Makeout 2013: Banned from buying makeup?

Hey guys!

We've all heard of project pans and makeout 2013 and even though I was already doing it during the last year I thought I would start a new one and share it with you.

Starting of July 1st, I will not be buying makeup for the rest of the year. I will only allowed myself to buy 1 beauty product per month so 6 until the end of december.
Certain type of products will be on a complete no buy (list below) and certain items I'll be able to buy toward the 6 items.
The only way I'll be able to get more than 6 items will be to use up/throw away/give away a certain amount of the same type of products.
Obviously items that I need (Shampoo and conditioner, makeup remover, etc.) I can repurchase.

Products that are on a no buy : (unless I finish them all (not gonna happen!))

- Body lotion (If you have seen my last post you understand why!)
- Mascara (this is going to be hard :S)
- Shower gels
- Soap
- Body spray
- Primer
- Pigment
- Hand soap
- Hand sanitizer

The rest can be purchase and will count in the 6 limited products UNLESS I use up a certain amount of the ones in my collection.

To buy a new X, I need to use up (throw away or give away counts too) :

- To buy a lip product, I need to use up : 5
- To buy a foundation, I need to use up : 2
- To buy a concealer, I need to use up : 2
- To buy a powder, I need to use up : 1
- To buy a blush, I need to use up : 1 (Which is basically impossible for me :( ...)
- To buy a bronzer, I need to use up : 2 (Again impossible...)
- To buy a highlighter, I need to use up : 1
- To buy an eyeliner, I need to use up : 2
- To buy an eye primer, I need to use up: 2
- To buy a brow product, I need to use up : 1
- To buy a body scrub, I need to use up : 2
- To buy a face scrub, I need to use up : 2

(I think it's everything!)

Exception:
I will try to avoid buying skincare product since I plan on buying quite a few things during the 20% off Sephora sale in November. Those items will not count for the makeout 2013.

I'm not planning anything for nails and hair just because I don't own that many (ok not completely true with nail polishes) but I don't tend to go crazy when I buy them. If I see that I start buying too much, I will add them to my makeout 2013.

Let me know if you are doing one and if you have any tricks. I was on a no buy for a few months and I did okay. When I finished I did buy a few things and that's why I will try to do it again.
I'm not sure how well it's going to go :S
I'm doing this to really use up all my "half used" beauty products and to make a big clean up of my collection. Whatever I'm not using, I'll either give it to someone else, sell it or throw it away! I'm not sure how well I'll do about the "no buy part", but as long as I use up some products I'll be happy :)
I will keep you posted on my progress!

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Note : A haul will be posted after this post but I already bought the products and since this new project only starts on July 1st it doesn't count :)

Beauty Hoarder - Makeup addiction

Hi my name is Emilie and I’m an addict. lol

With Youtube becoming more and more popular, I feel like more and more people are getting addicted to hoarding makeup and beauty products and I clearly am a hoarder.

One of the things I have way too many of are body lotions (body cream, body butters...). 

The first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem… Well I think I’m there.

Let me show you…

Who seriously needs over 20 something tubes and pots of lotion ?!

Me apparently ! (Ok it's even worse than I thought... 40 with the miniature sizes... :S)

I could try to justify myself by saying that my skin is really dry and that they all have a different consistency and that they all have a different smell (it’s almost like wearing perfume!). Some are smaller sizes so I can travel easily with them (who ever really travel that much?), some work better before I go to bed, some are quick and easy when I just want to moisturize before I’m out the door.

But still... I have too much and these are just excuses!

Oh also.. (Am I the only one who does this?)

Like I said I have really dry skin especially during winter (scales fish legs are not attractive!) so I’ll end up buying once in a while some lotion to moisturize it and I might use it a couple time… then stop!

Oh and yes I will obviously complain that my skin is still really dry and I'll wonder why since I have so many lotions… yes that’s how logic I am!

A part of me must think that just buying it is enough and that magically my skin will feel and look better without even using it.

Also whenever I decide that I need more of them I never buy only one. No I have to go and buy a few new creams (totally Bath and Body Works fault for their buy 3 get 3 free sales (I'm not trying to find excuses at all))

I have good excuses for some of them. For example, the Aveeno one... I wasn't home when I got it. I was traveling and I had a rash and I needed to buy something. I even chose a small size (see I was trying to be responsible!).

The next step, after you admitted that you have a problem, is to find a solution so I decided to include body products to my makeout 2013 (I'll do a post on it soon!). So I won’t be buying body products for the rest of the year. No matter how much I love all of these, I need to used them up.

The good news is you’ll probably see them in my future empties!

Here's a list of all the products (I'll try to update it whenever I finish or give away one!) :

Ramdoms:

- EOS nourish revitalizing care hand and body lotion (DONE!)

- Biotherm Oil therapy

- Aveeno Daily Moisturizing lotion (travel size)

- Clarins Body Lift Cellulite Control (Sample size)

Bath and Body Works :

- Triple Moisture Body Cream (TMC) Carried Away (DONE!)

- TMC black raspberry vanilla

- TMC warm vanilla sugar

- Bali Mango body lotion (x2) (DONE!)

- Sweet Pea body lotion (DONE!)

- Stress relief body lotion (travel size)

- Sleep lavender chamomile body lotion (travel size)

- Sleep lavender vanilla body lotion (travel size)

- Energy orange ginger (travel size) 

- Energy lemon zest (travel size)

- Sensual jasmine vanilla (travel size)

- Body butter in Secret Wonderland (Gifted them because I'm allergic to the formula!)

- Body butter in Carried Away

- Body butter in Be Enchanted

- Body butter in Dark Kiss

- Body butter in Moonlight Path (Hate the smell will find a new home for it!)

The Body Shop:

Minis:

- Satsuma

- Pink Grapefruit

- Moringa (Hate the smell will find a new home for it!)

- Sweet Lemon

- Strawberry

Normal size:

- Raspberry 

- Satsuma

- Sweet Lemon

- Strawberry

- Passionfruit (DONE!)

- Papaya (DONE!)

- Mango (DONE)

- Vitamine E (Allergic)

- Shea

Duo:

- Vanilla

- Floral Acai

- Macadamia (finished one side!)

I thought that sharing them would motivate me to used them up (and let's be honest, I hoped it would make me a little ashamed too!) Now I just have to not buy any for at least the next 6 months. I haven't bought anything from the semi annual sale of Bath and Body Works (proud!). Using them up I realized I much prefer their TMCs to their body butters, but I'll wait till next year when I (hopefully) use all of those to buy some.

In conclusion, yes I have an addiction to body lotion… and blushes... Actually my addiction with blushes might even be worse but that’s an other story :P

I might do a post on it… but let’s call it blushes collection… it sounds a lot better right? :)

If you have the same problem or would like to make me feel less alone and weird… comment and let me know if you have this addiction… or an addiction to any other beauty product.
Also let me know if you're doing a make out 2013!

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