In reviewing my post history, I realized that I’ve never once posted an annual summary of my Lo-Buy / No-Buy accountability.
These are all of my accountability posts from 2017.
And I think I know why… because I’m a sneaky cheat!
Let’s rewind a little. If you’ve followed my blog since the early days, you’ll know that this blog started out as a full-on, hardcore No-Buy for an entire year in 2015. It seemed quite black and white, right? Don’t buy makeup for 365 days, Stashy!
These are examples of me not buying anything for 2015.
But nope, first I broke the No-Buy only 2 weeks into January, in an event forever known as Targetgate™. Then I proceeded to bend the definition of what a “No-Buy” means, through swaps (first with Nicola of beauty As I know It, then with Isabelle of girl with Pink Cheeks) and blatant hauling for my birthday. But, I was able to not partake in either of the spring or fall Sephora VIB sales, as well as the Black Friday temptations.
I used to give myself these milestone badges. This was 250 days of “not buying anything”.
These are all of my accountability posts from 2016.
Fast forward to 2016 and 2017. I’ll group both years together as I think my behaviour was similar both years. I was finally loosening the reins and allowed to BUY! In 2016, I was on a Low-Buy all year, whereas in 2017 I did a hybrid of Low- and No-Buy; January was the special month of “Hauluary” where I had no spending restrictions. Here’s what my monthly budgets were for each month for the 2 years:
Source: 2016 new focus and 2017 new Focus
I should clarify here that my No-Buys and Low-Buys have more to do with not adding to my already large makeup collection, rather than curbing spending overall. It’s a nice side effect to save money but it’s not my primary goal. I was seriously running out of space in our condo with all of my beauty products squirreled away in closets, under the bed, and even in the living room!
Let’s see how I actually fared:
One of the biggest loopholes I had in 2016 and 2017 was that makeup purchased during vacations didn’t count… and as you can imagine, I took advantage of that! (in Japan and on the cruise) and let’s be real, the months of January and December – I never did tally up what I bought due to Hauluary and holiday spending. but at minimum, I spent $500 each month. That’s basically doubling my full year spend in just those 2 months! I totally failed my 2016 Low-Buy but I showed improvement in 2017.
Did you read about the report in early 2017, that found us women spend $300,000 on makeup and skincare over their lifetime?
They estimated that on average, American women consume between $3.50 – $11 per day of skincare and makeup on their face. It depends on what region of America the women live – I would say Toronto is most similar to new York so let’s say that my daily consumption is $11. That would mean I’m spending $4,015 a year on makeup and skincare! since my Low- and No-Buy was more focused on tallying makeup purchases, if I include skincare; I don’t think I’m too far off that figure!
Hauluary!
This view only shows my accountability in dollars and as I mentioned, this isn’t about money – so let’s have a look at the actual count of my makeup collection over the 3 years that I’ve been blogging. I based my initial count on this post I made in my first month of blogging, and went through all of my hauls, accountability, trash Stash, and purge posts (with reference to the tracking in my inventory spreadsheet) to arrive at the current count. I included all items that I bought, was given as gifts, redeemed with points, Back to MAC for, won in giveaways, or bought on vacation – i.e. everything! I’ve broken the count by product category and with trending from the beginning of 2015 to present day:
Eye Shadows
N.B.: I count individual eye shadow pans, so a quad is counted not as 1 eye shadow, but 4.
Base Products
Blushes
Check out the steady increase here… I just love blushes.
Lip Products
I’m pretty pleased with halving my lip stash.
ខាត់ក្រចក
I had good intentions to purge more of my nail polishes and I still intend to!
Brushes
Year by year view of all categories:
Of the 6 categories that I tracked, 3 of them decreased: base makeup (foundations, concealers, and powders), lip products (lipsticks, glosses, and balms), and makeup brushes. The 3 categories that increased over the years should come as no surprise: eye shadows, blushes, and nail polishes. Those just happen to be my favourite makeup items.
Nerd enough for ya? So what’s the final verdict?
