Since I became a minimalist my beauty routine has completely transformed. There are so many things I
no longer own. So I thought I'd share some of them with you today. I've saved so much money and so
much time. The environment is so much happier and so is my skin. Here are 10 things I no longer buy,
minimalist beauty edition. Number one is perfume. I no longer wear perfume. And I no longer
buy perfume. Perfume is actually one of those things that is surprisingly bad for our health.
If you start looking into it, I think you'll get really shocked. It's not only bad for your health,
it can be bad for your reproductive organs. It's bad for our water, it's bad for our environment.
And honestly, now I think perfume is kind of gross. I don't know about you, but I used to
have so many bottles of perfume, but I never ever finished them. When I became a minimalist I gave
old perfume to my friends who are still using perfume, because I thought it's always better
that they use up what they have rather than buying new perfume. I no longer use perfume and
it's so much better without it. The second thing I no longer buy or spend money on is a razor,
razor blades or getting waxed. This means I no longer buy any hair removal product or services.
And it's so much cheaper, it's so much easier. And I never have to worry about ingrown hairs or
my skin looking uneven or spending lots of money on going to the spa. One thing I no longer buy is
makeup palettes. I used to be super into makeup. I love different types of makeup and I used to buy
all the latest beauty trends and makeup palettes. But the truth is, just like with the perfume, I
never actually finished any of these palettes. And one day I just realized that I just had five of
these palettes taking up so much space. You know, they're so big they can't even fit in a makeup
bag. And I was like, why do I have all of these? Yes, there are some beautiful colors in there,
but I rarely use them. I definitely don't use all of them. They were super expensive and most of all
they take up so much space. I remember a few years back when I was moving from Italy to China. And
i had all these makeup palettes, and they were so big and obviously shiny and beautiful and sparkle.
But they were so big. And I thought if I'm gonna put all of these makeup palettes in my bag,
I'm gonna have to let something else go. So I actually gave away all my makeup palettes
to friends and family. They're obviously super happy for it because they're quite expensive.
And I was so much happier because my beauty routine was so much more minimal. My makeup
bag and my bathroom cupboard looks so much less cluttered without these like bulky makeup palettes
that no one really uses. Number four, I actually got rid of my entire skincare routine. This means
all the skin care products, all the toners, all the cleansers, everything. Now I only have four
products that I use in my skincare routine. I use organic olive oil that I buy from the
grocery store. I buy vitamin E oil. I use tea tree oil and finally I use zinc based sunscreen. This
cost me about five dollars a month so it's a huge saving. And also it takes up pretty much no space.
It's also so much better for my health and for my skin. I've noticed a huge improvement in my skin
since switching to natural and simple products and having a minimalist beauty routine. Again,
I love this so much because it takes up so much less space. I don't have to worry about buying
new things all the time. Or keeping up with the trends. And the best part about it is there's
practically no plastic. The only thing I buy in plastic is my sunscreen. I haven't been able to
find a good sunscreen that's not in plastic so if you have any recommendations please leave them
down below. The rest of my products, they come in glass bottles. I can recycle them or I can even
bring them to my refill store. I guess this is the definition of what people would call extreme
minimalist, but I absolutely love it. Also it's so much simpler, it saves me so much time. Number
five is tampons or pads. I use a period cap. I've been using it for five years, it's absolutely
transformed my life. It's transformed the relationship I have to my body and to my period.
I literally look forward to my period these days. I've converted all my friends to use period cups.
It's so much better for your health and for the environment. You should really give it a try.
It's so much cheaper and they last for a very long time. When going minimalist another thing that I
noticed took up a lot of space in my cupboards were the body care products. So as part of my
minimalist beauty routine one of the things I no longer own is beauty care products for your body.
