Tag: declutter

beauty, cosmetics, makeup, project pan

MASSIVE Mid-Year Beauty Declutter (26% of my collection gone!)

by The Newbury Girl31 Comments on MASSIVE Mid-Year Beauty Declutter (2631 of my collection gone!)
MASSIVE Mid-Year Beauty Declutter (26% of my collection gone!)

As a beauty blogger and lover, I'm constantly trying out new cosmetic, skincare and hair care products. However, over the past 2-3 years, I've been attempting to reign in my shopping and work through what I own through a comprehensive inventory system, periodic No-Buys, and yearlong Project Pans. Although my preference is always to finish up the products I buy, decluttering is a necessity when you own a vast beauty collection. The below products are beauty items that I have decluttered this past Spring, excluding those products that I am currently trying to sell on Poshmark. Although the total number of products decluttered is not greater than the number of new items that entered my collection, I still view this declutter as a small victory. It takes a lot of mental toughness to think critically enough to declutter beauty products, because of the personal attachment I place on these goodies. Please keep reading to see what I moved out of my collection this Spring!

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I Decluttered my Living Space Marie Kondo Style: Here’s What Happened

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I Decluttered my Living Space Marie Kondo Style: Here’s What Happened

Although I am an avid beauty collector and beauty lover, I've been working really hard the past few years to work on the bad shopping habits. I found myself in a state where I was buying too many things just to mask or deal with emotional problems. Feeling anxious? Buy some shoes, snatch that purse, fill your online shopping cart with makeup.  But here's the thing, filling my life with things wasn't solving my problems - in many ways, my overconsumption actually made me more miserable, because my money was being spent on things rather than experiences. To make matters worse, I moved into a smaller living space earlier this year. As result, the mass clutter I had tucked away, suddenly became exposed.

beauty, cosmetics, hair, makeup, minimalism, project pan, skin care

Makeup Minimalism | 2018 Rolling Project Pan & Declutter Finale

by The Newbury Girl27 Comments on Makeup Minimalism | 2018 Rolling Project Pan & Declutter Finale
Makeup Minimalism | 2018 Rolling Project Pan & Declutter Finale

I am a beauty addict. Although I love the beauty industry and I love buying new products, my spending got out of hand the last few years. I've been making a big effort over the last two years to down-size my collection and to stop impulse shopping through meticulous inventory tracking, project panning, and intermittent shopping fasts. If you're interested to see how I did this year, then please keep reading!

beauty, cosmetics, hair, makeup, minimalism, project pan, skin care

Massive Beauty Declutter 2018 | 50+ Products Gone!

by The Newbury Girl35 Comments on Massive Beauty Declutter 2018 | 50+ Products Gone!
Massive Beauty Declutter 2018 | 50+ Products Gone!

After a year of buying and trying many new beauty products, it was finally time to evaluate my collection. I meticulously combed through my collection and got rid of the cosmetic, skin, and hair product that I didn't like, wouldn't use or expired. For today's post, I decided to share what I decluttered from my collection.

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19 Useless Things to Declutter from Your Wardrobe before 2019

by The Newbury Girl12 Comments on 19 Useless Things to Declutter from Your Wardrobe before 2019
19 Useless Things to Declutter from Your Wardrobe before 2019

According to the Daily Mail, we'll spend an average of 3,680 hours searching or 153 days searching for lost items. On average, we lose about 9 items a day (198,743 items in a lifetime)! But just imagine - if we spend this much time just looking for lost items, how much more time do we spend cleaning? As a beauty blogger, I spend a lot of time and money buying and organizing cosmetics and clothing, but I want to reduce the clutter in my life.