Hi Lovelies,
Welcome back! And welcome if You are new here xo
Hope the start of the year is treating You well?
Since I’s been sick since Christmas day, I have had time to think. As many of You, I am entering this year with Low Buy plans.
No Buy/ low buy
There’s plenty of these kind of videos on Youtube, You can watch them for inspiration or You can go on and create Your own rules. At first I was thinking of strict No Buy for the first three months for the year, but I will be honest with You, I already failed at that by buying a few clothing items in the sales. Hear me out. Pre holidays we made plans including shopping trip some time around New Year, so I was looking forward to that for weeks now. Holidays came, I cleaned, cooked, shopped, hosted & got sick immediately after. Then my kid got sick with flu & chicken pox on top of that. A week into 2025 we are still in the thick of it. As You can imagine, the thought of yet another week of being house bound, sent me to the main street like a bullet and I failed my no buy there and then. I was beating myself up for a few days, but then I thought to myself it’s not that I hurt anybody, right? I only got a few pieces I know full well I am going to wear, so where is the harm? I think I said the same at the beginning of last year, but I was surprised to see sales prices – they were barely a few euros above charity shops prices. Something is not right there.
Anyways, after the slip up I am going back the the plan. What’s the plan You ask? Well, let me tell You.
– Be very mindful with every euro that leaves my wallet.
– Keep beauty/ skin care products number the same. Repurchases of something that has run out is allowed, buying new products of the same kind is not. I don’t need to have four serums open at the same time. One is enough, I am against unnecessary waste of any kind. No back ups of anything, natural products have shorter shelf life.
– Groceries are allowed, but again, mindfully.
– Health care is allowed as needed. Wellness on the other hand, only repurchases. Wellness is important, yes, but the prices can be insane and a lot of that can be DIYed with what we already have.
– That’s it for the rules, wish me good luck! If You want to join in the challenge, let me know. I will add You to IG chat group, there are currently four of us.
Stock take & wishlist
To keep myself in line, I am doing a stock take of my beauty products – it is a good visual reminder to have everything written down in front of You. If You are like me, You might be keeping products in different parts of the house & You might not realize the actual quantity You own. It might be a good idea to gather everything into one place and photograph it. As much as I like having a choice, I know I am irritated by cluttered spaces.
I am yet to do my 2024 Best Products post(s), please bare with me on this. I am still in the sickness/ sleepless nights fog.
For the meantime, You can check out my 2023 Best Products posts, vast majority will be the same, since trying new products wasn’t the goal for me in 2024.
2023 Best Products – Natural Health & Wellness – Green Life In Dublin
2023 Best Products – Natural Body & Hair Care – Green Life In Dublin
2023 Best Products – Natural Skincare – Green Life In Dublin
Wrapping up last year’s projects
Same goes for wrapping a few year long projects I had going on last year – like Empties and Slow Fashion Year Project. Please bare with me. It is bear with me though?
THINGS
Nothing for beauty yet, but as I said, I bought a few clothing items. One white shirt with leopard print pocket, two black and white turtlenecks, one pair of trainers and canvas motorcycle jacket – all for under 100€. Since I know everything will be well used, I am ok with that.