Looking Back, the first blog of my makeup "collection".

 Hey Y'all!

Let's look back at my first make up blog from 2014:

My "Collection".

I had had makeup prior to this, but it always fit in something this size or smaller. Hard to believe this is where I'm at as of my declutter series in 2020. It's about time to do another "collection" blog. I am decluttering as I go far more often with the Everyday Shelf, but I've added new items too.

2014 me had yet to explore high end makeup, my first purchase there would be Urban Decay Electric Palette. (Which I still have.) Then I went through only buying high end, now I'm in a happy medium.

Let's go through the products I had then!

I've far outgrown the case, but I do still use it for makeup/toiletries when we travel. It's plenty sturdy enough without being too large.

I don't know if any of these Hard Candy items are still available. I remember liking the colored mascara fairly well. The lip gloss was eh, but I liked it at the time. The eyeliners were bad, even then.

The Jordana lip balms were great and I thing I actually used them almost completely. (The company has since closed, here is the web post about the closure.) The E.L.F. Lip Exfoliator got dry and hard very quickly, so I wasn't a fan. (It is still on the website, and marked as a top product.)

The NYX glitter eyeliners I remember using for every holiday I could. (Maybe they were awesome, maybe I didn't have anything else, LOL.) The E.L.F. Palette was in California ??? It was great, I used it daily for a long time. (they no longer have any baked eyeshadows.) Nothing else from this photo is memorable, good or bad.

I used this Physician's Formula BB Cream & Powder for years! I still like it, but enjoy trying new things too much to repurchase currently.

The only thing I remember about those eyeshadows is how pigmented they WEREN'T.

These glosses were ok. I remember the dual sided E.L.F. as being my favorite, the one on the top right was my go to color, if I'm remembering correctly it was a touch more mauve in person.

I remember the Almay mascara was nice but no longer exists, my Mom got it for me in blue. The Hard Candy one in purple packaging was, in fact, purple and the gold was gold. The glitter one was horrible and would flake off and make a mess. The Wet 'n Wild was pretty good, they've always had hits and misses, with most products falling somewhere in the middle. The 4 eyeliners were Avon, and I don't remember using them much.

All these E.L.F. products were fine. I do remember really liking the Lock and Set performance wise, but if you accidently got it in your eye, that was it. It burned like no other, and then your eyes would water, and your makeup would be ruined. No surprise it was discontinued.

I actually still have that Face Secrets brush from Sally Beauty. It was my favorite for a long time, and I still use it regularly. The rest of those are long gone.

Lastly I used the shimmery Loreal through that summer, then decluttered it. I swapped between the Cover Girl and the Physicians Formula for a while. I do remember liking the Cover Girl as well. Do they still make this type of powder/brush combo??

*After some research I answered my own question, yes:

Loreal

The Cover Girl does still have a TruBlend Powder, but it's not the same.

What's your longest owned product? Share below.

I hope you had as much fun looking back on these old products as I did!

Have a great day,

Craftin' Wife