Sunday 19 April 2015

Spring-cleaning my stash: the outcome

Last week I shared with you my intentions of having a clean up of my beauty drawers (link!), because I hadn’t done it for a while. It’s something I don’t really like to do, as I much prefer to have a look around once a month or so to rotate what I’m using and get rid of that one odd thing it’s not meant to be there anymore, but I really had to, and so, I did it. Here’s the outcome!

Spring-cleaning, Beauty, Makeup, Haircare, Downsizing

What I need to use more
When I began to reorganize my drawers a few things I wasn’t using immediately caught my eye: some of them were simply sitting there, neglected, whilst others were on their last chance to be used.
The MAC Studio Finish Concealers are way past their date, but they’re still the same and I love them so much that I’m now on a mission of using them up. The Prep+Prime BB Beauty Balm, on the other hand, it’s still only a year old but I’ve barely used it even though it’s great, so I’ve decided to use it more and make room for similar products I want to try. The Groundwork Paint Pot it’s the only cream eyeshadow I’ve ever truly loved, but it’s past its date too and needs to be used up.
I really need to use up my lip glosses too. I’m not really a lipgloss girl so they mainly sit there untouched, but since I’ve bought them I have to use them. I use some kind of lip product everyday so I only need to remind to use them in place of lipsticks most days. I only have a couple more than the ones showed, but without a doubt my Maybelline Color Sensational, Clarins Lip Perfector, Lancôme Gloss in Love and YSL Gloss Volupté have to be the firsts to go. And avoiding buying lip glosses even more would be a good plan!
Eyeshadow palettes are not something I neglect, but something I have to use more on a daily basis. Too many mornings with a rushed ten minutes makeup have to stop!

What’s not meant to be anymore
The only two things in my stash I think are too old to be used are two foundations: Chanel Vitalumière Aqua and Laura Mercier Silk Crème. They both never worked for me for a reason or another, and now they’re too old to give them away. The Laura Mercier one has always been to dark and I’ve never liked it mixed with other formulas so I’ve never really used it, and the Chanel one it’s nearly gone but I’ve stopped trying to make it work for me for a while now, and now it’s not safe to be used anymore.

What doesn’t work for me
The biggest category is made of things I need to give away as they’re just occupying space: I don’t use them because I don’t like them.
The three liquid foundations, Nars Sheer Glow, Clarins Everlasting + and Kiko Liquid Skin aren’t too old but every time I use them I don’t like them on me. The Kiko one is too light in coverage, and the Clarins and Nars one suck the life out of my skin when I use them.
The Neve Cosmetics Bio Primer just does nothing for me and their compact mineral foundation, Flat Perfection, gives me a huge reaction whenever I try to use it.
The Benefit Majorette Blush is something I used a lot when I first got it but I’ve come to the conclusion I don’t really like it: the compact turns really messy even if I’m the tidies person whilst using makeup and the result isn’t really worth the time spent applying it.
The Rimmel Just let it go… makeup remover is meant to remove waterproof makeup but it works less than a standard micellar water on me, and the Lush DD Tea Deodorant has an embarrassing (literally!) low lasting power.
Those Bumble and Bumble hair products are something I really wanted to like, but they mess up with my sensitive scalp. They didn’t at first, but I haven’t been able to use them anymore lately so they have to go away.

A few things to use up, a few gifts to make and only two products in the bin. I’m pretty satisfied with my clean up!

Have you spring-cleaned your beauty stash recently? What have you got rid of?


La scorsa settimana vi ho parlato della mia intenzione di fare una cernita dei miei prodotti beauty (link!), non avendola fatta da un po’. È una cosa che proprio non mi piace fare, visto che preferisco di gran lunga dare un’occhiata una volta al mese e ruotare i prodotti che uso e far fuori quel qualcosa di troppo, ma era proprio giunto il momento di farla e quindi ho fatto il mio dovere. Ecco il risultato!

