Use all my beauty products before buying any more

I seem to buy things in bulk because I feel like I’m saving money, but I realized in essence I’m really spending more than what I need. I bought about 7 Garnier Fructice hair products. Luckily, I was able to return 5 of them as I always keep receipts. The other 2 I exchanged for something I needed. This stuff made my hair dry and it was a mistake to buy so many. So instead I bought head & shoulder scalp care for the dandruff this Garnier stuff caused on my head. So, buy just what you need. Don’t worry about saving money in bulk because if it is $8.50 now or 5 for $7 for $35 now, you might decide you don’t like the scent or you get bored of it. Being minimalist. The other thing to remember is that stuff is always on sale. Always.

But I didn’t have any more shampoo or conditioner, so I don’t consider it a failure! The shampoo and conditioner were $5.97 each and I needed a new bath poof since I left mine in Montana. ^^;

Total Spent? $13

Of course, I haven’t had time to be tempted yet. ^^; But I have more then enough make up, hair care products, lotions, scents, etc that I shouldn’t need to buy any for the upcoming school year. I did leave a number of things back in Montana though. :x Oops! I will need to buy a new bath poof though. That doesn’t count, right? :<

But I’m treating my failure as an interesting investigation into life. I’m different now. When I was away nothing mattered except happiness and being alive, the moment and the journey. I am not sure what matters now. I think it’s because I’m a gemini but I can never decide whether I’m materialistic or minimalistic. At work they call me Mary Poppins because I have so much junk in my bag (I actually had a frozen ice pack in there at an opportune moment!). They were fascinated to hear of my morning face routine – really nothing special, I even use soap on my face but the way they see me at work is so at odds with the way I often am – one woman even asked if I ever go out of the house without make up! Well this was really a ramble about nothing. Perhaps what I’m trying to say is I’m a victim of circumstance, I am perfectly fine with having nothing but when I have something, I want more.

Today I got a body lotiona nd two shampoos from Boots, but I technically didn’t BUY them as I used my points to pay for them…

If it’s a fail I think I managed pretty well with 4.5 months!

Down 1 lip polish, 6 to go.
Down 1 body lotion, 2 to go.
Down 2 face lotion, 1 to go.
Down 2 perfume, 6 to go.
Down 0 hand lotion, 4 to go.
Down 2 body wash, 1 to go.
Down 0 bath salt, 2 to go.
Down 0 nail polish, 17 to go.

of no-beauty-products-purchase syndrome! I keep torturing myself by looking at hqhair.com and going into Boots looking longingly at make up.

But I haven’t bought anything. I honestly think my supplies will last forever.

aarghhh so many lovely beauty products in the shops! I went to Boots after work, I so wanted Garnier firming lotion, I have wanted it for ages as it smells of lemons, and it was half price! But I have so much lotion at home… and I wanted to buy the new Loreal lip gloss balm thing which has been on tv, there is such a lovely pink called Sugar Rose. But I have a zillion lip glosses at home…

I haven’t bought anything this year! Gold star for me. :)

products but I don’t feel like I can call this one done until I have used up all the random things and am left with just a “capsule” collection of essential products. This may take a while!

I have noticed that my basket is being emptied out very slowly, I still have some extras and I can never resist the good sale if I’m low on a product or the free gift for Clinique make-up, but i do try to use everything I can every day or as much as possible and that makes it worth it. The good thing about new products is that they work well as gifts for friends. Today I did buy 6 VS lotions, perfumes and shower washes because I didn’t have any shower wash, I was running out of body spray & perfume, and it was just cheaper to buy in bulk. I think for somethings its useful and maybe even necessary to have more than one. However, I’m planning to use them as emergency gifts if the need arises. The make-up I wear every day so I don’t worry about using that. I think I only have one of every hair thing, but I have multiple of make-up. I don’t open one until I finish the other because I know that once I open a make-up product it has a limited shelf life (bacterial germs and such.