I have to hop on the “Best of” list bandwagon before January is over and they become passé.
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I thought it would be helpful for you to know my skin tone, skin type, hair type, etc., so that when I do reviews, there is a basis for my preferences.
Face: I’m ethnically Asian, originally from Hong Kong. For now I’ve made the conscious decision to not post my full mug online, so you’ll have to imagine what I look like. If forced to play “Which celebrity do I look like?”, the answer would be… Lucy Liu. I personally don’t think there’s a strong resemblance (maybe a bit in the eyes and cheekbones? I have freckles too?) but I get this comment often (it always starts out with “Has anyone ever told you…?”). So I guess if complete strangers say this, they must see something I don’t (although I always assume that strangers are just being nice and want to pay me a compliment, and they think telling me that I look like Lucy Liu is the best way?) Continue reading
Dammit, Target!
Look at what you did!
I was minding my own No-Buy 2015 business and you had to go and announce the closure of all 133 of your Canadian stores. Nothing triggers my hoarding drive than when companies either discontinue products or when they leave (see Illamasqua, Jacob, 2014).
Are you happy now? Continue reading
Level set: my current stash
Why No-Buy 2015
In 2014 I went on a bit of a makeup buying binge especially toward the end of the year. I keep a detailed multi-tabbed Excel spreadsheet that tracks my beauty stash, including date of acquisition (I’ll devote a blog post explaining my spreadsheet in the future, I promise). From the spreadsheet, I was able to determine that in 2014, I acquired:
- 22 blushes
- 56 eye shadows (I count individual shades in palettes, so a quad = 4 eye shadows)
- 112 nail polishes – I blame Illamasqua for this. The counter inside The Bay was closing shop and the brand was leaving North America so I had to not only stock up on my favourites, but also take advantage of the 25-50% clearance sale! I own a total of 46 Illamasqua nail polishes, and 39 of them were acquired in 2014…
Ground rules
As a heavy consumer of blogs and youtube videos, I know what I like to read and watch, so I’m applying some guidelines for myself and to let you know what to expect from this blog: Continue reading
Intro to Stash Matters
So I dreamed up this blog’s name last night.
I’ve been toying with starting a blog on and off for a little while now. For whatever reason, I wanted the word “stash” in the blog name. It’s a fun word and it rhymes with trash and panache. It also alludes to my hoarding nature. Specifically, hoarding copious amounts of cosmetics.
“Oh no, not another makeup blog!”, you moan. Continue reading
stash matters 