I love to shop for new makeup. #captainobvious
In my three-pronged approach to reducing my makeup stash – 1) stop / limit buying more 2) use up what I have, and 3) purge what I don’t use – buying is my first line of defense. I’m never going to stop buying makeup – that’s just a given. I’m more mindful of what I already own now and if I’m goដើម្បីទិញអ្វីដែលថ្មីអ្វីមួយដែលចាស់ត្រូវតែបន្សុត! (ខ្ញុំមានគម្រោងដោះស្រាយប៉ូលាក្រចកនិងការផ្លុំយ៉ាងឆាប់) ទិដ្ឋភាពវែងឆ្ងាយគឺការចូលមកតិចជាងនេះទៅក្នុងការចូលមកក្នុងនិងការចេញទៅកាត់បន្ថយបន្តិចម្តង ៗ កាត់បន្ថយថ្នមៗរបស់ខ្ញុំបន្តិចម្តង ៗ ។ ខ្ញុំមិនមានដែនកំណត់ចំណាយសម្រាប់ខ្លួនខ្ញុំនៅឆ្នាំនេះទេប៉ុន្តែបានដាក់វានៅទីនេះនៅទីនេះខ្ញុំពិតជាមាននិន្នាការធម្មជាតិ – ខ្ញុំមានទំនោរទប់ស្កាត់ការចំណាយរបស់ខ្ញុំសម្រាប់រដូវស្លឹកឈើជ្រុះ / រដូវក្តៅ។ ហើយប្រសិនបើមានរឿងមួយដែលខ្ញុំបានយកទៅជាមួយខ្ញុំពីប្លក់ជាមួយនឹងការដឹកទំនិញទាំងអស់បោកខោអាវសំរាមនិងការសម្អាត – វដ្តមិនដែលបញ្ចប់!
តើអ្នកចូលចិត្ត Hauls ទេ? សូមពិនិត្យមើលប្រកាសដ៏រុងរឿងទាំងនេះ:
• Hauling: ឆ្នាំ 2016 (ដំបូងបន្ទាប់ពីគ្មានទិញ, ក្រចកប៉ូឡូញ, ថ្នាំលាបក្រចកបន្ថែមទៀត, Mac, Mac, Makeup & Skin, Solish Solish មិនទាន់បានធ្វើនៅឡើយទេ, hautelook) និង 2018 ។
•ថ្ងៃខួបកំណើត
•ការប្រោសលោះចំណុចល្អបំផុត: 2015, 2016 និង 2017
•ការលក់ Sephora Vib: និទាឃរដូវឆ្នាំ 2015 រដូវស្លឹកឈើជ្រុះឆ្នាំ 2016 រដូវស្លឹកឈើជ្រុះឆ្នាំ 2016 រដូវស្លឹកឈើជ្រុះឆ្នាំ 2016 រដូវស្លឹកឈើជ្រុះ 2016 និទាឃរដូវឆ្នាំ 2017 និងរដូវស្លឹកឈើជ្រុះឆ្នាំ 2017 និងរដូវស្លឹកឈើជ្រុះឆ្នាំ 2017 ។
ថ្ងៃសុក្រខ្មៅ: 2015 គ្មានទិញបោះពុម្ពលើកឆ្នាំ 2016, 2016, 2017
•ខេស៊ីធីសម្ផស្សហាប់: ឆ្នាំ 2016, ជូសេនិងឆ្នាំ 2017
•ជក់ MAC: 137 ត្រលប់ទៅ Mac ឆ្នាំ 2015 ទីបំផុតបបូរមាត់ដោយឥតគិតថ្លៃហើយត្រលប់ទៅ Mac ឆ្នាំ 2016
• Hauls Hauls: ហាងលក់បញ្ចុះតំលៃ PazeEvent.ca AliExpress, អំណោយបុណ្យណូអែលសម្រាប់ខ្លួនខ្ញុំផ្ទាល់, កញ្ញា A និងការតុបតែងមុខកាន់តែច្រើន
•រក្សាទុក Hauls: ហ៊ូដសាន់ឈូងសមុទ្រអ្នកឈ្នះ H & M សម្រស់ផ្ទះសម្បែងនិងលោក Nordstrom
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