[Minimalist : Minimal Challenge] Buying Cosmetics is addiction

Just a quick glance on your(or mine) friends, you will notice that girls tend to get obsessed with Cosmetic products. 

Don't know from when but now buying cosmetic feels like part of my life.. or maybe it's more close to addiction. 

Entering the adulthood (Ok, I admit I had cosmetic products when I was in high school but let's not discuss that here), I remember when I was in University I would buy anything if they say its good for your skin, if they say it's new, if the case is pretty, if it was on sale.. and so on. I was only looking for a chance to buy more and more cosmetics.

I know it's part of marketing, but believing in the tiny tiny hope that the product is going to help slowing my ageing, I would always buy the product first.

When I was in my early twenties I used so much money (amount that some people and men can never imagine) on make-up products. Especially buying those high end make-up brand felt like a chance for me to own something from the brand that I loved without having to spend several grand.

Now that I am not in my early twenties anymore, I spend hard to believe amount of money on base skin care products.

Of course I don't only buy the expensive ones, but when you own a lot of them.. you know it adds up.

I used have a fear of running out of skin care product. It felt like it means I would have more wrinkles (over one night) and the world would end.. So whenever I got a chance to buy products with bargain, I would always buy extra (to get ready for the rainy day) and that became my habit. (and that rainy day never came..)

When I have extra time before meeting a friend, I would always pop into Sasa (Hong Kong's Cosmetic shop) and look around even though there's nothing I really need. And I usually end up coming out of the store with the plastic bag from the shop with something I did't even know existed.

After I decided to become semi-minimalist, I through or gave away a lot of the products that I didn't need or was old. 

But what I noticed is when it comes to cosmetic, it doesn't necessarily mean it's not need so you have to throw away, but it was more like it's needed but i just have way too many. I feel like if I am going to use up all the cosmetics I have at the moment, it will take me a whole year...

So!! Here I am! starting Minimal Challenge on Cosmetics!!!

I'm going to call it "Cosmetic Shopping Ban Project"

I will size down my cosmetic products to 2 pouches (one for skin care and one for make up)

and until when I am only left with the ones that fit into 2 pouches, I will not buy Cosmetic products - on skincare!!!

I will list up all the skin care cosmetics I own (including samples and mini size for travel), and erase one by one whenever I finish using up one. (I can only imagine how much time it will take for me to make the list.......)

This is very exciting! I know it's a drastic change for me, but since I am trying to live simple life, I feel like I've changed the way I buy things. I can do this!!! Right??

But.. I have to admit, I am a little bit afraid that I'm gonna have few wrinkles from this challenge... o well..