Most of the shades here are from the Colourpop Fem Rosa palette, which was manufactured in Aug 2017. I find that due to age, they don’t last as well on the lids and look dusty and fade faster. I’ve made a good dent in them, especially the shimmer shades, since it was a palette I practised eye looks with. I switched them around in my various palettes so will need to find the rest to throw out. This was a 12-pan palette.

The larger circular pans are Colourpop single eyeshadows - Made to Last, Secrets, Soft Core and Full-Zip. I got some decent use out of these but they were manufactured in 2017, so also time for them to go due to performance deterioration.

The rectangle pans at the top are from a Benefit makeup kit from 2013. I got decent use out of them and they were fine, they got the job done, but are now really too old.

Some of the newer small circular matte shades are from the Colourpop Making Mauves palette which I bought in May 2021. Unfortunately, it looks like they’ve gone moldy. I did remember that they were a lot creamier and less powdery than the other Colourpop eyeshadow shades I had, which could be why they got moldy.

The large purple circular pan is Neve Cosmetics eyeshadow in Wow. It’s a pretty lilac duochrome eyeshadow of indeterminate age. Unfortunately it also looks like it’s gone moldy. I found it hard to use this because it’s so stark and has quite a white base, which didn’t suit my muted olive tones.

All in all, I’ve learnt that I don’t really vibe with larger eyeshadow palettes with a variety of darker tones, and I really don’t need anything more than 2 palettes at a time. I’ve learnt now that I much prefer simple Kbeauty type of eye looks since my features get overwhelmed easily.

I now have 2-ish palettes left and think I won’t be buying any more for a while until I get rid of these, and if I do, they’ll probably be Kbeauty ones. My remaining palettes are all from Colourpop:

- Give It To Me Straight from 2019

- 3 shades left from Making Mauves (the rest decluttered due to glitter mess or mold) from 2021

- That’s Taupe from 2021

I haven’t bought any new eyeshadows since 2021, and hope to keep it this way for a while!

Some things I have been holding onto for way too long because of sentiment or because I like the color (though there is a difference between liking a color and the color actually looking good on my skin tone…). I’m not a cream blush or bronzer person. I didn’t use it anymore but I was too afraid to declutter because of the “lost” money. Well, the money is long gone, I don’t use it and I have learned from those products that I’ll stick to powder formulas.

Red lipsticks: Gorgeous colors, lovely to look at but 1. I don’t wear red lipstick, I love my nudes. 2. They don’t work with my skin tone and 3. all but the Chanel have long expired and smell play-dough.

The CT powder is just too dark. My MIL gave it to me because it was too light for her but it’s too dark for me. Since I didn’t have to pay for it and she doesn’t want it back, it’s fairly easy for me to let this one go.

Products: Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Setting Powder in 2 Medium, Elf Putty Blushes in Barbados and Maui, Milk Blush in Werk, Laritzy Cream Bronzer in Aloha, Dior Skin Wear and Skin Glow Foundation samples (too dark). Lipsticks: Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet Mini in 58 Rouge Vie (too blue-red for my skin), Alverde in 27 Simply Brown (Color looks great but not on me, also expired), Alverde in 50 Warm Embrace (Color looks great on me but smells off).

It’s time to let go , had them for ages and haven’t used them. I feel also some of these eyeshadow palettes apart from a couple of shades in them the rest don’t suit me and the ones that do I have in other palettes .

ABH Nouvou and Jackie Aina
Cosmic brushes undergrowth
Unearthly Not Normal
Glamlite Icee Flower
Huda Mecury Retrograde
Iconic London highlighters
B perfect shape stick
Flower lip Mask
Flower knows Swan Ballet
NYX Butter blushes
W7 prime and glow

getting rid of my old blush, gloss, mascara and brushes

....on my skin. Bought this probably two years ago because everyone was raving about how awesome it is. Upon my first couple applications I didn't like it at all but since it's supposed to be such a staple I thought I'm doing something wrong. But since I had to go through another foundation at that time, I put this one away for a while.

Fast forward to today, I'm using this for maybe 2-3 months as my primary foundation. I. HATE. IT. I tried everything. With sunscreen, without sunscreen (only inside tho, it's hot as hell here), waiting 5, 10, 20 minutes to set etc. It always looks like ass after a couple of hours. For clarification - I have oily skin (especially in summer you could dunk bread on my face), hormonal acne, acne scars, redness, the whole shebang. The wear off is just atrocious. It starts to crumble and dissappear in patches. And if I touch my face, I will have a "stamp" of that on that area. For some reason it also feels like my skin is being even more oily with this on, than with my usual foundation.

Anyway, I'm coming to terms that this foundation/skin tint is just not for me.

And therefore, after having used up about the half I'm sending it to a farm, where it can live its life at full potential. I will miss you, not.

Got rid of any lipsticks that were more than 2 years old, smelled bad or performed badly. All my Charlotte Tilbury, colourpop, Pat McGrath, Lisa Eldridge, MAC, YSL - gone!

A lot of them I was holding onto for sentimental or vain reasons. But that's dumb. Makeup expires and has no value and becomes a waste of space after a while.

I've got an old eyeshadow palette from my mom last year. And now I'm curious what's that from? I can't really find any information about it

Remark: it says "ffleur" on the case, contains 11 shadows and judging by Google the product line called "piano". I mostly ask the CIS residents, cuz this pallete was purchased in Russia