
Part 1: How I took control of the chaos and went one step beyond with a product detox
Your makeup and skincare products have managed to decorate your bathroom sink and vanity like a new home decor trend. You’re a grown up now and it’s time to deal, so you spend your Sunday afternoon organizing and putting everything away. It looks beautiful when you’re done and you’re beaming with pride. Then the week happens. Sometime between waking up late Monday for work and getting ready in a panic for your Friday night plans, hurricane Sephora managed to plop a new lipstick and face wash into the mix. And you’re back where you started from.
Sometimes organizing just isn’t enough. While it leaves a fleeting gratification, we often find ourselves in the same place we started after a few days or a few weeks. We’ve only scratched the surface but haven’t really dealt with the problem. And the problem, though hard to admit is ourselves: how we’ve bought into the idea of wanting more than we actually need. We need the next and greatest thing though we haven’t gotten rid of (or even used up) the old. I’m guilty as charged. I fall for the latest beauty campaign just like my fellow beauty insider next to me in line. While it sounds frightening, purging is the first step to the solution. It creates a clean slate, can frame your thought process and prevent product overload in the future.
Here are the steps I took to take back control. Continue reading