PSA for anyone doing a lipstick declutter: If you have a beloved, expensive lipstick that has a sentimental attachment, you can easily swap in a fresh lipstick to the old bullet. Put both lipsticks in the freezer over night and you can literally just pop one out and pop another in. I've managed to hang onto all my favorite bougie lipstick bullets this way. The other thing is that we've all heard from various youtubers (not Hannah) that they "should" declutter lipstick when it smells like a crayon. When the perfume smell has dissipated from a bullet lipstick, it doesn't mean it's gone off. If it smells like a crayon it is because for all intents and purposes that's what it is: wax + pigment. If your lip product had some kind of oil or fat in it that could go rancid then it will smell like rancid oil, it it's truly off. I get that it changes the experience of using the product but I see a ton of youtubers saying a lipstick has gone off when it smells like a crayon. If you are a normal mortal with a normal makeup collection, then you can hang onto that weird lipstick color you only wear once a year without fear of it being spoiled. Glosses and liiquid lipstick actually do go off readily and have a shorter shelf life, which for me is one of the reasons I own like two glosses and one liquid lipstick.
The issue is that when a product changes smell, something is breaking down inside it which means bacteria is at play. If the smell, texture, or color of a product has changed, regardless of the type of product, you should discontinue use. This is not the same as wax bloom (which typically only occurs in poor quality makeup with unstable ingredients... even if it comes from a bougie brand (I'm looking at you Bobbi Brown)). Wax bloom won't change the color that applies, but make the bullet cloudy in appearance... but if you swatch something on your hand and the color seems off, discontinue use. Unlike with eye makeup, the repercussions likely won't be devastating but who really wants acne on or around their lips from using old lip products that have become contaminated. Bullets kept in a temperature controlled, humidity controlled, and light controlled environment can last YEARS. I have a bullet that still smells like new that's over a decade old. I however have bullets that arrived smelling nasty. 1 huge reason for not ordering makeup in the summer! Definitely agree with swapping bullets! I've done this with Mac lipsticks where the color is a standard color but the packaging was LTD... so when the bullet is busted/used up... just swap them out and back to mac the basic packaging. I also have bougie bullets that are beautiful works of art but the lip product went off or got busted or used up beyond a point I was willing to put in the effort for so I've just cleaned them out and they're displayed as art in my space.
Thank you! I'm old enough to remember when practically every lipstick, except expensive high end brands, smelled like crayons all the time. I personally think most makeup lasts far longer than any company wants to let on and I've never gotten sick or had a reaction from using my own old makeup. 🤷♀️
I think small phrases like “I’ll let that be the reason…” really exemplify the special kind of HLP wisdom, self-awareness and honesty which to me is a really unique quality that you are bringing to the beauty influencer scene.
Have you thought maybe of turning the more attractive/sentimental pieces into wall art? For me, I can feel bad getting rid of something aesthetic and sending it to a land fill, so I've started creating mini shelves or shadow boxes to display those types of things. I've ended up noticing that they have started trending towards memory moments - ie there aren't just shelves with just lipstick, but instead, over time, become more curated items of a memory genre. For example, I might make a shelf from a time when I lived in Alaska and it will have a framed cut out of clothing (like a logo attractive stitching segment) with a shelf of trinkets, nature, jewelry I don't wear anymore, concert subs, that sort of thing. I really enjoy having those memory moments around me, especially in my creative spaces. Also, lolol, disclosure: I have AuDHD and so I attach memories to objects, yet object permanence is a real struggle 🤦🏼♀️ FML, for sure, but this is a way that I find both can coexist and bring me joy 😊
Yesss to this! I do the same thing and keep an “archived makeup” section for the same reason of creating something like a time capsule. I know there are other ways to remember and cherish memories without physically keeping the item but I think I am a tactile person and being able to hold them in my hand just hit different lol. Also I was watching videos of vintage makeup collectors and I was inspired at how one could learn so much story/history about that person or time period even with such old items. I even like the idea of passing on some cosmetic items to descendants just as something to be cherished rather than used. It is like a mini museum but a personal one. I guess it makes sense for people like Hannah to declutter even the more sentimental items because she gets sent products often which can lead to an over abundance that prevents her from enjoying each item. But for the rest of us that are average makeup consumers, I think it’s okay to have a few items here and there that we keep just for the sentimental value regardless of their usability. As long as the collection isn’t excessive and most items get into rotation, I don’t see a problem with it.
When I went to Lisa Eldridge's first pop up store she had a collection of vintage make up and perfume from her collection on display, it was cool to look at, brought back memories.
Thank you for always articulating your appreciation for a beautiful thing, recognizing its value and how it has served you, while acknowledging you're not getting use out of it as a practical item. To that end, thank you for calling attention to the seductive fantasy of makeup, as well as our ability to appreciate it from afar, while not needing to own it.
I really appreciate how you kept in the beginning section of the declutter where you were frustrated with yourself in keeping products, since it's a good reminder for both cursory and long term thoughts: a) that its human to struggle sometimes, and b) just because something has enriched our lives in some way does not justify keeping it.
I just went through a lipstick declutter and it’s amazing how hard it can be doing it and then how relieving it is afterwards. I got rid of about 10 lipsticks and currently only have 4 left. I had to throw out Chanel / Urban Decay / YLS, I was so mad with myself for paying that much money only to throw it out cause they had gone bad. Now I want to keep it below 5 and only purchase something else once I’ve used something up.
