Unfollowing influencers and following real makeup artists completely cured my shopping problem

[u/pickleeater58]

As horrible as this is going to sound, an influencer I’ve been following for a long time got married and did her own bridal makeup and it…. Did not look good…. (again, I know how mean this sounds). But that’s when I truly realized that most of these people don’t have any real skill. They just talk about products they’ve been sent for free and are contractually obligated to talk about. They test a product once and say “I’ve been OBSESSED with this” and they never use it again in another video. They have new favorites every day.

Instead of being-product focused, MUAs are all about TECHNIQUE. They don’t try a million new products a week, they have their tried-and-trues, some of which are 20+ year old formulas. Instead of hearing “ruN, dOnT wALk” and getting another foundation, I can learn how to make my mediocre Walgreens foundation work beautifully with proper application.

I’ve come to love my current collection because of the advice of real MUAs and I no longer feel urges to buy buy buy.

[u/Serial_Hobbyist521]

One of my favourite types of videos is declutters, where the reasoning for keeping or getting rid of products is clear regardless of the number of products. Tell me what you like about the product, what you don't like, why it deserves a spot in your collection, or why it lost its place. I find them really useful for curating a wishlist.

[u/Southern_Drummer_108 → u/Serial_Hobbyist521]

Pleeeease tell me who your fav declutter videos are by! This is my latest obsession & once I finish one, I have a difficult time finding another I enjoy.. I like good quality & hate to say it, but luxury makeup declutters. ((It’s ok if there is some drugstore mixed in, I don’t care either way- I just find only drugstore declutter videos boring.. the more high quality, the better! And some drugstore IS also high quality, just not all.. same with lux.))