May 2014 No/Low Buy: Support, Hugs, Commiseration, and Confessional

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Ugh I can't wait until this month is over. I passed all my classes and bought no makeup thing this month so I can buy the electric palette next month!! I am so excited! I will survive the next 9days though

 
I kept thinking that I needed to get a new night time moisturizer since I am down to samples, then I realized that I had an almost full bottle of non-SPF moisturizer that I had designated as a daytime moistuerizer.  I tried it out last night as my night time moisturizer, and it worked great, so no need to buy a replacement!

 
 Made my first Memebox order. I rationalized it because of my addiction to Dr Jart's and other Korean BB creams and skin care. I am dropping BeautyBox5.

 
To help with everyone's low buy...

You can get an absolutely free try me sample from Moody Sisters today. 
Use codes TRYME14 and FREESHIP14

 
I slipped a little today. I bought a replacement foot lotion even though I don't quite need a replacement yet. I also bought an African Black soap hair mask as an impulse buy, but it's supposed to help clarify the scalp which I need this time of year. Finally, I bought a Real Techniques powder brush, but I've been thinking about getting a proper powder brush for awhile now.

Now to avoid any Memorial Day sales.

 
Oh hai! Tis me! It's been a long while since I've checked in with you lovely people!

Ok, so I missed the April thread, and I don't want to bump it, so I'll just do April and May right here!

First of all, I said I'd let myself go a little crazy in April to take advantage of chic week 15% off, and the 20% off sale at Ulta. And I did just that! But with the stipulation that I'd be on a 'no buy' for May.

So let's take a look at what I got in April: https://www.makeuptalk.com/f/topic/116646-most-recent-purchases/?p=2209295

Total for April: $298.60  :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:  I've never spent that much on makeup in that short amount of time, jeeeeez!

I think I also placed an order on Paula's Choice for some replacement items, but they were replacements of necessary skincare, so I don't count those.

So, almost 300 bucks for 2 great foundations, a good concealer, a set of brushes I was eyeing for a while, a beauty sponge, a cleansing balm, an OCC lip tar in a color I've been eyeing for months, a full size of a deodorant I love, a gorgeous-smelling leave-in conditioner, 2 tarte blushes which I ADORE, an agave lip mask which I really like, an hourglass lip stain, which I just like, and whatever free samples that go along with that. Not terrible, but still.... EEP!

Now, in May, I have been moving in to my parents' house after getting divorced. :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> And I unfortunately had to spend lots of money on supplies for my cat who moved with me, as well as cleaning and organizational supplies since as much space is not available. So, although I've been good about money on makeup this month, that doesn't mean I really saved any more. :blush2:

I did need to get some body spf for this season as my other ones had expired. It's kind of a necessity for me because I'm very fair and my skin burns super quickly, and I'm also on retinol, so it makes my skin even more sensitive to the sun. Plus, I work in the field a lot in the summer, so it's basically a need. Of cousre, I didn't NEED to buy it at sephora, but LOL! Anyway... I had it in my cart for a while, and wanted to get free shipping, and then I wanted to get VIB status, and then... I wanted to get the 500 point perk, so I kind of added a bunch to my cart, but I also got lots of freebies! Anyway, if I could have held off until June, I'd count this month a sucessful no-buy, but as it is, I was ... well, I caved.

Total for May: $117.70

Alright, not really good, but not terrible, I suppose. :couch:

I'm not sure what my goals will be for June, so I'll think about it. ....

Good to be back, everyone!!!

 
mikaglam said:
Ugh I can't wait until this month is over. I passed all my classes and bought no makeup thing this month so I can buy the electric palette next month!! I am so excited! I will survive the next 9days though
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Congratulations!

Oh my gosh, girl, your avatar picture is gorgeous! You need to tell us what you used to get that look! (Maybe in another thread- like the FOTD thread).

 
Aw, crap, that's right, June is just a week away!  This month, I ended up getting a Julep box *with three add-ons* and the Scratch box.  I usually skip both of these, but Julep did a collection with not a single cream, and one of the Scratch sets is based on "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles!  

But, really, looking over my list o' packages for May (which is a major part of how I track how much I've been spending on makeup since I do the vast majority of my makeup shopping online), I actually didn't go overboard.  It somehow felt like it, but most of these packages were subs (and four those are annual prepaid subs), one was a Birchbox purchase made with points, a couple of these were basically free things, a couple of things were on one order that got split into multiple shipments, and there were a couple of Kickstarter things that were paid for months ago or haven't shipped yet.  It's really not too bad when I look at what I actually did.

 
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I'm not even going to post how bad I did this month because it makes me cringe, but it sings to the tune of $364.00 USD.... 

verdict: all kinds of guilty!

Though, to be fair, this was at the beginning of the month before i made my giant declaration here of my life plans. I I have put myself on a for real no-buy, after having done so well between october of last year and march of this one. I know I am able to accomplish it  if I stay away from a few trigger things (instagram's makeup exchange tag, for one, and delete all incoming emails from websites holding summer sales). 

At this rate there is no humanly reason as to why I should buy more makeup, considering how long it takes me to even hit pan on one item. Two years and only just now did I hit pan on a cargo blush.  :wacko:   I mean, after that long, it really just does not make sense to keep buying more.