I try really hard to burn that awful feeling into my brain so I'm not motivated to buy more than I'll use ever again. I may even keep one expired piece of expensive makeup as a reminder. Don't beat yourself up over it though, certainly ♥️
This is a big reason why I watch dupe videos and I've found a close formula dupe for my favorite formula that even dupes my favorite color exactly... $9 rather than nearly $40 for a lipstick. Is another good reason to keep fun colors limited to drugstore brands IMO. My black liquid lip and my bright purple lipstick are both drugstore brand because they only get worn a few times a year. But we've all had that happen so don't feel alone. Also, UD lipsticks go off quickly. Most of mine started smelling rancid in less than a year! and I've got drugstore lipsticks that are over a decade old and still smell new! Unfortunately, lots of brands as they try to greenwash themselves and go "clean" are making less shelf stable products. I won't buy another UD lipstick. It's not worth the money. YSL might get me if the one I have ever goes off and there's one Tom Ford color I've never been able to duplicate so I hoard the mini I have because of course its not one of the boys and girls colors... its one of the colors that costs $54.
Ever since you have been calling items “my precious” it’s like something has clicked for me. “Spark joy” is great but too many of my things spark joy. Not all of those however…are my Precious. This is genius. I can’t wait to apply it to my closet!!!!!!
I love the term “makeup mind palace”-I think I’ve heard you say it before, and I appreciate the reminder of that term, and the idea of keeping my collection at a place where I can keep track of everything in my mind. Knowing what I have to pull from. Thanks for sharing your process, as always!
It is such a thing to hear your thoughts as you go through and edit down your collection, even with the difference in our monetary relationship to said items. It gives me such a healthier perspective on holding on and letting go of things.
Great video! It's nice to see a makeup reviewer be candid about their purchases and thoughts post-first impressions/reviews. A note on de-cluttering: Don't do it just to do it. Do it if you truly think you would benefit from less items/donating and giving stuff away. If you're happy with the size, items, and use of your makeup collection, that's fine! It's normal to keep things for sentimental value or special occasions? Everyone doesn't need to be a minimalist. Don't toss things that you enjoy and are perfectly fine just to say you did it. As Hannah said: "It's okay to keep things!"
Before even watching the video, i just wanted to say how much I appreciate your video thumbnails! They’re always so pleasing to look at, and actually jump out in my subscription feed because of their more muted sophistication !
I bought maybelline raw chocolate because I saw you lip swatch it last year, and it’s by far my most worn Lippie, even taking precedence over lipsticks that cost more than 10x as much (I snagged it for $4)! I’m considering popping it and a nicer lipstick component in the freezer and swapping them because I hate the lightweight/cheaper plastic packaging but that’s my only gripe. And for $4 I tolerate it lol because the shade is absolutely divine.
I've always loved the idea of making a little shadowbox moment for my more sentimental makeup pieces, so it's out of my collection, but I don't have to throw it away because it's art now.
I try to avoid fancy packaging that makes it hard to toss in a hand bag. I think that's why you haven't used the dragon lipsticks. I also don't think a person can keep too many nourishing balms/tinted but nourishing balms. I keep one in my bag all the time, one bedside, one at my desk, and one with my project bag. I don't even count balms in my lippies because for me, they serve an entirely different purpose than a gloss even. I need to go through my lippies again. I got my full size products down to a reasonable amount this year (I declutter beginning of the year) but I still have too many minis. In theory, I love minis because they're the right amount of product but often the bullet is so thin they're hard to use. I'd love for a company to come out with a lipstick that's just as thick bullet wise but half the length with half as much needing to be shoved into the component... So in theory, you'd actually use more product because most people don't finish a lipstick before it goes bad unless its one of two or three that they own or they're specifically trying to pan it and therefore reapplying consistently and perhaps more than needed.
plus, people always need a balm! they're useful no matter what. i like having my Balm Dotcoms in case someone needs a coating (i'm a squeezer/fingertip application girlie) so i can help a friend out & give them a bit :)
I no longer wear makeup (aside from lipgloss or a nourishing lip-oil) so you're very much inspiring me to get rid of the old matte liquid lipsticks I have that I know I'll never wear. I'm excited for the drawer space I'm going to have!
It's part of the process of making your relationship with your makeup collection a real thing with attachement to accept the fact that a product cannot be used anymore but can be still be part of your life, to consider them as old soldiers that are now in peace. I've kept products that were my precious back in highschool that i would never wear today and i've kept my mom's old eyeshadow palette when its gone bad because it's a real part of her for me, her habit of everyday. This product are not functionnal so they don't really belongs in the tool box that is a makeup drawer but that's also the good part of it. Having them as a decoration can be a great way to cherish thoose product and feel everyday this old attachement to them. That's a bit to emotional maybe but my point is don't force yourself to keep only video clips of products you have deep connection with, you'll might regret it later i know that the feeling of objects are something that speaks to you
The video I’ve been waiting for 😍 lipstick is my favourite makeup and I can’t wait to hear you chat through your collection! There is an old video where you swatch all of your bullet lipsticks from Covid days (the second LA apartment I think) and I put it on all the time to relax 😇
I actually found that video recently because I googled "maybelline gone greige vs gucci a royal scandal" and my own video came up in the search results LOL!! An oldie but a goodie :)
While I can’t watch this right now (and I know how much you respect my time as a working woman and homeschooling mother) I will say that I cannot wait to sit down and enjoy this with jazz music on in the background. It will be so relaxing and I cannot wait for your collective thoughts on these beautiful products.
I did a lipstick declutter during the COVID lockdown. I now have seven bullet lipsticks and four of them are Smashbox Prime and Plush (my favorite formula)one IT cosmetics, one NYX and one Milani. Three tinted lip glosses, one clear lip gloss. Five lip liners, all NYX. I’m happy with what I kept and I oddly enjoy seeing the space in my drawer that lets me quickly see what I have.
wow, i really appreciate all the time and effort that was put in the description box. all those links and the specificity of the formula types, even the spacious spacing between the lippies...it's so easy to find everything!
I know it's a declutter thing, but if something has a very good packaging mostly lipsticks, or like a limited edition or something special you can remove the lipstick, sanitize it and put something else inside, either another fill of lipstick or a chapstick or something like that and keep that special packaging, it a little goblin who collects rocks behavior but if makes you happy
these declutters are really hard for me (really old follower of yours since no buy year) cause you are decluttering a lot of your old staples. but I love that you are being able to love your collection better this way.
