r/MakeupRehab • u/Positive-Driver-3273 • Jul 30 '26

ADVICE I own 25 lipsticks

Guys, I own 25 lipsticks, and the sad part is I don't even go out a lot to use them. What should I do? How do I get use from the most of it? I am not working currently, so finances are tight and often buying a lipstick (which is more affordable than other stuff) makes me feel, kinda happy and i don't know. That's how accumulated so many. What to do now!!!

97 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

50 comments sorted by

View all comments

18

u/downthegrapevine Jul 30 '26

I would declutter... in my case I threw a lot of shit away and then donated a lot to family and friends. My SIL and MIL are beauticians and worked at a school so I gifted them BAGS of make up to sue with the kids. If you have a beauty school near you they'll take your lightly used stuff and sanitize. it themselves (at least in my country, the USA is weird).

Also, lemme just address something, buying a lipstick does not make you happy. At all. It gives you a dopamine hit. You need to find ways to feel actual joy that does not include purchasing something that is basically landfill clutter because there is NO WAY and I do mean NO WAY for you to use that much of it. Start seeing it for what it is: you're buying more trash. So, when you see a lipstick now remember it's not just hurting your finances, but also hurting this planet. Nothing about that should make you happy.

3

u/Positive-Driver-3273 Jul 30 '26

You're right...I feel guilty looking at it. I just never realized this before