Che cosa devo usare di più
Appena ho cominciato a riordinare i miei cassetti una manciata di cose che non uso abbastanza hanno immediatamente catturato la mia attenzione: qualcuna era semplicemente lì, trascurata, mentre altre erano alla loro ultima occasione di essere usate.
I correttori MAC Studio Finish sono ben oltre la loro data di scadenza, ma non sono cambiati per niente e mi piacciono così tanto che ora ho l’obbiettivo di finirli.
La BB Prep+Prime Beauty Balm, d’altro canto, ha solo un anno ma l’ho usata pochissimo anche se mi piace molto, quindi ho deciso di usarla di più e fare poi posto per prodotti simili che voglio provare. Il Paint Pot Groundwork è l’unico ombretto in crema che mi sia mai veramente piaciuto, ma avrei dovuto finirlo da un po’ quindi devo impegnarmi a finirlo.
Devo anche impegnarmi a finire i miei gloss. Non sono una da gloss quindi rimango perlopiù nel cassetto, ma visto che li ho comprati li devo usare. Uso qualche prodotto labbra tutti i giorni, quindi devo soltanto ricordarmi di usarli al posto del rossetto la maggior parte delle volte. Ne ho solo un paio in più di quelli in foto, ma senza dubbio il Maybelline Color Sensational, il Clarins Lip Perfector, il Lancôme Gloss in Love and il YLS Gloss Volupté devono essere i primi a finire. E evitare ancora di più di comprarne sarebbe un’idea!
Le palette di ombretti non sono una cosa che non uso, ma qualcosa che devo di sicuro usare di più. Troppe mattine di corsa con un trucco da dieci minuti devono finire!

Che cosa non è più il caso di usare
Le uniche due cose che credo siano davvero troppo vecchie per essere usate sono due fondotinta: Chanel Vitalumière Aqua e Laura Mercier Silk Crème. Entrambi non hanno mai funzionato per me per una ragione o per l’altra, e ora sono troppo vecchi per regalarli. Quello Laura Mercier è sempre stato troppo scuro e non mi è mai piaciuto mescolarlo con altri fondotinta quindi non l’ho mai usato davvero, e quello Chanel è quasi finito ma ho smesso di provare a usarlo da un po’ ormai, e non è più il caso di continuare.

Che cosa non va bene per me
La categoria più grande è fatta di cose che devo dare via perché stanno solo occupando spazio: non le uso perché non mi piacciono.
I tre fondotinta liquidi, Nars Sheer Glow, Clarins Everlasting + e Kiko Liquid Skin non sono troppo vecchi ma ogni volta che li uso non mi piace la resa. Quello Kiko ha una coprenza troppo leggera, e quelli Clarins e Nars sono davvero troppo asciutti sulla mia pelle.
Il Bio Primer Neve Cosmetics non fa davvero nulla e il fondotinta compatto, il Flat Perfection, mi provoca una reazione terribile ogni volta che provo ad usarlo.
Il blush Benefit Majorette l’ho usato davvero molto appena comprato ma sono giunta alla conclusione che non mi piace: diventa pasticciato anche se sono super precisa con i prodotti di makeup e il risultato non vale il tempo passato ad applicarlo.
Lo struccante Rimmel Just let it go… dovrebbe rimuovere anche il trucco waterproof ma funziona di meno di una normalissima acqua micellare, e il deodorante Lush DD Tea ha una durata scarsa in maniera letteralmente imbarazzante.
I prodotti Bumble and Bumble avrei voluto che funzionassero su di me, ma creano un sacco di problemi al mio cuoio capelluto sensibile. Non lo facevano all’inizio, ma non sono stata in grado di usarli per niente ultimamente e quindi è inutile che li tenga io.

Un po’ di cose da finire, un po’ di cose da regalare e solo due prodotti da buttare via. Sono piuttosto soddisfatta delle mie pulizie di primavera!

Avete fatto le pulizie di primavera dei prodotti beauty anche voi ultimamente? Di che cosa avete deciso di fare a meno?

