It seems to me that although PR doesn’t cost money, it does take many things from you: your time, your space, your energy... I wonder if having a PR budget would help to define the amount and quality of things that enter your life. For example, only accepting three PR offers a month, or whatever you deem appropriate. That way you can take some time to consider what is going to bring you the most joy and what you would most willingly give yourself to. I’m loving the look!
Pr is so tricky to handle. I dont want to hoard free stuff. I want them to help me in the thing Im doing on my platform. And its hard to see sometimes what is "help" and what is "clutter".
One option for next year's project is deducting 50% (or 25%, or whatever you want) of the cost of PR that makes it through the reckoning from your budget, and put it in a long-term savings account. That way you get some of the perks of PR (a steep discount!) but you still have to very intentionally want to keep it in your life. Like this ear climber - if it's $80, you would deduct $40 from your budget and have $160 to spend instead of $200 next month. If you're not willing to "spend" (because you get to keep the money!) 50% of the cost of the item, then it may be that it's not actually worth the space in your life/channel/time. It would be cool to see how much you have saved at the end of the year! Also if you made a rule that it can't be spent on consumer goods but instead on something experiential - a really special dinner, having your house deep-cleaned, upgrading a plane ticket to business class, or donating to a good cause.
I think it’s great when you receive pr from small businesses that I would probably never have heard of otherwise. Something I would like to see in your check-ins is just the total monetary value of the pr that you receive and choose to keep. Kind of like Lauren Mae does in her videos because I’ve found that to be really helpful as a viewer.
Perhaps you need to come up with a set of hard and fast rules for pr and gifts in your upcoming project, the way you've done for your no buy in the past. For example maybe you only accept PR from and promote small businesses for a couple months and just see how it feels and if you even miss the urban decay's of the world. I'd be very curious to see small brands promoted, as well as how it would affect your thinking to have rules around PR
Because of you I realised I was addicted to shopping, and I went on a no-buy year in 2019! Since then I've quit my unfulfilling job, started a business and a TH-cam channel - and i'm 500 times happier than before! I just wanted to say a massive thank you for sharing your journey and keep on sharing the updates - I'd love to know how you feel at the end of this year!
I think a year of sustainability would be interesting....keeping sustaining your budget, advocating sustainable brands, sustaining a balanced life....whatever you decide we will be listening. I like the french girl ease look today.
I’m all for PR from small indie companies. There are so many hidden gems with indie brands but they don’t get the exposure they deserve because we have the BIG brands and companies sending people to trips and giving them elaborate PR. Hannah I think you can be a voice for these small indie companies on your platform. It was because of you I found that amazing sunscreen I otherwise would not have found.
I would enjoy a video on your thoughts of LA, including how the culture there affects your shopping habits. I imagine you as a New York or Seattle type of person, so I'm interested in your thoughts on living in LA.
Haven’t finished watching yet but I started a November no buy and on the 1st November I dropped an eyeshadow palette and smashed 3 shadows including one I use for my eyebrows! My first thought was buying a new one, but because of the no buy I had to be resourceful. I actually found that a much darker eyeshadow that I rarely use can work, as long as I use a light hand and mix with my other eyebrow shade! So that was a cool find 😊
People cannot handle that you are just a person on YT. I’m glad that your channel adapts with your life and goals. Some viewers want you to stay in a No Buy bubble, but it’s not realistic to live that way forever with or without YT.
Love this channel so much! I am a recovering over spender in my first ever no buy year. My list for Christmas has several hand made etsy things and I am so excited! Beautiful things and money going to small businesses gives such a rush and I feel so much better than purchasing from giant retailers. Granted I cannot purchase anything this year but my wishlist will definitely include small buinesses. Keep up the good work!
I've been following your channel for a while now and I was very interested to hear you begin to focus on the effect on PR in your life. Many of your videos focus on the ethos of a thing or the value of something besides its monetary cost/benefit. I've noticed some of this energy and the reflective act of thinking about your purchases and their effects ("where my budget went" series) has waned recently with a huge influx of reviewing products. You used to talk about trying to 'cultivate' a beautiful world with few things and talk about being content and expressing gratitude for what you have whereas now it seems like its a spinning wheel of collecting and letting go of things to try and find the 'perfect' one. PR allows you to save money so you can have products you otherwise wouldn't buy/couldn't afford which allows you to collect beautiful things but also makes your videos slightly less relatable for someone admiring the curated and beautiful life you have at your 200/month budget. Emilia Vizachero also commented on your video about how PR has a cost of time, energy, and space even if it isn't affecting your budget and this idea really resonated with me. How you live your life, budget, handle youtube, and deal with PR is 100% your decision and I appreciate the care you take to explain the reasoning with your subscribers and be totally transparent. All this besides I sorta selfishly miss the videos covering the reflection period of evaluating things and trying to fill your life with meaning besides just beautiful things. I hope this doesn't come off as hate or criticism, I'm trying to just share a change I've seen in your content. Thank you for being so willing to share your opinions and thoughts with things and open up about your journey. Hope you are feeling better and that soon more fall weather will be coming your way.
