NEW Tag: The No Buy / Lo Buy Tag!

The idea to create this Tag came out of a discussion with StyledWithJoy in the comments section of one of my posts a couple of weeks ago.  We’re both on a No Buy for 2015, and we decided we needed a place to commiserate.  If you’re on a No Buy or a Lo Buy, please join us in answering these co-authored tag questions – it’s cathartic!

–StashMatters

1. When did you start your No Buy / Lo Buy? How long is your No Buy / Lo Buy going to last?
2. Why did you decide to go on a No Buy / Lo Buy?
3. Have you ever attempted a No Buy / Lo Buy before? If so, how did it go?
4. What do you hope to achieve with your No Buy / Lo Buy?
5. What product(s) have you hit pan on since starting the Makeup No Buy?
6. Do you have more empties because of it? What product do you miss the most?
7. Do you think you can survive the ban from makeup?
8. What is the one product you envy right now but can’t get? For eyes? For lips? And for face?
9. Have you cheated and bought something already?
10. After your No Buy / Lo Buy, are you planning a big haul? What are you going to buy?

My answers:

1. When did you start your No Buy / Lo Buy? How long is your No Buy / Lo Buy going to last?
My Makeup No Buy is from January 2015 – December 2015, you know, so I don’t miss out on the big Sephora Sale! I don’t think I could do the whole year.

2. Why did you decide to go on a No Buy / Lo Buy?
My makeup collection grew a lot and I was finally overwhelmed. I actually wanted to use things up and throw them into empties posts and hit pan on eye shadows and powders.

3. Have you ever attempted a No Buy / Lo Buy before? If so, how did it go?
Never, this is my first time.

4. What do you hope to achieve with your No Buy / Lo Buy?
Besides empties and hitting pan, just learning to shop my stash and discover what I really love from my collection.

5. What product(s) have you hit pan on since starting the Makeup No Buy?
Does moisturizer count? It’s a huge tub of Clinique Moisture Surge and I finally see part of the bottom. And a bunch of lip balms (lip balm junkie)

6. Do you have more empties because of it? What product do you miss the most?
Yes, most definitely. I thought that I would have no empties this month and I was wrong. I have five already, so I look forward to writing an empties post this month! I miss the Jo Malone Body Creme. It smells way too good. Luckily, I still have the fragrance and am currently using the body wash. I just can’t get enough of that scent!

7. Do you think you can survive the ban from makeup?
Yes, although I get a lot of comments that I can’t. Or that I am crazy for going on a makeup no buy. You know who you are — beauty bloggers that leave me funny comments!

8. What is the one product you envy right now but can’t get? For eyes? For lips? And for face?
Eyes – Laura Mercier Modernist Palettes, Makeup Geek Eyeshadows,
Lips – Christian Dior Creme de Rose Lip balm,
Face – I want to try out the new Laura Mercier foundation

If you’re interested, I update this Makeup Wishlist.

9. Have you cheated and bought something already?
Nope, I’m being really good. Doesn’t hurt to browse though!

10. After your No Buy / Lo Buy, are you planning a big haul? What are you going to buy?
I wouldn’t say a big haul. But it depends on what’s good and on sale in December. I will probably get half of the stuff listed in my Makeup Wishlist!

Please check out StashMatters’s post for her answers.

I would like to tag:
• Perpetual Project
• Asian Beauty Obsessed
• Smashbalm Writes
• Sober Ramblings about Life and Makeup
• A Beauty Venture
• Christina Bee x3

And anyone else who’s on a No Buy / Lo Buy!
Don’t be shy. If we didn’t tag you, it’s because we didn’t know you’re on a Makeup No/Lo Buy 🙂

Question: Do you consider it cheating on the makeup no buy if I buy lip balms?