I don't know why I'd never thought to keep products for swatching when shopping for a replacement! Thank you so much for this idea! If only I still had those former perfect lipsticks... ❤️
The Kosas Sport balms are so underrated! They're great for winter and add a really nice color and are nourishing. And, I doubt hate the taste or smell!
they're still selling gone greige in the UK, and it's really cheap (about £4), so if you can't get hold of it in the States, I'd be happy to send you one.
12:53 this was a pretty touching moment because I have a hard time getting rid of things with memories attached as well but your explanation was very eye opening to me. I appreciation your thoughtfulness
All 3 of these points had me nodding my head and agreeing witn you. But what stood out to me most is the comparison factor. You’re right, I will never have the amount of makeup an influencer does. and so therefore following along and decluttering to the extreme that they do for me had created the opposite of positive feelings. I realized if I just got rid of my one of my pieces of makeup simply bc I thought as a whole I had too much, I found myself wanting it back later on. So I think we as viewers definitely need to watch with caution.
Your declutters gave me strength. I am a makeup hoarder. Decluttering my lip products was alarming as so much of it has gone bad. Off smelling, sandy textured products. My lips itch just thinking about it.
HLP Your lipstick inventory and/or declutter are my MOST loved videos every year!! I've been watching since May 2018 (I know, bc I had a big overseas move at the time) Thank you!
My lip declutter was easy because most of it was moldy bite sticks lol. I'm now down to what some would call hyper minimalism but lippies are very utilitarian to me. I don't need another gloss until I've panned the like, 2 or 3 I'm down to. Keeping all of them in a mini fridge has enabled them to last longer & me keeping less 👍🏾 Also... I'm halfway through my sheer Goldie Red that I got during the savings event ALREADY! I'm so pleased with my new habits. Thanks for being a catalyst.
When I see you and others declutter lipsticks and other products, lamenting the packaging more than the product itself, I wonder: would you ever attempt to depot and reuse the packaging? Say, try to put a lipstick you like in a lipstick case you like (like the Picasso one)?
Hannah when you are done with the declutters can you film a showing every peices of make up video? its my favourite video and i use it to go to sleep all the time ❤
CZcams sent me to your year old lipstick swatching video, and I had to run back to make sure you didn't keep the Finding Ferdinand lipstick because from what I can see the color changed SO much. Whew.
Oh Hannah! So looking forward to seeing you hit 100K in the new year, you & Joe have worked so hard ! Happy holidays to you both & happy Catmas to Sadie ❤
Perhaps a thread but I had to stop and say please keep the Picasso 💄 - It truly is a work of art and a collectors item. Even if it is not in your vanity or usable it could be on a shelf. It is just so beautiful ha! Hops on a train to DC to find this before you put it in the garbage 🏃
Good job on the lipstick declutter Hannah. I find it very hard to part with my lip products. I am guilty of having a number of LE lipsticks in recent years. Still own and use some Body Shop lipsticks, which have nourishing formulas, from pre-pandemic time. They are still ok, so until they go bad, will use them as long as I can. Although the Gucci looks tempting, I better make use of what I already have.😄❤
that last line! so true. new things are tempting, but i ask myself what i'd wear if i didn't get it & wanted to wear that color. if i don't have anything like it, i'll entertain the idea, but if it's similar enough... that's it
Lip products are my Achilles Heel as well. Thank you for your perspective on how to approach a declutter. It has me reassessing my relationship with the myriad of lipstick bullets on my countertop. I also loved your take on what's wrong with declutter vids - so helpful to think in terms of our economic relationships to collections in general!
I don’t understand the rationale behind getting rid of products you like and use just for the sake of getting rid of more stuff… isn’t the point to get rid of things you *don’t* like or use? If you genuinely like a product, what is accomplished by decluttering it? Is it just to have a big pile of decluttered products at the end?
There are many rational reasons e.g not having enough space or wanting someone else to get use out of it because even though you like it you have a product you like better. But for me it causes me anxiety to have so much stuff and the stress of thinking I have to use it to get my moneys worth so I end up brutally throwing things away.
Accumulating products just because they work is not necessarily a way of honouring the cost of producing and buying them. It can be just a strategy to avoid facing overconsumption.
The point can be different for each person, her Pinot is to keep only her top favorites so she can remember them all, love them all, use them all and not feel overwhelmed with stuff. Also being a reviewer she'll get a crazy amount of new makeup to use during 2023. Also I think that if I have two similar lipsticks that I like why keep both? I'll never finish one, let alone two of them, why keep them rattling around in my belongings for years only to declutter them almost new? Shockingly, not everyone thinks the same way
Am I the only person who finds Hannah’s declutters extremely stressful? Hannah, “I love this, it’s my favorite, it was given to me by my beloved… thus, goodbye, adios, sayonara!” 👀😱☠️
This was a fantastic declutter, I myself had to do a really hard declutter last month and sit down with myself and understand that fantasy me that wears full makeup and bold lipsticks everyday is definitely not reality me that loves light coverage foundation with a bit of powder and mascara and really only use tinted lip balms and barely there color lip gloss and lip oil. Lol kept like 10 balm/gloss/oils one nude lipstick one red lipstick and I kept one red liquid lipstick to play with when I feel like being extra 😄
Your makeup collection is like dating on the apps (easy to cut someone for a relatively small reason bc there’s always something better in theory) and my makeup collection is like dating before the apps (being happy with what you got bc you don’t get very much) hahaha just a random thought
Omg, I remember stumbling upon Finding Ferdinand I think during the brands early start! I think I was a senior in high school or fresh out of high school, and making two mini custom lipsticks. It was such a fun experience and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone on here talk about them!
Keep the dragon lipstick- I purchased one because they were so beautiful but I don’t like the formula that much but it looks very pretty on the vanity. The Florasis is a beautiful product and fantastic makeup as well I love that one.
