Paying HOW MUCH to wear WHAT?!
In principle, everyone agrees that slow fashion and mindful shopping is better than fast fashion for instant, but short-term, gratification. The same can be applied to technology, make-up, whatever tickles your fancy, really. My question is: would you pay, daily, to use that item?
I noticed a new trend in make-up videos, where people put to the test how many applications you can get out of a product and break down the price to find out the cost of a single application. And there’s no such thing as ‘using only a bit’ or ‘a quarter of a pump’ or ‘being careful while applying’ because you need enough product to cover your face, a pump is a pump, and some product will be absorbed by your fingers and brushes.
You would be surprised how much you’d end up paying for a transparent goo that goes under your makeup.
You see, that of make-up is a cost that leads no-where, as the final product you are left with would be an empty bottle. On the other hand, buying clothes will leave you with an item, maybe out of fashion, but still functional.
This is where I’ve probably lost all of my male readers. It’s ok, back to the real topic of this article, which is paying to use something.
I’ve noticed that people would, and as a matter of fact do, spend $70 to buy a belt and to never wear it. Let’s be honest, we all have that one item of clothing in our wardrobe we’ve never worn. What if the deal was that you must wear the belt seven times and pay $10 each day you wear it before it's truly yours?
I don’t know about you, but the very idea of paying $10 to wear something on a regular day, makes me re-consider my life choices. That’s what I was thinking as I was paying $60 for a shirt.
Before you argue that you can wear shirts with anything and they’re perfect all year round and you can dress them up or down, all perfectly valid points, let me tell you: I am one of those people who keep things for special occasions, and end up wearing less than half of their wardrobe on a regular basis.
It’s like I have a secret second personality that lives in my wardrobe and no one has ever met.
After my purchase, I sat down and crunched some numbers: I intend to wear this shirt at least thirty times, because I am not metaphorically spending more than $2 for it. Doesn’t explain why I had to pick a $60 one, does it? I have no answer for that either.
Then, I put the calculator away and came up with an action plan: I must wear the shirt (duh), new doesn’t mean special, I will have to experiment with my clothes.
I will come back to you after thirty times of me wearing said shirt. It may take a couple of months or a year, depending on how well I action my plan.
PS: when you see me wearing the shirt, please, give e positive reinforcement or constructive criticism. Much appreciated.
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I noticed a new trend in make-up videos, where people put to the test how many applications you can get out of a product and break down the price to find out the cost of a single application. And there’s no such thing as ‘using only a bit’ or ‘a quarter of a pump’ or ‘being careful while applying’ because you need enough product to cover your face, a pump is a pump, and some product will be absorbed by your fingers and brushes.
You would be surprised how much you’d end up paying for a transparent goo that goes under your makeup.
You see, that of make-up is a cost that leads no-where, as the final product you are left with would be an empty bottle. On the other hand, buying clothes will leave you with an item, maybe out of fashion, but still functional.
This is where I’ve probably lost all of my male readers. It’s ok, back to the real topic of this article, which is paying to use something.
I’ve noticed that people would, and as a matter of fact do, spend $70 to buy a belt and to never wear it. Let’s be honest, we all have that one item of clothing in our wardrobe we’ve never worn. What if the deal was that you must wear the belt seven times and pay $10 each day you wear it before it's truly yours?
I don’t know about you, but the very idea of paying $10 to wear something on a regular day, makes me re-consider my life choices. That’s what I was thinking as I was paying $60 for a shirt.
Before you argue that you can wear shirts with anything and they’re perfect all year round and you can dress them up or down, all perfectly valid points, let me tell you: I am one of those people who keep things for special occasions, and end up wearing less than half of their wardrobe on a regular basis.
It’s like I have a secret second personality that lives in my wardrobe and no one has ever met.
After my purchase, I sat down and crunched some numbers: I intend to wear this shirt at least thirty times, because I am not metaphorically spending more than $2 for it. Doesn’t explain why I had to pick a $60 one, does it? I have no answer for that either.
Then, I put the calculator away and came up with an action plan: I must wear the shirt (duh), new doesn’t mean special, I will have to experiment with my clothes.
I will come back to you after thirty times of me wearing said shirt. It may take a couple of months or a year, depending on how well I action my plan.
PS: when you see me wearing the shirt, please, give e positive reinforcement or constructive criticism. Much appreciated.
Image: via
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