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What do you do with special boxes/containers that hold limited edition beauty products?


What do you do with special boxes/containers that hold limited edition beauty products? Not compacts and actual containers but the boxes or containers they come in?

I recycle them as much as possible, because as much as I want to keep them, they’ll just sit in a drawer, taking up space, and I’ll never go back to them.

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blueraccoon Avatar

They tend to go by the wayside. I don’t even keep the velvet pouches my high-end compacts come in–I tried, but it just didn’t work out and now I just trash them. Exterior packaging, not what holds the product, is there to be recycled or thrown away depending on packaging material. It just takes up space.

xamyx Avatar

I usually just toss them, unless there may be some product information I want to keep; in that case, I cut out what I want to keep or break down the box, and place them in a large accordion file I keep important paperwork in.

Sarah Avatar

Yeah I always really want to keep them all, too. I definitely don’t have the room for them and my fiancé complains enough about how the actual product takes up too much space so I don’t think if even be allowed! Haha I have a hard time throwing/giving a lot of things away but my hatred of clutter usually takes over. On the other hand, I use some of the more sturdy mac limited edition packaging I use to organize and store some of my things. For instance I have a clear plastic ball thing that my iced delights pigments came in that I use to store my chunky colorful bracelets on my dresser. Functional but it looks pretty too!

JQ Avatar

The cardboard boxes? I recycle them. For awhile when I started collecting, I kept them thinking I might do some sort of craft project. Then I realized I don’t actually do craft projects.

Jade Avatar

The benefit boxes come to mind here. I would prefer to reuse them or toss/recycle them, except sometimes the powders are attached to the cardboard insert – so if you remove them, your powder has no container or lid. Annoying!

L Avatar

I want to try and re-use them in some way. I have only bought items from a couple of limited edition collections so I don’t have too many packages…yet. I’m actually going to use the images on my Archie collection packages in my scrapbook for a valentines day page :o)

Rosy Avatar

I have previously turned pretty packaging from the UD Good Karma Brushes into a pallete by putting magnets into it and I have considered doing something similar with some of the packaging I have from Mac’s holiday collection 2012.

Ellen Avatar

I keep them until I’m sure I won’t return the product, then I do a massive throw-away session for all the boxes I haven’t had the heart to get rid of yet.

AnGeLwInGz Avatar

I keep pretty much everything in the boxes, even if it’s not LE. The only things I let run free are my UD and Mac eyeshadow singles and eyeliner. Anything high end always stays in a box. And if a nail polish comes in a box, even more affordable brands like Illamasqua, that stays in a box too.

Pamela Avatar

I keep them! It’s part of the whole limited edition experience. I still have the boxes for MAC Wonder Woman, Venomous Villains and many more. Yes, they sit in a box. Yes, it’s asinine but I’m a bit OCD.

Sandy Avatar

Normally, I’ll chuck them but for some reason, I can’t bring myself to throw out the MAC Archie Girls line. It’s so cute, I might hold onto it for a while

Aida Avatar

I also recycle everything. I made only one exception: I’ve kept the box for the “Showgirl” eye shadow from MAC’s Marilyn Monroe collection (the only item from that collection that I kept), but that’s only because I am a huge MM fan (I have an extensive MM collection of artwork, books, magazines, etc.).

Leticia Avatar

I don´t have too many special packaging of limited edition products, but the ones I have, I keep – I actually store the product in its box if possible, like my MAC Hello Kitty and Liberty of London stuff. Even though I do use them, the products go back to their box afterwards.

Meri Avatar

depending on the LE and how many I have, I resell them on eBay, like the MAC Archie’s Girls boxes from my personal stuff and the pin’s that came with all get sold at auction. they take up too much room but I just hate to throw them away and no its not big money basically if someone will pay the postage and cost of envelope I will let them have the boxes ect..

Michelle Teixeira Avatar

I tend to keep some skincare boxes that are sturdy and the right dimensions for sending out packages via mail. Most of them I recycle or toss out.

Angie Avatar

It depends on how nice the packaging is. Sometimes I reuse it as something for storage or decoration. If it’s really special to me, I’ll keep it in new condition. Mostly I just toss it because I have no space. Or, you know, accidentally leave it lying around for one of my dogs to chew up. :/ That’s always a bummer.

VickyM Avatar

Depends on how much I value the product, if I really love it I will keep the container to preserve the product as much as I can. However if the packaging isn´t unique, is unpractical or I don´t care for the product all that much I will recycle or simply trash it.

MandyDoll Avatar

I have thrown them out every time EXCEPT, my boxes from MAC’s Wonder Woman collection. That was my favorite collection ever!

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