green – keeping, yellow – finished, red – throwing out

So back here I began my product cull to tidy my makeup stash with the idea that if I wasn’t regularly using them by December they were going in the bin. I had 39 makeup products that I wanted to concentrate on which I kept in a little basket next to my vanity table that I tried to dip into in an effort to use them and it worked for some items. I managed to use up 13 of them and decided to rotate 4 back into my stash which I’m concentrating on using up as I’ve already earmarked a few products to buy to replace them when they’re gone. And while I was reassessing my stash I decided to add in a bunch of makeup I forgot I had which I have no intention using again.

So this is what’s getting binned…

Start of a new year and I’ve decided to do a bit of a clean out of my makeup draw. It’s not so much of a project pan as it is a list of items that I want to concentrate on otherwise they’re most likely going to be thrown out at the end of the year, finished or not.

Even while using my MAC palette I knew that my NARS shadows would be next. I’d been looking forward to finally using the Earth Angel duo and it didn’t disappoint.

Here’s how I put these together:

This use it or lose it is from back in May but I thought it might be interesting to post it anyway.

After the success of my first shadow challenge, I was really keen to keep going. My MAC palette is kind of a cheat because I know there are many combinations that I’m happy to wear but it still feels restrictive to limit myself to just one set of shadows.

These are the combos I put together:

I never thought I would be able to justify the cost but I've quickly come around to accepting the high price tag of high end makeup. But in saying that I can't bring myself to simply spend if I won't genuinly use a product and if I'm honest there's alot of makeup I already own that doesn't get much of a look-in. So I've been trying to rotate products on a weekly basis, like my blush and lipstick, and with my eyeshadows I'm taking it a step further.

Inspired by my sister who shops her stash and focuses on a different eye palette every week, I've started doing something similar. In my case I'm focusing on brands rather than just palettes so I can also get use out of my singles and duos which are being neglected. And since I can go days without wearing any makeup, I'm going to attempt to stick to a palette/brand for 5 days of wear instead so I don't conveniently avoid wearing makeup for the week where I've chosen shadows to wear that are out of my comfort zone.