Throwing Out Old Makeup (including some favourites)

This post fills me with both sadness and excitement. Sadness, because some of the products that I am throwing away are products that I have absolutely loved. Excitement, because it means that I can actually buy new makeup without feeling bad. I have done posts like this before, but this one has quite a few more products.

You know when you’ve had a product for ages (I mean way past the acceptable use) and you just love it so much that you don’t want to throw it away? That’s been my situation with a lot of these products. Honestly, I’ve put off doing this post for ages simply because I don’t want to throw them out. However, there are so many amazing new products out at the moment that I am excited to try. Plus, some of these products really should have been thrown away years ago. I know, I know! But here it is – products that I am throwing out.

Some of these mascaras were ones that I just absolutely LOVED! Does anyone else just think that Essence make the best mascaras? The 3 Essence ones in this photo are ones that were absolutely incredible. However, I have had them for years. I need to update them. Also, the lash primer is something that I bought and then never used. I also bought it years ago, so I want to buy a new one and test it out.

I still use this Catrice Concealer but these were not quite finished and, thanks to the fact that I spent a large portion of this and last year not wearing makeup, I thought it would be safer to throw them away. The same with the Essence #InstaPerfect foundation (which worked pretty well). I generally finish all of my face products because I use them all the time.

Eyeliner is something that I love but don’t often seem to use. I think it scares me a little. Just the fact that I could mess it up! The gold Essence liquid liner was absolutely stunning. It was in a Christmas collection a few years back and I loved it. The blue one comes from Woolworths and is absolutely beautiful. By the way, Woolworths have some really pretty, and good, makeup!

Man, this one kills me. Obviously the Catrice powder is something I can buy again (and have). It is actually my every day face powder. However, the nauti girl blush from Essence has been a firm favourite of mine for YEARS. Now, I am aware that this collection is years old, but I bought this when I didn’t wear much makeup. Even in the last few years when I have been wearing makeup more often, this blush has seemed to last forever. It was such a beautiful colour that it kills me to throw it away. However, it really isn’t good for my skin to use this blush for much longer and so I have decided to finally throw it away. Sad days.

These are more that kill me, because the Almay primer was really expensive, but with not wearing makeup for so long, it’s gone bad (as you can probably tell from the colour). So I have to throw it out. I am not putting that on my face. The Porefessional by Benefit (sample) was something I wanted to save for a “special occasion” and I have now had it for so many years that I can’t even use it. Is it worth buying a full size one? Anyone? The Essence eyeshadow was really pretty but I was never brave enough to use it and now that has become too old to use as well.

Basically, I have now come to realise that I need to try and be a bit braver with my makeup. I always use the same products and go for the same looks. I am both excited and terrified for this. Also, that means that next time I do a post like this, there will hopefully be less makeup I am throwing out.

So there is the makeup that I am throwing out, for various reasons. Are any of these products that you have used before? What new products should I buy to top up my collection? Let me know in the comments!

Love,