Question for u! Have you ever taken a “panning” position to your declutters. Some products I noticed u liked but had maybe one thing that wasn’t your favourite but u still liked and have used! Maybe like putting those in front and centre to use it up instead of getting rid?
Hannah - be kind to yourself! I want the color of the Summer Friday’s tube that you put in the declutter. 😭 It stays out of stock on Sephora. By the way, the please smell all the Tower 28 products or the ‘clean’ products. They seem to go bad REALLY quick for me. I think it’s because they don’t have preservatives.
the dosas sport in clear is genuinely my favorite lip balm ever, it was my first "big girl" purchase in the sense of allowing myself to buy a pricer lip balm (aka not Burts bees) and only allowed to buy more things after knowing id not lost the tube. I never let go of it. I will say its a bit minty though, which you did say you didnt love so I do warn that. Genuinely my favorite balm ever though.
That was incredible, Hannah! I feel like I know your collection better than my own. It’s time for me to declutter too. I keep things way past their date 😹💕👍
They are so worth it! I did a declutter recently and I got rid of alllll of my lip color products except the merit lipsticks and lip oils and tower 28 glosses. I had quite a few products- including ones I coveted for years and they became disposable to me once I purchased the Merit ones. That’s how good they are.
I finally did a major declutter this year. I'd been putting it off for a couple years. But I'm really glad I did! I don't miss a single product and now I can love on the items I actually want to use. I still have more than I need, but I'm going to just use them and get rid of them when they expire.
Hannah!!! If you ever find a dupe for Gone Greige, would you consider to make a video about it because I can’t find it where I live for the life of me and I am always trying to find a color like this ( it’s like brands are allergic to this type of color 🥲). Love your declutter series! It inspired me to let go to some old lipsticks!
I swear (without cheking so i might be horribly wrong) last year you had almost no lipsticks, just gloss and now you have 4 xD. Also i swear (also with no back up) that those revlon lipsticks are from 2019 so pre pandini. I think i was having a lil staycation before they were a necessity and watched that drugstore haul while eating falafel alone at my hotel room. So mink was old.
I like hearing your reasoning about products. One thing though, I'm almost all the way through and you've decluttered all of the drugstore lippies. Would you consider in the future adding some new drugstore products to your collection? That way there is a chance you would keep one of those instead of a merit or a gucci.
I've watched her for a while and, in my opinion, she has a bias toward high end over drugstore. 🤷♀️ Some of the products she enjoys and recommends are worth it, but some are just meh. I go through too many lip products to spend high end $$ on them.
Yes, I like the fact Hannah actually compares colours and keeps the ones that really work for her. Too many people keep so many near dupes of things that are their favourite colour, and you strongly suspect they will wind up using their one or two favourite formulas and ignoring the rest.
Yes! Some people are like I like this, I keep it. Why do you like it? What makes you keep it? It's not worth watching if they don't explain the thought process
I don't own enough makeup to even consider a declutter. I really only have 1 of each product I wear. I don't like all of them but I also don't have the funds to rationally go and buy more
Through out the pandemic and even Now. I just want the 5 to 10 lip sticks that I will us. In every day colors. It not a collect them all type of deal. If I don’t like something even if it is new it is gone. There is some joy in panning a lip stick or a gloss. It you are my Precious to the point where I have finished you and thank you for your service
I finally buy Raw Chocolate because I've seen it so many times on your channel and it looked so good...and you declutter it! Lol funny how things like that work out.
Thanks for the video, Hannah. Can you do more looks with the Rouje Powder palette? I own it myself, and have a hard time understanding how best to use it. It's a tough one to "take with" for a night out - where do I wipe my finger of the product after re-applying?? What a conundrum!
PSA for anyone doing a lipstick declutter: If you have a beloved, expensive lipstick that has a sentimental attachment, you can easily swap in a fresh lipstick to the old bullet. Put both lipsticks in the freezer over night and you can literally just pop one out and pop another in. I've managed to hang onto all my favorite bougie lipstick bullets this way. The other thing is that we've all heard from various youtubers (not Hannah) that they "should" declutter lipstick when it smells like a crayon. When the perfume smell has dissipated from a bullet lipstick, it doesn't mean it's gone off. If it smells like a crayon it is because for all intents and purposes that's what it is: wax + pigment. If your lip product had some kind of oil or fat in it that could go rancid then it will smell like rancid oil, it it's truly off. I get that it changes the experience of using the product but I see a ton of youtubers saying a lipstick has gone off when it smells like a crayon. If you are a normal mortal with a normal makeup collection, then you can hang onto that weird lipstick color you only wear once a year without fear of it being spoiled. Glosses and liiquid lipstick actually do go off readily and have a shorter shelf life, which for me is one of the reasons I own like two glosses and one liquid lipstick.
The issue is that when a product changes smell, something is breaking down inside it which means bacteria is at play. If the smell, texture, or color of a product has changed, regardless of the type of product, you should discontinue use. This is not the same as wax bloom (which typically only occurs in poor quality makeup with unstable ingredients... even if it comes from a bougie brand (I'm looking at you Bobbi Brown)). Wax bloom won't change the color that applies, but make the bullet cloudy in appearance... but if you swatch something on your hand and the color seems off, discontinue use. Unlike with eye makeup, the repercussions likely won't be devastating but who really wants acne on or around their lips from using old lip products that have become contaminated. Bullets kept in a temperature controlled, humidity controlled, and light controlled environment can last YEARS. I have a bullet that still smells like new that's over a decade old. I however have bullets that arrived smelling nasty. 1 huge reason for not ordering makeup in the summer!
Definitely agree with swapping bullets! I've done this with Mac lipsticks where the color is a standard color but the packaging was LTD... so when the bullet is busted/used up... just swap them out and back to mac the basic packaging. I also have bougie bullets that are beautiful works of art but the lip product went off or got busted or used up beyond a point I was willing to put in the effort for so I've just cleaned them out and they're displayed as art in my space.
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I do this as well but usually with chapstick since I'm not a huge lipstick wearer.
