Love this sort of fine tuning declutter! Massive purges can be fun and satisfying to watch, but when one truly changes their behavior around acquiring stuff, just a little maintenance is all that’s needed for an orderly collection!
ahahah it gets me every time. In the initial review I could barely review the product because all I could think about was the name. They really could have workshopped that a bit more
I wish I had the vocabulary to express how happy I was to see you upload just now. I'm really going through it lately and I'm grieving and you just made my evening 29 minutes lighter.
2024 is my “No Buy” year- I’ve been binging all of your old content. I have my spreadsheet at the ready, I’ve already NOT purchased 5 items impulsively, and, AND, my husband has agreed to join in on the No Buy. Also, Kimberly Clark being back with their new content is the piece de resistance!
Kaki's declutters make me anxious and slightly stressed, it's just too much stuff. Watching you do your thing feels relaxing, basking, for a short moment, in the illusion that we are not all at the mercy of chaos. All is in order in this world, everything is under control and every little thing has its place, all is conscious decisions. Mindful, that's the word, you do it mindfully and it relaxes me.
I love your essay manner of analysis. I love hearing the external processing. You’ve a lovely voice and a crisp and articulate way of expressing yourself. You are soothing emotionally and yet stimulating intellectually.
I always want to remind people to consider their eyes are an organ and to consider eye health when keeping products that are far expired. Preservatives break down aside from bacteria introduced and temperature and humidity. Your eyes do more than look pretty! Love from a fellow beauty fan.
I always double or triple task while watching RU-vid. But for this video, I sat down and watched the whole thing, beginning to end, with no distractions. I love declutters, but you are the best declutter-er on this whole app, no contest.
I work a high-stress job and your videos are such a pleasant break from that work. For example, this morning, after working for hours on a multi-million dollar grant application for a center for pediatric brain cancer, it is fun to grab my lunch and open your video and think "Oh no Hannah, don't declutter the Merit eyeshadows!" LOL! Thank you for always providing a fun interlude to my day.
I bought couple of the merit shadows and have a chronic illness that impacts my hands so I actually had that exact problem you had opening them as a consistent issue. Unfortunately it made them unusable for me. The packaging is beautiful but terribly designed for anyone with mobility or grip issues. It was a definite declutter for me (I couldn't return it because the time passed a bit faster than anticipated with work haha)
I'm so sorry to hear this! And I can absolutely see how it would be an issue! I'll try to remember to mention this in the future when I showcase this product.
@@HannahLouisePoston When Jen luv does in depth reviews, she often tries to notice whether the packaging could be a problem for someone with any mobility issues. You could pay attention to that in the future too!
I adore Chantecaille! Especially their luminescent eye shades, same with UD space cowboy and the moondust palettes. Great picks and I get it. :) I always enjoy your vids, thanks a mil!
Do you still use the Salt New York stuff? I haven’t seen them appear in the declutter and I know that you said you kept it separately but I haven’t seen them appear on your channel and I’d love to hear you updated thoughts on them!
Hannah, would you ever do a What’s In My Bag video? Not your makeup bag, but rather your purse. I just get a kick out of seeing what other people carry with them, not just beauty products, but everyday-life-stuff and also the random things that one accumulates over time.
Your lotion challenges made me think of the Friends episode when Ross can't get his leather pants back on. "The powder and lotion have mixed together and formed a PASTE!!!!"
I didn't think I'd be this excited about a declutter series after the absolute treat that was your Maternity leave but here I am! I low-key have favorites from your collections that I'm rooting for through each declutter. Can't wait to see if my favorites make it through ❤
I love the idea of keeping an item because you love it for its own sake. I have a palette that I refuse to part with purely because I have so much love and respect for its collaborator.
So I clicked into this video thinking it was Lauren's declitter actually lol Was quite the surprise when you spoke instead. I'd be happy to watch either video!
