entire store, especially if I have a cart full of impule grabs. Usually by the end of the store I realize I don't really want or need half of what I grabbed so I put things back.