Katherine English You just helped me understand why I was so confused with the „Will I keep it?“-title of some of her videos. I disliked them but didnˋt know why- now I do, so thank you! She helped me so much with her no buy, and now I miss the strength she gave me, which is, like you said, quite selfish of me. :-) I feel like a have to look for support somewhere else now. But she is still a woman to be admired, and I think highly of her.
Hope you're feeling better by the time this video has posted, and that you had a fun weekend on your trip! _Love_ this style of a look (the minimal eye, super bold lip). I'm really looking forward to your video on stuff/PR/channel changes - it'll be gloriously messy and highly valuable in its mess 💛💛
The grey area is my favourite. It's real and unscripted. I enjoy your journey as much as following a friend go through life. I find it so interesting and so fascinating to see what disitions you make, how they affect you and what disitions you make after. It's real life, always changing and evolving. I hope you will feel better soon ❤️
You promised also to speak about subscriber gifts and why did you decided to reject all of them. Have you addressed it in some video? If not maybe you can do it together with your thoughts about PR. I would love to hear your throughs about this topic 🙏🏻
You make perfect sense to me! I can totally idenify. You take those PR packages and enjoy the hell out of them! Why not? It's part of the fruition. You work hard enough for them! It's a perk from the job! Enjoy! And if you're OK with that don't let others bring you down!!!
Thank you for being a consistent advocate for microbusinesses and handmade artisans 😊. I know it's easier for you because you understand personally. My husband is getting more into rustic wood art and decorative furniture pieces and selling them at craft fairs, and hopefully online one day. Every purchase makes a difference. I'm also more inclined to buy from small or micro businesses myself now, so I really relate to what you shared. I hope more people follow your lead!
Hope you feel better soon! Thank you for talking about your struggles with shopping and budgeting! Every time you discuss it I learn something and I am able to internalize some of it in my life. I don’t believe I have a shopping issue but you have made me rethink what that might mean to me and how to avoid it! Thank you! Very inspirational.
Same, I became so mindfull about my shopping desition, suddently don't feel the rush to get something. I find myself playing a lot with my makeup :3, creating new palettes with my singles and just having fun with it :)
With your makeup style and hair, you're like an early 80s club queen dream! Idk if that made sense, but I just imagine you would fit in visually with the style of the early 80s when the 70s style was still an influence, but the transition is happening. Also, you're gorgeous!
I do think that if you weren’t on TH-cam you probably won’t have thought about your shopping habits as much and as in depth as you have. So it might be that the battle of receiving PR and free things wouldn’t be there but you might not have developed these amazing skills to the extent that you have. Just a thought!
She started this channel to begin her budgeting journey bc she wanted accountability. The PR started coming with the growth of her channel and she's had to cross that new challenge during her journey and how it effected her budgeting.
I would love to learn more about your writing life. What is an average day for you? How do you fit in writing when you have to sew 6 hours a day? It just amazes me how productive you are. I don’t understand how you do it all!
1- that sweater looks amazing on you! also I am a huge fan of the bold lip/bare eye look myself 2- Totally here for the journey and the feels! 3- I'm always interested in people talking about their writing process, experience publishing, and more, so if you were ever interested in talking about that part of your work on your channel, I would watch the heck out of that
I looked up that texurising spray that you got in pr a few weeks ago when you posted a video... and just about choked at the cost of one tin.... yikes! I would use it up far too quickly and would have to repurchase again and again. Reminds me of your expensive eyebrow gel you had to keep repurchasing before you discovered soap brows. I just washed my hair and its too soft and wont stay up in a french pleat. Need to find a texurising spray that doesnt break the bank....🤔
This made me think a lot about my own issue with clothing. For the longest time plus size fashion was so bad that if I saw a beautiful piece I would buy it no matter whether I actually liked it, my finances, or the cost because it was so few and far between. As better pieces became more available, that instinct to buy now in fear of another fashion "drought" hasn't gone away, and my finances really suffered. I'm slowly learning to curate my wardrobe, but it's a hard process. I'm so used to not having clothing I actually like being available for me. Instead of looking at a piece and trying to determine whether it would look good on me, I've been trying to ask myself questions about how that item makes me feel. Is that something that looks like it's "me," or is it something I'll buy so I don't look dumpy. I haven't a clue if my rant made sense, but this video really echoed a lot of my feelings towards clothing.
