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itsfi · ‎09-19-2025

Fall is ~~almost~~ here, folks! I've been going through some of my drawers, doing a little reorganizing and finding things in my collection that I'd like to use more during the cooler season. I'm not looking to pan or use up these products necessarily, more just trying to get more use out of them and deciding whether to keep them in my collection or declutter before the end of the year. If you have some items that could benefit from the same, please join me.

Feel free to use this space to identify and talk through beauty product(s) that you'd like to use or work through this fall (or through the end of the year) - be it makeup, skincare, bath & body products, fragrance, hair care, or other beauty items that are best suited for the autumn season or products in your stash that have been needing some more of your attention.

How To Shop Your Stash:

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Go through your collection and pick out product(s) you want to work on using this fall or for the remainder of the year. It can be one item, or 2, 3, or 20+. Up to you.

Purpose of Shop Your Stash:

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This challenge can serve a number of functions, depending on what you have in your stash and what you're looking to achieve, including an opportunity to:

Rotate and use products that are ideal or better suited for the fall months as a result of their shades, consistency, texture or otherwise

Use the beauty items we already have on hand or "shopping our stash" - this can help with being more savvy shoppers by helping us to be more mindful with our beauty spend by (i) not thinking we have to have all the new things all the time (or all at once) or (ii) finding not just what we love/like but what we may be missing in our current collections. With the holidays coming up, I'm looking at this as a way to manage my spending by helping me figure out what it is I really want (everything looks so good!) or identify what I'm missing from my collection that I want to pick up during those fabulous year end sales.

Ease our way towards panning products or identifying what product(s) we want to try to work on including in a project pan next year! It can be daunting trying to figure out what items to work on for a year long project pan, but taking it in 3-month intervals gives me a better idea of what products I can see myself keeping up with for a whole year and which I may need to include a couple of in a project pan so I have some variety.

Remember, including items in a use/shop your stash doesn't mean they are the only items you can use for the season. It can if that's how you want to approach it. You can also pick more than one of the same type of item to shop / use for the fall so that you have variety. Set aside half a dozen lipstick shades you want to incorporate into your looks this season. Or, pull out a few foundations that work best for your skin type and color as the weather cools down.

This challenge can serve a number of functions, depending on what you have in your stash and what you're looking to achieve, including an opportunity to: Rotate and use products that are ideal or better suited for the fall months as a result of their shades, consistency, texture or otherwise Use the beauty items we already have on hand or "shopping our stash" - this can help with being more savvy shoppers by helping us to be more mindful with our beauty spend by (i) not thinking we have to have all the new things all the time (or all at once) or (ii) finding not just what we love/like but what we may be missing in our current collections. With the holidays coming up, I'm looking at this as a way to manage my spending by helping me figure out what it is I really want (everything looks so good!) or identify what I'm missing from my collection that I want to pick up during those fabulous year end sales. Ease our way towards panning products or identifying what product(s) we want to try to work on including in a project pan next year! It can be daunting trying to figure out what items to work on for a year long project pan, but taking it in 3-month intervals gives me a better idea of what products I can see myself keeping up with for a whole year and which I may need to include a couple of in a project pan so I have some variety. Remember, including items in a use/shop your stash doesn't mean they are the only items you can use for the season. It can if that's how you want to approach it. You can also pick more than one of the same type of item to shop / use for the fall so that you have variety. Set aside half a dozen lipstick shades you want to incorporate into your looks this season. Or, pull out a few foundations that work best for your skin type and color as the weather cools down.

~~I'm going to take a day or two to think about what items I want to include in this season's shop my stash and will post them here when I figure that out.~~

Looking forward to seeing what's inside everyone's fall stash! 🍂🍁

blackkitty2014 · ‎09-19-2025

This is great. I will join @itsfi 🥰

itsfi · ‎09-20-2025

Yaaay! 🙌 Always love seeing what you choose 😍 and watching you work your way through your beauties, @blackkitty2014!

caitbird · ‎09-19-2025

@itsfi ooh I love this idea! Perfect timing, as I am about to try to go through and inventory and reorganize my (extremely overflowing) stash. I'm excited to do this!

itsfi · ‎09-20-2025

Aaaaahhh, you’re gonna do an inventory @caitbird, awesome!! I know you've mentioned wanting to do one, I'm excited to see what system you come up with, and what beauties you’re shopping / using for the next few months. It's a fun (and productive) way to use what's been in our collections for a while and the new things we pick up along the way!

caitbird · ‎09-20-2025

@itsfi haha, wish me luck, it's gonna be a biiiig project 😬 I got started a little today, just assembling some things in the process of deep cleaning my room (which is my current project), and oh boy. I have so much stuff! 🤯 haha! But it will definitely be good to finally get it done. I am already seeing areas where I have more products in my stash than I realized, so now I know I shouldn't order any more of those for a while (I have so many tinted lip balms? how?! 🤣)

It will be interesting to see how the inventory eventually shakes out, and I will try to pick some good candidates for this challenge! Thanks for starting this thread!