▲ 8 r/Makeup

What stage are you in your love for makeup & other beauty products?

I've been into makeup since I was in my mid to late teen years. I never wore heavy makeup. At one time I only had what I needed. Once upon a time.... 1 eyeshadow palette, 3 lipsticks, 2-3 lipliners, 1 mascara etc. I went through my over consumerism stage. Horrible. Borderline hoarder in my opinion. I used it as my distraction after finally being diagnosed with PTSD. It's funny. At the time I thought that stage lasted forever. It was 2 years too long. I accumulated more than 1 person could ever use in 1 lifetime unless I was a professional make-up artist.

It was when I was moving that I was confronted with my makeup collection. Then I purged a lot of it. Keep, give away to friends and family, donations and garbage. That was an eye opener. I also went on a strict No-Buy that was supposed to last 1-3 months. It ended up being 2 1/2 years long. I ran out of foundation and something else. I can't remember. So I had to buy a replacement. Since I ended the No-Buy I've been on a permanent Low-Buy which for the most part I've done well with. Also Project Pan journey that never ends. I used to have a love for bronzers & nude blushes and I stopped. I made myself stop. It was definitely getting out of hand even on a Low-Buy. Buying 1 was too much if I had more sitting there waiting to be used.

I have one product that I've gone through stages of no interest to a lot of interest. I have to finish a few in this area before I can even buy 1 more. It's lipstick. 💄💄💄💋 That is on and off. For the most part I'm pretty good. I'll make a list of what I want for National Lipstick Day. This year there were only 2 lipsticks. So not too bad. My other strict rule is I can only buy what I want if it's on sale. No sale. I can't buy it no matter what it is.

Items I won't ever buy again... Liquid lipstick, lip oils, mascara- because they burn my eyes 👀, lip stains, most liquid blushes. Especially when they are very pigmented & primers. (I might add more if I can remember anything else.)

I don't buy new launches. When I finally use up a few products even a year later I'll check what is out there and read real reviews. Not incentivized reviews and "influencer" first impression or paid advertisement. If it's a tried and true product it will be around for a long time.

Project Pan really puts everything you have into perspective. A monthly Decluttering or organizing will remind you of how much you have. At this point I probably buy 3-10 products a year. So I am making progress. It's very slooooow . 🐌🐢...

Where are you right now?

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u/AllisonT_ — 1 day ago

Run 🏃🏻‍♀️don't walk ladies‼️🏃🏻‍♀️

I found the deal of the century!!! Save a whole $2!! You can thank me later. 😁😁😁😁 You're welcome 🤗🌸🌸🌸. I'll continue to look for these amazing deals for you. 🤗🤗🤗I am your personal deal seeker. 😀😃😉 . . . Pure sarcasm*😉🙃

u/AllisonT_ — 10 days ago
▲ 17 r/Ipsy

Absolute Trash 🗑️. I'M DONE!!

I got everything I never wanted. Usually I'll just move into gift mode when some of it doesn't appeal to me. This was ridiculous. All I saw was Coral makeup. I DO NOT USE CORAL ANYTHING!!! The useless Beauty Quiz shows the stupid "Rarely" answer instead of "Never" which would be more appropriate. I got Makeup By Mario Mascara.. I can't use mascara. They all burn my eyeballs. The Ipsy choices were skincare and one Ilia foundation stick. That's probably not even my shade.

When I finally got into ADD-ONS I wanted to read product information. The screen went completely white blank screen. It froze I guess. I couldn't get out of it or do anything else. Then I was completely kicked off.

I haven't received an email to confirm anything. So I can't take a picture of all the crap they chose for me. I have been sticking with the Extra Box forever. I don't know what possessed me to try the Ultimate Crap Box. I'd prefer Makeup Heavy boxes. Not all this skincare. I have my skincare K-Beauty routine. None of which I buy through Ipsy. This is possibly the worst box I've been cursed with. I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!

u/AllisonT_ — 20 days ago
▲ 57 r/Ipsy

I prefer a box over a bag. 🙄

I would feel better if my subscription was travelling in a box and not a bag. Products sometimes get damaged in a box. So if there is a crazy shipment and my products get crushed and squished in a flimsy bag. I wouldn't be shocked. 👀 My package comes from the US all the way to Canada as well. So many times when things get broken they are rarely replaced with the correct item. Common complaint here. The cardboard box is better for the environment so I'm actually surprised they decided to use plastic bags to be honest.

😵‍💫Sorry if this is all over the place. I'm fostering 3x 2 week old kittens and I'm not sleeping very much at night.

u/AllisonT_ — 1 month ago
▲ 7 r/Ipsy

Mixed feelings but not bad. 🙃

I wasn't crazy about the lipstain. I'm just not into them. So that will be gifted at some point. At first I wasn't happy with what I saw especially for the Ipsy Picks. I chose the First Aid Beauty for my daughter. So some will be gifts. I don't know what I'll be keeping..