It always gets me when all of a sudden, in the middle of a video, Sadie will just casually stand up and stretch perched atop of the leaves of your houseplants, as if she is a light as a hummingbird.
I actually love the just liner look with the lip. It is fresh and healthy looking. I also would love to continue to see reviews and information on the small hand-made items you are sent so much more than anything sent by some behemoth corporation.
Hi Hannah, I just want to thank you for introducing me to the company Erin’s Faces. I struggle with dry, flaky skin on the corners of my mouth and no amount of exfoliating and moisturizing has helped. I just bought and have been trying their tamanu oil and oh my goodness, it works beautifully! No more flaky skin!
I'm sorry to be the stranger with unsolicited advice, but have you considered that you might have a vitamin/mineral deficiency? For me, when my lips split in the corners, it is a surefire sign that I'm not getting enough B vitamins or iron. Angular cheilitis is one of the ways this can manifest.
Martynka L. Who knows? Cannot be too little iron as I actually have too much iron and need to have it removed every six months. I also take vitamin supplements that my doctor recommends. :)
It's quite refreshing to see you without the usual glittery smokey eye! Bare eyes, blush and red lipstick is my favorite look and I think you look amazing in it 😍😍
Dear Hannah, I hope you are feeling better soon! :) I am really excited to hear more about your "influx of free stuff"-thoughts. For me personnally, even getting a sample or two is already too much "stuff" thats coming in, so logically I was quite a bit overwhelmed by your PR-influx ;) Having to test all those things and spend time with them would be a duty rather than a joy to me, but I may just be a bit weird in that sense ;) Anyways, I am looking forward to hearing more of your experience, thoughts and feelings! Best wishes from (cold and rainy) Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing these thoughts. It's interesting...the high from shopping...the high from free stuff. For me, I can see it being completely the same AND completely different. I can understand how both situations need to be dealt with. I appreciate how you inspire me to look at my life.
Serpent and Swan has some seriously cool stuff on their website. I ignore most of the products you mention, but when you say that if this is the type of thing you have been looking for and it’s in your budget you should check it out, her stuff fits the bill.
I always find it funny that on TH-cam a red lip and bare eye is such a big thing. My everyday winter/fall look has been exactly that for years now and it feels so natural to me!
Hannah! i love this video and seeing a bit of "mess", which are lovey as well. I have hooded eyes as well which frustrates me and had no clue you also had them you makeup maven!!!! How beautiful to see your bare lids. So fresh! I am struggling with my no spend and committing to it and pushing through the anxiousness and void of not having any beauty buzzes. What are the things you do to calm that feeling?
I know that people judge you for budgeting but also accepting PR, but if they took a minute to listen to how intentional and introspective (and considerate!) you are about what you choose to receive and feature, I think they would have to stop judging and see what in their lives they're using you as a distorted mirror for. Proud of you. :)
I enjoy the “mess”. I can relate so much to the idea of purchasing to distract oneself from the things I’m avoiding. I’m curious to know how PR impacts this too. Does receiving the gift in the mail have the same effect? Or does it not because you didn’t spend your hard earned dollars? All messy and yet interesting too...
I literally feel like out eye shape is literally exactly the same. I think thats why I find your makeup style so interesting even tho we are complete opposites style wise. Its fun because I know your looks will look exactly the same on my eyes
When I saw your thumbnail I swooned! Your "no makeup" look is so fresh and simply beautiful! Imagine my surprise to learn why! So rest assured you are stunning either way. 💓
I just need to mention how much I love your hair. I’m jealous - I have awful, fine hair that is thinning, so I keep it shaved short. I would love to have hair like yours 💕
Yesterday I went on Adept and Curated my first Palette (Lauren’s terminology). I used the colors from your latest eye tutorial, added six more plus a magnetic palette (on clearance). Finally used your HANNAH15 discount. Now I can sit back and think about all the playtime that lays ahead. It’s that same tingly feeling when I work with pastels. 😁
"like really really thank you thank you"--right back at you, HLP! thank you for being you. so happy to hear insight about your writing and I'm glad it's going well! I hope your girls weekend is (has been?) super fun!
