Help, I'm a beauty hoarder!
There are people who collect cats in their apartment. At first they only have three to four, these eventually start to multiply uncontrollably and suddenly there are then 30 to 40 animals that frolic in the apartment. The owners usually have a deeper psychological problem or just given up. These are so-called "animal hoarders", ie people who hoard animals. Although I have no cats in my apartment, but the last move I had to make a bad statement: I have about 35 different nail polishes. I am a beauty hoarder. The nail polishes, of which I no longer use all, live in my closet together with a large family of face creams and eye masks. I have no time to apply masks, but more than ten have found their way to me. Around it towers of eyeshadow cans in the craziest colors of Rostorange (I'm not) to Neon Yellow (maybe something for a party in the dark ...). I also really have to ask myself the question: Why do I collect body lotions in larger quantities? Am I afraid of a body lotion shortage?
Unfortunately, these are not the only indications of this terrible phenomenon. Here is a small test to prove beauty hoarderitis:
1. Not only do I have at least 15 different nail polish colors, but also at least as many lipsticks. If five of them are the same color and are only from other brands, then you're well on the way to doing it right now.
2. In the shower, the shampoo bottles pile up. But not because you're too lazy to throw away the empty things. No, all bottles are still at least half full. You just can not make it past a new shampoo creation. Whether in the supermarket or in the drugstore. The same is also true for shower gels.
3. The worst indication of the beauty hoarder problem: unopened cosmetics in the form of sunscreen, perfumes (yes, even expensive) and creams. My record is currently holding a make-up tincture of a well-known brand. I have owned them for about eleven years now and can not separate. After all, not bad, the stuff.
There is only one way to fight this serious condition: social pressure. The next weekend I will invite friends to the beauty swapping. Such a kind of not quite anonymous meeting of nail polish addicts. Then we can happily exchange our unused products and my cupboard will hopefully be emptier. But I'm afraid that's why I have to tie my hands behind my back.
Otherwise, the body lotion collection will continue to grow. If that is the case, I am now announcing my collection to a museum after my demise. It will eventually become the largest compilation of its kind in the world. Everyone can collect art. Body lotion is a completely different caliber.
