From the title, to the
content! Yep, today I’m doing a tag to all beauty bloggers (or any bloggers,
feel free to do the task too! It would be fun!) to answer some question I
popped here. Let’s start with the reason why I make this tag:
Nobody hates shopping. Who
hates splurging on self, especially when money is still a lot after spending
some for monthly expense plus saving? Some think it’s not a really good idea to
shop around too much even you get money in your hand, but some say it’s okay to
splurge on yourself—treat yourself well, if not, who would?
And not only once, I
believe, for us to feel guilty of what you’ve bought in the name of “treating
myself”. Me too, I feel guilty sometimes after spending lotsa money. But since
I managed to work hard for my own money, the guilt can be suppressed a little
bit! Now, I want to ask you these questions:
1. Have
you ever gone over the budget limit which has been set for yourself?
2. Share
with me your worst guilt feeling ever, after spending—oops, splurging—money for
your beauty items! (including skincare sets, toiletries, etc.)
3. How
much do you think you will be worth of if you get more money than what you’ve
got today?
4. New
arrivals or discounted items?
5. Repurchasing
or trying out new launched items?
6. How
would you manage your money to buy things of your dream?
7. Do
you think someone’s haul represents the personality of the buyer? Why? What do
you think of a “haul” post actually?
8. After
answering all the questions above, how’s your feeling now? Do you have any self
commitment? What is it—or what are they?
Think that’s all! Now let
me answer my questions first:
1. Sometimes! I
never really set down the limit for numbers of which I will spend, but I’m
really considering of making one now. Believe me, if you don’t set the limit,
you will go over the limit, like, every time.
2. When I did my self-gifting birthday
haul here, it was all Illamasqua, and I really went broke back
there. It wasn’t cool or awesome, but when the items arrived at least I felt a
liiiiiitle bit better, by getting what I really paid the price of. I promised
myself not to fall further into the Illamasqua addiction, but how on earth
could that happen when all their products are GUH-REAAAT? Plus, whenever I
happen to make one item on my wish list mine, there will always be thousands
more waiting to be owned. I think that’s everybody’s problem, right?
3. Maybe I will splurge more on skincare
items. Trying out like, one set of Paula Choice’s special
acne care set. I don’t happen to love high-end brands, but I’d love to try some
lipsticks or highlighters from them. And, Japanese makeup items please! Cute
and great, but…expensive as well. Sometimes.
4. DISCOUNTED ITEMS. And
this is, to be very honest, the reason why I never actually happened to grab
that PC’s acne care set because they never actually been on sale LOL. I love
discount, reduced price, and who doesn’t? But my obsession against discounted
items are worst than the one against new arrivals. I love grabbing things at
their best price—in my very own liking—and, if the price is really dropped down
to ground, I will never, ever, think twice not to get it. I live by the famous
economical law; “pay less for more”. DON’T
LIVE THIS WAY, I guarantee it feels good but it kills
you to see this “%” symbol.
5. Nah
finally it comes to the hardest question—at least for me. I would answer “repurchasing”,
but in fact what I do is to buy new arrival items. I should really repurchase,
and I note this down so I won’t spend money on things I still don’t know the
performance! (especially my skin is very sensitive, I should stick to the
things proven to work good with it, right?)
6. How
I manage? To be honest, I don’t
manage! I buy things soon as possible, or when I have no money atm, I
would list down which to buy first and which not. And still, referring to the
point no.4, the list is not very permanent—meaning, I will get those in sale
first instead!
7. Nope.
We will never know how’s someone personality and intentions by what they really
show off. Don’t have snap judgment on people; there are many positive issues
from posting a haul post. For me, haul post is a measurement I use to know how
much I’ve spent for my own items. Be sure not to do the same thing again next
month if things went over limit—but well, the regret never works wonder on me LOL.
Plus, readers will know of what’s hot this season and some people find haul
post as a “self-excuse” for them not to feel guilty by spending so much money
for their own—there are people worse than me, eh.
8. YES I FEEL SO GUILTY. I’m
still a high-schooler, and to be honest my very own expense especially in
beauty items is always more than I could need. I would like to re-arrange and
to manage my money better in future, which I hope I could do very soon. Even
all the money I spend on my haul were all made by my own self, I really do feel
guilty. Of those I could save, I spent them instead for things I should’ve
saved for next times. It’s not very easy when it comes to commit, but I really
wanna be better in managing money. Women are meant to handle not only their own
selves expense, but later on most of us should really do the financial planning
for our family. Remember that things are not always going smooth and as what we
expect them to be, sometimes it takes the deepest fall before the highest
arise. Be wise to use your money!
I realize I’m no any wise,
but I want to be wiser in terms of using money. Those spent will never come
back the same, and you’ll never know when you would need some exact amount for
emergency situation—unexpected ones, too. I hope this tag post is interesting
for you to do. Don’t worry, don’t feel bad about yourself for never really
splurge for self or have you been splurging too much—we can get through this
thing together! Life’s not getting any easier, so prepare yourself a better
future start from now on. Let’s do it together, you and I!
Here are some tips to
handle “over budgeted” personal expense from me:
1. List down the things of your dream,
and start striking the lines on those you don’t really want.
Stop saying “I will strike the lines on
those I don’t need—LIE! You will
feel that all written down on the list are needs, and they have to be fulfilled
soon. Determine which you really want, and which actually just a “one second
need” is. You know which, I believe!
2. Split
your money into two bank accounts. Never mix them up—you will never have
ending wish list if you do so. By splitting the money into a new
shopping-targeted account, you will realize how much you’ve actually spend on
things an hopefully, you won’t take any from the saving “saving” account to buy
more things!
3. Work Hard, Play Hard.
This line was taken from a great song by David Guetta ft. Ne-Yo & Akon. If
you wanna shop hard and play around with the new stuffs, start working your
bones hard too. If your lifestyle and standards have been set high, it’s harder
to set them down so you better work harder to fulfill them. Let the wish list
be the cheerleader at work!
4. Start browsing online, and subscribe
for website’s newsletters. I know this is not really a good idea
since you will have more chances and excuses to shop more, but you will not
miss the latest promotions the website have—time to fulfill the wish! And let
the newsletters, new products information will not only be a heavy burden for
you to stop shopping, but let them be the cheerleader too for you to work hard!
Phew! Finally the post is
over, so time to share your thoughts down below. Is it yay or nay, do you agree
or disagree with the tips I shared above? I’d love to hear your experiences and
thoughts too, so please share the links to me after you’ve done this tag in the
comment section below. Please attach the first picture of the post too! Have a great day, and XOXO! ♥
