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100 Days of Lipstick Challenge

Hi BIC!

 

A lot of us have talked about our huge lipstick collections, and with the passing of another National Lipstick Day, I took stock of mine. I have about 200 lipsticks and glosses and realized, I only wear about 20 of them! So I'm challenging myself (and whoever else wants to join) to use more of them. I'm going to try to wear a different lipstick every day for the next 100 days. 

 

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Day 1: ColourPop Matte Liquid Lipstick in Tulle
Day 2: Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Shimmer Patina
Day 3: Kat von D Studded Kiss in Babe
Day 4: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Cookie
Day 5: Urban Decay Matte Revolution in Tilt
Day 6: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Tabloid
Day 7: treStique Matte Lip Crayon in Florence Fig
Day 8: Bite High Pigment Pencil in Corvina
Day 9: MUFE Rouge Artist Intense in 36
Day 10: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Fig
Day 11: Spehora Collection LipsStories in 21 Pineapple Express
Day 12: NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment in Low Rider
Day 13: Smashbox Always On Metallic Matte in XO, Vlada
Day 14: Kat von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in Halo
Day 15: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Liquified Lipstick in Chutney
Day 16: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Chai
Day 17: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche LIpstick in Sweet Cream
Day 18: Bite Beauty Creme Lip Gloss in Peacock Pearl
Day 19: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Beetroot
Day 20: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Pepper
Day 21: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick and Creme Lip Gloss in Gold
Day 22: Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Bon Bon
Day 23: Tarte Tarteist Creamy Matte Lip Paint in Yaassss
Day 24: Lala & Co Lip Lube in Stranger Danger
Day 25: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Brunch
Day 26:Buxom Big & Sexy Bold Gel Lipstick in Pink Decoy
Day 27: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Liquified Lipstick in Flambe
Day 28: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Cruz
Day 29: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Tuxedo
Day 30: ColourPop Ultra Metallic Lip in Maneater
Day 31: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Cheers
Day 32: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Brills
Day 33: ColourPop Lippie Stix in Heart On
Day 34: ColourPop Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick in Be-Dazzled
Day 35: ColourPop Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick in Lychee
Day 36: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Wildfire
Day 37: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Famous
Day 38: Sephora Collection Rouge Infusion Lip Stain in Peony
Day 39: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Fig
Day 40: Tarte Tarteist Quick Dry Matte Lip Paint in Rose
Day 41: Tom Ford in Indian Rose
Day 42: Pixi Shea Butter Lip Balm in Scarlet Sorbet (I think)
Day 43: Benefit Lolli Balm in Candy Orchid (only one shade)
Day 44: The Beauty Crop PBJ Smoothie Stick in Raisin the Roof
Day 45: Pacifica Power of Love Powerful Natural Lipstick in Nudie Red
Day 46: Cailyn Art Touch Tinted Lip Gloss in Basic Instinct
Day 47: Huda Beauty Lip Strobe in Snobby
Day 48: J Cat Wonder Lip Paint in Mad Splatter
Day 49: Trust Fund Beauty Lipgasm Liquid Lipstick in K, Bye
Day 50: Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer in Sweet Pop
Day 51: Tarte Lipsurgence Lip Creme in Wonder
Day 52: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Wrath
Day 53: Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Anarchy
Day 54: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Mad
Day 55: Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Bad Blood
Day 56: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Amulet
Day 57: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Double Crossed
Day 58: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Lovedrunk
Day 59: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Liquified Lipstick in Lotus Root
Day 60: Marc Jacobs Le Marc Lip Creme in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Day 61: Buxom Full-On Lip Cream in Berry Blast
Day 62: L'Oreal Infallible Pro-Matte Gloss in Rebel Rose
Day 63: Dose of Colors Matte Liquid Lipstick in Campfire
Day 64: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Primrose
Day 65: Colour Pop Matte Lippie Stix in Frenchie 
Day 66: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Cancer
Day 67: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Big Bang
Day 68: INC.redible Listen Hard Girl Real Neon Lip Paint in She's Arrived
Day 69: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Nori
Day 70: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Spiced Plum
Day 71: Smashbox Be Legendary Liquid Metal Liptstick in Foiled Brat
Day 72: Sephora Collection Lipstories in 14 Twolips
Day 73: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Backtalk
Day 74: Too Faced Melted Matte in Gingerbread Man
Day 75: ColourPop Matte Lippie Stix in Lady
Day 76: NARS Audacious Lipstick in Jane
Day 77: Urban Decay Revolution Matte Lipstick in Menace
Day 78: Smashbox Be Legendary Liquid Lipstick in Girl, Please
Day 79: Kat von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Saint
Day 80: Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in Inspiration
Day 81: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Violate
Day 82: Kat von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in La Femme
Day 83: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Holly
Day 84: Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Lipstick in Firebird
Day 85: Urban Decay Matte Revolution in Bittersweet
Day 86: Bite Beauty High Pigment Lip Pencil in Chablis
Day 87: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Pickled Ginger
Day 88: Bite Beauty Creme Delux Lipstick in LLLR 010 (Boysenberry)
Day 89: Bite Beauty Creme Lip Gloss in Rose Pearl (w/ 090 lip liner)
Day 90: Smashbox Always On Matte Liquid Lipstick in Driver's Seat
Day 91: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Scorpio
Day 92: Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Sagittarius
Day 93: Kat von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in Ozzy
Day 94: Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick in Holly
Day 95: NARS Powermatte Lip Pigment in Get Up Stand Up
Day 96: Smashbox Always On Metallic Matte in Maneater
Day 97: Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick in Full Panic
Day 98: Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick in Elson
Day 99: Pat McGrath Labs MatteTrance Lipstick in Obsessed!
Day 100: Pat McGrath Labs LuxeTrance Lipstick in Pink Ultraness

