little white truths

Hello and welcome to my next makeup inventory post for 2019.

My last inventory post was in March (see here), and I've been on a makeup no buy since the beginning of December so I'll be interested to see how my numbers have dropped over the last three months.

Let's have a look.

Primers

Last update I had three and I now have two. Woot woot, I've finally gotten my primer collection down to reasonable levels!

My goal was four or five so I've managed to beat that, and there's room to buy another one so I'll keep my eyes open. I would love something that's super hydrating for winter.

Setting sprays

Last update I had one and I still have one. While that's a good amount for me, I wouldn't mind owning another one.

No more than two is my goal here.

Liquid/cream illuminators

I had one and I still have one. Currently it's on my Project Pan list because I would like to get through it and try something else, so hopefully that happens soon enough.

One's my goal so we're good here.

Liquid foundations

I had two and I still have two, although one will be finished very soon. Two is a good amount for me, and I'll replace them as I go.

My goal is no more than three.

Shade adjusting drops/foundation mixers

I had two and I now have zero because I've finished them both. Happily I don't need any more for now because the foundations I have match me, but I will likely need to buy more in future - especially once we hit summer.

Two's my goal so we've beaten it.

BB/CC creams and tinted moisturisers

I had three and I now have one because I finished two, so there's room to buy another one because I use tinted moisturisers the most and one isn't enough for me. Might have one coming for my birthday ; )

My goal is no more than two open.

Correctors

I had zero and I now have one because I had to replace the one I'd finished (which I'm allowed to do under my no-buy rules).

One is enough for me so I've met my goal in this category.

Concealers

I had one and I still have one, which is a good amount for me because I don't need much concealer - although the one I have is better for my winter skintone, so I may need to buy myself another one down the track. We'll see.

No more than two is my goal here.

Setting powders

I had two and I still have two.

While initially my goal was one, I'm changing that to three or four because I would like to explore the setting powder category (something I haven't done before) and work out what the best ones are, whether budget or high-end. So I'm ok with this category for now and I plan to buy another one soon.

Finishing powders

I had one and I still have one. Happy with that.

Face palettes

I had three and I still have three.

I don't really have a goal here but three is probably too many for me, so I'll aim to pan myself down to two eventually.

Bronzers/contour powders

I had five and I still have five. While I've already panned one bronzer this year and I'm currently working on a second, both were from my custom palettes so they don't affect the numbers under this heading.

My goal is four, so I'm not far away from that - and considering that I use one of my bronzers as a contour because it's neutral/cool, I can live with five for now.

Blushes

I had seven and I still have seven. 

I'm happy with that amount for the moment but I wouldn't mind finishing some so I can try new things. Blushes however take ages to pan so I'm not holding my breath.

Highlighters

I had six and I now have five because I panned one.

My goal was no more than five so I'm happy with where things are.

Eyeshadow palettes (small and large)

I had fourteen and I still have fourteen: three quints, five septets and six larger palettes. Too many.

Unfortunately this category has blown up over the last two years (I used to have nine), and I want to get it back down again because I don't need this many eyeshadow palettes. Let's see if I can't pan some of the smaller palettes over the next year or two. Fingers crossed!

My goal for 2019 is ten, so that's what I'll work towards.

Eyeliners 

I had one and I still have one.

That's my goal: I don't use much eyeliner.

Mascaras

I had eight and I now have six (only two are open and five are travel sizes) because I've finished two.

My goal here is no more than four: one or two open, and one or two in back-up. I have some work to do but we're getting there.

Brow products

I had two and I still have two: one pencil and one coloured gel. 

Two's my goal, so we're there.

Lipsticks

I had four and I now have three because I panned the mini.

My goal here is no more than four, for the simple reason that I prefer glosses and I'm happy to have less lipsticks and more glosses, so this category is fine for now.

Lip balms

I had one and I still have one.

That's fine. I use lip balms something chronic so I'm happy to buy more later on, but one's enough for the moment.

Lip glosses

I had six and I now have five because I panned one.

My goal is no more than six so I'm happy with this category for now. 

Custom palettes

I have six custom palettes: three larger ones and three smaller ones.

In my last inventory I had:

• four bronzers (I panned one)
• five blushes (I panned one), one being a half-size
• one setting powder 
• seven highlighters (one being a mini and one being a half-size)
• thirty-nine eyeshadows 

I now have:

• four bronzers 
• five blushes, one being a half-size
• one setting powder 
• seven highlighters (one being a mini and one being a half-size)
• thirty-nine eyeshadows 

As mentioned previously, my goal with this section is not so much to get the numbers down (I want my custom palettes to be full), but instead to keep finishing pans so I can continue to de-pot my individual powders and bring those into my palettes. I reach for these daily and everything in them gets plenty of use. 

So I've done ok with this section because we can see there's been some movement: that's all I'm aiming for here.

The final tally

Here we go... *nervous face*

If I count my custom palettes as only six items and don't count the individual pans, I now have 72 products - which is a little less than the 80 items I had in my last inventory. Happy with that!

If I include the individual pans in my custom palettes (but count pre-made palettes as one item), I now have 122 makeup products, which is a reasonable reduction from the 130 I had previously.

I'm going to set a new goal for 2019, this being no more than 70 makeup products. Let's see if I can get there by my next update.

I'm also hoping to get my individual pan count down a little, so let's aim for 110 items by the end of 2019.

That's all from me. Hope all's well with you, and speak soon x