I have been Infatuated with make up for the past seven years, and I mean INFATUATED. I often think of make up several times a day. I watch make up related videos each and every day without fail. I’ve managed to piss about $3,300 on makeup over the years, if I were to make a close estimate. The value of my collection is more like $6,600 due to how I’ve almost always exclusively bought maybe on deep sales and discounts. This isn’t to boast/brag/flex, but to give context to my dilemma, and to show the size of my regret. I am super fucking grateful for my collection and try to savor it the best I can.

Here’s my issue- I’ve been unemployed for the past year, with the exception of a one day a week apprenticeship that concluded in July. There’s been a series of super unfortunate events that caused this. I’ve been pursuing other work opportunities, but I anticipate being unemployed for the next 6 weeks at minimum. This means I’ve been basically at home every single day that I’m not leaving for job fairs and interviews. I don’t want to do my makeup everyday just to sit around the house because I’ll go through my products quickly doing that, and I’m worried I’ll finish them before I have the funds to repurchase. I interviewed for Ulta in August, but unfortunately they didn’t have availability for a new employee like they thought they did, so I was encouraged to apply again in the future. I’ve applied to Ulta 4 times over the years, and they are always fully staffed in my area. This has meant that I only find a legit excuse to wear makeup around 2x a month and my whole collection is slowly but surely going to be waste. I’ve been actively chasing 9-5 jobs so that I could have a chance to wake up at the same time every morning to do my makeup before work.

I’m infuriated that I wasted thousands of dollars for jack shit.

Where do you all wear makeup to?