Resolution LOW-BUY 2017

jennyap said:

Ok, what is it about them specifically that makes you think that you might need them, other than that they're new? Will they fill a particular gap in your stash, or will they just mean you use other things less meaning everything takes longer to use up? They're permanent, right? so you don't need to rush to buy them. Make a list of things you want, if you still want them in say 3 or 6 months and are your first priority for your money, go ahead then.

(Also, unsubscribe from brand emails, what you don't know about won't tempt you!)

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One of them has a very interesting name, but I have to go into the stash to see if I have a dupe for it. Think I would've bought it, just for name. I would use it too. One of them looks like Lavender Jade/Strutting Fabulous, so I could happily miss that one. The other one, I'm not sure if it's ESP but under a different name and different formula. I have no idea at all if they're permanent either, their website doesn't have any symbols like MAC if it's LE or not.

Plus, I very rarely shop at Illamasqua... Unless I'm replacing Kontrol and Disciple, or picking up a bottle of nail polish... Yep... I think I need to leave their mailing list for a bit.

I made my first makeup purchase for the year: a black Sephora Eye Pencil to Go. The product inside the UD Perversion pencil that came with my Smoked palette fell out a few weeks ago, and I had planned on waiting to buy it but didn't realize I needed to make a purchase in order to get some of the perks. I thought if you had over 700 points you could get the perks without having to buy something. Oh well.

I'm actually more excited about the perks I picked out:

Fresh Vitamin Nectar Vibrancy-Boosting Face Mask
Sunday Riley Tidal Brightening Enzyme Water Cream
Dior Diorshow Mascara (not a perk, but one of the samples)
Josie Maran 500 perk with the two argan oils, the Whipped Argan Oil Face Butter, the Surreal Skin Argan Finishing Balm (the reason I chose this perk), and a one-time use of the Whipped Argan Oil Body Butter in Vanilla Apricot

My VIB status renewed back in November, and I was able to use the free shipping promo code I got when my status renewed. I sent a whopping $6.53. Since the eye pencil was a replacement for the Perversion pencil, and I got free shipping, I don't feel so bad. I've been a little hesitant to buy some of the items listed above but since they were available in perks, I decided to jump on it. I missed out on the Josie Maran point perk last month.

Edit: I also managed to somehow break a full bottle of one of my Essie polishes...on my bed! I had all of my polishes on my bed to see which one I want to use this weekend. I guess there must have already been a crack or something on the bottle and I didn't realize it. All I know was that I looked down at my comforter (which is white, olive, and gray) and saw a huge mauve stain spreading on my bed. That makes 19 polishes now. I'm tempted to buy a replacement (I was looking at some of the OPI Washington DC shades) but it's not a big deal.

Marsha Pomells said:

Hi Team Low Buy. I've got a problem...

Now, I subbed this thread because I want to cut down on my spending and use what I already have, plus I just want to concentrate to getting staple products.

Yesterday, Illamasqua launched their new lipstick collection and 3 of their new lipsticks caught my eye. Do I need these or resist temptation???? HELP...

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One thing I did in 2016 (and maybe even sometime before that) was take an "one in, one out" approach to my makeup and skincare. If I wanted to bring something in that wasn't a replacement for something I had already used up, I had to get rid of something else. I Backed to MAC some items, and since I chose a new lipstick, I destashed a Wet n Wild lipstick I bought several years back but hardly wore. This could be one way to approach temptation.

LadyBug13 said:

One thing I did in 2016 (and maybe even sometime before that) was take an "one in, one out" approach to my makeup and skincare. If I wanted to bring something in that wasn't a replacement for something I had already used up, I had to get rid of something else. I Backed to MAC some items, and since I chose a new lipstick, I destashed a Wet n Wild lipstick I bought several years back but hardly wore. This could be one way to approach temptation.

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I agree, the one in one out is a really great approach. I'm also going to follow everyone and include my breakdown.

No Buy
Pre-made eyeshadow palettes - In general, I never use all the colours in them. Don't need or want any more.

Bronzers – I own one the guerlain works for me!

Eyeliner Pencils - I'm good I have a good bit to list me, same with lip pencils

Pigments – I had over 30 pigments when I started with my low buy journey in 2013, I now have 12 pigments, after selling the rest I used 2 colors once or twice year, I may get 5 gram jars and put some in them, and sell the rest or get rid of them completely if the trend very low use continues

Setting Powders - I'm all set (no pun intended)

Spot Concealer-still using my make up forever one. Also works great under the eyes, and I have my BECCA under eye concealer.

