Hi everyone! 26/f/UK~

I didn't think I had a problem, till early this year I had some old co-workers crash at my place and gasp at how many products I had. I used to work in L'Occitane and they have a very generous 40% off, and being a newbie to skincare I kind of dove in head first. I learnt a lot, but I dread looking at my bank balance now. I spent so much money on skincare. I told myself I was doing it for my blog, but I rarely updated. Then I told myself I was doing it for research for a subreddit I started. But those were just excuses to buy.

Last Christmas quit my job to focus on school, and now I'm out of school with limited income I realised just how excessive my spending was. Sure, the item might only be £3, but £3 every time I went out to the shops? Hoarding? I would buy two because it was such a 'good deal'. I'd go into the pharmacy for something mundane and I'd leave with £10 worth of product and not the thing I went in for.

I never used to be a makeup person, but now I see that it's leaking into that too. I bought eight lip products in the space of two weeks. This is not the person I want to be. So now I'm on a no-buy till the product is empty. No 'trying new things' no splurging. No new wonder product. Nothing.

It's really scary, which makes me sad that I feel this way. But, I'm glad that this subreddit is here!