 

Re: 100 Days of Lipstick Challenge

@WinglessOne This challenge is totally making me go back and try lipsticks I didn't like.  Just confirms my previous thoughts and decision to get rid of them.

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@WinglessOne

I also keep lipsticks for potential Halloween looks, especially the unconventional shades that I really want to like but just cant justify wearing normally. One really saved me recently by assisting me in creating a teal lip to match my shirt. 

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@Anonymous Careful, or you’ll end up with a declutter box full of lipsticks, including the ones you’d saved for Halloween. 😄 Last night I found more “maybe this’ll work for costumes” lipsticks in my collection, and those are now in the box.

 

My new lipstick rule: if it’ll only work for one occasion, then it’s not worth buying/keeping. Try to get more than once-a-year use out of it to justify keeping it. Sticking to that will be hard because it’s fun to stockpile lipsticks for costumer/art looks. But if a special occasion lipstick can’t work outside that occasion—even as a base coat or topper—then it’s time to let it go. 

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@WinglessOne

You're right. I actually didn't realize how many lippies I had until starting this challenge. Lol. I would feel better parting with them if I knew they were going to get used and not simply tossed, like some of the others had been speaking about. 

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Maybe we should start the "Lipstick colors we despise" thread @WinglessOne

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@jozkid Ha, that and/or lipstick formulas we despise. The lipstick I’m wearing in my profile picture is a color I like but, unfortunately, it’s one of the worst liquid matte formulas I’ve ever tried. I definitely won’t wear it for this thread. Its fate is already sealed. 

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I get chills when I think about how much $ we’ve spent on things that just did not work @WinglessOne

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@jozkidUnidentified

@WinglessOneUnidentified

I just want to cry when I look at my declutter box and see how much money is there 😥

I'm trying to spin it positively and use it as a lesson against future spending on untested items and just buying so much excess in general. Still makes me wanna cry though 😋

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@RGbrown @jozkid I plan to keep a photo of my declutter box to remind myself to stick to my “do I REALLY need this” rule. It’s a painful lesson I should’ve learned in my 20s or 30s, but here we are. 

 

I wish I could donate all the solid bullets and crayons/pencils (well, the ones that perform decently) after sanitizing them but, understandably, most places won’t accept them. At least I knock any remaining product out of MAC tubes and bring the empties to a MAC store/counter for... um... a free lipstick... but it’ll be a lipstick I’ll wear on a regular basis! Or it’ll be a gift for someone else. 

 

That’s what bugs me most about my declutter box: all the tangible waste I’ve produced, with very few ways of reusing/donating/upcycling. I’d rather not just toss all that lipstick in the trash. I might try using some of them as art supplies, along with some eyeshadow palettes I hate but haven’t tossed yet. I need to turn this box of woe into something tangibly positive. 🙂

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@WinglessOne and @RGbrown I've kind of been wondering...what's the purpose of a declutter box?  It seems like just an extra step to save them intending to toss them.  I guess if you're looking to give something away, I understand.  I feel like a lot of people are having a lot of trouble letting go.  It was tough for me when I did but I binned most of it and haven't looked back since.

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@sprockettaUnidentified

For me it's a bit of an inability to just throw that much money away outright lol. I also realized I got rid of one thing I maybe shouldn't have, so I like having a buffer zone of "not in my collection but not quite gone yet". And I do hope to find a way to keep at least some of this stuff in circulation instead of a landfill, whether through family/friends or trading or donating...I just have to get around to figuring that out lol. 

