One of the biggest perks of getting good with money is using it to fund your interests — even “frivolous” hobbies, like makeup. However, it’s easy for makeup spending to get out of control, especially when we’re constantly bombarded with ads and influencer mentions of the Hot New Item. Here’s how one woman cut her high-end makeup spending in half — *without* simply resorting to drugstore products!
Making it work is brought to you by wealth simple which gives everyone access to simple affordable investing on cruise control i’m not the only person willing to spend quite a bit of money to make their face look like someone else’s the catch is that there are a lot of hot people on the internet whose job it is to sell or at least represent brands that are competing
With each other to convince you that they can make your face look the closest to the influencers or celebrities that you aspire to have i got sucked into this a few years ago when i was hit with the double whammy of discovering beauty youtube and instagrams simultaneously after a while i was trepidatious ly getting to the stage where my fondness for makeup was
Becoming more of a fascination and i was getting steadily more broke rather than give up all of the products i’d learn to work for me and the genuine pleasure i get from using nice cosmetics i worked on finding workarounds that helped me to get the best of both worlds without breaking the bank on high-end products and i wanted to share them with you number one i
Follow the library lending principle think about the way libraries lend books you can take out five or six books max before you have to bring one back to checkout a new one i started applying a similar approach to my makeup collection i allow myself to have a backup of fundamentals like the powder i’ve used since i was 14 but if i have a high-end version of one
Product foundation for example i don’t allow myself to buy a new foundation until my last one is used up no matter how hyped i am about the launch unless of course i have a horrible reaction to the product or buy the wrong color number two i trust others reviews have been both my cosmetology chol blessing and curse i learned everything i know about cut creases
Eyebrows and how to stop makeup from rubbing off my nose hint use eye primer instead of face primer from youtube as i said my fascination originally led me to increase how much i spent on makeup tenfold now however i’ll watch two or three online reviews of expensive products to make sure i’m not wasting money on a brand-name palette that i’ll put in the dead
Drawer after one use usually the makeup gurus i watch include a youtuber who has a similar skin type / concerns as me one who has a similar skill set as me and one who i just enjoy watching because something as simple as putting colourful dirt on your face shouldn’t feel like work that way i can avoid overhyped pitfalls by seeing real time use and thoughts from
People whose opinions i trust number three i recognize that sample size is not too small within reason a common pitfall if you like makeup is to get bored of a certain product no matter how good it makes you look because the beauty industry and let’s be real our souls tell us that there could always be something more perfect just for you while this next practice
Doesn’t totally erase that urge i’ve found that getting smaller cheaper versions of certain product types helps to reduce the urge to go out and buy the next big thing for example i abide by sample size mascaras though many of us ignore the rules of thumb about when you should replace certain products i’ve personally seen the correlation between me getting pinkeye
That one time and the tenure of my mascara so i’m pretty sold on replacing it every three months on top of that we rarely use all of the contents of mascara tubes within the safe to use time period with a mini you aren’t creating as much waste bonus you avoid the overly cakey acrylic paint goo consistency that you get by leaving a wand to go too long in your handbag
Another example is highlighter while i will stand any drugstore eyeshadow that can make my cheekbone visible to the international space station i will confess that i find high-end highlighters better overall i’m sorry however my original point about boredom is typify here i felt very attacked by having to choose between light champagne and pinky champagne on many
A workday morning and i imagine that i’m not alone in that for about 50% the price of a full-sized product 100% of my bougie tendencies are satisfied plus powder products lasts a surprisingly long time even in smaller pans and with high-end highlights it’s often the case that you use less of the product to achieve look low meaning you still feel the bang for your
Buck number four i shop secondhand while avoiding scams i’ve used the site deep hop for quite some time but i have been stung a few times by counterfeits people going off the radar or things getting lost in the mail i now always follow these rules for buying makeup through secondhand sights ask for proof of postage go through a verifiable transaction platform like
The one provided by dee pop in app ask for a receipt of their purchase if it’s an expensive item and they claim it’s brand-new if it’s an unwanted gift make banter about who gave it to them so you get an extra chance to catch them if they’re lying this sounds shady but it saved my butt a couple of times number five i know where i can shop last season lastly if
You’re wearing a naked palette from two seasons ago literally no one will know unless you’re sitting beside them getting ready on your commute sections of sights like by me beauty and overstock are amazing for finding high-end products and discontinued packaging or shades that didn’t sell so well there’s also the option of seeking out wholesalers who sell
Individuals of their batches for below cost price like beauty joint t.j.maxx also has a selection of warehouse overspill products that you can enjoy spending hours trawling through to find something that isn’t swatched but i prefer doing that from the couch trends come and go with all the fickleness of fake freckles on a hot day don’t worry if your kid is a bit
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How I Cut My Beauty Spending In Half Last Year By The Financial Diet