That's a great idea. I was thinking that she should just keep the bullets since the packaging was super nice on a few of those.
Thank you! I'm old enough to remember when practically every lipstick, except expensive high end brands, smelled like crayons all the time. I personally think most makeup lasts far longer than any company wants to let on and I've never gotten sick or had a reaction from using my own old makeup. 🤷♀️
I think small phrases like “I’ll let that be the reason…” really exemplify the special kind of HLP wisdom, self-awareness and honesty which to me is a really unique quality that you are bringing to the beauty influencer scene.
AW thank you for this really nice comment 😭
Yesssss love this girl for her energy and grace to a world of chaos and overwhelming content
Have you thought maybe of turning the more attractive/sentimental pieces into wall art? For me, I can feel bad getting rid of something aesthetic and sending it to a land fill, so I've started creating mini shelves or shadow boxes to display those types of things. I've ended up noticing that they have started trending towards memory moments - ie there aren't just shelves with just lipstick, but instead, over time, become more curated items of a memory genre. For example, I might make a shelf from a time when I lived in Alaska and it will have a framed cut out of clothing (like a logo attractive stitching segment) with a shelf of trinkets, nature, jewelry I don't wear anymore, concert subs, that sort of thing. I really enjoy having those memory moments around me, especially in my creative spaces. Also, lolol, disclosure: I have AuDHD and so I attach memories to objects, yet object permanence is a real struggle 🤦🏼♀️ FML, for sure, but this is a way that I find both can coexist and bring me joy 😊
Love this idea! ❤
Yesss to this! I do the same thing and keep an “archived makeup” section for the same reason of creating something like a time capsule. I know there are other ways to remember and cherish memories without physically keeping the item but I think I am a tactile person and being able to hold them in my hand just hit different lol. Also I was watching videos of vintage makeup collectors and I was inspired at how one could learn so much story/history about that person or time period even with such old items. I even like the idea of passing on some cosmetic items to descendants just as something to be cherished rather than used. It is like a mini museum but a personal one.
I guess it makes sense for people like Hannah to declutter even the more sentimental items because she gets sent products often which can lead to an over abundance that prevents her from enjoying each item. But for the rest of us that are average makeup consumers, I think it’s okay to have a few items here and there that we keep just for the sentimental value regardless of their usability. As long as the collection isn’t excessive and most items get into rotation, I don’t see a problem with it.
I’m AuDHD too and I’m the same way!!
When I went to Lisa Eldridge's first pop up store she had a collection of vintage make up and perfume from her collection on display, it was cool to look at, brought back memories.
Thank you for always articulating your appreciation for a beautiful thing, recognizing its value and how it has served you, while acknowledging you're not getting use out of it as a practical item. To that end, thank you for calling attention to the seductive fantasy of makeup, as well as our ability to appreciate it from afar, while not needing to own it.
I really appreciate how you kept in the beginning section of the declutter where you were frustrated with yourself in keeping products, since it's a good reminder for both cursory and long term thoughts: a) that its human to struggle sometimes, and b) just because something has enriched our lives in some way does not justify keeping it.
I just went through a lipstick declutter and it’s amazing how hard it can be doing it and then how relieving it is afterwards. I got rid of about 10 lipsticks and currently only have 4 left. I had to throw out Chanel / Urban Decay / YLS, I was so mad with myself for paying that much money only to throw it out cause they had gone bad. Now I want to keep it below 5 and only purchase something else once I’ve used something up.
I try really hard to burn that awful feeling into my brain so I'm not motivated to buy more than I'll use ever again. I may even keep one expired piece of expensive makeup as a reminder. Don't beat yourself up over it though, certainly ♥️
This is a big reason why I watch dupe videos and I've found a close formula dupe for my favorite formula that even dupes my favorite color exactly... $9 rather than nearly $40 for a lipstick. Is another good reason to keep fun colors limited to drugstore brands IMO. My black liquid lip and my bright purple lipstick are both drugstore brand because they only get worn a few times a year. But we've all had that happen so don't feel alone. Also, UD lipsticks go off quickly. Most of mine started smelling rancid in less than a year! and I've got drugstore lipsticks that are over a decade old and still smell new! Unfortunately, lots of brands as they try to greenwash themselves and go "clean" are making less shelf stable products. I won't buy another UD lipstick. It's not worth the money. YSL might get me if the one I have ever goes off and there's one Tom Ford color I've never been able to duplicate so I hoard the mini I have because of course its not one of the boys and girls colors... its one of the colors that costs $54.
Ever since you have been calling items “my precious” it’s like something has clicked for me. “Spark joy” is great but too many of my things spark joy. Not all of those however…are my Precious. This is genius. I can’t wait to apply it to my closet!!!!!!
I live for a HLP declutter! It’s like ASMR for me, for some reason. I actually rewatch them whenever I need to de-stress! ❤😂
I love the term “makeup mind palace”-I think I’ve heard you say it before, and I appreciate the reminder of that term, and the idea of keeping my collection at a place where I can keep track of everything in my mind. Knowing what I have to pull from. Thanks for sharing your process, as always!
It is such a thing to hear your thoughts as you go through and edit down your collection, even with the difference in our monetary relationship to said items. It gives me such a healthier perspective on holding on and letting go of things.
Great video! It's nice to see a makeup reviewer be candid about their purchases and thoughts post-first impressions/reviews.
A note on de-cluttering: Don't do it just to do it. Do it if you truly think you would benefit from less items/donating and giving stuff away. If you're happy with the size, items, and use of your makeup collection, that's fine! It's normal to keep things for sentimental value or special occasions? Everyone doesn't need to be a minimalist. Don't toss things that you enjoy and are perfectly fine just to say you did it. As Hannah said: "It's okay to keep things!"
If you love the Givenchy lip packaging so much, keep the cap because you can swap it out on a new one if you ever acquire another Givenchy lipstick.
