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Show Me Your Declutters!

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!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! 

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Great job!!! It's always so hard to convince myself @suzyo 

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@lmaster  I was a bit more cut throat this time. I didn't swatch anything, and I think that's the key. Once I started swatching I stopped adding to the pile, lol. 

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Forgot these, lol 66F4FC0C-99FB-47D9-B3F3-4C7701248337.jpeg

 

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For those of you that have done  intense declutters, not because the products are bad or because you don’t like them, but simply because they don’t get that much use, do you ever regret it? I’m thinking about doing an intense highlighter purge but I really like some of them, just not as much as ones I use regularly. Some of them are sentimental or LE so I’m torn on letting them go.

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I haven't done an intense declutter so I'm not sure about regret @makeitup305 but I do have an idea. You know the "turn the hanger" philosophy? It's where you make your hangers face the opposite direction and at the end of the year, whatever isn't turned normally/you don't wear then gets decluttered/donated. Could you apply the concept to your highlighters so they aren't immediately gone? Maybe place the decluttered ones in a temporary location and if in 6 months you've felt no need to bring them back, truly declutter them? Just a thought. Good luck and hopefully some other people can fill in if they've had regrets with their declutters.

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@ShortErica this is a great idea for clothes! When I moved I found so much stuff in my closet to donate.

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I forget where the idea originated @sprocketta but some organization expert said it in an interview years back and my mom always repeats it every year. 🙂

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 @ShortErica thanks, that's a great idea, I might do that with the ones I'm more unsure about. I declutter pretty consistently but some products are harder than others.

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Out with the old!! IMG_20191115_203003951.jpg

 

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@lmaster This just reminded me that I need to do this! 

 

Best,
Rebecca

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@RebeccaBT @makeitup305 yep it's not fun,,, definitely have to mentally prepare 😣

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Currently in the process of a declutter that was 100% inspired by this thread, so thank you. I'm feeling very liberated by my ability to get rid of things I've had for years; it feels like moving on from the past, a breakup even, serious emotions involved in it though. Will post final images when I'm closer to being done. Just wanted to share that I discovered the Coastal Scents palette hiding in a drawer. This is probably my first eyeshadow palette that I purchased 10 years ago. Wow! I immediately got rid of it, but what a blast from the past. 

 

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I am just so out of space for beauty products. This is mostly stuff I stopped using or never bothered with. Only exception is the empty Clinique Happy Heart. Lovely perfume, but very subtle and hard to notice. But I used the whole bottle. Bottom line is I need to revamp storage in my bathroom.20190821_195603.jpg

 

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It pains me to do this, but these are all expired.

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I'm surprised your Coola lid is still intact @suzyo  Mine broke into pieces so many times after gentle(!) use, that eventually I just let it be without the lid lol

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@Guessgal  You can't tell from the pic, but it was cracked. It cracked after 2 uses, I bet the only reason it didn't break more is because I never used it.

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I think my Coola must be expired, too, @suzyo. I have to go take a look at it. Better safe than sorry!

@suzyo, one of the saddest things in beauty is to have to...

@suzyo, one of the saddest things in beauty is to have to declutter expired items...

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Especially never used expired items, right? 💕💕 @angelKiss24 @suzyo 

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All of these are too old or don’t go well with my skin tone! Bye bye my beloved Chanel items! 14D1D35A-A335-4AB2-973D-B2766F29ACF4.jpegD77A6333-F571-4EFA-8834-7A1BDAB87B65.jpeg

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