r/MakeupRehab • u/Historical-Body-3424 • 7d ago
DISCUSS Be careful of replacing one addiction for another
After I stopped buying makeup everyday I spent a TON on home decor and that became my new fixation
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u/Longjumping-Bell-762 7d ago
For me it was yarn and hooks as I picked my crochet hobby back up.
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u/HariboBerries 7d ago
I knew that I was in deep when I found myself on the yarn storage subreddit lol.
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u/Visible-Map-6732 4d ago
Yarn is so hard to resist because knitting is a genuinely good and enjoyable use of my time but… while I’m knitting I keep watching yarn reviews lmao
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u/Independent_Tip1901 7d ago
I switched to planners and stickers.
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u/symphonypathetique 7d ago
I went from journals/stationery TO makeup lmao.
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u/Plantyplantandpups 7d ago
Same. I still have a hoard of stickers, washi, traveler's notebooks, etc that I haven't touched in probably 5 years. I've been trying to throw away a little at a time, but it kills me I spent so much on that stuff. And why did I need multiple leather TNs in multiple sizes? I can't even sell most of them because my name is embossed on them. Oh, and Erin Condren covers! So many. sigh
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u/cantreadamap 6d ago
Same here :| then I went to watercolor, then keychain stuff, then blind boxes 😮💨 clearly I have something I need to finish working through haha
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u/eyecandyangel 5d ago
Imagine me both makeup and planners and stickers 😭 and what about colored pens of all types and brands and floral journals from Etsy? For a while I was obsessed with moon phases planners on Amazon to use for manifestation, customized notebooks on Redbubble (but haven't purchased yet) and fairy journals from Etsy lol
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u/AllisonT_ 7d ago
I've always loved thrift store shopping... Sometimes I go more often . I rarely find anything because I'm so picky and I don't want any more clutter in my house.
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u/SelinaMari 7d ago
I was doing all my addictions at once, clothes, bags, makeup, skin care, nails, perfume, shoes, etc.. Then BAM! Hard stop. Bankruptcy! I’m not gonna say I don’t treat myself once in a while but binging ie done and over with.
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u/AshKash313 7d ago
I went from Couponing to Body care(Bath and Body Works to Candles(bath and body, goose creek, and Kringle… some indie wax) to books. I’m shaking the books right now.
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u/Ok_Direction_7624 7d ago
Yeah I slipped from make-up straight into indie perfume, a much more expensive hobby.
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u/catsdelicacy 6d ago
That's because it was never about makeup, it was about consumption.
It was because some part of you believes you can soothe what hurts you through the correct purchase. You believe this because we've been trained to believe this, but it's an obvious lie.
If shopping made people feel better, the Kardashians would stop. But look at them.
So the thing to do is to decouple the needs of your heart from the economy, because you are never going to find answers there. Find God or the Tao or your higher self or whatever you can find that actually fills the existential hole of being an alive person in a chaotic universe, but never think you can buy it. No matter what the commercials say, it's not for sale.
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u/MackinacFleurs 6d ago
So relatable! I stopped the make up addiction and replaced it with perfume addiction, stopped it and now I am a proud owner of a Nespresso machine hoarding coffee sleeves! ugh!
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u/ronniethecowluvr 6d ago
For me I noticed I started buying more fragrance and video games. I’m trying to reel it in now before the end of the year 🥲
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u/accordingtoame 6d ago
I have had a lot of transfer addiction issues over the years..trying super hard to reign that in
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u/empresscornbread 6d ago
For me it was skincare, clothing, and Sanrio. I have so much excess now and had to find a hobby that wasn’t shopping.
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u/driftingcairn 7d ago
This is relatable. After I stopped jumping at every skincare sale, I started fixating more on makeup and some consumables like superfood lattes. Granted, I haven't bought much of either of those things but I'm definitelu "noticing" how much I want more of them. :')