Beauty

[Tinkrbl44]

@mistriTsquirrel

Hmm.  I don't recall asking you.  My comments may seem like a "waste of time" but someone else may think all those squirrels are a "waste of time" and have nothing to do with makeup.  Looks like you're just trying to stir things up.  JMO

[mistriTsquirrel]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

@mistriTsquirrel

Hmm.  I don't recall asking you.  My comments may seem like a "waste of time" but someone else may think all those squirrels are a "waste of time" and have nothing to do with makeup.  Looks like you're just trying to stir things up.  JMO

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@Tinkrbl44  Oh, of course.  I'm the one who has instigated with her unwanted opinion.  LoL

[wvumountiefan]

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@Katcat1 wrote:

@wvumountiefan,   Yes, I have gone back into my stash and pulled out items and I also have tossed some "why did I buy this?" items too.  Right now I do not need any blush because I have several and lipsticks -- OMG!  that, unfortunately, for me is never ending.  I love different colors but I am not one for the truly dark shades.  I also have a small stash of Jo Malone perfume samples that I need to start using.   

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@Katcat1 I have a few not so dark shades. Every fall I see dark lipsticks and I think that I am going to try them, but I don’t. So instead I buy a nude shade which I know I don’t have enough nudes. Lol  the struggle is real! 😁

[Katcat1]

@wvumountiefan,  I have found for myself that medium shades work best as they bring out the color of my eyes but I do wear lighter shades.  My favorite brands are Laura Mercier, Stila, Becca, Bobbi Brown and Burt's Bees lip big crayons.

[fluffysmom]

I've been thinking about this after emptying some drawers. I found thing I forgot I had.

[tototwo]

@mistriTsquirrel- I love the squirrel pix you post - always give me a chuckle in the mornings.  Keep 'em coming.

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Skyegirl21 wrote:

I'm shopping my stash and closets too!   I have so much stashed and more handbags and shoes than I have ever used. So wasteful, I'm not sure what I was thinking... I think over- spending was an emotional bandaid.   No more.  It feels so good to use what I own. No big credit card bills anymore. 🎉👏🏼🙌🏻

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@Skyegirl21

Good for you!

[wvumountiefan]

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@tototwo wrote:

@mistriTsquirrel- I love the squirrel pix you post - always give me a chuckle in the mornings.  Keep 'em coming.

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@tototwo  I agree about the squirrel pics. We have a bear coming into a small cabin we are building on the mountain above our house. We put a game camera up just to see if we can get pictures of the bear. Well, he went up last night to get the disc and when I imported the pictures to my iPad, there were numerous pictures of a squirrel. We has a few laughs just seeing some of the pictures with his tail in the air and in a couple he was holding something. He was very busy! No bear pictures but oh well. I enjoyed looking at them. 

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Sheilaray wrote:

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

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@tototwo wrote:

Good luck and please keep us updated.  I did this years ago and got into the habit of not buying a new product until the old product is totally empty or I toss it.  Once you get into the habit, it's easy.... but there was some withdrawal at first.  Cold sweats.  Uncontrollable shaking.  Currently, all my skin care, makeup, and hair mousse fit into a plastic box about the size of a shoe box.  But I could fall off the wagon at any moment.  It's a slippery slope.

Now I need to work on all the other clutter in my life.  I could live in a tiny house.... as long as I rented a h-u-g-e storage unit to put everything.

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@tototwo

Funny comments!   Not sure why women buy makeup they don't even need ... but I guess that's another conversation for another day.   Seems like such a waste of money.   JMO   

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I think there is a stigma against women who "collect" cosmetics. It's really no different from those who have a shoe collection, jewelry collection, bunny rabbit collection, tea cup collection....I could go on and one.  Do I have more make-up than I can use? You betcha. But those new colors, formulas, packing, draw me in. And, of course, the ideal goal - finding that perfect product, the Holy Grail, is another motivator.

I go through spurts. I shop my stash for months and months, and then (usually a new season and a new collection) draw me in. I refuse to be made ashamed of and judged, though. It's my "thing" - just like collecting snowmen might be someone else's "thing". And I do try to save elsewhere. For example, I rarely purchase clothing, shoes, etc. that are not on sale and usually, even deeply discounted.

I used to feel bad about my collection. Over the years, due to YouTube and these boards to name a few, I realize that I am not alone ( revelation!).

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@Sheilaray

Apples and oranges comparison, IMO.   Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear.

IMO, It's one thing to "collect" .... shoes, for example .... and switch off wearing what's right there in front of you, enjoying it all.  Nothing at all wrong with that.

It's another thing entirely to buy things someone doesn't even need .....  and later finding huge drawers of cosmetics purchased, never used, found after months or years asking "when and why did I buy this?"   and never using it.   

If you don't even remember buying something that's not "collecting and using".   JMO 

[Snoopp]

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@mistriTsquirrel wrote:

I think my collection would seem pretty small to many people here.  I have some old shadows and liners I'm pulling out to see if I still want them.  If they aren't obviously bad, I put them on and see if they still apply well, and if I still like how they look on me.  Today I put on a couple of Avon shadows and they looked patchy and muddy, so I threw them away.  That's how I've been doing things.  Just going through old and throwing out what needs to go.

I've thrown away several shadows I accumulated when I was an Avon lady.  That left me with not very many eyeshadows to choose from, so I've allowed myself to buy some new ones.  I've loved makeup since I was a child, and eyeshadow is my weakness.

I'm not a spendy squirrel.  Most of my belongings are pretty shabby, TBH.  

But when my makeup looks good, it gives me a boost.  Some days I desperately need a boost.  I'm ill, but I don't want to look ill.  I want to look pretty.  When I put my makeup on, I feel a little bit more like my old self.  That's worth more to me than the money I supposedly "wasted" on makeup.

 Makeup can be small potatoes when it comes to purchases and money so buy what makes you happy.

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