Before even watching the video, i just wanted to say how much I appreciate your video thumbnails! They’re always so pleasing to look at, and actually jump out in my subscription feed because of their more muted sophistication !
I bought maybelline raw chocolate because I saw you lip swatch it last year, and it’s by far my most worn Lippie, even taking precedence over lipsticks that cost more than 10x as much (I snagged it for $4)! I’m considering popping it and a nicer lipstick component in the freezer and swapping them because I hate the lightweight/cheaper plastic packaging but that’s my only gripe. And for $4 I tolerate it lol because the shade is absolutely divine.
I've always loved the idea of making a little shadowbox moment for my more sentimental makeup pieces, so it's out of my collection, but I don't have to throw it away because it's art now.
I try to avoid fancy packaging that makes it hard to toss in a hand bag. I think that's why you haven't used the dragon lipsticks. I also don't think a person can keep too many nourishing balms/tinted but nourishing balms. I keep one in my bag all the time, one bedside, one at my desk, and one with my project bag. I don't even count balms in my lippies because for me, they serve an entirely different purpose than a gloss even. I need to go through my lippies again. I got my full size products down to a reasonable amount this year (I declutter beginning of the year) but I still have too many minis. In theory, I love minis because they're the right amount of product but often the bullet is so thin they're hard to use. I'd love for a company to come out with a lipstick that's just as thick bullet wise but half the length with half as much needing to be shoved into the component... So in theory, you'd actually use more product because most people don't finish a lipstick before it goes bad unless its one of two or three that they own or they're specifically trying to pan it and therefore reapplying consistently and perhaps more than needed.
plus, people always need a balm! they're useful no matter what. i like having my Balm Dotcoms in case someone needs a coating (i'm a squeezer/fingertip application girlie) so i can help a friend out & give them a bit :)
Decluttered along with you and I am now 18 lip products lighter 😂 thank you for inspiring me to do that!
I no longer wear makeup (aside from lipgloss or a nourishing lip-oil) so you're very much inspiring me to get rid of the old matte liquid lipsticks I have that I know I'll never wear. I'm excited for the drawer space I'm going to have!
It's part of the process of making your relationship with your makeup collection a real thing with attachement to accept the fact that a product cannot be used anymore but can be still be part of your life, to consider them as old soldiers that are now in peace. I've kept products that were my precious back in highschool that i would never wear today and i've kept my mom's old eyeshadow palette when its gone bad because it's a real part of her for me, her habit of everyday. This product are not functionnal so they don't really belongs in the tool box that is a makeup drawer but that's also the good part of it. Having them as a decoration can be a great way to cherish thoose product and feel everyday this old attachement to them.
That's a bit to emotional maybe but my point is don't force yourself to keep only video clips of products you have deep connection with, you'll might regret it later i know that the feeling of objects are something that speaks to you
The video I’ve been waiting for 😍 lipstick is my favourite makeup and I can’t wait to hear you chat through your collection! There is an old video where you swatch all of your bullet lipsticks from Covid days (the second LA apartment I think) and I put it on all the time to relax 😇
I actually found that video recently because I googled "maybelline gone greige vs gucci a royal scandal" and my own video came up in the search results LOL!! An oldie but a goodie :)
While I can’t watch this right now (and I know how much you respect my time as a working woman and homeschooling mother) I will say that I cannot wait to sit down and enjoy this with jazz music on in the background. It will be so relaxing and I cannot wait for your collective thoughts on these beautiful products.
Holy smokes Hannah I’m shocked at the size of your collection! Back to your roots with the pair down I love this content!
The ASMR of the makeup organizing is SO satisfying!
I did a lipstick declutter during the COVID lockdown. I now have seven bullet lipsticks and four of them are Smashbox Prime and Plush (my favorite formula)one IT cosmetics, one NYX and one Milani. Three tinted lip glosses, one clear lip gloss. Five lip liners, all NYX. I’m happy with what I kept and I oddly enjoy seeing the space in my drawer that lets me quickly see what I have.
i decluttered my collection while listening to this, i find declutter videos really feel like body-doubling and help w tasks.
wow, i really appreciate all the time and effort that was put in the description box. all those links and the specificity of the formula types, even the spacious spacing between the lippies...it's so easy to find everything!
I would love to see A Royal Scandal and Gone Greige swatched side by side… I don’t know how you do this. Kudos to you for decluttering!
I know it's a declutter thing, but if something has a very good packaging mostly lipsticks, or like a limited edition or something special you can remove the lipstick, sanitize it and put something else inside, either another fill of lipstick or a chapstick or something like that and keep that special packaging, it a little goblin who collects rocks behavior but if makes you happy
Your use of 'my precious' enabled me to go through my excess, augmented with using Gollum voice when I pick something to keep
these declutters are really hard for me (really old follower of yours since no buy year) cause you are decluttering a lot of your old staples. but I love that you are being able to love your collection better this way.
I don't know why I'd never thought to keep products for swatching when shopping for a replacement! Thank you so much for this idea! If only I still had those former perfect lipsticks... ❤️
The Kosas Sport balms are so underrated! They're great for winter and add a really nice color and are nourishing. And, I doubt hate the taste or smell!
they're still selling gone greige in the UK, and it's really cheap (about £4), so if you can't get hold of it in the States, I'd be happy to send you one.
12:53 this was a pretty touching moment because I have a hard time getting rid of things with memories attached as well but your explanation was very eye opening to me. I appreciation your thoughtfulness
A great dupe for Gone Greige is the satin Gucci Tacey Hazel or the matte Peggy Taupe!
I did drift off to sleep watching this! Of course, I had to replay it the next day to see what I missed. Off to watch the rest of your declutters.
All 3 of these points had me nodding my head and agreeing witn you. But what stood out to me most is the comparison factor. You’re right, I will never have the amount of makeup an influencer does. and so therefore following along and decluttering to the extreme that they do for me had created the opposite of positive feelings. I realized if I just got rid of my one of my pieces of makeup simply bc I thought as a whole I had too much, I found myself wanting it back later on. So I think we as viewers definitely need to watch with caution.
