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How funny one of my first posts is about a no-buy on make up.
Here's my novel.
A little history... I've been buying make up since I was 10. yes TEN. At first I was just a hardcore nail polish and lip gloss addicted pre-teen. But as soon as I hit 13, watch out! All my money went toward Lancome Juicy Tubes and other "essentials". A girl had her priorities.
Now, since I am currently in my twenties, that was quite a while ago, and as you can imagine, I amassed QUITE the collection over the years. Lippies were my main addiction... the amount I've bought (and lost, forever forgetful me) had grown to be a gigantic number. So I have currently been on a loose no buy for a while now, a few years actually, especially when my interest in make up waned. I want to use up all my old make up, especially those items that I've had for years that I bought on a whim as a teen because it was "so pretty" or I fell into the hype at the time. And having somewhere to record all of this is a good idea.
End of my rambling.
So, I now have pared down my stash to fit into one caboodle make up case.
. I haven't had this little since I was ten... But a make up case is still a LOT of make up to use up.
My REWARD for all of this is... A NEW STASH. A new stash of good quality, works for me, cosmetics, that I will use again and again. Items that I like. All the trendy and ridiculous colors and items I bought in previous years will be gone, replaced with my holy grail stash. Worthwhile I think.
Rules:
This applies to all beauty products. I have quite the collection of soaps and etc. that I got into during my time where I lost interest in make up.
I cannot buy something unless I run out of that item. I want to try a new mascara? gotta use one up. New lippie? Same philosophy.
Now, since the majority of my stash was lippies and eye shadows, that means other areas of my stash were originally lacking, so, once a month, I reward myself with a new item quality item
Example of past rewards:
Dior quint, NARS amore blush <3!, clarisonic mia (Awesome!), ren glycolactic skin mask (amazing!!!), and many more.
I am replacing the quantity with quality items
It's a slow process, but step by step I am getting there.
But I just had an even better idea, my monthly rewards, will now be equal to, (or less than) the price of the products I use up in the month. Say I only use up a milani eyeshadow, then I only get about $5 to spend on something new. If I use up and eyeshadow, a bottle of lotion, a lip gloss, then the new item can equal up the the price of those items combined.
More incentive to use up items.
Now, off to use up as many items as I can. I think I'll skip august's reward, and use it toward september's for MAC's Venomous Villains!!!! I don't really buy MAC, and I haven't really been lemming anything, but when I saw this collection... well, lets just say I have a lot of lip gloss to wear.
Here's my novel.
A little history... I've been buying make up since I was 10. yes TEN. At first I was just a hardcore nail polish and lip gloss addicted pre-teen. But as soon as I hit 13, watch out! All my money went toward Lancome Juicy Tubes and other "essentials". A girl had her priorities.
Now, since I am currently in my twenties, that was quite a while ago, and as you can imagine, I amassed QUITE the collection over the years. Lippies were my main addiction... the amount I've bought (and lost, forever forgetful me) had grown to be a gigantic number. So I have currently been on a loose no buy for a while now, a few years actually, especially when my interest in make up waned. I want to use up all my old make up, especially those items that I've had for years that I bought on a whim as a teen because it was "so pretty" or I fell into the hype at the time. And having somewhere to record all of this is a good idea.
End of my rambling.
So, I now have pared down my stash to fit into one caboodle make up case.
My REWARD for all of this is... A NEW STASH. A new stash of good quality, works for me, cosmetics, that I will use again and again. Items that I like. All the trendy and ridiculous colors and items I bought in previous years will be gone, replaced with my holy grail stash. Worthwhile I think.
Rules:
This applies to all beauty products. I have quite the collection of soaps and etc. that I got into during my time where I lost interest in make up.
I cannot buy something unless I run out of that item. I want to try a new mascara? gotta use one up. New lippie? Same philosophy.
Now, since the majority of my stash was lippies and eye shadows, that means other areas of my stash were originally lacking, so, once a month, I reward myself with a new item quality item
Example of past rewards:
Dior quint, NARS amore blush <3!, clarisonic mia (Awesome!), ren glycolactic skin mask (amazing!!!), and many more.
I am replacing the quantity with quality items
But I just had an even better idea, my monthly rewards, will now be equal to, (or less than) the price of the products I use up in the month. Say I only use up a milani eyeshadow, then I only get about $5 to spend on something new. If I use up and eyeshadow, a bottle of lotion, a lip gloss, then the new item can equal up the the price of those items combined.
More incentive to use up items.
Now, off to use up as many items as I can. I think I'll skip august's reward, and use it toward september's for MAC's Venomous Villains!!!! I don't really buy MAC, and I haven't really been lemming anything, but when I saw this collection... well, lets just say I have a lot of lip gloss to wear.