I think makeup, perfume, decor, jewelry, clothing, food, etc are areas most people struggle with at one point or another because of marketing and social media.

I just went no buy on perfume only to replace it with makeup addiction. I’ve been going out of my budget on makeup and finding myself taking money out of my savings which is sad. Sometimes hearing stories like this is just what I need to ground myself and know that I don’t really need that makeup. Thank you for sharing this!

Thank you. Thank you so much. I struggle with makeup addiction. None of it makes me actually look any better. It’s all the same. 10 different blushes in roughly the same shade is not going to make me a different person. Etc etc.

Yesss! I absolutely love this video. I’m a professional makeup artist and I’m in the middle of condensing my kit, and going around looking for inspos. And I just kept thinking, a lot of these MUAs are extremely excessive! They justify their purchase by saying, "it’s for my kit” or "just in case I get those clients." But tbh, even for a MUA, it’s just overkill. I have a good amount of makeup but it doesn’t even compare to these other MUAs’ collection and I’m here thinking I have too much. Quite sad to think how much money is wasted just to have all that makeup be shoved in the back of a drawer. But I’m happy for you for turning your spending habit around, thank you for being so transparent! ❤️ We definitely need more people like you! Especially in this industry.

Thank you for this. I track my budget every month and I just went back to look at my 'beauty" spending 4 years back and I am embarrassed to see how much I spent on it. As you said it is never to late to start.

It’s so good to see people open up about their shopping addiction. I think it’s really helpful and it’s not being done enough on KZfaq. Thanks.

some parts of this video genuinely made me tear up because i related to what you said so much. i'm glad there's someone out there that recognizes this as a real addiction, because i've always felt like that's what i've been experiencing for YEARS. and if you can break it, so can i. 🥺

We were all buying like influensers, but we were not getting paid like influencers. I'm embarrassed because the money I spent on makeup I could have put a good chunk on a mortgage or pay back our credit card. 😢

Definitely been trying to get away from buying so much makeup. I'm on a low buy right now, because I know myself and I can't quit cold turkey. I'm hoping seeing how much money I save throughout the year, I will be way more persuaded to stop. But thank you for sharing. 😊

It’s so frustrating for me because of social media. Tik tok especially is just constantly attractive girls showing me new makeup products, new clothes, telling me I need xyz etc. i can’t go on there without buying something, and the algorithm knows that so it won’t take it off of my fyp. What I’ve done to help is unfollowing all fashion/ product review accounts- it sucks but the mass consumerism they’re promoting isn’t helping us. I know myself well enough to know that seeing a haul video is going to make me purchase so all I can do is try to remove those triggers. I still see stuff on my fyp but the second a “buy this” or you “you need this” type text comes up I instantly scroll past it

I stopped buying so much once I did my accounting for my business and saw that I was breaking even because I was forever buying products into my kit.

Yes girl we all need to hear this. Thanks for sharing

Two things that will curb your shopping. Get a color analysis done it took me a while to figure out how to incorporate that to my makeup but now that I have I'm astounded at how much I have that doesn't not suit me at all. And the second thing is do a no buy. This has been so beneficial to me and I'm continuing it for the rest of the year.

Authenticity and vulnerability ❤ I subscribed right away

This is me 100% right now. I am sure I'm spending twice what you mentioned. And I just can not stop.

I relate to this completely. Please make more videos about investment and financial security and education

Absolutely love the honesty and transparency ❤️ my makeup fits in 2 large cases, one medium and small. I want to do a whole no buy year, I got the new Sweet Tarte Cravings and now put myself on a no buy! I want to buy a home in 3-5 years. I need to get ahold of my spending!

I have a makeup addiction and luckily I stopped buying because I became allergic to eyeshadow. I still can wear some eyeshadow from specific brands but I can't from most. I can't believe I spent so much money on makeup; especially eyeshadow palettes. I gave them all away to friends and family. I am a chronic pain sufferer so I haven't worked in almost three years and I was barely using makeup so I have no excuse for accumulating so much. I consider myself lucky I developed an allergy to eye makeup so that I was forced to stop spending money; money i really didn't have to spend. I do collect tarot cards and books and I have to constantly check myself so that I don't end up in a similar situation. Unfortunately my story and your story is commonplace for so many people. KZfaq and social media in general pushes consumerism and creates a fomo environment with almost anything that can be collected.

Hi crystal!!! Please please do another one of this video!!! This kind of makeup is helping us a lot ❤

Oh man this is the second time I did this this week!! I accidentally hit the dislike button instead of the like 😫!! I fixed it though. 💕🤸🏻‍♀️Great video and super important!! I too had a massive addiction to makeup. Even though I wasn’t purchasing all the time, I was mentally consumed by it and found myself spending hours upon hours watching makeup videos, shopping for makeup (even if I didn’t buy it). I’m thankful God woke me up and I have a much healthier view on it now. I still love the artistry of it, but just don’t feel obsessed at all like I did before. Thank you for sharing your story with us💓!

I have the same problem 😅 like i have makeup collection like a small KZfaqr sometimes it's feel embarrassed for me but like I don't need to have these so much makeup. But that's that i have learned a lot with my spending habits and now I'm trying to change myself to be better in spending money.

I agree with everyone's comments to stop watching KZfaq/ Instagram makeup tutorials as this encourages spending. A helpful tip is to keep a bag of "empties" of makeup, skin care & hair care products for a whole year to see what you actually use up.

What is your progress?

I'm an addict!! 😩💄 Here for help. You're so pretty . Thanks for this video

I would like another video because I don’t know much about financial stuff and I’m 30. I’ve never invested so I feel like I already a lil too late. It would be cool to see what is your new passion item you buy a lot and how to manage that.

Hello from Vermont VIC ❤ you are too right. We have to stop and I agree with you about declutterring. Stay Strong and grats on the house!!!

For me it was a way to pass the time when we were in lockdown. But now I can’t stop

Wow this is the video I was meant to see. Thank you

Thank you for this. Over the years since graduating from cosmetology school, I think I’ve amassed about $20k worth of makeup. I have given away and sold SO MUCH and still have two Alexa 9 drawers full of makeup and I’m embarrassed.

Aww you look so beautiful keep buying Makeup it your choice

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Me, who use lip cream for eyeshadow and blush on..... One product for all

She's right, makeup is not your lifeline, 😂good approach,

make up can be expired

You're "ten kilos up" because that's your set point now after all of those body-damaging efforts at making yourself unnaturally thinner. Keep up all those weight "loss" attempts and you can add another 50k in no time. Whoever is teaching you your "fitness" stuff knows absolutely nothing about fatness.

You ramble and sidetrack a lot. You need to know what to keep and what to edit out, otherwise it serves no purpose to the video and is really irritating

I can afford it and I dont buy much, but I buy expensive stuff that I cant even test cause it's online, and then I don't like it and I'm stuck with a € 70 lipstick for nothing. That is a short day of work. I have this thing where I will tell myself I will only buy my favourites that I use up. But then it gets discontinued and I start on and endless quest again for a lipstick color that works for me. I feel like these makeup brands are actually creating shades that look and feel slightly bad for everyone (for example Mac lipsticks always look too purple and Guerlain looks too warm and red), so that we all stay in this desperate search for a shade or texture that feels good. It needs to be studied why in the early 2000s I looked good with every shade and texture and now everything is too warm and matte, velvet. Or are the brands only focusing on an arab public or something? I cant even find a nice cool toned bright eye palette. These brands know what they're doing. Well I am not having it anymore. I found a way to test lipsticks I order online without making them look used to I can return them... That'll teach them, trying to scam me.