Your declutters gave me strength. I am a makeup hoarder. Decluttering my lip products was alarming as so much of it has gone bad. Off smelling, sandy textured products. My lips itch just thinking about it.
HLP Your lipstick inventory and/or declutter are my MOST loved videos every year!! I've been watching since May 2018 (I know, bc I had a big overseas move at the time) Thank you!
My lip declutter was easy because most of it was moldy bite sticks lol. I'm now down to what some would call hyper minimalism but lippies are very utilitarian to me. I don't need another gloss until I've panned the like, 2 or 3 I'm down to.
Keeping all of them in a mini fridge has enabled them to last longer & me keeping less 👍🏾
Also... I'm halfway through my sheer Goldie Red that I got during the savings event ALREADY! I'm so pleased with my new habits. Thanks for being a catalyst.
Omg I’m the same with the dry weird texture bite lipstick 😅😅😅
Keep the case from the givenchy! You can put that gorgeous case on a new lipstick from the brand.
When I see you and others declutter lipsticks and other products, lamenting the packaging more than the product itself, I wonder: would you ever attempt to depot and reuse the packaging? Say, try to put a lipstick you like in a lipstick case you like (like the Picasso one)?
It’s fascinating to know our coloring must be so different based on the lipsticks you favor.
Hannah when you are done with the declutters can you film a showing every peices of make up video? its my favourite video and i use it to go to sleep all the time ❤
CZcams sent me to your year old lipstick swatching video, and I had to run back to make sure you didn't keep the Finding Ferdinand lipstick because from what I can see the color changed SO much. Whew.
Oh Hannah! So looking forward to seeing you hit 100K in the new year, you & Joe have worked so hard ! Happy holidays to you both & happy Catmas to Sadie ❤
Why don't you do a rolling project pan ? I feel like that would be fun to watch
Perhaps a thread but I had to stop and say please keep the Picasso 💄 - It truly is a work of art and a collectors item. Even if it is not in your vanity or usable it could be on a shelf. It is just so beautiful ha! Hops on a train to DC to find this before you put it in the garbage 🏃
I cried with some of these - more than the other declutter! This one hurt my soul hahaha Glossier Birthday cake come back! haha
I've been loving your content lately Hannah! The way you talk about makeup is so soothing to me.....I especially enjoy your lipstick videos!
Good job on the lipstick declutter Hannah. I find it very hard to part with my lip products. I am guilty of having a number of LE lipsticks in recent years. Still own and use some Body Shop lipsticks, which have nourishing formulas, from pre-pandemic time. They are still ok, so until they go bad, will use them as long as I can.
Although the Gucci looks tempting, I better make use of what I already have.😄❤
that last line! so true. new things are tempting, but i ask myself what i'd wear if i didn't get it & wanted to wear that color. if i don't have anything like it, i'll entertain the idea, but if it's similar enough... that's it
The way you speak is so therapeutic. Your descriptive words create beautiful stories. I hope that makes sense :)
what an inspiring declutter. I love watching you do these vicious declutters, they make me want to do the same.
Lip products are my Achilles Heel as well. Thank you for your perspective on how to approach a declutter. It has me reassessing my relationship with the myriad of lipstick bullets on my countertop. I also loved your take on what's wrong with declutter vids - so helpful to think in terms of our economic relationships to collections in general!
I don’t understand the rationale behind getting rid of products you like and use just for the sake of getting rid of more stuff… isn’t the point to get rid of things you *don’t* like or use? If you genuinely like a product, what is accomplished by decluttering it? Is it just to have a big pile of decluttered products at the end?
There are many rational reasons e.g not having enough space or wanting someone else to get use out of it because even though you like it you have a product you like better. But for me it causes me anxiety to have so much stuff and the stress of thinking I have to use it to get my moneys worth so I end up brutally throwing things away.
Accumulating products just because they work is not necessarily a way of honouring the cost of producing and buying them. It can be just a strategy to avoid facing overconsumption.
The point can be different for each person, her Pinot is to keep only her top favorites so she can remember them all, love them all, use them all and not feel overwhelmed with stuff. Also being a reviewer she'll get a crazy amount of new makeup to use during 2023.
Also I think that if I have two similar lipsticks that I like why keep both? I'll never finish one, let alone two of them, why keep them rattling around in my belongings for years only to declutter them almost new?
Shockingly, not everyone thinks the same way
@@EvaLoVerde “point” autocorrecting to “Pinot,” I see you girl😜♥️ great answer though
@@pasitheathanatosasmr488 what can I say, my autocorrect is fancy 🤣 thanks though
Having a wider range of lip products makes sense for you. Also, you will move through the balms quickly in winter.
Am I the only person who finds Hannah’s declutters extremely stressful? Hannah, “I love this, it’s my favorite, it was given to me by my beloved… thus, goodbye, adios, sayonara!” 👀😱☠️
This was a fantastic declutter, I myself had to do a really hard declutter last month and sit down with myself and understand that fantasy me that wears full makeup and bold lipsticks everyday is definitely not reality me that loves light coverage foundation with a bit of powder and mascara and really only use tinted lip balms and barely there color lip gloss and lip oil. Lol kept like 10 balm/gloss/oils one nude lipstick one red lipstick and I kept one red liquid lipstick to play with when I feel like being extra 😄
Do you ever have declutter regret? I find that I often miss an item after I declutter it!
Rooting for that Zeesea lipstick
“Makeup mind palace” I love your brain 🎉 the writer in you always is present
Your makeup collection is like dating on the apps (easy to cut someone for a relatively small reason bc there’s always something better in theory) and my makeup collection is like dating before the apps (being happy with what you got bc you don’t get very much) hahaha just a random thought
I’m always glad that I don’t have so many things. I only have 4 lipsticks plus 1 lip oil now, and I know I am not able to finish them in 2 years.