 
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i've been very successful this month. only 1 $25 beauty purchase, and it's a repurchase for my HG moisturizer. i'm thinking it's because the weather is finally nice and me and my boyfriend do a bunch of spring/summer stuff! it's awesome here in chicago during summer - beach volleyball, free concerts in the park downtown, music fests, etc etc.... sooo much stuff! we also go fishing and camping a few times in the season! so, in the warmer days, i can really go for months without buying makeup or any beauty item. i might go crazy shoe and bag shopping though, so that's something i'll work on this summer.. 

good luck to everyone, and i hope you're all enjoying the gorgeous weather!

 
Ok I think I can hold strong for the next 3 days (and I'm broke) so here's a recap. I am not counting the stuff I bought with my casino winnings at the beginning of the month because that wasn't really my money.

1 ulta order for $48.

1 sephora order for $7.

Total: $55.

I did good!!!!!! That's way better than I've done on any no buy so far!! That ulta order wasn't really necessary but I'm ok with it. So I think my plan of "I can buy it but need to think about it first" sort of works!!

Even if I count my casino winnings, that was $110. $59 of that was a curling iron which I absolutely needed. $12 of it was stuff for my husband. So even counting that I'm at a total of $94 on the month!! Way better than April!! It's motivating to see that number go down.

June isn't a no buy as it's birthday month so see you guys in July when I'll probably need shopping detox :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
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Welp, I found a Pacifica lip quench at TJ Maxx for $3 and I had to have it. Part of me thinks that it broke my no-buy, but then part of me is like its basically chapstick so thats fine lol IDK, I don't feel too quilty, but I still feel quilty. I almost made it through this month.

 
I'm still hanging in there. Thankfully the month is almost over. After organizing my mu this weekend I have a brand new appreciation for it! XD I also had fun picking out a weekly bag and putting it together/posting it on the Monday Club thread. I think this should make it a little easier on my brain. 

 
Okay, at the beginning of the month, I said this was going to be a no/low-buy month and I was really flighty about it and have done a terrible job. This week, while my boyfriend was gone, I shopped online even more than usual. I have WAY too much stuff coming to me right now and I'm a little scared of my boyfriend's reaction when it arrives and a lot scared of my credit card situation right now. At this point, I know my shopping is so excessive isn't even fun. Now I seriously NEED to go on a no-buy for the end of May and on into June.

Oh, also NO FAST FOOD. 

Exceptions:

  • If there happens to be a restock of Luckybox #5 on Memebox or any promotion where I happen to have 10 points to use for a day, I'll allow it.
  • I have two Ipsy codes expiring 6/15 that I want to use. I absolutely want to make a decent size 25% order with Pacifica and I'm contemplating using the 25% off code for the Hey Honey Take It Off Mask as well.
If there is some absolutely undeniably fantastic freebie deal that would be totally painful to deny myself then an exception may have to be made, but I won't go looking for any. On that note, does anyone know how to get a thread I've already commented on but didn't necessarily subscribe to (like the enabler thread) to stop popping up in my New Content? I don't need that temptation in my feed every day if I'm seriously going to try and do this.

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HelpMeSleep said:
On that note, does anyone know how to get a thread I've already commented on but didn't necessarily subscribe to (like the enabler thread) to stop popping up in my New Content? I don't need that temptation in my feed every day if I'm seriously going to try and do this.
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Are you the desktop version?  Do you see an "Unfollow this thread" button next to the topic title?  I *think* if you click that it will take it out of your My Content and Content I Follow sections, but I'm pretty sure there's no way to take it out of New Content because that seems to grab *all* new content in every thread board-wide, including swap posts, forum games, etc., even if you're never gone in those sections/threads before.

 
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Are you the desktop version?  Do you see an "Unfollow this thread" button next to the topic title?  I *think* if you click that it will take it out of your My Content and Content I Follow sections, but I'm pretty sure there's no way to take it out of New Content because that seems to grab *all* new content in every thread board-wide, including swap posts, forum games, etc., even if you're never gone in those sections/threads before.
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On that one, it just says "Follow this thread" because I never followed it other than posting in there. I always go by "Items I participated in" though.

 
HelpMeSleep said:
On that one, it just says "Follow this thread" because I never followed it other than posting in there. I always go by "Items I participated in" though.
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Hmm...  Maybe try this link?  It should only show threads where you're actually following them and not just posted in them.  You might have to tweak it to show new items since last visit/last 24 hours/etc. depending on whether you just want to see threads with new posts or all threads, including the ones you're caught up in.

https://www.makeuptalk.com/f/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=viewNewContent&search_app=forums&sid=861eafaf923ee0cd2b3436444d6a19d6&search_app_filters%5Bforums%5D%5BsearchInKey%5D=&change=1&period=unread&userMode=&followedItemsOnly=1

 
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meaganola said:
Hmm...  Maybe try this link?  It should only show threads where you're actually following them and not just posted in them.  You might have to tweak it to show new items since last visit/last 24 hours/etc. depending on whether you just want to see threads with new posts or all threads, including the ones you're caught up in.

https://www.makeuptalk.com/f/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=viewNewContent&search_app=forums&sid=861eafaf923ee0cd2b3436444d6a19d6&search_app_filters%5Bforums%5D%5BsearchInKey%5D=&change=1&period=unread&userMode=&followedItemsOnly=1
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Thanks! I guess I should just start following the threads I want instead of just posting in them!

 
HelpMeSleep said:
Thanks! I guess I should just start following the threads I want instead of just posting in them!
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Somehow- maybe in your post settings? There's a way to automatically subscribe to forums you post in. I need to jump back on site tutorials soon.  I have 3 weeks off of life, so maybe during then.

 

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