A couple of days ago LadyBowTie celebrated her 1st birthday. In celebration, I wanted to re-post a bunch of my favorites from this last year for my new readers to enjoy and so you could reminisce with me.~Cori
Confession: 333 I’m A Beauty Product Addict
My confession is that I am indeed a recovering beauty product addict. The following list is everything in my house right now that is beauty related; counted, photographed and cataloged. Yes, each quad of eye-shadow and lip gloss count as a single item as do travel sized products – they take up space and you use them to “beautify”, they count! The only items I did not include were hair accessories, like elastics, combs, brushes, hot rollers, etc. (which I should count because I have a ton of those too). I emptied out 3 bathroom cabinets worth of beauty products and here is what it looks like BRACE YOURSELF:
Aloe 1
Baby oil 1
Baby powder 1
Bath salt 2
Bikini cream 1
Blush 8
Body scrub 1
Body spray 2
Bronzer 2
Brow comb 1
Brow shadow 1
Chap stick 4
Concealer 1
Conditioner 8
Curl spray 1
Curl cream 1
Cuticle cream 1
Deodorant 2
Eye lash curler 1
Eye lash curler replacement pad 1
Eye liner 3
Eye shadow 65
Eye cream 2
Eye shadow (loose powder) 10
Face mask 2
Face moisturizer 2
Face scrub 2
Face wash 6
Faux lashes 1
Faux lashes glue 1
Foot cream 2
Foundation 1
Frizz cream 2
Hair mask 1
Hair mousse 3
Hand cream 6
Glitter 2
Glitter cream 1
Lip gloss 52
Lip liner 10
Lip salve 2
Lip stick 12
Liquid liner 3
Lotion (body) 10
Lotion (shimmer) 1
Lotion (tanning) 1
Make-up brushes 10
Make-up remover 2
Mascara 2
Nail polish 33
Nail polish remover 1
Pedicure tools 3
Perfume 2
Perfume lotion 2
Pencil sharpener 2
Pimple cream 1
Press powder 2
Shadow sponge applicator 6
Shampoo 8
Shaving cream 3
Shimmer dusting powder 1
Shine serum 2
Soap/shower gel 5
Sun screen 3
Toner 1
Total=333
I’m not stupid I know in reality that no make-up or lotion or potion is going to melt the cellulite off my butt but, somehow I convince myself that maybe this one could be it! I dread to think of the retail worth of all my beauty product. Scary. Ugh!
I call myself recovering beauty addict because 2 years ago, I had to take control over my life and my make-up bag. First, ladies (and you too guys) we have to get ourselves in check and take inventory of your stuff. This is just plain ridiculous! I can count on one hand how many of these items I use daily and with success. That is all I need. That is all you need. So figure out which of those few things are and stick with them. Second, don’t buy any new products. No testing, no trying out, no new products. You have what you need and what you love already. I promise. Lastly, don’t listen to your beauty addict friends because they always have the “Oh did you try this bee venom lip gloss? It really works. I have Angelina lips right now!” Because we all feed off of each others opinions and approvals and we don’t need to. You already know what works for you and stick with it.
Next: Throw all this crap out! Not only do I not use 49 of my 52 lip glosses, I never will. Time to clean house and you should too. Your husband (or whomever you live with) will thank you for it.
I would love to see inside your beauty madness send me your pictures and stories. cori@ladybowtie.com
ohhhhh I don’t know about this one, Lady Bow Tie. It’s just so darn fun to buy all that crap! My favorite leisurely activity is paging through a Lucky Magazine and marking all the fun new beauty products I’m going to buy at Sephora. I DO need to clean out my makeup drawers now though. Maybe I’ll get to that sometime in the next three months and send pics… right after I clean out my shoe closet.
Thanks Abby and Margiemic for your comments!
OMG!! I was dying to know what your 333 confessions were going to be. Love the post!!
Ha! Even gay guys aren’t this bad…well, maybe some of them. I think Lady Gaga might have you beat, though, LadyBowTie. I’ll bet your hubbie was glad to see some of that go!