Hi everyone! If you remember, towards the end of January I did a declutter of my lip products. I cleared out nearly half of my collection, which made me feel pretty darn proud. I thought about what I wanted to declutter next, and after realizing that I hardly ever wear eyeliner, yet have a ton of different ones, that would be my next mission.
This is my whole collection of eyeliners. There are pencil liners, cream liners, liquid liners and powder liners. In this pile, there are a whopping 54 different liners! Now, like I said above, I very rarely wear eyeliner, so most of these are just sitting around. I currently am using 4 different liners that are in my everyday makeup drawers, and they are not included in this total. It wasn't very hard going through these because most of them are so old, I've had them for longer than I've known my husband. We'll be together 6 years this June, if that tells you anything. After deciding what to get rid of, the next picture shows what I'm keeping and throwing out.
The pile on the left is what I'm throwing away, and the right is what I'm keeping. I've said many times before that 2016 is the year of decluttering and using up what I have. I'm going to try and make it a priority and use eyeliner more, as much as I don't like wearing it. The grand total of everything I got rid of is 21. That's not terrible, if you ask me. I finally am getting rid of the mini Urban Decay 24/7 liner pencils that I've had for years and years, as well as all of the cream liners I had and the E.L.F liquid liners. The E.L.F. liners are just awful so those were the first ones picked to get rid of.
I'm not sure how I'm going to go through all this eyeliner, and I'll probably end up doing another declutter at some point in the future. I said in my previous declutter how good it feels getting rid of so much stuff. As silly as it may sound, I'm proud of myself for being able to throw out products that I don't like, and are just bad from being so old. I've even been able to sell some of my makeupto help make a little extra money as well, but don't worry, everything in my blog sale is still good and sanitized! If you want to check out my blog sale, you can do so here. I still have a bunch of stuff I'd like to see have a good home :)
What have you decluttered lately?
Hey guys! I'm pretty sure I've mentioned on here that I've been in decluttering mode lately. For whatever reason, I've been really in this mindset that I need to start throwing out stuff my husband and I don't need or use anymore. I've already made a massive dent with alot of our stuff and I just put 6 trash bags worth together to donate. I've gone through more than 10 trash bags of junk that I've thrown away. I also have gone through my makeup and gave away alot to friends and family. However, I seemed to have skipped going through my lip products. I was going through my lip drawer and could barely open or shut it, so I decided that now is the time to clean out and throw away!
This was my entire collection of lip products, minus the few that are in my purse. I knew I wasn't going to get rid of those, so I didn't bother adding them to the pile. In total, there is a whopping 239 lip products here! Some of it is so old, I can't even remember when I bought it. Now, I didn't include lip balms because I know I'll use up what I have and if anything goes bad, I immediately throw it out. I don't know why or how I've accumulated so many glosses and lip sticks, but it's pretty ridiculous. I told myself if I could narrow it down to getting rid of at least a quarter of my collection, I'd be happy. If I did that math, I'd have to get rid of at least 60 products. That seemed doable enough, because lets be honest, there is no way I'd be able to use all this up even if I used a different one every single day. So I went on my decluttering mission, and this was the end result......
The pile on the left is what I'm getting rid of, and the pile on the right is what I'm keeping. I ended up throwing out 75 products! I'm happy with that honestly, and in another few months, I'll probably do this all over again because I really don't think I need 164 lip products, but this is a start!
I'm sure I may have missed a few lip products because I tend to leave them all over my house, and I end up finding them in weird places. I guess my point in making this post is to say that you really don't need so much stuff cluttering your life. While I'm incredibly fortunate to be able to have beauty products sent to me to try out and review for you guys, it can be a little overwhelming at times. I've made it my mission in 2016 to just get rid of junk that I no longer care about. My husband and I would like to move at the end of our lease in June, and I'm trying to get a head start in throwing stuff out, donating alot, or giving away to friends and family so I don't have to lug it to a new place.
I have to say, it feels pretty amazing throwing out stuff. I hate cleaning with a passion, but it's like something in my brain clicked, and I realized I don't need all this junk surrounding me. So, slowly but surely I'm going through every single thing in my house, and deciding whether I'm keeping it, throwing it away, donating it, or giving it to family and friends. So far, so good!
What are your thoughts on decluttering?