So this means any body care products, any body oils, any body I don't know what they do these
days. Any body shimmers, any body creams. I don't use any of them. The only thing I use on my body
is organic coconut oil. These body care products are so expensive, they take up so much space,
they look horrible and they clutter your bathroom cabinet. Most of them are not good for you and
they're not good for the environment. Pretty much all of them come in plastic and they're also quite
expensive. So this is one of the most obvious and one of the earliest things I got rid of on
my minimalist journey. Another thing I no longer spend money on is haircuts. I cut my hair myself
or my partner cuts it for me. After I instruct him. It's very easy. One day when I went to the
hairdresser I noticed that I was paying a hundred dollars to remove three centimeters of my hair.
And I thought this is absolutely ridiculous. I mean a hundred dollars. That's a few hours of work
that I'm spending. That I'm paying someone to just cut some pieces of my hair. So now I do it myself.
I absolutely love my hair. I have no problems with it. And it's so much healthier. So after
I stopped spending money on haircuts I of course also realized that I don't need to spend money on
hair care products. Again, they're just a complete scam. There is nothing that is
better for your hair than oil, a natural shampoo and conditioner, and good care. What you might
want to have for your hair is a sleeping cap, or a scarf, or a hat to protect your hair from the sun.
Oil to put in the ends or in your scalp if it gets dry. And a good natural shampoo and conditioner.
But you don't need sprays, you don't need gels, you don't need creams. And the thing about these
products is that they're extremely bad for the environment. And most of the time they come in
plastic. But iI don't know why we don't talk about this more. That these products are so bad for the
environment and they're not good for your health either. So I don't see any point in using them.
And I think having a minimalist beauty routine is one of the best things for just keeping your life
clutter free and a lot cleaner. This one is an important one nail polish. I no longer use or buy
or even look at nail polish. I used to be super into doing my own nails since I was a complete
beauty junkie. I used to do my own nails and do like intricate patterns and every time there was
a new nail polish or like a nail polish invention or a trend I would buy it. I spent a ridiculous
amount on getting the most expensive nail polishes and I spent a lot of time doing my nails myself.
Yes, I thought it was fun but what I didn't realize was that nail polish is super toxic.
Like it's literally varnish. It's something you paint on your nails, that sets, that stays there
for a week. For a material to be able to do that it has to have a lot of toxic chemicals in it.
So changing from a maximalist beauty routine to like an extreme minimalist beauty routine
was one of the best decisions I ever made. The transformation is absolutely radical. My bathroom
cabinet is practically empty. This has saved me so much time and so much mental effort. And so much,
like worrying and using of these products and maintaining them and keeping them clean etc,
etc. I can honestly not imagine how much money I've spent and contributed to the beauty industry
because I used to be so into it. But now on the other side on, like the minimalist side I feel so
much better with my choices. I think what's often forgotten about in the beauty industry or in the
makeup industry, or when talking about beauty care products or wellness is that most of these
products are highly toxic. Most of these products come in like plastic. Anything that sparkles is
plastic. Anything that like shimmers is plastic. So all these products are in plastic. So if you
don't get a plastic bag at the grocery store why would you get a plastic container of lip gloss?
No longer buying these things is making me so much calmer and so much happier. I absolutely love my
minimalist beauty routine and it's more sanitary, it's more healthy and it really just is better for
you. There was definitely a transition period of me like having to grieve not having so many
beauty products anymore. But now when I'm on the other side, I am so much happier. This is my bag
of stuff. I love this bag. This is my partner's bag that he got from Japan when he was like eight
years old. And I just found it in one of his cupboards at his parents house and i took it and
when I realized I could fit everything in this I felt like that was such an accomplishment for me.
Because I used to have five or six makeup bags. To fit like these palettes and hair care products and
nail polishes and whatever it was. Obviously in the lightest of sense,
it feels so much more freer, it feels so much more clean, and healthy and wholesome. And I
absolutely love the products I use these days. That was things I no longer buy minimalist beauty
edition. Thank you so much for watching. I hope you love this video as much as I do. I love beauty
and health and wellness so of course this is one of my favorite topics to talk about. Thank you
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