I generally do not buy anything from influencers or products being promoted by influencers, it is always crap

Mystery boxes can be a real disappointing. I stopped buy them now.

I once was at the very fancy makeup shop, I was trying Dior lip gloss and the employee honestly said that it’s nothing special 😂

catrice and essence are so good though, they feel high end.

I would add buying many shades of 1 product you love. In my case, I usually bought 4 colors of lipstick: pink, red, orange and wine. But I noticed that overtime I only used the red and the pink and the others where just sitting there. Also, that made me spent more on matching blushes so I felt overwhelmed. Nowadays I just stick to 1 red blush, 1 red lipstick, 1 pink blush and 1 pink lipstick. If you want to squeeze it even more, you can just have 1 or 2 lip products that work for both lips and cheeks.

і was watching your Ukrainian-language channel and this – as if they were the channels of two different people – and I kept wondering why these two girls are so similar. Your method of creating a ‘wish board’ for make-up really helped me to organise my spending a bit. I’d also like to add that I’ve stopped accepting certain things as gifts, including make-up, because most of what people give me isn’t my style at all, and only by buying things myself have I been able to work out which products suit me. This has also significantly reduced my spending.

12:20 i never heard about kayali before, but i’ll make sure to never spend my money on their perfumes

For perfume try Sisley paris, they're a little expensive but their a family owed brand, and their models are family members to their founders Hubert and Isabella.

You're so right, specially about the musicians aspect.

I don't like mystery boxes because often I don't use the products in there. I prefer to pay for one product that I know I'm going to use and love.

I also don't get the home decoration stuff...Only kind of decoration I have is a Christmas tree. That's it. You don't have to decorate your house for every month.

Girl I really love your mindset!! ❤

Elie Saab (I think he’s a Croatian fashion designer) has some great perfumes! They’re not super cheap but definitely affordable and last so well! I can usually get a 90ml bottle of my favourite for around £50 which is the best value for money of any perfume I’ve tried (it lasts all day and beyond, I can usually smell it on my jackets and scarves a week later and they smell very expensive) 😊💕

my boyfriend literally ordered me perfume for 5 euros bc notino had a sale, the perfume is pani walewska and omg they smell exactly like my mom's generation, its familiar, its grown, not too sweet, it smells clean and mature, he ordered like 5 of them, the black one smells a bit more musky so that is a bit more on the side that i wouldnt wear as frequently but the rest is a good everyday scent

For brand perfumes, one I do love to the core is Kilian Paris. It's a kinda niche perfume brand which explains their price who are on the high end BUT, the scents of them, the mixes and the story is just so good. I have my signature scent from them and I'll never go back.

You can try , Yves rocher perfume. It's a French brand affordable and Good perfume.

14:45 I'd recommend Demeter. Not sure how international they are, but they are online and in smaller giftware shops near me. 30ml for $40 and in singular and niche scents that you can mix and match and go with any mood / outfit.

I love your videos smmm❤❤❤

I love Lattafa perfumes

i love my nars, huda & rare beauty liquid blushes. but i generally agree with you on not being able to get full use out of liquid and cream products due to them expiring before you can finish them or have them dry out.

i have the issue of products starting to dry out.
unfortunately, i didn’t have the best experience with that essence baby got blush liquid blush; it dried out very quickly (under/around a year) and became impossible to blend. when my nars & rare liquid blushes, which i’ve each had for over two years, haven’t changed that much in formula over the time i’ve had them.

and, conversely, there are also some wonderful drugstore powder products.

but, being mindful of what you prioritise most in your routine and what you tend to go through the most, will help you to see where it is worthwhile putting more money.