Omg, I remember stumbling upon Finding Ferdinand I think during the brands early start! I think I was a senior in high school or fresh out of high school, and making two mini custom lipsticks. It was such a fun experience and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone on here talk about them!
Gone Greige is still available on Maybelline’s website and Amazon. 💄💄
Keep the dragon lipstick- I purchased one because they were so beautiful but I don’t like the formula that much but it looks very pretty on the vanity. The Florasis is a beautiful product and fantastic makeup as well I love that one.
Really needed a calm video Today...
Enjoy your new edited collection Hannah!!!♥️
Question for u! Have you ever taken a “panning” position to your declutters. Some products I noticed u liked but had maybe one thing that wasn’t your favourite but u still liked and have used! Maybe like putting those in front and centre to use it up instead of getting rid?
Hannah - be kind to yourself! I want the color of the Summer Friday’s tube that you put in the declutter. 😭 It stays out of stock on Sephora. By the way, the please smell all the Tower 28 products or the ‘clean’ products. They seem to go bad REALLY quick for me. I think it’s because they don’t have preservatives.
Could you have the color of the gone greige lipstick matched by a company like finding Ferdinand?
the dosas sport in clear is genuinely my favorite lip balm ever, it was my first "big girl" purchase in the sense of allowing myself to buy a pricer lip balm (aka not Burts bees) and only allowed to buy more things after knowing id not lost the tube. I never let go of it. I will say its a bit minty though, which you did say you didnt love so I do warn that. Genuinely my favorite balm ever though.
That was incredible, Hannah! I feel like I know your collection better than my own. It’s time for me to declutter too. I keep things way past their date 😹💕👍
Been waiting to see the Merit lipsticks dethrone the trusty Revlon lipsticks. Now I know they’re worth it
They are so worth it! I did a declutter recently and I got rid of alllll of my lip color products except the merit lipsticks and lip oils and tower 28 glosses. I had quite a few products- including ones I coveted for years and they became disposable to me once I purchased the Merit ones. That’s how good they are.
I absolutely adore this content 🙌🏼❤️ it’s soothing my mind and that’s very much appreciated.
I finally did a major declutter this year. I'd been putting it off for a couple years. But I'm really glad I did! I don't miss a single product and now I can love on the items I actually want to use. I still have more than I need, but I'm going to just use them and get rid of them when they expire.
Your last declutter was so great😊 excited to wind down for a little while and watch another ❤
Hannah!!! If you ever find a dupe for Gone Greige, would you consider to make a video about it because I can’t find it where I live for the life of me and I am always trying to find a color like this ( it’s like brands are allergic to this type of color 🥲). Love your declutter series! It inspired me to let go to some old lipsticks!
Really a great video! Thanks and look forward to the rest of this series.
I drifted off to sleep watching this and then put it on in the morning to watch it!
The one I've been waiting for 😍
I am loving this. Your taste in lip colors is EXACTLY the same as mine, so I'm taking serious notes.
Love this!!! Absolutely my call to action to go through my lip stash! Hope you’re well, have a wonderful holiday season 💜
I have looked everywhere for gone greige without any luck!
I swear (without cheking so i might be horribly wrong) last year you had almost no lipsticks, just gloss and now you have 4 xD. Also i swear (also with no back up) that those revlon lipsticks are from 2019 so pre pandini. I think i was having a lil staycation before they were a necessity and watched that drugstore haul while eating falafel alone at my hotel room. So mink was old.
I swear her lipsticks all fit in the little lipstick holder last year
Thank you for being you. And I had a feeling that you were talking to me with your last comment:)
Hannah, you have the most entertaining decluter videos! :)
I love declutter at the end or beginning of a year!
I fell asleep watching your videos last night and you were in my dream helping me declutter my life 😂
I’m actually jealous that you love so many of your lip products… I think my purchases were more miss than hit in that department 😓
I like hearing your reasoning about products. One thing though, I'm almost all the way through and you've decluttered all of the drugstore lippies. Would you consider in the future adding some new drugstore products to your collection? That way there is a chance you would keep one of those instead of a merit or a gucci.
I've watched her for a while and, in my opinion, she has a bias toward high end over drugstore. 🤷♀️ Some of the products she enjoys and recommends are worth it, but some are just meh. I go through too many lip products to spend high end $$ on them.
I just decluttered 5 Kosas lipsticks including Vega, as I had them years at this point. They're still my favourite ever lipsticks though
You always do a declutter in the way that I wish everyone would!
Yes, I like the fact Hannah actually compares colours and keeps the ones that really work for her. Too many people keep so many near dupes of things that are their favourite colour, and you strongly suspect they will wind up using their one or two favourite formulas and ignoring the rest.
Yes! Some people are like I like this, I keep it. Why do you like it? What makes you keep it? It's not worth watching if they don't explain the thought process
Love this kind of content you make, just wanted to say thank you! -xoxo-
I was waiting for this one! Wishing a fond farewell to the lipstick icons you had to bid adieu 👋🏻
I love falling asleep to these videos 😌
I don't own enough makeup to even consider a declutter. I really only have 1 of each product I wear. I don't like all of them but I also don't have the funds to rationally go and buy more
You’re making me rethink everything.
Through out the pandemic and even Now. I just want the 5 to 10 lip sticks that I will us. In every day colors. It not a collect them all type of deal. If I don’t like something even if it is new it is gone. There is some joy in panning a lip stick or a gloss. It you are my Precious to the point where I have finished you and thank you for your service
I finally buy Raw Chocolate because I've seen it so many times on your channel and it looked so good...and you declutter it! Lol funny how things like that work out.
Ah, but yours is much newer than Hannah's. I love mine - wear it with joy!
I enjoy my lip products just like you.
Thanks for the video, Hannah. Can you do more looks with the Rouje Powder palette? I own it myself, and have a hard time understanding how best to use it. It's a tough one to "take with" for a night out - where do I wipe my finger of the product after re-applying?? What a conundrum!
I take a tissue with me or use the ones I find at the restroom!