A friend asked me a few weeks ago what I thought of getting a skip (dumpster) to do a big declutter.
I said to her that while that would work for some people, it wouldn’t work for me.
1) I don’t have that much junk
2) I prefer things to leave my house a bag or two at a time because I’m a baby steps person.
I thought of that when I decided to simplify my make-up.
My secret organising fantasy is to have just one lipstick that looks good with all my clothes and wear only that.
Well, until that time comes, I’m simplifying my make-up very, very slowly. Baby steps.
Before I got to the before pic, I threw out about 3 – 4 lipsticks.
It was time to go through it again. I don’t make a big deal about organising/ decluttering/ simplifying – I wait until things feel like they need a tweak or until I get a bee in my bonnet and then I just have at it.
That’s what happened one Saturday evening after we got home and put the kids to bed (that’s why the pics are this strange shade) – on this particular night I tossed another 2.
BEFORE
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AFTER – the stuff I use every day in the pink candle-holder
and the rest on the other side |
this plastic container with my eyeshadow rests on the top |
this is what I use every day – lipliner, lipstick and an eyeliner and most days,
some eyeshadow on my (very light) eyebrows |
dental floss, blemish stick,brush, night cream
and some other lipsticks and some lipliners |
So… I want to know from you
Are you the type who gets the dumpster or do you declutter a bag or two at a time?
And.. do you wear the same shade of lipstick every day?
PS thanks to Chloe for giving me the idea of keeping the everyday make-up together. I love it 🙂
Deep down I am a dumpster person. It feeds my instant gratification and it’s like out of sight out of mind for me which I guess is not good because you are essentially moving the clutter from one point to another. I mostly declutter a bag or two at a time (only because this is all I have time for) but when I have a bee in my bonnet then I dump EVERYTHING. Like. Right now.
I have a few lipsticks. I mostly wear the same one every day but I do vary it throughout the day depending on my mood and all.
That’s really clever to keep the everyday stuff together.
at the end of the day as long as the clutter leaves, I’m good BUT my aim is to help people develop a regular decluttering mindset 🙂
I have a hard time keeping up with maintenance, either for cleaning or for decluttering, so I definitely work in spurts, but not to the level of dumpster. I usually create a bag or two at a time, then I immediately pack them and put them in the car to bring them to the recycling center or the charity on our next trip.
And I have a couple lipsticks but I don’t wear them on a daily basis, and I actually keep them all because I wear them together. I mix the colors to get one that I love and that fit me for that day. I would hardly get this flexibility with only one color!
I love that you take the bags to the car immediately 🙂 That’s my secret too – out of sight, out of mind
I don’t wear make up, so mine make up is probably the most organized area of my life LOL
Jayme, that’s too funny!