Foundation - I use Estee lauder double wear in the summer, and I alternate between Laura Mercier’s tinted moisturizer and black up tinted moisturizer in the winter

Face Primers – I have the Smashbox oil free I won’t need to replace
Eyeshadows- after creating my own 15 pro pan palettes with the MAC / Makeupgeek eyeshadows I own. I have 3 15 pro pan palettes total 2 neutrals (which is what I mainly wear these days ) and a 15 pro pan palette with blues can ypu tell I like blue? In addition, I have 4 MAC quads I made myself 1 neutral colors 1 smoky eye, and 2 color palette 1 blue and one green. So enough eye shadows! I also have a backup of mac smoke and diamonds eyeshadow, and I was gifted a Dior palette for Christmas. I also have some MAC mineralize eyeshadows as well about 6 of them so 60 eyeshadows+ 6 eyeshadows ifrom MAC Liquid metals collection and 2 MAC mineralize eyeshadows is enough.

Blusher-I have 16 NARS blushes and 1 backup of catus flower, 3 MAC mineralize eyeshadows 2 merrily and 1 love thing.
Highliters- I have 3 from colour pop purchased in late 2016, 1 from Guerlain, 2 from the german brand beauty is life, and 3 MAC mineralize skin finishes warm blend, earthshine, and a second from the same collection, can’t remember the name at the moment.
Lipstick- I currently have 16 MAC lipsticks in rotation, 2 chanel lipsticks, and 1 MUFE lipstick in #46.

Brushes-I always believe in buying the best makeup tools one can afford, I purchased the remaining few brushes from Japenese brands that was on my wishlist, last week, I also have 3 back-ups of my absolute faves, I truly do not need any more brushes. I’m content (I never thought I’d say that)
False lashes- I have a nice stash, i’m good.


Proceed with Caution
Eyeshadow Primer – NARS absolute favorite I will only replenish when I run out.

Lipgloss – MAC discontinued my favorite, it was a really great nude, so I’m on the hunt for a replacement, so far no luck.

Mascara – 1 tube per 3 months for me.

Lipliner - I need a red one to go with my chanel red liplaquer I purchased back in October may explore a drugstore option.

Brow Products – Once my brow gel runs out I’ll repurchase.


Points of Focus
Skincare-I’m really into Korean skincare products and I do a Korean skin care routine. This can be expensive as theres so many products on the market , but after getting into skincare finally found a routine that works for me and it’s a matter of replenishing items as I run out. Most of the products I use are not too expensive per say, but this year I gave myself a budget of $425.00 as my night cream after lasting me 2 years costs 220.00 normally my skincare budget is half of the amount I allotted this year.

Miscellaneous
nail polish- I have 13 bottles 6 Chanels I use often, 2 OPIs, this year I will get rid of 5 Chanel polishes I haven't used at all last year.

I think I need to throw away my GA Luminous Silk foundation. It's nearing its expiration date, but it just does not work for me. I always struggle with throwing stuff out. It's worse with this because I have a bizarre sentimental attachment to it haha. It's the first foundation I used years ago that made me feel really great, but it just looks flat on me now. I repurchased it about a year ago because it was love at first sight back then, but every time I wear it I'm unhappy with my makeup now. I've tried it off and on over the past few months and tried mixing it etc.

Also, besides that weird sentimental attachment, this is the HG foundation for SO many people. That's another reason I keep it and keep trying it. I feel like it SHOULD be working. I should probably just toss it I suppose. If anyone else has used this and disliked it or used to use any other product and now they can no longer make it work please tell me so I know I'm not alone

Alysse011 said:

I think I need to throw away my GA Luminous Silk foundation. It's nearing its expiration date, but it just does not work for me. I always struggle with throwing stuff out. It's worse with this because I have a bizarre sentimental attachment to it haha. It's the first foundation I used years ago that made me feel really great, but it just looks flat on me now. I repurchased it about a year ago because it was love at first sight back then, but every time I wear it I'm unhappy with my makeup now. I've tried it off and on over the past few months and tried mixing it etc.

Also, besides that weird sentimental attachment, this is the HG foundation for SO many people. That's another reason I keep it and keep trying it. I feel like it SHOULD be working. I should probably just toss it I suppose. If anyone else has used this and disliked it or used to use any other product and now they can no longer make it work please tell me so I know I'm not alone

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I can relate, I was like that with NARS Sheer glow, I tried a sample of it a while back, and I just can't do it.

