Mickey was shocked when he saw the pile

I have several each of my fave lipsticks as well as similar color tones. This is because in the past when I really liked a particular lipstick or makeup item, it seemed like it would get discontinued by the time I needed a new one.

Wow, my collection looks more like your discard pile!

I keep my make-up parse. I have only two lipsticks as I don't always wear it.

I have under one eye cover, one under eye corrector, three eyeliner, one mascara, one brow, and one blush.

I do have extras in place when I run out.

Lucille, yes to buying one to save. It is disheartening when you find something that truly works only to have it discontinued.

I have zero lipsticks in my collection, but you should see my collection of nail polish! Not for my fingernails, but I love to do my toes.

I’ve never been loyal to a certain lipstick so have not suffered the trauma of discontinued faves.

I have had a similarly upsetting experience with perfumes. They’ve changed the scent formula in most of my faves and nothing I can do about it. Opium, Shalimar, Miss Dior, to name a few.

Back to lips, mine seem to always be dry, I even sleep with a vitamin E lip salve.

Yeah, I have a ton too. I like clinique stuff and I only buy it when they have the bonus deal so I get overrun with lipsticks and makeup bags. But they're fun. A harmless obsession...as is my addiction to printed paper napkins!

I have a bad habit of saving beauty products for special occasions. I think the worst case was a gift I received in college of really high end makeup, and I kept saving it and saving it for something special. Well, it's been 15 years and I still have them, unopened, but I'm sure they are all bad now! Lesson learned.

Gee, I only have TWO !!!!

and here I am, at the other end of the spectrum, no make up of any kind in my possession...

I think I have two....one in the truck (not sure about that one) and one here on my desk. I hate buying lipstick. I never can find a color that I like. I like a mauvey-pink with sort of very slight undertones of brown. I wore Max Factor Desert Pearl for years, and it was discontinued but I found a bunch of it on clearance at a pharmacy and bought them all, but I ran out of it a long, long time ago. I don't wear make up very much any more but there was a time in my life that I wouldn't even go to the barn without it. Not because the horses noticed, but my barn was by the road back then, and people were always dropping by....and I was young, and well......vain. Now I wear it so seldom that when I put a little bit on, I feel like I have on clown make up.

None such in my collection of paraphernalia .

Hi chi ... how about try 'em ... before you pitch 'em?

ole joyful

I need to go through my make-up. I was thinking just the other day that there must be a bunch that needs to be discarded because I have changed my skin care regime. I’m sure I would have a pile, too.

I’m hanging my head in shame because I’m the same way. Seems like I just cleaned mine out but they are like rabbits. I swear the lipsticks multiply in the drawer. Yeah, that’s it.

One color! One color only! Unfortunately, it is a DISCONTINUED color, so I went on eBay and found 10 and bought them. The replacements are neatly stacked in their boxes.

One thing I have learned with aging - WAY LESS MAKEUP. Makeup makes one look like poor old Tammy Fay when one is old. So lipstick (one color!), an eyebrow pencil to fill in where they have vanished or turned white, and a mascara wand. Only thing regularly used is the lipstick - I do put that on everyday, whether or not I'm leaving my house.

I wear lipstick at home also. I like lipstick.

I don't own "any" at all. Just chapstick or lipbalms.

Mickey sure is cute! I could use one of those....ha ha

You do realize that make-up, like food goes bad. Lipstick and mascara are the ones that cause the more serious problems. Because they are worn on the lips and eyes. Edit more often my friend.

Another "no lipstick" person here.

YES, my lipstick stash looks like that or it did before I got busy the other day and threw out a bunch of ones that were old. I only use a couple though, I end up collecting them because I try to find the perfect color and they end up looking terrible. I finally have one color that I'm in love with that I wear all the time. It is a Maybelline lip stick. I hate lip gloss so any of that, I just threw it away. I keep the colors that I don't like because I always think that I can mix it with a different color to get a color that works...of course, I never do that. HAHA!

I found this about cosmetic shelf like. I date a lot of stuff I use, guess will have to date my lipsticks.

old makeup

I don't have any makeup at all, but i probably have 15 different chap stick "flavors" bouncing around the bottom of my purses. I get all kinds of free ones here and there, and i am a complete and unapologetic sucker for fall and Christmas seasonal flavors and scents.(not just in chap stick either) There is something strangely comforting about the smell of gingerbread after a rough day, or in the middle of the miserable, seemingly endless summers in Alabama.

When the hubs is away, the wife has time for low priority chores like going thru makeup. I dated all my lipsticks. I went thru the rest of the makeup and dated them too, blush, powder, eye pencils, mascara. They were all dated 5/18 to eliminate guesswork from hereon.

I was surprised that my Revlon pressed powder was dated. BTW, time to replace

No lipsticks, but eye brow powder for the half empty eye brows!

Of course I realize makeup should be thrown out, & I only use about 3 colors. I also like to mix colors, so I have a long wear with a gloss on top. And I keep getting these samples I try for a day or two, then don’t care for them so they sit in the drawer until the next time I clean it out.

I went through my Mother's lipstick drawer a while back. I could sniff the lipstick and know it was bad. Oh, we threw away 50 to 60. Our colorings were different so if I bought something that didn't look right for me, I would give it to her. Most of the time it suited her perfectly!

My wife has 7 bottles of shampoo on the bathroom counter top.

I only keep one lipstick which I use everyday. Only buy a new one when the lipstick is near the top of the tube. I do tend to keep 1 or 2 of the used lipsticks just in case I happen to lose the current one so I will have a backup until I buy a new one.

Does this tell you anything? lol The basket is 5" tall.. I'm not about to dump them all out to count, but I should dump them out fairly soon to cull. I know there's some dark shades on the bottom that I'm not likely to wear again.

Marilyn, I'm very familiar with the sort of shade you prefer, as it's one of my favorites too--although my preference might lean more toward the brown than yours. If you think of it, check out L'Oreal's "Mica." I was surprised to see it recently (at Walmart) as I remember wearing it years ago. I still like it a lot. Also see if you like Maybelline's "On the Mauve" or the lighter "Pink Quartz." And Clinique's "Pink Bamboo."

Another Chapstick only person and glad to read I'm not alone. I always have one in my pocket and am at a loss if I have to wear a dress or pants that doesn't have a pocket. I don't like to admit I may be addicted to Chapstick, but I am definitely dependent.

I numbered mine after melting them down and putting them into palettes. Try over 60! I love color. Eye shadows are in the 70s. Blush is only in the 20s. I love having options too.

I don't have lipstick, other than Chapstick...

I have three, a natural looking one, one with a bit more color and a darker one for winter. When I receive lipsticks as a bonus with purchase, I donate them to the woman's shelter along with the other goodies.

I have several lipsticks and glosses I need to go through, thanks for the reminder. But my primary shame is my nail polish addiction, However, they do last me years and years because I keep them in the refrigerator. I wonder if refrigerating lipsticks and other cosmetics would extend their shelf life as well, hmmm...

I have one and lip sunscreen. My daughter has tons of lipstick and nail polish. All of my make up would fit in a snack baggie which is half the size of a sandwich baggie. Lol.

Being an Avon rep for over 20 years, I have tons of lipsticks ( almost in the same colours) and black pencil eyeliners. Remember to toss mascara out after 6 months. Lipstick won't go bad, but it does start to smell.

This brings memories. A grand aunt was an Avon rep., among other things. She always had the little bitty lipstick samples and she saved for me when I visited. Maybe that’s where I developed my love of lipstick.

Bossyvossy, my mom was an Avon rep for a while and I had a huge bag of those tiny white tubes of lipstick.