This declutter is so satisfying in its own way. It's a celebration of the success of the last year's declutter and your effort of keeping your collection managable troughout the year. Seeing this, one can clearly understand that you are not a person who declutters things for the sake of decluttering. Which generally leads people go buy loads of new things, since now they have space. Instead, you enjoyed that space by knowing what you want and keeping just them. Congrats!
would love a kevyn aucoing review :) like what's good and how do you use it? i don't see many reviews for the brand but it feels like most people know of the brand but just don't talk about it much :/ the sensual skinenhancerhave a lot of muted shades :) (i own sx03 which is nicely muted but i think that one will be too yellow for you based on your thoughts on nars chantilly - both look too orange on me not too yellow). Fyi my favorite tip for complexion products are: add blue for orange products green to pink products you can do a similar thing with other colors just add the color oposite of the color you want to counter on the coorwheel. It works well to counter the wrong color but does less so for products that aren't muted enough. Obviously adding a muted green to counteract a too pink products helps a bit but for mixing then initially having a shade that is muted enough is key in my experience. Also it was too saturated for me but if you want to try another green colorcorrecter i highly recommend sephoras own it feel very skicareish i assume because it is 'just' green no white color and such.:D
I think I’m going to use your parameters the next time I look over my collection. Do I love it because of its usefulness? Does its existence make me happy? If no, then YEET!
I still think those Chantecaille shadows are gorgeous. I just can't bring myself to spend $50+ for a single shade. The elephant shade is tempting though. I am glad you have a code with Auric. They rarely run sales. I think I'll repurchase Defiance before I go on vacation in the fall. I do miss the topper in that one. I loved temper's matte base and defiance's topper. Temper is not good for my complexion year round though. Auric should do a Chantecaille elephant shade. I'd love to see them expand the line. A lilac leaning mauve would be wonderous. I do appreciate that there are minis for the glow lust now too.
I realllly struggled with the merit shadow formula. I feel gaslit 😅 it’s so patchy, unforgiving, is somehow budge-proof but also creases? After filtering through Sephora reviews, I found my reality confirmed. It’s a very confusing product. I only hope others don’t go out and purchase after seeing it posted here without understanding how to make it work. I myself wasn’t able to. I worry their pr team went too hard, and it’s too late to reformulate. Something bout it is off.
Love your declutters! I really liked last year your video trying to find a dupe for a lipstick via drug store options. Would you be able to do the same concept but for the elephant 🐘 shadow? I know colourpop singles, Sephora collection and Ulta collection have singles but maybe there are more drugstore/mid range pricing.
Oooo finishing on the high note of your singles made me get my hopes up for a new HLP byop! I’d LOVE to see you review a handful of new singles as well!
This is just my personal interpretation, but I feel like the products that you use the least right now are ones you (or anyone else would) idealize as “fantasy self” kind of items (either of a past or of a future version of yourself) or even just mere representations of the abstract concept of beauty. The products that you actually use regularly have the chance to become utilities rather than fantasies, and are ones that you constantly have to make an active choice between, so it makes sense to me why these are easier to let go of
Ah, the Surratt Lid Lacquers ended up going after the last PR reckoning, it looks like, huh? I'm still so tempted by those but have I ever loved a glossy eye product up to this point? Nooooope 🙃
I know this may seem off topic- but I have been dying to request of you a stationary introduction to your fountain pens, inks and planner. I am such a stationary enthusiast and I think this is an extension of a love of " beautiful things" and aesthetics and could use some grounded Hannah appreciation while also discussing the need for balance with stationary. I know its not your usual content, but I feel its connected to alove of design and beauty (it is for me) and I have been on a fountain pen frenzy/ craving for a bit...) That said, such a beautiful reflection in this videa of how you have come to know yourself and find the balance between collecting and using your make up in a conscious way that sparks joy but also puts your love of beauty into practice.
Your attitude towards products is really interesting. You have a sense of abundance like of course your heart will be stolen by something else in the future and that you want to have less so that you can enjoy more. You don’t speak about products like you owe them something. This has been really helpful for me. I’ve had a sunk cost fallacy about products before but slowly am coming out of it. I don’t owe these products anything just because they exist in my drawer. I can get rid of them regardless of the circumstances of how they came into my life or what I used to think about them.
