My approach: Seasons are three months long. Therefore, toss mascaras on the first Saturday after the first day of equinoxes and solstices. It will make it easy for me to remember: Am I getting a haircut (which I already have on a first-Saturday-after-the-first-day-of-a-season schedule)? If so, out with the old and in with the new. Toothbrushes (which I purchase in bulk from Costco) are also on this schedule. I get colds so rarely that they're not really an issue (I have a lot of allergies, and I do have a bit of a sinus infection right now, but that's because I neglected taking certain drugs during a bad allergy time. If you're congested, kids, take your decongestants so all that crud doesn't settle into your sinuses and breed! I know this yet still didn't bother to take my medicine because I didn't think it was *that* bad).
Lol, I use 3 different mascaras everyday. First a seperating one, then lengthening, and finish with a volumizing one. It works for me. Lately I'm into fiber mascaras. I think mascaras are all really different and they usually only do 1 thing well. I always use up my mascaras in 2-3 months and my faves are under $15 so I don't worry about it really. I never liked mascara samples though, seems like they dry out really fast and the shorter wands bug me.
Your viewpoint is probably more reasonable than mine. However, as a mascara addict, I have a very different opinion. I like to try every different type of mascara. Sure, brown and black are the staple colors. I also have green, purple, and blue. Sometimes I want light fluffy lashes, sometimes crazy long, sometimes subtle and natural, sometimes thick and bold; I love the variety. That being said, I only open one at a time and use it until the texture changes (two or three months) and then switch to the next. Mascara definitely completes my look.
Sleepykat, I'm with you. I'm not at all a mascara addict, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my colored mascara. Someone will have to pry my blue out of my cold dead hands to get me to stop using it. But for regular black mascara, I really like Benefit's They're Real.
Meaganola, this is so awesome to see. I love eyeliner. It's my favorite type of cosmetic hands down. I don't have quite so many, but not too far off either.Originally Posted by meaganola /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I'm super nearsighted and wear glasses, so eyeliner does me many more favors than mascara. Hence this (which does not include my incoming order), and hence NO
MORE EYELINER UNTIL THE HOLIDAY SETS (and even then, I shouldn't get any, but realistically, I know I will)
As of this time last year, this was my eyeliner collection in its entirety:
As a side note, while I was gathering these up, I found *another* mascara sample.
ETA: Yeesh. I need to keep that photo on my phone and refer to it every time I'm contemplating more eyeliner. New plan: Nothing outside of my subs -- *at all*, with one exception -- until the holiday stuff. My exception: essence stuff. Normally, I would only allow trend edition stuff, but they just released a new batch of permanent stuff that I had put on my exception list, so I'll go ahead and allow a $20 essence spree now even though I just had one (for the Ticket to Paradise collection) last weekend. After that, it will be a $20/month essence limit, and that's it. I just keep buying this stuff and never manage to use anything more than five or six times!
(And if I use up a GDE sample jar, it will get put on my list of jars to upgrade to full-size next year, but I won't get it *this* year. I'm actually thinking about going no-buy -- except for another OTM subscription because it's a sub, and it's a much more gradual building of the collection when you're just getting one a month -- on those until the end of the year because I just have so many that I have a hard time deciding which one to use nowadays!)
I can relate! I'm really into Feed Your Senses. I don't have anything quite like it either but I could just B2M stuff for a similar color. It doesn't even have special edition packaging, so I don't know why I want it. Ugh, stupid limited editions. I doubt I would be so excited about the color if it was permanent.
It's such a great idea to have a purpose for the no-buy. Saving the money for your surgery is great motivation. I need to pick a reason for my no-buy...maybe I will be more successful. (Although, this month is the best I've done even with buying two things for myself).
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