Have you ever hit submit on some massive makeup purchase? One you can’t even believe you’re buying? Or maybe there was a time where you purchased every single shade of an eyeshadow formula you loved? Did you ever feel a little ashamed and maybe guilty after doing it? I’ve read threads on Reddit where girls are dropping like $2,000 when the Sephora Sales Event happens. Have you ever went that overboard with a purchase?
I sadly, have a lot of shameful makeup purchasing moments. For example, when I started this blog I was buying most of every shade of a new release so I could swatch each shade. Some shades I didn’t even like but I felt obligated to grab them so I could have a concise post featuring all the shade swatches for my readers. I also, feel like occasionally formulas can vary from color to color and I’d grab all the shades to ensure my review was as accurate as possible. Thankfully, this was mostly drugstore purchases but still, it was a bit absurd.
I always felt a bit wasteful doing this and even guilty. In recent years, I’ve stopped doing that. Sure, it isn’t beneficial to you if I don’t have all the shades of a particular color makeup product to swatch. But I do think that I’m being a lot more wasteful by just trying a shade or perhaps two shades versus buying ten of them.
On a personal level I’ve had many shameful makeup purchasing moments here’s my most embarrassing one.
This isn’t even a makeup moment but more a skincare one. I am guilty of dropping money on La Mer The Eye Concentrate as well as Sisley Sisleya L’Integral Anti-Age Eye & Lip Contour Cream. I think the worst part of those purchases is the fact I actually really love the formula however, I feel incredibly guilty splurging on a small eye cream at the price they charge. Thank god for Heimish Marine Care Algae + Peptide Eye Cream as that totally replaced my need to replenish La Mer’s The Eye Concentrate!
It’s also not makeup but I’m also somewhat ashamed of my candle collection. I won’t even admit to you how many I own but it’s a lot. But thankfully, not as many as some of the people I come across online. There’s one guy on Tiktok who has like twenty each of the same scent and I’m sitting here like, “ok, you’re good girl! You aren’t that insane!”. I mean, sure, I hate to fall in love with a fragrance but I haven’t reached a stage in my life where I have fifty of the same scent hanging around.
One thing, I can’t be remorseful about is my fragrance collection. It’s an area I’m also, an overachiever in. I have A LOT of bottles and I just can’t be sorry about that because I adore them all so much. Do I another perfume? Not for a million lifetimes. Do I continue to buy? Yes. That being said, I have started to be a lot more selective of the fragrances I do add to my collection.
What are some of your more shameful or embarrassing makeup moments?
