I was a member of this thread a long, long time ago. I just came across it again and thought "boy did I need that". After reading all of the posts, there are a lot of common concerns/thoughts. I did decide on 1/1 to stop the madness and try and use up some of my stash. My weekness is makeup always looking for the new, next best thing. I also have quite a bit of bath/body products to use up. So here's what I hope/plan to do. A lot of these are on your lists too, but I think it helps me to write them down for comittment's sake.
1. No more new makeup purchases till I'm dow to opening the last item. So for example, mascara... I have some brands that were GWP or part of sets, I haven't used at all and I will try to work those into my normal routine. But my favorite is still Maybelline Great Lash mascara. Last time it was on sale at Target I bought like 10-15... Why? You're right, there is always another sale. So I probably have like a couple of years work of masacara at least. The same goes for some of my lip products, eyeliners, foundations and eyeshadows. I have multiples of my favorites that could carry me well past 2017.
2. Stop trying new stuff just to try new stuff. This is related to the one above. I have a few favorites which ironically are drugstore brands. For example, my favorite lip product is Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stain in shades Honey and Rendevous. I have probably 20 of each. I wear Honey alone sometimes but love the shade when they are mixed togehter. I also love Maybellie 24 hour lip color on continuous coral and have close to 20 of those. This in addtiion to all the other lip shades I have. I probably have enought to last years. My other favs, of which I have multiples in my stash, are CoverGirl Outlast 3 in 1 Foundation, Maybelline unstoppable eye liner and Cover girl ink it eyeliner. Plus more. I truly could go without buying a single piece of makeup for probably a couple of years. I know expiration dates come in play and most have dates that go into 2017-2018 so I'm good there.
3. So if I committ to 1 and 2, then I should be able to avoid the pitfall of just buying more to get free shipping or buying multiples to stock up (because I shouldn't be shopping for makeup at all)
4. As I add items into my routine, I do really need to commit to tossing items that seriously dont work. This week I did try to combine some products to see if blended they could work. Like mixing a tinted moisturizer and a foudnation that was kind of thick. Same with lip products,,, mixing two shades or textures together to see the result. So I liked the results the couple of days I did it when first applied in the morning. But most don't have the staying power of my favorites. So do I continue to try and work these in and maybe bring to work and reapply (since I have makeup to last years) or do I toss and just stick with favorites? I haven't decided that yet.
5. The other thing i have enought of is Bath products. I have some super size phiolosophy shower gels, lotions etc. And a number of BBW gels and products. I did control myself from buyint new stuff over the holidays when sales were going on. So I didn't add to the stash but I need to chip away at it and committ to not buying more. I probably have well over enought to get me through 2017.
6. Another thing (that isn't as bad as it used to be) for me is buying handbags. I love Coach purses... That's really the only brand. I used to go to the outlet store and/or their outlet online and buy bags a few times a year. I never pay full price, which is guess is good. But even outlet prices are $100-200 each. I didn't do crazy bad this year, but I probably bought maybe 7-8 new bags. When I think I spent $1000 or so on these and I can only use the one at a time I think why??? It's crazy. Some of the bags I own still have tags on them. I did buy a few from ebay this year since there was one style I loved and wanted it in a few different colors. I also sold some of the ones I had on ebay. I didn't break even on that, but it did help me justify the new purchases. I want to commit to not buying any new purses at all in 2017. For some that may be easy. But I have loved bags since I was a little girl. My dad has a photo of me building a snowman with him at 3 and I have a purse on my shoulder as we are making it.
7. Lastly I need to watch clothing purchases. This is probably my least problem. But I still tend to buy multiples when I shop. I buy online and will add more to get free shipping or buy stuff in different colors and sizes. I have gained a lot of weight this past year and I also am trying to commit to a diet and exercise plan. Right now I don't want to buy new clothes because I don't want to buy the bigger size I need. I have enough to wear now. I also have a lot of stuff that still works once I loose weight. I would like to commit to not buying any new clothes for at least 6 months, maybe longer. I'd really like to loose the weight and get down the the size I want to be around 7/1. I think I can do it. So I don't want to buy any clothes till after then and maybe later.
Thanks for letting me write this long, long post. I do think it helps formally setting goals and discussing them. I hope to keep up with this message board to help me stay focused on my goals.
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