Hi Everyone!
I thought I would do an update on my makeup collection. I’ve gotten my inventory down to a reasonable number. I think it’s reasonable enough that I don’t feel the need to participate in a Project Pan or 20 in 2020 challenge. I’ve also decided not to do a Low/No Buy this year because I think I can control myself now. I don’t really get swept up in new makeup releases. I might get samples at Sephora, but I don’t feel the need to buy the newest product until I’ve read or watched reviews.
In 2017 and 2018, I bought a bunch of products from Winners and the Mac Warehouse Sale. I didn’t even do full reviews on most of the items because they were old or discontinued. I did do quick reviews on some makeup items in my mid-year makeup inventory:
Primers & Foundations | Bronzers | Blushes | Mascaras | Highlighters
Makeup inventory posts from previous years:
| July 2018 | Dec 2018 | June 2019 | Jan 2020 | |
| Primers | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| Foundations | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Concealers | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Setting Sprays/Powders | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| Contour | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Bronzers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Blushes | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Highlighters | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Brows | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Eyeshadows | 129 | 60 | 23 | 17 |
| Eyeliners | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Mascara | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Lipstick | 28 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Lip Liners | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Lip Glosses/Tints/Balms | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Makeup Removers | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Perfumes | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Nail Polishes | 43 | 19 | 7 | 0 |
| Total Items | 340 | 168 | 100 | 66 |
My plan is to get my collection down to 50 items by the end of the year. It’s shocking to think that I once had 340 makeup items (this number includes individual eyeshadows). It’s even more alarming to think that I paid for most of those items too. While I have been lucky enough to be sent products over the years, I’m sent more skincare products than makeup. Most of those items were impulse purchases because they were on sale or a good deal.
What are your makeup plans for 2020?
Love,
