Top 10 Beauty Products Wasting Away In Your Bathroom Cabinet

Whether we fell prey to an online gimmick or a flashy ad, or in my case, overheard one of your "perfect" friends rattling off her makeup routine, we all have those expensive jars of some sort of facial paste sitting in the back of our bathroom cabinet. These are the top 10 typical items that unnecessarily drain our personal care spending:

1. Nail Polish in yesterday's "Latest Color"

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Yes, these were trendy for five-hot-seconds. Why did I buy so many?!?!

2. Face Masks

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Let's be real, I have 4 different types of face masks in my cabinet right now. It doesn't matter if it is derived from clay that has been mined from the fountain of youth in Paraguay, let's be real, it's going to continue to collect dust for a few more years before I toss it.

3. BB Cream

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Let's be real, this stuff is awesome! How come it took 10 tries to find the color that makes me look like anything other than an Oompa loompa?

4. Red Lipstick

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The right shade of red lipstick falls along the same lines as the notorious "Big foot" for me. I've tried a new shade so many times and the only evidence I have is the memories that I'm hoping to erase and the pile of casket-like tubes wasting away in my bathroom drawer, let's also ignore the cost of this whole charade. I guess someone else will have to go for the sultry "Scarlett Johansson" lip look.

5. Eye Shadow Palettes

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Why do my favorite colors come with a selection of 3 other heinous colors I will never use? It's a mystery that I will never solve...

6. The not quite right Hairspray

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Too crunchy, too limp, too this, too that... I wish there was a one spray does all, super fix-it solution, but there isn't.

7. Waterproof Mascara

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I've had some amazing waterproof mascara's. They are so hard on my eyelashes though that I have to save them for special occasions, unfortunately, those occasions are too far and few between for a fresh product. I currently have a pile of used once and dried out waterproof mascara tubes that I'm lamenting over!

8. Hot irons

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I got sucked into the incredible "long hollywood locks" trend like everyone else but it took me several tries to discover the one that worked well with my hair texture and length. Perhaps I should start selling some of these like-new, pricey fails...

9. Lotions and Moisturizers

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I'm always in a hunt for the elusive "perfect-textured" moisturizer that is thin enough to apply in a hurry without feeling like pointless watery gloop. This never-ending search has produced many lonely bottles of various lotions and potions.

10. Body sprays

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When all else fails, buy a perfume spray for a gift exchange! Smelly things are the universal language for women, right? Wrong! I'm sorry, next time you can keep your nauseating Caribbean Cool delights for your own regime.