Spending Ban?!

I know bloggers who have a lot better self control than me have been on complete spending bans in the past, and honestly I salute you, but I just can't. So I've come up with a list of things I won't be buying more of for a good while, so hopefully I can start saving a little bit, or atleast have some more money for clothes and jewellery! So here are the things I WON'T be buying anytime soon!

(l-r MUA Shade 13, Sleek True Colour in Vixen, Avon Red Hot Lips)

Red Lipstick;

of all my "everyday" lipsticks I keep on my dresser, these bad boys make up atleast a third. It's one of those things I just chuck in my basket at superdrug without even thinking it through, and as illustrated by the three swatches of my favourite red lipsticks, there isn't all that much difference between them all!

Powder;

Now powder isn't something that I got into until recently. I've always had crazy dry skin so I've never NEEDED powder. But recently my skins been getting a lot better and the t-zone a little oily so I was experimenting with different powders, and what I mean by experimenting is shovelling every powder in sight with the shade "fair" or "ivory" and under a tenner into my basket without a seconds thought. Apart from about two of these that aren't the right shade for me, the rest are absolutely fine so I'll be using them all up before I decide which to repurchase.

Mascara;

I find myself COMPLETELY not to blame for this! My lovely Avon Representative nearly everytime I order gives me a cheeky loyalty gift, and it's pretty much always a mascara! I love her to bits, and it allows me to try out a lot of mascaras I otherwise wouldn't, but I've got quite a build up. There's literally no excuse in the world for the fact I have the same mascara in three different packagings, I just wanted to collect them all? That's a valid reason right?! Then I have millions of clinique, no7 and clarins samples that I never seem to use, and seeing as I don't have the worst lashes in the world (they're an acceptable length naturally) it doesn't affect me all that much which mascara I use.

(l-r MUA shade 11, Natural Collection Barley, MUA shade 20, Avon in Chestnut, my favourite shades out of the Avon Neutral Tones Palette, my favourite shades from the Sleek Storm Palette)

Everyday Neutral Eyeshadows;

That massive tin thing is full of the eyeshadows I use everyday, and everytime I go shopping I seem to come back with some shade of gold, brown or black eyeshadow. Now this was fine until I realised half the shades are the same and it's a struggle to find the eyeshadow you want because it's all so cramped. Basically I need no more neutral eyeshadows, so unless the naked palette comes my way teasing me into a sale I won't be buying any more, and I'll be staying far away from the Urban Decay Counter so I can't be robbed of 30 quid.

Concealers;

In short, I have too many, they're all pretty much the same and they do the same job, minus the fancy pants Jill Dempsey palette. Oh and there's a random base in there from Avon, I'm not really sure how that ended up there and why it's relevant but don't question it. So basically no going to the Benefit counter and debating whether to buy boing.

Lip Balm;

The picture pretty much says it all, and that's not even all of them. I just have too many! I don't know how or why I ended up with this many, I blame it on there always being some sort of deal going on involving one of them. Anyway this is enough to last me a good while, and apart from Carmex which is ofcourse the superior God of all Lip balms, the rest are pretty much down to the same standard and will be fine in Summer when I don't need a miracle product.

Nail Polish;

I had a massive clearout about 3 months ago of all my nail polish, and was left with pretty much nothing. Now I've repurchased a lot and bought more besides and frankly I think I've got pretty much every colour ever invented. I'm not saying I'm not going to buy nail polish, but I'm done with buying fifty versions of the same nude. I think if I see a really individual colour I'll buy it, but apart from that I'm focusing on buying up more of my nail art collection and forgetting buying a million colours for a while.

Moisturizer;

This stuff is taking up so much room, I literally have a section of storage devoted to moisturizer. I seem to get so many of the bloody things come Christmas time they last me for the whole year, so I'll be using my Garnier moisturiser for problem areas and the rest will do for everywhere else.

Body Butter;

This is just a case of getting too carried away. They all smell so amazing and lovely, I forget about the ones I already have at home and end up picking up yet another one everytime there is some kind of deal on. So the ban starts now, and we'll see how it goes.

As for everything else for example foundation, I'll just be buying that as usual. I'll do updates maybe each month or so on what's been used etc. I'm setting a time limit on this, because obviously I'm never going to use up all that eyeshadow, and I'm not keeping to this for my entire life. So lets have this as a mid-year resolution, and I'll be keeping all this up until christmas - eeeek!

Is there anything you guys need to cut down on?!

xoxoxoxoxo