It drives me nuts when people talk about products like they have feelings. The eyeshadow palette does not deserve to be worn. I deserve to own good eyeshadow that I want to wear.
@@MoonlitSunflower well if you actually dislike the palette then of course not, but it gets complicated in examples like this - you really like 25% of the palette or you like it 100% but the packaging is broken, cracked, or hard to use. I’ve just chosen to depot in those situations but sometimes it’s not worth it anyway.
@ampersignia I was thinking depot too. I've found that I just won't use singles as much, but I also like to pair palettes up. I guess it depends on how much love I have for that 25% of the palette. I have tried over the years to duplicate the shades I love less. In the beginning of my love affair with palettes, I found that I had a lot of the same sort of thing.
Also, I was mainly talking about listening to people saying that a palette deserves more use during declutter. Or that it deserves a better home. Sure, maybe it could be put to better use with a friend or family member, but eventually, they get tired of the hand me downs and I end up feeling like I'm dumping my clutter on to them. It was all fun and games for a couple of years, but most of the people I gifted lightly used palettes to just aren't that into it. This is I why I try to look at it like it's me that deserves better than to buy things I don't want or need. It's me that deserves my space and to not feel guilty about being ready to let a makeup product go. I also try to focus my money more on things that don't expire, but... I am a sucker for a beautiful palette. Hannah actually helped me with that. She mentioned that if she is interested in a new releases, she likely has something similar. I'd say that is true for me about 85% of the time. Recently, I've suddenly become interested in cool tones, so I didn't own anything similar. The closest thing to a cool toned neutral that I liked was a lilac leaning mauve. I now own 2 cool toned palettes with a couple cool tones sprinkled in with other palettes. Not excessive, IMO, but... I don't need 5 or 10 more of the same thing.
2024 I'm not buying any makeup except stuff that needs replacing like mascara or complexion. I wouldn't even say I have everything I need but I'm so fed up of having 2 full make up bags
I love how you describe your feelings about certain makeup items and how sensual your approach to makeup is, you almost make me experience how the product feels and looks and I don't even have to see it with my own eyes or touch it. As I'm trying to cut down my spending this year, this is really helpful (also, your approach to keeping 'your precious' has helped me so much with getting rid of stuff I don't love). And the feeling you get when looking at Lisa Eldridge palette - I get it sooo well, I had it with Glam palette, it was supposed to be my perfect color story and formula but for some reason it never worked as I wanted it to (it looked golden on me, ew.) and every time I saw it I felt discomfort and getting rid of it made me feel so happy (and at the same time it made one of my friends very happy). Thank you for this incredibly relaxing video and inspiring me to try my Auric shadow duo tomorrow. Greetings from cold and snowy Poland 😘
I likes the merit eyeshadows when I applied them but I had to gift both of mine because they still creased so much on my oily eyes, even with a primer. 😢
The way you speak about your choices, like an artist, absolutely fascinating. Lovely watch, your videos make me think more mindfully about what I own/want/need.
Absolutely love your declutter videos! I would really appreciate knowing how long these products are good before expiring though (maybe during review videos?) because I picked up some merit shadows on your recommendation and I was shocked to see they’re only good for 6 months 🥴😕 I typically will keep things a little past their time but that one still had me shook lol & I know some brands marketed as “clean” do expire quicker but as someone who gravitates to those products, more so because they’re typically cruelty free, there are still brands that fall into that market and don’t expire that quickly wishing you lots of success and happiness for the new year! 🫶🏼
In view of all these eyeshadow palettes declutters I decided to hit my collection with the intention of decluttering. Nope, it didn’t happen. I open them, I see them, I swatch them and I do what I decided to do since your declutter, I select 3-5 palettes to wear weekly, and rotate them to give them their proper use. I have my original palette that for some reason I don’t wear but has sentimental value, but that’s it. I love what I got and I try to wear it as often as I can, rotating intentionally and only adquiered 5 palettes this year, 3 of them, a set of Sydney Grace in the verge of being discontinued and a couple of ND, which I was disappointed until I decided to deported and mix them up and now I’m ok with them. So your brutal declutter last year thought me something for sure.
