Sentimental Makeup

I have a bit of a thing for watching makeup collection videos on YouTube. I just love 'em.

Sadly however, as soon as I see one I need to rush out to Superdrug, which isn't such good news for my relatively empty purse.

And in so many of the videos of people where they have millions of lipsticks and billions of eyeshadows, they always have a few little things that they don't use but keep for sentimental reasons.

And it got me thinking about the sentimental makeup that I have.

I am a very sentimental person usually, I hate throwing anything away and everything has some kind of memory.

(I'm also a massive cheapskate, and I refuse to throw anything away until it is absolutely scraped clean and completely barren.)

So because of this, there are a few things in my collection that are never used, not very well treated and kind of funny smelling (cause they're so out of date) but I just can't let them go.

The first is this mascara. This was the first mascara I ever owned (in original packaging), and I would actually really recommend it as a starter mascara. I remember when I was little, I used to put on a layer of it every five minutes and bat my eyelids at myself in the mirror, thinking how amazingly beautiful it was. Now, goodness knows how many years after it was purchased, I still have it, completely dry and used up, with new species of life growing on it (I'm kidding - hopefully) and I still love it. I haven't rebought it, and I don't think I ever will, but it will always be a part of my makeup collection.

The second is this lip gloss. I think that this was given to me by father Christmas in a pack of 3, back in the day, and was literally the first piece of makeup I ever owned. The reason I only have this one left is because I didn't really understand the concept of nudes, and why anyone would ever want to put brown on their lips. So because of this the bright pink and red in the packet were much more exciting and appealing to little me, meaning that this is the only one I have left. I can't really describe in words how bad it smells, and it would probably give me some kind of disease if I tried to use it now, but I still find myself searching for it when the Christmas gift sets come out. Sadly however, I've yet to find it.

The third piece of makeup that I feel I keep purely for sentimental reasons is this eyeshadow pallet. If ever I have seen a pallet that has been through the wars, it would be this one. The clippy thing is broken, the case is cracked, all the colours have kind of mixed together... but I don't think you'll ever find a more loved pallet. As this was my first ever eyeshadow pallet, I didn't really have a clue what I was doing, but I still had great fun covering my eyelids and eyebrows with blue, purple and pink. I probably should've started off with a slightly more neutral pallet... However, I do actually still use this pallet now for things where I need brighter colours, like when I'm doing shows and performances, and it does actually have some really pretty colours in it, so a good 'un all round I suppose.


So there we have it, a few pieces of sentimental makeup that I don't think I'll ever be able to throw out. There are probably quite a few more, but I just picked the ones that I remember most strongly.

I'd love to know about any of the bizarre sentimental makeup you have!

See you soon!