this is my biggest struggle. i’ve spent hundreds buying things i see on social media just because they’ve gone viral and everyone else has them. most of the time i don’t even like them or they’re overrated. i’ll give some examples

• i bought all three drunk elephant drops and the only one i used more than once was the rosi drops. the rest are sitting in my drawer

• i bought the dior lip oil and rebought it just because it’s dior, even though my elf one works just as well for a fraction of the price

• i bought the drunk elephant moisturiser knowing full well it’d run out quickly and got disappointed when it ran out in less than two months

• i bought skims clothes and adidas sambas when i prefer looser clothing and don’t like adidas

• i bought all of the sol de janerio creams knowing they’re terrible value for money. the only one i actually would rebuy out of genuine love for the product is 68 because it smells beautiful. the rest just because i wanted to collect them like people on tiktok do

it’s a very first world problem but its a problem. i’m not rich by any means which makes this even worse. i hate spending my money on everything i see on tiktok instead of things i actually want or things that are better but a lesser known brand

i think my need to have it all stems from my childhood. i grew up very poor and was constantly bullied for having off brand clothes and shoes and not being able to go on trips or participate in anything that cost money. now that i have my own money i want to make sure i’m not lacking anything i want. but the thing is, as adults who aren’t online 24/7 nobody cares about what’s viral and what’s not. most people think i’m ridiculous for spending so much on everything that’s trending which really hits the nail on the wall for how ridiculous i am