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How many lipsticks do I need?

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hildajenniJ Sat 05-May-18 10:41:47

I never use make-up as I'm allergic to most of it. Did you know that lipstick has a shelf life? Apparently it starts to deteriorate after 2 years. If you've had yours longer than that, I would throw them all out and start again .

Marydoll Sat 05-May-18 10:40:57

I'm too embarrassed to say how many I have? I was about to purchase another one at duty free last week and forced myself to put it back.
I'm always convinced that the latest one I purchase is the perfect colour, I've been searching for my whole life...but it never is?
My " habit" started when at 10 years old, my aunt gave me an old, bright red, Chanel lipstick in a gold case. I was hooked.

kittylester Sat 05-May-18 10:34:40

I only use one colour from one brand (aren't I boring) but I have at least 6 - one in the car, one in my bag, one in the cabinet in the downstairs loo, one in the bathroom, one in my dressing table drawer and one (the newest) hidden from DGD - that are precarious towers ready to snap off.

Diggingdoris Sat 05-May-18 09:45:48

I am trying to clear out some of the old cosmetics I've had for years. I only use lipstick nowadays, and I seem to have about a dozen different brands and colours. But do you have favourites? I tend to use about three , but I'm loathe to throw the others out. Sadly my very best favourite is no longer available, so I am frugally using a lip brush to use up every last bit inside the dispenser. So I'm trying now to use up some of the other half used colours, that no longer seem to suit me by mixing two together, either with the lip brush or just putting two different coats on. I sound like a miser, but as most of them were expensive brands (from when I was working), it seems a shame to waste them.
Is anyone else out there as daft as me?