I didn't go crazy with the Add-Ons. I'll be keeping those. I needed another lipbalm like I need another hole in my head but I wanted to try it. So there it is. I love Body oils. The brush looked cute. These 3 are all Wants. Definitely not needs.

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u/AllisonT_ — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/Ipsy

Is anyone being prompted to do the review's for points?

Usually between the 19th to the 21st of each month I get the pop up with rate the whole bag/box then rate each item for points. I've checked every day and it hasn't shown up. From experience I know without this we don't get any points for our reviews without messaging ipsy care to resolve the issue. Or has the day changed for that?

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u/AllisonT_ — 2 months ago
▲ 24 r/Ipsy

What brands do you want and what brands do you never want to see in our monthly bags/boxes again?

I'm so over the white labeled products that end up in our boxes. When the prices were increased I believe at least 3-4 times we were promised big brand names. Yes they do it sometimes. Then creep in some crap and pawn it off on us.

What are the brands that you want that have never been in our boxes plus the ones that have already been that you want to see again.? What brands do you dislike or cheapen the box that makes you want to skip or cancel?

🌸🌸Want 🌸🌸 Ciele, (it won't be allowed in Canada until their SPF gets through the red tape 😡), Natasha Denona , Hourglass, YSL, Arabic perfumes, Haus Labs Foundation, Refy, Urban Decay... I like the single eyeshadows. 🌸🌸

I don't care for skincare. I buy K-Beauty skincare and I'm consistent and particular about it. Feel free to list both brand name skincare and makeup.

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u/AllisonT_ — 2 months ago

Louie wanted to take a nap.

He doesn't want to be disturbed either. He needs his beauty sleep.

u/AllisonT_ — 2 months ago

Louie is getting ready to put in his 23 hours of hard labor cat napping again. 😺🧡😺🧡😺🧡😺

I can't get any fun pictures of him. He gets his zoomies and moments harassing his sister Nala a couple times a day. I can never catch it in time. So this is pre nap time posing.

u/AllisonT_ — 2 months ago
▲ 57 r/Ipsy

On another episode of "This is what I wanted and this is what I got." 🤣🤣

I was trying to decide whether or not to post about this. I think it's kind of funny 🤣. To you get all of you caught up who may have not seen my previous post. The 1st picture is my beauty quiz. It's always been like this. No Peachy colours for me. I also keep Ipsy for gifting purposes. If I don't see anything I like. I go into "gifting mode". So I chose Nearly Apricot as a gift for a friend. I'd rather choose something I know someone that I know will love or use something then pick something lackluster for myself and never use it. So getting back to the subject I emailed Ipsy hoping to get one of the choice colours I have marked down. I usually don't do this. It was the only product this month I was looking forward too. I didn't get either. I did get a replacement. Picture #3... 🤣🤣 Not even close. I guess I'm gifting this lip tint too. Did they even try? Who knows ? 🤔 It's okay I guess. Still disappointing. Another half ass rant.

u/AllisonT_ — 2 months ago

Let's all celebrate our Orange Furballs of Love. 🧡😺🧡😺🧡

Louie was relaxing and purring by himself. Then looked at me and was slow blinking at me with his bedroom eyes. I took these pictures yesterday.

Please post your Orange 🧡 kitties here. 🧡😺🧡😺🧡😺🧡

u/AllisonT_ — 2 months ago
▲ 24 r/Ipsy

What Beauty Quiz? 🙄

This is a half ass rant. I continue to get some boxes throughout the year mostly for gifts. It's always nice if I get at least one item for myself. If the choices are less than interesting for myself I immediately go into Gift Mode. Which is fine. This is one of those, "This is what I wanted, but this is what I got" type posts. 😩 This time around I was hoping for a light pink, neutral pink or the mauve blush. Instead I got Apricot 🍑. I know exactly who I can gift it to. Apricot/Peaches is not marked on my Beauty Quiz. That I even updated and made sure 3 weeks ago that nothing had changed or needed to be updated.

My choices were not that great. One out of the 3 blush tones that I listed I would have been more than happy with. Everything is going to be gifted except for the Add-Ons that I purchased. I didn't want to buy the Rare Beauty Blush. I should have received at least one out of the 3 because of what's on my Beauty Quiz. Yes I'm annoyed enough to make a post. It's not the end of the world. Just annoying. End Rant.

Anyone else get a lovely colour that won't suit you?

u/AllisonT_ — 3 months ago

I don't know how this is her favourite position to sleep.

She sleeps like this most days. I don't understand it. I call it the Brontosaurus... My daughter says it's also Llama's favourite position to sleep.

u/AllisonT_ — 3 months ago

It's not easy being orange 😺🧡

It's been a long day for Louie already at 7am when I took these. I really don't know how he does it. He's my cuddly Furball.

u/AllisonT_ — 3 months ago

I bought this for $38 and I still have it on my "❤️" list. Now it's $70 in the second picture. Wow. 😳 It took them till it was sold out for them to catch the mistake.

Was anyone here lucky enough to get it at $38?

u/AllisonT_ — 4 months ago