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16 comments:

  1. I really need to do this - my stash is huge and I barely use half of it!

    Milly // www.mini-adventures.com

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  2. i remember buying a million (not really) nyx lip glosses and never using any of them. thats when i realized i'm not a super huge for of gloss. i like them now and again but its not what makes my heart sings you know? i've been slowing purging them. i'm liking the clarins lip perfecter that i have though.

    and yay for clearing out some things that you never really liked. i still need to do that. esp for my foundations.

    jenn

    A Beautiful Zen

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  3. Aah someone's been a good girl! Way to go Gyudy! :-)

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  4. Such great idea to go through your makeup stash and do this. I really need to do something like this and create a stash of products that I don't use so I can pass them on to other people before they get too old to be used x


    Beauty with charm

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  5. I love MAC's BB cream, it's great! How nice to go through your stash to clear some things out, I have an awful lot of things I need to clear out but I just don't have the time at all! :(

    www.angerawrs.co.uk

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  6. I regularly go through my stash and have a little clearout of anything that has expired or I'm just not using. I hate things hanging around just for the sake of it. I have also taken a more serious attitude towards not buying stuff just for the sake of it! I am going to try the method of use one thing up and then replace (let's see how long that lasts!) :) xx

    Brenda BusyBee | Makeup Revolution Highlighting Palettes Giveaway

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  7. I haven't done a clean out in a while. I probably should. I feel you on the lip gloss situation. I always buy them but I rarely use them...and I recently bought another, lol. It's terrible. #makeupjunkie

    Beauty Isles | An Island Girl's Beauty and Lifestyle Blog

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  8. Well done! I do this regularly, definitely more than once every season. Otherwise I get overwhelmed and start feeling nervous every time I look at my stash, lol.

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  9. It's so hard to throw things away but well done Gyudy! I am currently doing pretty good with my stash (self-tap on my shoulder haha) but whilst reading your post, I realised I don't really use my lip glosses neither. I love them on other persons but tend to not wear them myself. xx

    Alexandra | Glam O’Clock - MAKEUP REVOLUTION GIVEAWAY

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  10. Good job! I have not cleaned my stash in a while, last time I did it I only threw out old nail polishes and lippies. I need to clean my stash again.

    The Makeup League

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  11. Interesting post! :) Although it's got a lot of hype, Nars Sheer Glow doesn't work on me either. I just find it dry and cakey. Doesn't look good on my skin. Mac Groundwork Paint Pot is one of my favourite cream shadows / base. Looks lovely under taupe / bronze powder shadows. I probably need to go through my stuff and see what I could give away and what I should dig out to use more often too. :) x

    Renata | Speaking Beauty UK

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  12. Ooh I could do with a spring clean in my makeup collection too come to think about it! Although I hate throwing anything away xx

    Gemma ♥ | Miss Makeup Magpie

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  13. I love this post! You've definitely inspired me as I'm realizing I have a few too many products I don't use that either friends will love or I should just get rid of as they're taking up precious space. Such a perfect spring clean xx

    Love and Marmalade

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  14. Such a shame B&B messed with your scalp. I am sure I would have that problem :/

    Angie x | Chocolate & Lipstick || UK Beauty and Lifestyle Blog

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  15. ah, i love spring cleaning my makeup stash! i did a HUGE cleanout a while ago but now i just keep an eye on it and i like to pull out products i know i haven't used in a while to make sure they're staying in rotation, and i'm regularly pulling products out that i don't really love or that i have too many of and giving them to friends or to my mum. i think when you first get into beauty a lot of girls build up this big stash of makeup that's been recommended from all over the place, and then once you get a better idea of what works for you and what doesn't, it's great to get rid of all the excess stuff and whittle it down to a decent sized collection of products that you love.

    jessica - littlehenrylee.com

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  16. even i need to clean my drawers and Im definitely going to discover more new products out of my stash...u r inspiring me to do so :P

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