 

Trouble letting go though...yup...that's me 😂

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@sprocketta Since my lipstick collection’s quite large, I’m doing a multi-step purge, section by section. The declutter box helps me a few ways. 

 

1. The more items I see in the box, the more confidently and comfortably I can toss more items into the box. It gets me past the “this is so overwhelming, I don’t know where to start, I’ll never get this done” anxiety stage. 

 

2. The box is a progress report. I need some sense of accomplishment to keep me motivated to do this. 

 

3. I can sift through the box and find common themes, which helps me realize there are certain kinds/types of lipstick I shouldn’t buy anymore. Example: there are lots of coral shades in the box. I didn’t even know I had so many corals! I guess I thought “someday I’ll find the right coral” while buying these, but now I’m convinced that won’t happen. 😄 Also, there are lots of ColourPop liquid mattes in the box, which doesn’t really surprise me but confirms that I need to stop giving those mattes a chance. 

 

4. I’ll try to find new homes for some box items, so it’s good to have them all gathered in one place. I don’t like to toss things in the trash without trying to donate/upcycle/recycle them first. 

 

5. The box is a good visual to keep in my mind whenever I’m about to buy more lipstick. It’ll help me stick to my “do I REALLY need this” rule. 

 

6. Inspiration for other folks: a friend of mine saw my lipstick declutter box and is now inspired to purge her own equally large collection. (Heh, lipstick junkies always seem to find one another.) Seeing other people’s declutters can really help motivate you. 

 

Most of this is self-inflicted Jedi mind trickery, but it’s necessary for me. 🙂

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Well that answered my question really well! @WinglessOneUnidentified It's interesting a declutter box helps you assess so much.

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Do you have any teenage neighbors who'd like to have some higher end makeup? @WinglessOne

 

Maybe if you sanitized what you could and offered, they could share it with their friends. At least they'd probably be a little less squeamish I think, knowing where the stuff came from.

 

I know what you mean about the waste part, though. I scaled waaaaay back on my purchases, mostly because we need the $ to go elsewhere like the kids and the house. Don't get me wrong, I still made Rouge this year (actually just last week), but I try to really think about what I'm buying now. Most of my $ goes to skincare (that I know I like). Some goes to the pretty colored things, but I'm less frivolous about those purchases. Although I got sucked into the Natasha Denona hype and bought that Camel palette. It's pretty, but I could've done without. I'm only human. 🙂

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@jozkid I think I’ll start with some of my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cousins. One relative in particular might want some of the SugarPill lipsticks I’m ditching. And I forgot to check the latest local dress for success and prom dress programs (your teen neighbors suggestion reminded me about this)... sometimes they’ll take solid lipsticks. 

 

It’s easier (for me) to give away eyeshadow palettes than lipsticks. Pressed powders are easier to sanitize, and many folks are surprisingly less squeamish about taking a gently used/swatched sanitized palette than an equivalent solid lipstick. I still haven’t tried using my Subculture palette: I bought it this month just to see for myself if it’s really so terrible, and I made sure to find someone willing to take it off my hands if I hate it. So hey, you might be able to offload your Camel palette after a quick alcohol spritz & wipedown. 🙂  Or if it performs better than similar palettes/single shadows you already own, maybe this is a good time to ditch the others. I’ll likely do the same when my new Viseart palette arrives. 

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What could we do with the liquid lipsticks that we dont use anymore? @WinglessOne

I think putting the bullet lipsticks in a trade box or donating to teenagers for prom is great. Too bad there is no sanitizing option for liquid lipsticks 😞

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@Buootiful I’m going to try painting with liquid lipsticks. Not sure why I’ve never tried that before, but I will now. 🙂 

 

I wish I could donate the doe foot wands to an animal rescue place, like I’ve done with old mascara wands. But lipstick wands aren’t useful that way. I wonder how good those wands are at applying wood stain in narrow or tight spaces... I’ll clean one up and try it this weekend. 

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Ahh, and then spray a glossy or matte spray finish on top of it so it doesn't slide around? @WinglessOne 

 

Oooh maybe use one of the prettier wands as a lip brush..I might try that. 🙂

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Could you get away with using them in a trade box @RGbrown

Or maybe donate them to a shelter or something? Just because you don't like a formula doesn't necessarily mean it will bother someone else At least it's better than seeing them in the trash. Trying to be hopeful here 🙂

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@jozkidUnidentified

That's why I haven't actually tossed them yet...hoping to figure out some sort of plan to get them back in circulation somewhere lol. The liquids are hopeless as I'm sure no one wants them, but I'm hoping to come up with a good home for the rest at some point. 💜

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Well, there you go @RGbrown

 

That's a good plan, I think!

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