Beauty Challenge -- Twelve Months of Beauty Inventory

[haleyvvvv]

[EDIT-Updated to not limit to a year, legacy posts for all years.]

A few years ago I was inspired by a challenge on Instagram and we did a makeup inventory. ✨❄️December 2022 Challenge - 12 Days of Makeup Inventory - Show Off and Catalog Your Collection!!❄️✨

I was a little behind on planning this year (job interviews, life, not being able to login to the BIC), so I thought we could make this a yearly challenge for 2024+ and broaden it across all beauty categories. 

Why participate?

• I know I went back to my posts to find "dupes" for things that were limited edition (Melt Pumpkin King, in my case).
• It's a good idea to look through your products every bit to review for quality and cleanliness.
• Curation is important.
• Knowing how much in your stash can help with your Low/No Buy or keeping an eye on your backups. 
• The fun of organizing your collection!!

Rules 

Please no negative comments about the size or contents of others' collections, this is a place to celebrate our collections. Self-reflection is always welcome though 💖. Please don't take this as an impetus to declutter (unless you want to!). 

I'm going to try to get a little contemplative with mine, to see if I would purchase again or not. But don't feel obligated to join that part!!

Timeline

• January - Face Primers, Nail Polish
• February - Foundations, Concealers, Cleansers and Mists
• March - Bronzers and Contours (singles), Serums and Treatments
• April - Blushes (singles), Moisturizer and Oils
• May - Highlighters (singles), Sheet Masks
• June - Face Palettes, Non-Sheet Masks, Tools (Brushes, etc.)
• July - Eye Primers, Single Eyeshadows (free standing or in custom palettes), Body Cleansers, Body Scrubs, Body Lotion, Body Glitter
• August - Eyeshadow Palettes, Shampoo, Conditioner
• September - Brow Products, Eyeliners, Mascaras, Hair Treatments 
• October - Lip Balms, Lip Liners, Lip Glosses, Perfume Samples
• November - Lipsticks, Travel Sized Perfumes
• December - Setting Powders, Setting Sprays, Full Sized Perfumes and Body Sprays

[Samtian]

@haleyvvvv What a nice collection!! All my primers were gwp or boxes lol. Can't wait to hear what you think about the DM's! And kudos for tossing the nail polishes!

[haleyvvvv]

Thank you, @Samtian!! I think since most of my primer collection comes from boxes, it's a category I want to be much more intentional about in the future, especially after learning what I like from using these up. 

[Samtian]

Jan-Primers aren't a category I have or use much of. I can't find a combo between them and foundation that works for my skin.

Primers-3+

I'm including the random face products I took a photo of early December, now that I think about it there is probably primers in there lol. These came out of a drawer I tend to forget about. 

Misc- 14

Nail polish was a project I went through to last year to toss the ones I don't like. I picked up 4 at Christmas this year. I have really bad yellow lighting so I tried to get my ring light to hit these to light them better. I have more...but they tend to wander.

Nail Polish- 34+

[haleyvvvv]

I know what you mean about trying to find a primer that works for you, @Samtian!! I've had some really good luck with sunscreens this year and am just like, maybe I don't need a primer, just a good skincare routine. 

I love your polish organization by color!! The yellow shades are super pretty!! So you have a favorite?

[Samtian]

@haleyvvvv I really need to get on the sunscreen ball. For the nail polishes the bottom ends of the pinkish rows and the sally hansen silver are my top favorites! But I still need to try my new ones.

[Samtian]

Oh yeah the LÓreal pink one is a fave too.

[Samtian]

@haleyvvvv This will be fun! Earlier this month I went through all my stuff to catalogue for the upcoming Pan It challenge. Some things on the list I am not bothering with this year, but what I do have I'll join! However, I'm gonna be boring about it and just have my starting numbers lol. 

[haleyvvvv]

Oooh yay, @Samtian!! Excited you're participating!! 

[danielledanielle]

I think I'm gonna lurk here.  A part of me wants to join, but the other part knows my true heart, lol.  I've been wanting to collect and take a pic of all my highlighters out of curiosity, so we'll see.  But, this is a cool challenge @haleyvvvv 

[haleyvvvv]

Lurking is a-okay, @danielledanielle!! If you do end up taking a pic of all of your highlighters, I'd love to see it!! I bet it's a beautiful collection!! 

[Kim888]

Great idea @haleyvvvv ! I’m definitely trying to be more intentional with my purchases this year! I’ve definitely leaned more into using singles than palettes! 

[haleyvvvv]

Yes!! Intentionality is something I've been really trying to do more with my beauty collection, @Kim888!! I've been on sort of low buys, not no buys, but really trying to be much more intentional and use my current stashes up!!