LadyBug13 said:

I also managed to somehow break a full bottle of one of my Essie polishes...on my bed! I had all of my polishes on my bed to see which one I want to use this weekend. I guess there must have already been a crack or something on the bottle and I didn't realize it. All I know was that I looked down at my comforter (which is white, olive, and gray) and saw a huge mauve stain spreading on my bed. That makes 19 polishes now. I'm tempted to buy a replacement (I was looking at some of the OPI Washington DC shades) but it's not a big deal.

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I decluttered more of my nail polish. I now have 13 shades I really like (5 OPI, 8 Essie) plus a base/top coat. I like having 13 polishes. Maybe because my favorite number is 13, and 13 feels more manageable.

Alysse011 said:

Also, besides that weird sentimental attachment, this is the HG foundation for SO many people. That's another reason I keep it and keep trying it. I feel like it SHOULD be working. I should probably just toss it I suppose. If anyone else has used this and disliked it or used to use any other product and now they can no longer make it work please tell me so I know I'm not alone

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I felt the same with the Nivea Post Shave Balm. Everyone on YouTube (that I watch) was using it as their primer. It worked, but it messed with the feeling I normally have when putting on makeup. So I went back to BECCA Backlight Priming Filter and I couldn't be happier.

Alysse011 said:

I think I need to throw away my GA Luminous Silk foundation. It's nearing its expiration date, but it just does not work for me. I always struggle with throwing stuff out. It's worse with this because I have a bizarre sentimental attachment to it haha. It's the first foundation I used years ago that made me feel really great, but it just looks flat on me now. I repurchased it about a year ago because it was love at first sight back then, but every time I wear it I'm unhappy with my makeup now. I've tried it off and on over the past few months and tried mixing it etc.

Also, besides that weird sentimental attachment, this is the HG foundation for SO many people. That's another reason I keep it and keep trying it. I feel like it SHOULD be working. I should probably just toss it I suppose. If anyone else has used this and disliked it or used to use any other product and now they can no longer make it work please tell me so I know I'm not alone

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Before I tossed my NARS Sheer Glow a while back, I was developing a love-hate relationship with it. It's another one of those uber well-liked/loved foundations. But yeah.

It's currently like that with me and my MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer. Loved it at first, now it's yet another love-hate relationship, which is why I want to get a new undereye concealer this year.

FOTD...

* MUFE Step 1 - Smoothing Primer (across nose area)
* MUFE Step 1 - Hydrating Primer (between the brows)
* MUFE Ultra HD - Y205 (middle portions of face)
* MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer - NW15
* Kevyn Aucoin SSE - SX01
* Cinema Secrets Ultralucent Setting Powder - Colorless
* Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder
* Hourglass Arch Brow Sculpt Pencil - Ash
* MAC Eyeshadow - Copperplate (to make the brow pencil a little more ashy-looking)
* hairspray + spoolie
* NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base
* MAC Eyeshadow - Satin Taupe
* Smashbox Indecent Exposure Mascara
* MAC Blush - Taupe (as a bronzer)
* NARS Blush - mix of Sex Fantasy and Sex Appeal
* NARS Satin Lip Pencil - Rikugien

lenchen said:

I can relate, I was like that with NARS Sheer glow, I tried a sample of it a while back, and I just can't do it.

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LadyBug13 said:

I felt the same with the Nivea Post Shave Balm. Everyone on YouTube (that I watch) was using it as their primer. It worked, but it messed with the feeling I normally have when putting on makeup. So I went back to BECCA Backlight Priming Filter and I couldn't be happier.

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shellygrrl said:

Before I tossed my NARS Sheer Glow a while back, I was developing a love-hate relationship with it. It's another one of those uber well-liked/loved foundations. But yeah.

It's currently like that with me and my MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer. Loved it at first, now it's yet another love-hate relationship, which is why I want to get a new undereye concealer this year.

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ok good, then it's not just me! I am going to toss it.

Minimal bonus FOTD to try a new thing from my Beautylish order...

* ABH Stick Foundation - Porcelain (around the nose and under the eyes)
* Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder
* Inglot AMC Brow Liner Gel - 18 (very ashy! A little goes a long way. Also: the pot is tiny!)

I'm also wearing the OCC nail polish I got (Femme). On my pale skin it almost reads more like a light pinky-coral than a baby warm pink. Still a great colour, though!

