Makeup Inventory 2014

Hello all!

Today I'd like to air my makeup problems, starting with the sheer amount I have. It makes me feel overwhelmed, especially as I do not wear makeup every single day, it takes up a lot of space and I feel like I wasted a lot of money buying all these products I still haven't used!

I have gotten rid of huge bags of makeup and beauty products but it seems never ending! I am officially on a no-buy beginning 1st January 2015, and it will end on 31st December 2015 so I am allowed to go crazy in 2016. I still have a lot of makeup and beauty and nail polish that I do not want, if you would be interested in a blog sale please let me know.

As I've slowly been trying to use it all I tend to find products that don't really work for me or I don't like the shade on me very much, I see no point in hoarding these products, I would only like to own what I am completely happy with using. Some have also gone bad, started to smell or taste odd and that's no good because I spent a lot of money on them!

Yesterday I was watching a lot of youtube videos on people trying to do the same thing as me, declutter and I decided to do a makeup inventory of my own.

I am definitely not showing off, or saying ooh look at me with all my makeup, I want to get rid of it and fast haha! I will by using it up or giving it away or trying to sell it, but I don't think anyone will want to buy it, I don't know.

I've linked a lovely lady who I started watching about a year or so ago, and her decluttering is what motivated me to make an inventory, I have been giving products away for years but never kept a tally on how many or how much money had gone down the drain.

Her youtube name is Faithersk and I definitely recommend you check out her videos especially if you're in the same boat as me!

So... onto the dreaded numbers! I have a lot of eyeliners especially, I don't have some products such as bronzers, but I don't really feel I need any. I have additions I'd like to make also, but these will be done in 2016 unless I feel it's necessary in 2015. This isn't 100% accurate, maybe about 98% as I left a makeup bag at my uni house, although I've tried to remember what was in there and add it on.

Makeup	16/12/14	Ideal Number	To finish/give away
Eyes
Pencil eyeliner	51	10	-41
Liquid eyeliner	4	1	-3
Gel eyeliner	4	5	+1
Eyeshadow primers	11	3	-8
Pencil eyeshadow	1	5	+4
Cream eyeshadow	11	10	-1
Single eyeshadows	2	5	+3
Eyeshadow palettes (≤6)	5	3	-2
Eyeshadow palettes (>6)	14	10	-4
Eyeshadow pigments	12	0	-12
Eyebrow pencil	1	1	0
Eyebrow gel	0	1	+1
Glitters	5	5	0
Glitter glue	1	0	-1
Mascara	17	1	-16
Face
Face primers	15	2	-13
Foundation	11	3	-8
Concealer	11	2	-9
Powder	4	2	-2
Highlighters	3	3	0
Blush	17	5	-12
Lips
Lip balm	10	5	-5
Lipgloss	11	5	-6
Lipliner	9	3	-6
Lipstick	11	10	-1
Total	241	100	-141

Ideally I think 100 makeup products is a large enough selection and ok to get through before the products expire. I would like to have more cream eyeshadows maybe but I would be concerned about not using them and them going off, I definitely don't want to waste any more money!

This is after giving away so many things so I don't think it's that bad, around 250 products but I would like to use up and give away around 150. I think eyeliners will be the easiest to use up and lip balm, some eyeliners I use as eyeshadow so I can imagine they'll be gone soon enough.

I've also made a little box where I put my daily products in so that should help use them up!

I didn't include nail polish, I have around 80 colour bottles, I would like to reduce this number obviously, maybe to 50 but I like all of the shades so will be trying to use them up, as I've already given away plenty.

I also haven't included tools, I'm going to leave that for now and will sort through brushes etc on a later date and add it on!

Thank you for reading my super long post, please let me know if you have any comments or questions, it would be great to hear from you.

Nav x

WishList #1: 21/11/11

As I am still on a spending ban for makeup and beauty I've been window shopping a lot more, there are so many things I want from the US but their shipping costs ruin the deal for me! So onto my wants...

Smashbox Photo Op Mega 78 Shade Palette/Real Techniques Brushes/Remington HairDryer/Zoya Holiday Collection/Babyliss Curling Wand/Ellis Faas Makeup

I really want the Smashbox palette! Unfortunately it's only available on QVC.com and not on the UK site, it looks gorgeous and has so many fantastic reviews, I can't say I need more makeup in my life though!

The Real Techniques brushes look amazing, I want the lot! I haven't got a hairdryer so I thought this one looked nice enough, I hope to be picking this up soon, along with Babyliss' Curling Wand, I have a set of curlers but I managed to get paint on them from a plastic carrier bag when they were still hot, so they've only ever been used once. 

Zoya nail polishes have won me over with their 3 free formula and application, I would love the lot but already have way too many polishes! Ellis Faas' makeup looks gorgeous, unfortunately quite expensive, I may pick these up when I run out of a good amount of makeup, I mean at least a whole drawer full!

That's all for my first wishlist with regards to makeup, I'll be doing lots of fashion and other things ones on my new blog focused away from beauty too! Please check it out here.

50% Off ELF Haul

I picked up a lot in one of ELF's frequent 50% off sales and I thought I'd share what I got, I'll slowly be using and reviewing everything too. All prices given are full prices.

