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What Beauty Items Are Good At Only Buying a Few of That Some People Tend to Hoard?

29 posts, 13 members
tannygirl
3392 posts
    Me it would be lipbalm. I only really need three or two. One with a high spf for daytime, one (preferably with spf) that wears well under lippies and a super moisturizing one for night. I actually use up the ones I have opened completely and then replace them when I'm gonna finish thm up or I really want that gwp and wouldn't use any of the other products that would qualify towards the gwp. But even then I have a hard time justifying spending more than say 8-15 bucks on a lip balm unless I know it's incredible.

   I have gotten some as gwp items or in a beauty loop box. Ironically over the last couple of months I've had hayfever and the tops of my lips have gotten rubbed raw and are chronically dry even though I do apply alot of lip balm. So maybe there's a benefit to being a lipbalm hoarder. What are your products that you can easily say no to hoarding that you know that other people collect like crazy?
trudijoy
8375 posts
Sorry! Maybe it's the 'mums birthday' wine but I'm not sure what the thread title means here and got a bit lost. Could you clarify? Thanks :) 
shazatron101
5112 posts
Haha snap trudi i dont understand it either lmfao too long winded and my tired brain isnt computing
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
Lol the only beauty items I don't buy too many of are things I don't actually buy/use in the first place. 

Ok, now I'm not even sure if my response to this makes sense lol. 
tannygirl
3392 posts
Oh sorry. Yep I should've checked for errors before I posted, my grammar is off this evening.  

What Beauty Items Are *You* Good At Only Buying A Few Of That Some People Tend to Hoard?

Thanks for pointing it out. I don't know how to change the title of the thread. :-(
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
You can't edit thread titles unfortunately. 
trudijoy
8375 posts
Oh. Yeah that wasn't clear...and still impossible to answer because I have no idea what other people hoard lol
itsclearascrystal
2055 posts
Lip balms are the only thing I really hoard because I bulk buy them online then slowly work my way through them. 
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
I seem to end up with plenty of blushes and highlighters but not from hoarding - they take a long time to use and I seem to acquire them from loop boxes etc. Foundation/tinted moisturiser I usually only have one of at a time. 
Susilia
484 posts
I hoard everything. I have back ups of my back ups. Sad really, I have a problem really.
But then again, I always have hands on gifts for my friends and eventually I use everything I have and I don’t spend money on other things much, like these are my treats, I don’t drink for example and I don’t socialise enough, so don’t go out for coffees, dinners etc.
tannygirl
3392 posts
Me too Susilia. I can count on one hand the number of times in the past couple of years I've spent money on food out and probably the times I've had alcohol as well. I prefer to spend money on beauty products and stuff that lasts longer than ten minutes so yeah. People wonder how I can afford to spend $30-$50 on a product truth is I don't drink barely ever and I don't eat out.
tannygirl
3392 posts
  For years I was really good at not hoarding brow products, I had like three or four brow items which was all I had but then because I used them all the time I felt the need to stock up and buy more (because I like buying makeup and had to find something to hoard) and so a couple months ago I banned myself from buying more, particularly brow powder.  I got like one little 0.03g sample of Benefit's Goof Proof Brow Pencil I've been using 3-6 times a week since July and I still have plenty left. 
tannygirl
3392 posts
   Mascara would be another one I'm good at not hoarding. I have very few and very short stubby lashes and tubing mascaras are the only mascaras that have proved consistently reliable. I do get minis as gwp items and so I never felt the need to hoard them. When I do an order from Tarte I do like to spend about a dollar and get one if there's the option to buy a deluxe mini with my order also because they make great gifts but other than that I've only bought mascara for myself like twice this year, okay three times if you count the vault earlier this year.
Johanna
38 posts
Well I can tell you what I DID hoard or used to hoard: 
lipsticks
Shampoos and conditioners
Foundations
Hair styling products 
Eye shadows 
tannygirl
3392 posts
    I would say for the last 5-6 years I've been good at not hoarding shampoo and conditioner. I discovered Ethique (Sorbet when I found them) and I've mostly would rotate between two of the shampoo bars and one conditioner bar and one bottle of hair oil. I do have some a couple of hair masks but I'm working to use them up.
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
Yeap,  I've never been a hoarder of hair products, mainly because I have short hair and don't really need various hair products. I also using ethique bars and can't imagine going back to liquid shampoos again. 
Tattooprincess
68 posts
I've made a conscious effort to not hoard products in this last year, previously I'd been wasting a lot of money buying in bulk, but not actually getting around to using things!

And I've always been bad at not quite using products up, and hoarding an unfinished bottle while opening a new one. I did recently notice I had 3 tubes of pawpaw ointment, so have only replaced it with one tube when I finished them all.

im trying to be more conscious of wastage and over production of plastics etc - so hoarding is hopefully a thing of the past for me.
MareeB
5239 posts
I hoard BBBEs so have all sorts of stuff. I wouldn't hoard make up deliberately but I do hoard skin care products.
Lisa-Lou
2679 posts
I used to hoard so much. Then I realised how much $ I was wasting and how many things I was throwing out. So now I buy as I need things. I do have a few lip balms as they are something I use a lot of. 
MrsO
196 posts
I have a drawer full of beauty items you could  say I've hoarded. Fake tan products, moisturizers, cleansers, but also several of those free makeup bags containing products from Natio, Trilogy, Oasis etc. I am a sucker for the free gift with purchase offers, and also the 'buy 2 get one free" deals, but when birthdays or Christmas comes around I have lots of little pressies to give.
MrsO
196 posts
Sorry Tannygirl, I didn't really answer your question correctly, but since the word hoarding was in there I thought I'd put my 2 cents worth, haha
tannygirl
3392 posts
Sorry about the confusing title really my bad. My grammar was off and I missed puting you in the title. It was supposed to read 

What Beauty Items Are *You* Good At Only Buying A Few Of That Some People Tend to Hoard?

Unfortunately I can't edit the title. :-(
 
tannygirl
3392 posts
    I'm crazy for GWP too. I often prefer a good GWP to a discount as I feel I get more dollar value for it than say getting the item I want 15 bucks cheaper. My fave gwp items are when I get to try something I've been wanting to try for awhile or when the gwp looks like an advent beauty calendar (see my photowall for the Cultbeauty gwp and the origins one) or it has alot of fullsized products. 
tabucutie
1811 posts
For me at the moment that would be facial cleansers and body washes and soaps. Won't need to buy any of these I think until atleast next year.
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
I'm still using up soaps from Lush gift boxes I bought years ago and before I stopped using hand wash. My friend also gave me lots of Loccitane soaps off the cruise they were on, back when cruises were a thing! Despite all the hand washing this year I still have heaps of it. Shower gel is always in over abundance even though I don't buy that either? I'm trying to use up my back up cleansers so I only have my favourite three on the go lol. 

Umm yeah. So I think the only thing I'm good at not collecting is foundation, concealer (don't even have a full size of one of those now as I don't really is it), shampoo and conditioner. 
SooziesWorld
2999 posts
Ok I've just seen my original response to this post and stand by that:

Lol the only beauty items I don't buy too many of are things I don't actually buy/use in the first place. 
 
tabucutie
1811 posts
I'm good at not buying foundation, concealer, bronzer, highlighter, blush and brow products. It takes so long for me to use up dont see the point in having multiple.
Kimrose
1415 posts
At the moment I have 11 bottles of my favorite shampoo.  It is not in the shops now so it is only on one of those deal websites in packs of 6! So I have bought them twice! Love it
tabucutie
1811 posts
11! It must be really good. Should be good for a few years without needing to repurchase. 

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