Unfortunately, the Makeup Atelier foundation I ordered had to go back. The texture is great, but the shade (FLW1B) wasn't. A bit too dark, and the undertone was off.

So, I went into Sephora today and I saw 2 blush items from NARS i'd like to buy. NARS released a beautiful blush from their Holiday collection called impudique, and a blush palette that actually suits deeper skin tones! I've always wanted a blush palette I can use for travel, so I will be go through my blush stash to get rid of some blushes I haven't reached for in a while. Thoughts?

shellygrrl said:

Minimal bonus FOTD to try a new thing from my Beautylish order...

* ABH Stick Foundation - Porcelain (around the nose and under the eyes)
* Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder
* Inglot AMC Brow Liner Gel - 18 (very ashy! A little goes a long way. Also: the pot is tiny!)

I'm also wearing the OCC nail polish I got (Femme). On my pale skin it almost reads more like a light pinky-coral than a baby warm pink. Still a great colour, though!

Unfortunately, the Makeup Atelier foundation I ordered had to go back. The texture is great, but the shade (FLW1B) wasn't. A bit too dark, and the undertone was off.

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Too bad about the foundation. Do you plan to try a different shade?

lenchen said:

So, I went into Sephora today and I saw 2 blush items from NARS i'd like to buy. NARS released a beautiful blush from their Holiday collection called impudique, and a blush palette that actually suits deeper skin tones! I've always wanted a blush palette I can use for travel, so I will be go through my blush stash to get rid of some blushes I haven't reached for in a while. Thoughts?

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Do you need any new blushes (I use need very loosely here)? If you end up getting one, I would get the single and I would only get it if it is unique and something that would be well loved. I personally don't use blush palettes, so that's my own bias coming through. I feel like you're more likely to have dupes of blushes in a palette, and it's just the convenience and difference that they are all in one place that makes it appealing. Of course, you very well could feel differently! However, if the majority of the shades are not unique and/or you aren't crazy about one or more shade, I say pass.

I'm going on a no-buy for the month of January since I got a lot of make-up in December. I'm not really planning on limiting myself for the rest of the year, except I kind need to take it easy with lip products since I bought 28 MAC lip products in 2016.

I went through the make-up I bought in 2016 I realized that I only bought LE MAC in special packaging, aside from the LE MAC I bought I also got a few LE MAC lipsticks in special packaging plus the holiday plum lip kit and a UD lip palette as gifts. The only other items I bought from MAC were cleanse off oil, foundation and eye primer. I also bought the NARS eye prime, which was way too drying and I thankfully just finished, mufe stick foundation which was way too tacky, a Tom Ford Nail Polish, Anastasia brow pencil, Origins and Kiehl's skincare and shampoo and conditioner from Sephora(about $50 every four months).

This year I plan to keep it about the same since I feel I need the LE MAC products so I don't feel like I missed out later on and maybe some Tom Ford products if they are amazing.

MAC had some amazing sales this year, so I at least got some of the items on sale. I really hope MAC has the same sales this year.

I forgot to mention that I also bought the MAC 137 brush why they had the 25% discount.

Thanks! Alysseo11, you have a point, i'm going to pass on that palette, but I am going to get that impudique blush, i don't have anything similar, in my collection and I've always wanted Orgasm, but because of my deep skin tone it just didn't work for me more like a highlighter. I'm going to give up mata hari for it though as it rarely gets used.

lenchen said:

So, I went into Sephora today and I saw 2 blush items from NARS i'd like to buy. NARS released a beautiful blush from their Holiday collection called impudique, and a blush palette that actually suits deeper skin tones! I've always wanted a blush palette I can use for travel, so I will be go through my blush stash to get rid of some blushes I haven't reached for in a while. Thoughts?

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I was tempted by both of the NARS LE Unfiltered palettes until I realized I am hardly using the LE NARSissist palette I purchased last January! However, I did go for the Sarah Moon Impudique blush. I love it! It is unique and works with blushes/highlighters I already have.

Sorry I have been MIA ladies! I just got back from Mexico Thursday...let's just say re-entry to winter has been hard! Brrrrrr! After 3 full weeks of vacation (just 11 days in Mexico) I go back to work tomorrow. So, I see being MIA for just a bit more until I get back into the swing of things and catch up at work...but I promise a recap under the 2016 thread and a 2017 plan of action in this thread very soon! Everyone is off to a great start! Keep it up!

Well, Hourglass has their Girl lip stylos out, and here comes Chanel with their gorgeous glossy crayons. Jesus take the wheel