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The 8 Stages of Organizing Your Beauty Products (and Your Life)

Can tidying up help you get your sh*t together and change your life? We investigate

by Allie Flinn | 2 COMMENTS

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Stage 6: Do I Really Need 11 Chubby Sticks? I know I said I love all my products and they bring me joy; however, certain products bring me more joy. Like my collection of 11 Chubby Sticks. They're all (mostly) different colors, and I use at least one on the daily. I think this gives me a pass to keep them all.

When I got to my primers and highlighters, my resolve began to falter. I have a well-documented love of glitter and makeup primer, but I began to question my love for all the products in my overflowing shoe box. What would Kondo tell me to do?, I asked myself. She wouldn't care that I love primers in general, she would care about which specific ones in my box brought me joy. Resigned, I poured them all out on the floor.

I carefully cradled each one in my hands -- they seemed to look up at me with sad, puppy dog eyes. But I was not to be swayed. According to Kondo, I am setting these things free, and that made me feel less guilty. I repeated a line from the book in my head: To get rid of what you no longer need is neither wasteful or shameful. And no one, not even I, needs a shoebox full of unused highlighters.

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