The box filled with ELF products

Face Products (All Studio Line) - Mineral Infused Face Primer £6, Tinted Moisturiser SPF15 Beige £3.50,  Blushes - £3.50 each, Candid Coral, Tickled Pink, Fuschia Fusion, High Definition Powder £6, Flawless Finish Foundation £6.50.

I have no idea whether the foundation will be the correct shade for my skintone, I ordered Caramel but on the bottom there is a little sticker saying Buff...and I found it very difficult choosing a shade in the first place from the website...

Another HD Powder £6, 3pc Eyelid Primer Set £3.50, 3pk Shine Eraser Set £3.50.

I have yet to use the Eyelid Primers, although already use ELF's Mineral Eyelid Primer and love it, the HD Powders are repurchases, and I've tried the Blotting Sheets and find that they're too small and I use about 10 of them after a few hours of moisturiser in a busy day.

Mineral Lipglosses, Night Owl, Sorority Girl, Daring £3 each (not in order), Studio Conditioning Lip Balms SPF15,  Mellow Melon, Romantic Rouge, Blissful Berry, £3.50 each, Mineral Lipstick, Barely Bitten £3.50.

I haven't tried any of the lip products yet, the shades of the lipglosses look very similar although I'll see if that's true when on the lips.

My beloved Nourishing Cuticle Pens, £1.50 each, Angled Contour Brush, Angled Foundation Brush, Angled Eyeliner Brush, £3.50 each.

I love the Nourishing Cuticle Pen, read about it here. The brushes I have yet to use!

Powder Brush, Fan Brush, £3.50 each.

Again I haven't used much of my order to be able to give you first impressions or full reviews on them, when I have done I will be putting up reviews!

I hope this maybe gives you some ideas of what to try when ordering from ELF as I think they have yet another 50% off sale on at the moment!

How I spent my No7 vouchers

Hi!

I thought I'd talk about how I spent my No7 vouchers, they ran out the Sunday just gone by and before that I managed to collect 6 vouchers and used them all on the following. I got 3 Poppy King lipsticks and 1 lipgloss and 2 eye brushes, all with £5 off of each item!

Starting with the brushes:

- Eye Colour Brush (£6.64)
I would think this is very similar to Mac's 239 brush in terms of a brush to apply colour to the eyes. I like that it's a bit shorter than most brushes in length because I tend to bash my brush ends against the bathroom mirror when trying to get so close!

- Precision Eyeliner Brush (£6.75)
This brush reminds me of the brush you get with Maybelline's new gel eyeliner, it looks very precise too.

Onto the Poppy King lip products:

- Confidence Lipgloss (Deep brown - £11.00)
- History Lipstick (Neutral red - £12.00)
- Power Lipstick (Pink-red - £12.00)
- Seduction Lipstick (Deep plum - £12.00)

All of these look gorgeous and I can't wait to try them, I actually wish I had more No7 vouchers because I'm in a collect 'em all! Mood with these, especially the lipsticks if not the lipglosses. In this The Magic of Lipstick range there are 7 different lipsticks and corresponding lipglosses for every occasion for every woman. I think this is a permanent line with more products to be launched in future, I can't wait for the No7 vouchers to start again because I plan on collecting all these lipsticks and then onto No7's bodycare, which I've never tried before.

That's all folks! (Oh how I miss Tom and Jerry and all cartoons!) Thank you for reading! :)

How did you spend your vouchers? Do you even use them or throw them away? What are your opinions on No7?

Giveaway Numero Trois - Sigma Beauty! - CLOSED

Hello lovely readers!

I'm holding another giveaway today thanks to Sigma Beauty, for this giveaway you can win a Travel E25 Blending Brush!



Apologies for the not so great picture! (Taken from Google!)
Review pics will be better!



I have heard many good things about Sigma Beauty and their brushes and I am now a Sigma Affiliate and loving the opportunity to be a member of such a fantastic brand.

A little about Sigma:

"The Sigma Makeup brand is synonymous with quality and functionality. Our products are handmade and were developed to satisfy the highest quality standards.

We offer a complete line of professional brushes specifically designed to highlight eyes and face. Each brush was individually tested for performance, resistance, and durability.

The Sigma Makeup brushes are available in different kits to attend your specific needs. You can also acquire individual brushes and customize your own kit. A brush roll specifically designed to hold and maintain your Sigma Makeup brush collection is also available."

Sounds good to me! :) I'll post a review of this brush very soon but in the meantime you can win one for yourself! This is especially great if you're new to the brand and haven't ever tried any of their products before, and will help you get an idea of what they're all about.

Rules:

1. You must be a public follower of my blog via Google Friend Connect
2. You must be 18+ or have your parent's permission if you are younger

How to Enter:

1. Leave a comment on this post saying which makeup brushes are your favourite and why
2. Follow me on twitter, I am nav_t and leave a comment saying you're following me.
3. Tweet this message to your followers, "Follow @nav_t and RT this to enter BBA's @Sigma_Beauty Giveaway! Details here: http://beautybloggingaway.blogspot.com"

Each is worth 1 entry (total of 3 entries), this giveaway is open internationally and will end on Saturday 30th May at 22:00 UTC. Good luck! :)

Disclaimer: Prize(s) sent directly from Sigma Beauty