The Worst Part About Having A Huge Makeup Collection Is…

Do you have a lot of makeup? What’s the worst part about having a huge collection of makeup? Do you struggle to store it all or have you simplified your makeup life since the pandemic? I wanna say I cut back a lot because I realized I was overconsuming way too much and simply not using the items I already had. Sure, I still buy makeup but not nearly the way I used to buy it. I refuse most PR as well because I feel like it can be wasteful. Rather than have a company send me shades I might not use I’ll purchase the one or perhaps two shades I will.

I still have A LOT of makeup. I can’t deny that. A lot of which is older and I just refer back to from time to time for the blog or just because I can easily admit some items I’m not willing to part with. At some point in my life I can see myself downsizing all of it but I haven’t yet reached that stage of my life yet. But I can tell you I come closer and closer to it daily. I’d like to live a life where I have one shade of coral blush I love, one pink blush, a handful of colorful eyeshadows, and a few silky mattes.

How about you? Do you have a huge makeup collection? If so, what the worst part of owning that collection? I can tell you my biggest issue.

So yes, I readily admit I have A LOT of makeup. I have an embarrassing amount of it which is all stored in my makeup room. Yeah, a room, filled with makeup. I hate even saying that out loud but when you’ve blogged nearly 18 years you accumulate a lot of stuff to say the least. Like most makeup hoarders, ahem, I mean makeup collectors I store my makeup in a variety of different storage options from Ikea like the popular Alex Drawers.

I’m a type A Personality and I need everything to be perfectly organized, clean, and tidy. This obviously extends to my makeup collection. I have everything organized to perfection BUT…! I still can’t find stuff when I need it LOL! Well, technically I can but sometimes I’ll wake up and think, “Oh I want to do a pink eye look today!” and suddenly, I can’t find the exact shade of pink I want to use or I’m overwhelmed by how many pink eyeshadows I have. It’s the worst part about having a huge makeup collection! I just can’t find what I need or I feel overwhelmed with the items I have. I dream of a day I can have like one pink eyeshadow and think to myself, hey, I want to do pink today and pull that single shade out and call it a day. No fuss, no endless options, no looking for that particular shade I love, no drama at all! Just a single shade, swipe, and go.

This my friends is part of the trial and tribulation of overconsumption and simply owning too much of something that I really don’t need unless it was part of my career as say a makeup artist which I am not. I’ll get older, I already am older, but one day I’ll get even more older and I can see myself just pulling out a few shades, storing them somewhere for daily use, and just letting the rest of my collection go. That day isn’t today, nor tomorrow, it might not even be in five years, but one day I’ll downsize.

Do you have a big makeup collection? What’s the worst part of owning a huge makeup collection? Do share!