Poll posted by BR Natalie
I recently came across an article by New Zealand blogger Morgan from Hyacinth Girl and she was talking about bad YouTube shopping advice. And one of the pieces of advice got me to thinking about my own shopping habits. The advice in question - that you must have backups of your favourite products (or Holy Grail products as the kids call them nowadays. I feel so old.)
Morgan pointed out that even in cases where it was sensible to stock up; such as when her favourite red lipstick was discontinued, it's seldom necessary. Case in point being...she doesn't wear red lipstick much and has yet to finish the first one. And so, I took to looking at myself. Or rather my overflow beauty storage - the two sets of plastic drawers in the spare room.
Here's just a few of the backups I have going on:
- 3 x Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner. My all time favourite conditioner, that was until recently quite hard to find in NZ. So whenever I ordered, I stocked up. Of course, it's now available in Postie Plus and I currently use a special purple conditioner for my purple hair. So it's just sitting there
- 4 x Skinfood Lip Balm. As a lipbalm fiend this probably isn't too extreme. I mean what beauty product to you lose the most often right? Except I have about 11 different lipbalms on the go, and probably 8 other unopened ones in the lipbalm drawer.
- 6 x Original Source Shower Gel. This one I justified to myself because they were a bargain. $2.00! And they're so easy to slip into the trolley. And there's a flavour for every occasion. And the supermarket has never been out of stock and is a whole 5 minute walk away.
Ok, I have might have a few issues when it comes to backing up my favourites. Let's not even talk about the shop-hopping trip when I found out L'Oreal Lumi Magique primer had been discontinued*.
I don't know what it is about me that is compelled to stockpile beauty products, I'm not actually a hoarder, I'm ruthless at chucking stuff out. And yet I have a designated overflow area for beauty products. And so I repeat. I may have issues.
So come on, 'fess up. Do you stockpile just in case of the zombie apocalypse? Do you see your favourite cleanser on special and absolutely have to purchase it, even though you have 2 unopened already? Or do you not see the point of wasting valuable storage space on duplicates? After all, if it's a great product, it'll still be on the shelf when you run out right?
Get chatting below!
*Which turned out to be a false alarm.
I have back ups for quite a few products! Mascara and eyeliners are probably my top products I have back ups for and I also have a couple of double ups for lippys and lip liners. I find it great to have multiple of some items because it means I can keep one at home at my makeup desk and also another in my makeup bag for work/weekends. Being able to touch up at any time during the day is so handy and it doesn't matter if I misplace a product because I know I have it at home anyway :)