Temptalia Asks You – What’s the best way to resist temptation [of the beauty variety]?

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Date: Thursday, November 15th, 2007 Author:

What’s the best way to resist temptation [of the beauty variety]? How do you manage to pass up products that tempt you?

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27 thoughts on “Temptalia Asks You – What’s the best way to resist temptation [of the beauty variety]?”

  1. Zsofi says:
    November 15, 2007 at 8:13 am

    if i knew that ,i would not have a collection i have :-D DDD

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  2. Anna says:
    November 15, 2007 at 8:34 am

    i cant. Bought some eye shadow today that I dont need, but its just too pretty. Though I did manage to stop myself buying 2 more things just because there was an offer on.

    But usually realising just how little money I have is enough to put me off! Unless its something really special…

    xx

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  3. Tekoa says:
    November 15, 2007 at 8:39 am

    Leave the wallet at home whenever traveling within 20km of ANY Sephora or MAC store!

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  4. Vy says:
    November 15, 2007 at 9:41 am

    I think of my CC bills…haha!

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  5. hannika says:
    November 15, 2007 at 9:43 am

    woooo.. that’s hard. i can never leave my wallet. and yes the MAC products are just sooo pretty that its so hard to resist. but i just think of my visa bill and the interest accumulating because of the unnecessary things i buy.. i think of that .. and i just stop.. but of course. when my paycheck arrives, i can’t hesitate but buy a small thing here and there. lol.

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  6. Kate says:
    November 15, 2007 at 9:51 am

    I resist temptation by repeating over and over, “MAC will have a new collection out next month.” Also, I keep track of all my beauty purchases using the Diary function on Makeupalley.com. Seeing the amount of money I spend each month can quickly change my mind!

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  7. Ashlee says:
    November 15, 2007 at 11:40 am

    I resist by making up a list of what i really want. I stick to my list when i got to mac too. Im getting my 1st CC soon so then I dont know what ill do.

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  8. ProfessorPeteZa says:
    November 15, 2007 at 1:47 pm

    I shop my stash when im on a no buy.
    if i see something i like i recreate w. what i have. i have over 130 e/s but still find ones i NEED

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  9. Madeleine says:
    November 15, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    Sometimes simply lack of knowledge (meaning “what am I supposed to do with this?”) and most of the times pure love for MAC – lol,lol,lol, and some love for Chanel.And I’m safe!
    Another words if to choose between salmon and steak I am choosing always fish and always MAC above the rest.
    I feel soooo safe…as long as I am NOT around MAC, lol.

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  10. Kelly says:
    November 15, 2007 at 3:06 pm

    You’re asking the girl who went to the MAC Counter today to buy the two pigment sets & softsparkle set and walked out with those three things plus two beauty powders and 2 metal-x creme shadows.

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  11. Naomi says:
    November 15, 2007 at 3:28 pm

    Gosh thats a hard one. Well I always look up reviews on the products (on blogs ) of people who bought or already have/saw the item. Basically, I am trying to find the negative aspects of those products and convince myself that, thats why I dont need it. Ex: too chunky, oily, creases, not that great.

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  12. renie says:
    November 15, 2007 at 4:58 pm

    I’ll get a sample, take it home and see how it compares to other colors in my collection or get someone else online to swatch the color with others I think are like it.

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  13. Skyler says:
    November 15, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    Whenever I want to buy something, I always ask myself, ‘Am I REALLY going to use this?’ With make-up, it’s silly to buy for the sake of collecting. Make-up isn’t something to save (like collector’s edition Barbies or something); it’s something to use. I’ve used pretty much everything I own, so my collection gets good use and I rarely regret purchases. That’s good.

    What’s bad is that there’s still the issue of saying no to things I really do think I will use, which is a lot. :P There has to be a limit somewhere, right? I wish there wasn’t though. Heh.

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    • Christine says:
      November 16, 2007 at 9:17 am

      I know some people who’d argue about collecting makeup, though!

      My limit is how much I want to hurt my bank account. I try to be good, but sometimes I can’t resist and have to splurge :) (Cough, Stylistics, cough.)

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  14. Athena says:
    November 15, 2007 at 7:17 pm

    i tell mom and dad about how much i want it.
    Then they’ll tell me “how much i dont need it”

    it works!

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