Hey Ya'll!
This is the final post to get us caught up. YAY!!
The Looks:
I didn't do as well with pictures this time, and toward the end of the month wasn't wearing as much makeup either. I didn't really try anything new, other than the Stila Magnum XXX mascara that I don't like. I'm going to do better this month!
Which look was your favorite? Anything new you're loving? Let me know in the comments below!
Have a great day,
Craftin' Wife
Hey Y'all!
This was kinda fun! There's so much room in each drawer now, except markers, I had just done those about a month ago, and it stays full.
Underneath my desk was long overdue for a clean out.. I don't know if it had been done since we moved in here, and I found a whole box of (mostly) Halloween stickers.
Way too many!!
Next was my 2 ribbon boxes, I hardly ever makes bows anymore, so I didn't need all that ribbon.
Two bins~ I knew it was a lot of ribbon, but this is crazy! And I kept a good amount.
After that I did the first set of drawers under the desk, the top is adhesives so I knew nothing was going there, but the middle was a bunch of random craft items:
Next I went through my paint drawer. I was surprised how quickly that went. (Fabric paints not included, there in another section.) There was a decent amount that was so dried up it went straight to the trash, and I didn't bother taking a picture, we all know what dried paint looks like. These Martha Stewart paints are unopened, I did open the orange to make sure it was all still good, and it is. I just don't have a need for them and know someone else can get far more out of them than I am.
Lastly, I had been using some American Crafts glitter vinyl, and I am not impressed. Usually I like all their products, not this. It cuts horribly, is crazy thin, and has no "stick". Maybe it's me, maybe it's too old (from Tuesday Morning), but it had to go too. I also had some (same brand) foil vinyl that I had to test after my experience with the glitter, and it cuts beautifully. So I'd call their vinyl hit and miss, and probably won't purchase again. Too many good vinyl brands to play a guessing game with my money.
I plan to share the updated craft room in a May blog, it should be finished by then. I'm thinking this declutter series final on Monday will be a large one... I still have about half the craft room to go! That will be on Monday.
Have a great day,
Craftin' Wife
Hey Y'all!
Here's March's shelf as a reminder of what was there:
The Wet 'n Wild primer is going to my niece, I just forgot to pull it out (of both pictures). The Dewy is actually a rose tinted illuminating shade on me, not what I wanted, but she'll like it. I'm so close to emptying the Ulta Setting Spray, and the Poreless Face Primer, these have lasted forever! *As of the posting of this blog, the primer is on sale. I would use again, but have other primers to get to first.*Full disclosure I only used one shade out of the Tarte palette, but I'm not ready to let it go just yet. So, it stays for April and I'll decide from there. Surprisingly the Lorac Brunch palette stays, I used it 3 or 4 times, and it did well each time.
This month:
Hey Y'all!
So I've been "missing" for about three weeks, and I'm sorry. Once I miss one blog it's so easy to then skip several. I missed one because I was working on shirts for my husbands business, then that stimulus hit and I got an actual heat press, and the craft room was (is) a mess getting that set up... And I let it snowball from there... Not doing it is easy, but I miss blogging when I skip it.
(I'm going to share what the craft room looks like, my planner, and the blog schedule below.)
So, here's what the craft room currently looks like:
Feedback? Anything else you'd like to see in the future? Let me know in the comments below!
Have a great day,
Craftin' Wife
Hey Y'all!
Let's look back at my first make up blog from 2014:
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:
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
