Not buying stuff

I started this blog with the hopes that it would help me declutter and stop buying so much stuff I don’t need. With quarantine and stay at home orders in full effect, there have been so many sales online.  Right now it’s Memorial Day weekend, and I guess that means we commemorate those we have lost by having barbecues and going shopping. It’s a very bizarre tradition. But we live in a consumer culture, so I guess it all makes sense (?)
Today I saw a sale at Ulta, which is always tough to resist. In particular, there were a couple of eyeshadow palettes from Juvia’s Place. This is a brand that I have listed in my palette-palooza a couple of times, and they are *amazing*. They released a few mini palettes in monochromatic color schemes, and a couple really caught my eye. There’s a palette of beautiful berry shades and one of cool toned purples. I very nearly bought them both, but thank goodness for shipping fees. I just hate paying for shipping! I left them in my cart and decided to sift through my current eyeshadows because, with such a ridiculous amount, there must be something that will match.
This is the palette I almost bought:

From Juviasplace.com

Instagram has taught me that berry shades bring out green eyes. Who am I to argue?

Instead, I looked through my palettes and, unsurprisingly, found about a dozen similar shades. At first, I thought I use the Huda Mauves mini-palette, but that’s too obvious. I chose the BH Cosmetics Royal Affair palette. I had used this twice and decided I didn’t like it, but then I read some reviews that conceded that a couple shades were patchy, but most were great. I used the berry and coral shades here:

I thought about using the tan shades in lower left corner, but I thought they looked too yellow next to the pink shades. I also used the top left shade- Reign- to blend the colors up to my brow bone.

The final result:
 

The darker lighting is in my kitchen, the lighter is next to my window. I think it turned out well! If not "well", at least "as expected". I’m glad to use this palette again, but I’m a bit on the fence on whether to keep it. I don’t think there are any really unique shades. I had said originally that was going to declutter it, so maybe it’s like a standardized test and I should stick with my first instinct.