Would you do a video swatching your favorite eyeshadows? In palettes and singles. It sounds like a great video to me. I'd be down for every shadow you own, but that may be tedious and less interesting to others. If you did it, though, I bet I would be the only one to watch.
I've been thinking about your relationship with makeup and aesthetics (specifically your journey to this kind of minimalism); I think I am ready to start analyzing my own relationship with consumerism and whatnot. I have had a spending problem so this year I am doing a no-buy too! I've grown up in pretty extreme poverty. So, whenever I get any amount of money, I spend it on makeup before it can be taken from me. I want to enjoy my money and the things it can do for me while being able to save for my future. I'm very excited! Thank you for always reaffirming the importance of a passionate, but modest, love for makeup!
Excellent as always! I was hoping for a swatch of Adaptogen vs Naked Bronze or Defiant. But a description will do. Adaptogen is one of my fave HLP influenced purchases but I don’t own Defiant. 💜
I like the Merit eyeshadows but boy are they hard to open. They need to change the packaging. I had to cut a square of the puffy liner for drawers/cabinets because without it I can’t open them. I’m glad you kept the Roen and Chantecaille shadows. Love.
I do delight in watching you get smeary with pretty eyeshadows. These are my favorite videos. I would love to see you use the merit “impracticle” shade on camera.
Such a perfect little collection! i adore hearing your thought process. Merit's Nelson is an almost everyday favorite of mine. The other palette I always reach for is a neutral collection by Nomad that I really love. I got it in a subscription box and it's one of my faves!
My entire eyeshadow collection (sans a couple of depotted dupes i keep at my boyfs house): dior beige mitzah single, tom ford nude dip quad, estee lauder fierce safari mini palate and a cheap moss coloured loose single with no name. When my entire requirement is 'wet sand' with a side of leaf its all i need
Can you mash all of this years’ declutters into one big long video when you’re done with everything so that I personally can watch during sleepy girl time
Hannah, there is a picture of you somewhere on the interwebs where you are wearing baby blue eyeshadow. It's SOOOO pretty. I will actually wear baby blue (it's one of the colors in my biz logo and I use it in some of my videos because it matches my logo). I am so glad you are keeping the Gucci palette for that reason!
Hannah. If you havent tried it yet, and you get an opportunity to, you should try the Adept Minka palette. Every time I open mine it makes me think of how I think youd love it. Its formula is stunning and the grungy textured metallics are just.... ugh. So so good! Pictures of it dont do it justice.
okay okay okay I just HAD to tell you this. I was just on a website reading about a hat... it's not important. And, the descrption of the hat included this combination of words: cashmere blend. And okay okay okay! In my own head. I wondered and therefore asked myself: *What is it blent with...?* I just HAD to tell you. Firstly, that it made me think of you. And seondly, that it made me realize you're right about blent!
Hi Hannah. I go back to the Roen 11:11 palette quite often. I agree with you in that it has some very provocative therefore uniquely inspired colours and formulas. They are all perfect for one and done shadows too. I still love my palette, and have often considered investing in the warm palette (the first one?), although I haven't as yet. So enjoyed your in-depth and clear reasoning for decluttering the shadows that you did.❤
You have such beautiful things that I watch your declutters and no buys but end up browsing the Internet for the products ❤ the elephant and giraffe 😍😍
Watching this I was like "ah Hannahs mind palace has shrunk, because a baby is occupying part of the rooms now, makes sense". I have fully taken over your visualisation it seems 😂
you should declutter your declutter and then declutter again-- then you should definitely declutter that last declutter before that declutter. then will watch you slap Vaseline all over your face and pose seductively because honestly that’s the only makeup one really needs. minimalism.
There’s something so satisfying about Hannah’s voice! You make me want to speak more clearly! (And declutter my massive collection that is overwhelming in my world at the moment!)
