Show Me Your Declutters!

[RGbrown]

I received an order today with four new lipsticks,

(Lancome L'Absolue Lacquer...I will never ever stop mentioning these every-dang-where 😄😍)

but had absolutely no room for them in my containers. While the thought "buy more containers" crossed my mind for a brief second, I quickly dismissed it as I'm starting to feel overwhelmed with too much stuff. I'd been pulling out one or two here and there, but today was the big reckoning!Sorry I didn't stage a better pic, but that's 55 lip items that are now gloriously gone from my stash!

This is only the stuff I pulled today; I have a small train case packed full of the other lippies (and some palettes) that I've been slowly pulling over the last couple of months. Do I still have more I could get rid of? Yeah, most likely...if I was on the fence, I erred on the side of keeping it rather than tossing. And I didn't swatch every single keeper to weed out similar shades, so there's probably still a good bit of overlap in my berry-heavy collection. But my oh my, I feel soooo much better now. I found not only things I had forgotten about, but things I really had no clue I even owned in the first place 🤣

So...do you have too much too? Ready to clear up some space and salvage a little sanity? Share your declutters with us; we wanna see it! 

[Shosh85]

@curlychiquita Allergic to Vanilla?! That stinks! – do you like the scent?

I really wish I could wear different fragrances, but I just end up getting bad headaches and migraines. My husband doesn’t like perfume or cologne either, so it works out well! 👍

[curlychiquita]

 I can eat Vanilla,  but I'm allergic to something in synthetic scents.  I get hives and then my blood itches under my skin, if that makes sense.  Like if I put vanilla scented purfume on my wrist it will itch under the skin up my arms - the itch isn't on top of the skin but underneath.  I can usually avoid it but sometimes it's sneaky, like in hotel soaps. @Shosh85Unidentified @keana1

[Zvezdochka]

@Shosh85 I feel your pain about scents sensitivity. It seems older I get I become more sensitive to perfumes or perfumed products. Recently Im really enjoying light, fresh, crisp scents with notes of lemon, grapefruit or/and tea. Out of all the perfumes in your picture Dylan Blue from Versace is probably the freshest, lightest scent. I’m sure your sister and niece will find a number of wonderful parfumes here

[Shosh85]

Thanks for the pointers, @Zvezdochka!! Most perfumes and colognes give me headaches or migraines. I usually use things like “body splashes” that have light scents. I am currently using DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom. It’s the only actual perfume I’ve tried that doesn’t give me a headache. It has a crisp, fresh, fruity and floral scent. Even my husband who is also sensitive to scents likes this one and encourages me to wear it! 

[mganeshaly]

So these are the first things I'm getting rid off. Just have to get myself to stop procrastinating and find them a new home!

[Tamara76]

Ohhhh - These will make someone very happy, @mganeshaly!!!! ❤️

[curlychiquita]

@mganeshaly, I have that Kat Von D Studded Kis sampler, too, and I can't figure out what to do with it!  I think I'll have to declutter it, too.  Great set of declutters!

[Tamara76]

@curlychiquita I like to save up multiples of the same lip sampler cards and then put them into a palette so I can actually use them more than once.

A few years ago, a bunch of us collected the UD Vice lip samplers at Sephora and Ulta and made our own Vice Palettes - it was so much fun! ❤️

[curlychiquita]

@Tamara76, that sounds like a fun idea!

[Anastasiya13]

@mganeshalyDang girl you have some awesome stuff your decluttering.

[mganeshaly]

@Anastasiya13 Unfortunately they just don't work for me but they are indeed good products!

[Anastasiya13]

@mganeshalyAww, well at least it makes more room for the products that work for you hon

[suzyo]

Gasp! Not Loccitane hand cream!

[mganeshaly]

@suzyo Hahaha I just don't like those two. The shea one is too rich for my hands and my hands get all sweaty with the almond one for some reason. I love the rose one but these two just don't work for me unfortunately.

[fieldsofclover]

I'm inspired by this thread, and have an extra few days off so I'm decluttering around the house anyway... have now sent all this to makeup purgatory:

All nice, just not for me. l haven't been able to bring myself to put any of this in the bin, but at least now it's in a separate box to foist on the first lucky recipient I can find 🎁😂

Basically I just need to never spend money on anything matte, opaque, or mid-toned again... they never stay in my collection. Satin, cream, and "blur" finishes are my matte equivalents.

[Tamara76]

OMG!  So sorry those Huda lippies didn't work for you!  I love them!   Great de-stash, @fieldsofclover!

[Shosh85]

Great job, @fieldsofclover!  I’m not surprised to see that Naked Basics palette in your pile! I don’t blame you for being done with it!

I think I have like 3 of those little Smashbox palettes.... I definitely need to de clutter those!

I feel the same way about mattes. I always go for anything that says butter, cream, satin, etc.

[ohheyitscindyk]

@fieldsofclover Ahh the Naked Basics! I know I have that somewhere, collecting dust.

[Tamara76]

@Shosh85 @ohheyitscindyk @fieldsofclover OMG - I hate those Naked Basics mini palettes so much!  I kept almost pulling the trigger on the Ultimate Basics palette on sale, but then I look at my mini palettes and talk myself out of it!  They are just too cool toned on me and tend to look grey - my daughter on the other hand loves them!

[Shosh85]

@Tamara76 Well, at least yours didn’t go to waste!👍

[Tamara76]

@Shosh85 Between my daughter, friends, coworkers and other family members, there is always someone happy to take beauty, makeup, clothing and jewelry off my hands if it doesn't work out for me. 🙂