Without further ado, my three legitimized purchases for the month of February, as outlined in my Limited Buy Plan for 2012:
1. Oceane eau de toilette by Outremer (mentioned in the recent "Water and Sand" post)
2. L'Occitane 10% Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body Scrub (received 15% off as well as a sample of the famous hand cream*)
3. Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream (Full review to follow.)
KeratinPerfect PerfectLight Deluxe 1.5-Inch Infrared Smoothing Iron (reviewed)
By Terry Foundation Brush (found for a steal at Winners -- but now I wish I had held out for a more dense brush with shorter bristles)
L'Occitane Hand Cream shown above (*promotion sample)
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I struggled mostly with the temptation to pick up Chanel June while waiting around for Lippmann's Mermaid Dreams. In the end, I had to pick and choose between my fluctuating desires and deemed that June's unique apricot shade, while very pretty in the bottle, was not very flattering on my skin tone. And obviously, there are plenty of loop holes to exploit in this "limited buy" plan for the year. I have a lot of room for more styling tools, makeup brushes and perfumes. But since those three categories are of things that I need to be further educated on, I think it's okay to add a few more to my current collections.
I imagine that I'll definitely be purchasing less in March, though, with the Australia trip coming up in April. Despite March being birthday month, I have not given myself an exemption and the 3/month + lippie/shadow/liner ban still hold. What this limited buy is teaching me is that I still have an awful of products to wade through (& enjoy!) and it really does pay to be more picky with the products I choose to purchase.
For some more inspirational words, see how my other "ban buddies" are doing!
Latoya @ Beauty Obsessed (sticking rigorously to a limited buy)
Tracy @ Beauty Reflections (keeping strong to an indefinite blush ban)
Dani @ call it beauty (who decided to go on a spending ban recently)
Larie @ Eye Heart It (going strong on an admirable no-buy!)
Ashley @ Make Up Kismet (enjoying her beautiful shadow palettes while on a limited buy)
Makeup Morsels (sticking strong to her limited buy/budget)
Vita @ Making up 4 my age (hitting pan like crazy on the impossible P10P)
1. Oceane eau de toilette by Outremer (mentioned in the recent "Water and Sand" post)
2. L'Occitane 10% Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body Scrub (received 15% off as well as a sample of the famous hand cream*)
3. Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream (Full review to follow.)
Purchases that do not count:
KeratinPerfect PerfectLight Deluxe 1.5-Inch Infrared Smoothing Iron (reviewed)
LuckyScent perfume samples (hopefully to be reviewed)
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By Terry Foundation Brush (found for a steal at Winners -- but now I wish I had held out for a more dense brush with shorter bristles)
L'Occitane Hand Cream shown above (*promotion sample)
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I struggled mostly with the temptation to pick up Chanel June while waiting around for Lippmann's Mermaid Dreams. In the end, I had to pick and choose between my fluctuating desires and deemed that June's unique apricot shade, while very pretty in the bottle, was not very flattering on my skin tone. And obviously, there are plenty of loop holes to exploit in this "limited buy" plan for the year. I have a lot of room for more styling tools, makeup brushes and perfumes. But since those three categories are of things that I need to be further educated on, I think it's okay to add a few more to my current collections.
I imagine that I'll definitely be purchasing less in March, though, with the Australia trip coming up in April. Despite March being birthday month, I have not given myself an exemption and the 3/month + lippie/shadow/liner ban still hold. What this limited buy is teaching me is that I still have an awful of products to wade through (& enjoy!) and it really does pay to be more picky with the products I choose to purchase.
For some more inspirational words, see how my other "ban buddies" are doing!
Latoya @ Beauty Obsessed (sticking rigorously to a limited buy)
Tracy @ Beauty Reflections (keeping strong to an indefinite blush ban)
Dani @ call it beauty (who decided to go on a spending ban recently)
Larie @ Eye Heart It (going strong on an admirable no-buy!)
Ashley @ Make Up Kismet (enjoying her beautiful shadow palettes while on a limited buy)
Makeup Morsels (sticking strong to her limited buy/budget)
Vita @ Making up 4 my age (hitting pan like crazy on the impossible P10P)
