The Fruits of My Operation Use-It-All Labors

After months of using every product in my collection just once (barring a few special occasions) and doing some real soul-searching about what kind of makeup I really do love and wear, I've managed to greatly reduce my stash. The pictorial evidence is nice, but sometimes, numbers speak louder than words. Here's a little look in to my stash and how much it's been reduced over the past 3 months via my blogsale, swaps, and RAOKs:

• 39 lipsticks and stains -- was over 100
• 20 lipglosses -- was over 50
• 9 highlighters -- was 17
• 29 powder blushes (plus one backup) -- was over 50
• 14 cream blushes -- was 31
• 5 foundations and concealers -- was 9
• 2 mascaras (not including samples) -- was 4
• 14 pigments -- was over 100
• 9 eyeshadow palettes
• 24 single eyeshadows
• 9 cream eyeshadows

Overall, my collection used to take up space in/on:

• the entire top of my dresser,
• 5 Sterilite container drawers,
•  2 jumbo
• 3 small/flat
• the tops of 2 Sterilite containers, and
• a cup on my desk.

 The amount of space my reduced collection takes up:

• 3/4 of the top of my desser,
• 2 Sterelite container drawers,
• 1 jumbo
• 1 small/flat
• and a cup on my desk.