About a year ago I rediscovered my love of makeup and beauty products mostly through YouTube. It started with nail art, then makeup, then skincare. I was away from the makeup industry for so long everything was new and exciting (no-one contoured or highlighted last time I paid attention to makeup. I’d never walked into a Sephora/Ulta). Before I knew it I was subscribed to ALL the makeup subscription boxes and racked up rewards points for the major makeup sites. I spent way too much time watching beauty videos, looking at products online and scrolling Instagram and figuring out why I felt compelled to achieve "VIBRouge". I was afraid to think of how much I’d spent and after a very informative “how many swatches” type video from the Beauty News gals I quickly realized I had more eyeshadow than could ever use in a lifetime.
In hindsight, I was going through a depressive spell, getting beautiful little makeup things was a quick fix for the unhappiness I felt. I first realized this when my excitement for the latest subscription box ended literally 5 min after opening the box. I’ve slowly unsubscribed to all the boxes, left Instagram all together and tried to edit out the first impression/review YouTube channels from my feed.
I still really love makeup, the very satisfying clicky sound from nice packaging, organizing it, mixing together meh shades to make something awesome, being creative and just having fun and I find more enjoyment from that right now than the rush of something new just for the sake of it being new or the hottest brand. I'm in a much better mental place so it's easier to avoid temptation at the moment. I’m working very hard to stay in this mindset and that’s what brings me here first each day to remind me real happiness doesn’t come from stuff. I'm so inspired by your stories, tips, successes it makes me want to do better and be better :)
Submitted October 19, 2018 at 05:49PM by SycamoreThrockmorton https://ift.tt/2Et4pZM
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