15 Items or less….
Submitted by Sara on June 18, 2009 – 7:11 pm7 Comments
What if we had to choose 15 cosmetic/ makeup items we could keep and we had to get rid of the rest? I am almost sick as I go through my collection to answer this question… Then I start to reminisce about the days before I was beauty obsessed. I owned a total of 6 pieces of makeup. One foundation, powder, lipstick, lip liner, shadow palette, mascara and eyeliner. That’s 6 items that I lived with and replaced as necessary for years and I never felt like I was missing a thing.
So as I brought things back to basics this process became simpler for me.
This list is in no certain order as far as priority goes. It was hard enough to break it down this way to begin with. So my 15 cant live without items are… drum roll please…. 
1- Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation
2- Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Liquid Bronzer
3- MAC Painterly Paint Pot
4- Mufe/ Makeup Forever Eye Seal
5- MAC Petticoat Mineral Skin Finish
6- MAC Sculpt and Shape
7- MAC Grand Entrance Eyeshadow
8- MAC Shroom Eyeshadow
9- MAC Smoking Eyes Quad
10- MAC Queens Sin Lipstick
11- MAC Full Blown Lipstick
12- MAC Brave New Bronze Lipstick
13- MAC Pastel Emotion Lipglass
14- MAC Cult of Cherry Lipglass
15- Urban Decay Trainwreck Lipstick
Now this isn’t to say that this is all the makeup items I would ever own again. But these are must haves and everything else is replaceable!
So what are some items that you just couldn’t do without now that you have tried them?
Xoxo! Sara
(All Cosmetic items discussed in the above post were purchased by me. Anything written is my own opinion and not influenced by any other person or company).
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This is an interesting concept. I will have to give some serious thought to this and post later.
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@ Lipstickrules123 – Yeah definitly let me know! It sure was a hard decesion for me to make! Had to think long and hard on this one…
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This is a mighty tough one. I noticed that since a lot your HG's are LE, what will you do when you run out? Do you have several backups?
Mine would consist of:
Smashbox Light Primer
Revlon Colorstay foundation
MAC Studio finish concealer
MAC blacktrack fluidline
Benefit Badgal lash
MAC shroom eyeshadow
MAC starflash go eyeshadow
MAC carbon eyeshadow
MAC strada blush
MAC hug me lipstick
MAC love nectar lipgloss
MAC copperplate eyeshadow
MAC blot powder
MAC girl about town lipstick
MAC clear lipglass
Whew…what did I do before mac? lol
Loving your blog btw.
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@ Leah- I dont really have many backups of anything. I guess when I was making the list I was thinking of what items i would keep if I had to get rid of it all. Quite a few le items yes. but I truly think there is a dupe out there for most of the items! Well except queens sin, im still looking for that one! lol.
Your list is fantastic! I can honestly say I love all those items as well! Except bad girl lash which I haven't yet tried:)
I really appreciate you reading and posting! Thanks so much! xoxo, Sara
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just 15? i don't think i could do that..
MAC MSF natural
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
MAC MAC Red l/s
MAC Cult of Cherry l/g
Milian Brow express
Benefit Georgia Blush
Benefit Bad Gal Lash
Benefit D liner D Finer
MUFE HD foundation
MAC prep + prime transparent finishing powder
MAC Girl about town l/s
MAC fleshpot l/g
MAC 2n l/g
MAC funtaboulous dazzleglass
MAC cherry lip liner
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I couldn't quite narrow it down to 15 but a couple necessities are:
Bare Escentuals mineral foundation in fairly light
Bare Escentuals Mineral veil
Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in brownie
MAC eyeshdadow in Shroom
MAC eyeshadow in Sable
MAC eyeshadow in deep truth
MAC lipstick in syrup
MAC blush in the perfect cheek
Bare escentuals all over face color in rose radiance
Bath and Body Works lipgloss in pink mint (I seriously love this stuff)
Cargo Smoky eyeshadow duo
Haven't narrowed down any liners yet lol.
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Hi Ms Sara,
As of now.. i only owned few items
(a breadwinner like me should be more careful on spending money — wish i have extra bucks to buy new makeups– but a BIG thanks on winning your contest– it really brings joy to me– and look iam waiting impatiently hahaha..)
1. Avon liquid eyeliner
2. Careline Powder Eyeshadow in green
3. Eyelash curler
4. Ellana Mineral Powder (blush) "LUST"
5. Ellana Mineral Powder (eyeshadow) "DOVE"
6. Myra E Face Powder vit. E enriched with SPF15 "NATURAL"
7. The Body Shop eye shimmer "light green"
8. Avon Ultra Color Rich Lipstick "SUNSET"
9. Avon Ultra Color Rich Lipstick "SNGELIC"
10. Avon Simply Pretty "SWEET PINK"
(this will be from your prizes = EXCITED)
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Thanks a lot Ms Sara.
Love lots,
rhain
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