It’s funny in your spending review that you specifically said that you weren’t looking for sweaters because that’s exactly what I AM looking for. I’m so happy for you that your writing work has found itself front and center again. I’m putting out the good juju that you get one of those writing awards. You deserve it. Your work is beautiful and visceral.
Hannah, when you wear eyeshadow, do you feel the "hood" part of your eyes look puffy? My problem is that my eye looks always look more muted than it actually is because most of it are hidden by my hood, but I never dared to put shadows beyond my crease like you usually do because I feel like it makes my eyes look puffy. But I never see that in you and I wonder if it's just something in my head that nobody else notice.
The only time I get that "puffy" look you're talking about is if the shadow is too light plus shimmery like a champagne or cream. If it's a midtone shade & somewhat of a softer or muted color, bringing it up onto the hood past your natural crease should make your eyes look less hooded & puffy even if it's a shimmer. Everyone's eye shape & proportion is different so it may take some trial & error to find out how high & close to the brows looks best on you. I have a lot of space from my crease to my eyebrow aka the hood. If I don't put shadow there, it looks funny. Hope this helps :)
The natural order of the universe is chaos. Bring on the grey and messy. "The grey area, the place between black and white-that's the place where life happens." ~Justin Timberlake
I'm here for it. I was actually expecting this type of video at some point. It's the logical evolution of your relationship with stuff. I'd be feeling quite the same. Without the "mess" their wouldn't be just satisfying solutions.
I LOVE your check in videos. In fact, when I’m working on a project, I will have your check in play list playing in the background. It’s like the Evolution of Hannah. Love it. I am curious how your journey will continue to unfold for you. You are now purchasing one amazing higher end item and replacements per month. I’m curious if you’ll have some months in the future where you will make even more minimal purchases, have a substantial amount of $$$ left over from your budget, and it doesn’t even overflow into your next month’s budget. And instead just goes into a savings. Just curious. Also, not sure about everyone else, but when you say your budget is $200, I subconsciously think to myself that this is also my budget 😂 I write out a list of my monthly purchases and if I’m creeping up to that $200 mark, I start to back off. Anyone else doing this?
I've been using Etsy more, especially for jewelry & my empty magnetic palettes.I found an Etsy Shop that makes custom, unique magnetic palettes in all kinds of patterns & colors in 3 or 4 sizes & 2 styles--single & double sided. I have a very severe nickel allergy/sensitivy & couldn't wear any costume jewelry & even some higher end "real" jewelry for decades & always had to wear a plastic watch to avoid welts, rashes & weeping sores. I macramed my own stuff for a while & made necklaces using shells, bones & glass beads. But I couldn't wear earrings until I found Simply Whispers, a nickel free hypoallergenic jewelry collection for people like me. I bought their piecing tools & pierced my ears myself & their earrings have been great. More & more jewelry makers/designers are using nickel free materials & keeping costs down by gold plating over sterling silver. I'm kind of scared to look at the custom clothing on Etsy. I know I'll find stuff I'll love. But right now I just enjoy ❤ing all the beautiful things I like & making a collage page of them that I can look at & admire 💍👀
I like the "messy" stuff. I'm glad that you get PR too, I think that you should be rewarded for the work you do here (though I think you should get a decent monetary reward--PR is a nice consolation prize I guess). I think you've said before that recovering from addiction doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing thing; if you have to cut it out of your life completely, I'd argue you haven't recovered from the addiction. Learning to moderate the thing that you are addicted of is true recovery in my opinion. (Not that I'm saying that you were addicted -- but I think the same logic applies to strong desires/inclinations/habits that a person wishes to change, even if they haven't got an actual addiction. Actually it's maybe only in forms of true addiction where the all-or-nothing approach is likely to be necessary permanently.)
you look beautiful with or without eyeshadows BUT your beauty is definitely enhanced when you wear the dark shadows, your eyes are so beautiful that wearing the dark smudged look makes your eyes POP and stand out in a very beautiful way. I love your videos. your ideas and suggestions are floating in my mind as I go about my weekend without SPENDING.
I do enjoy seeing the messiness and you describing how you're sorting through it. Love the lipstick on you too :) Editing to add - P.S: The cold sweat comment was interesting to me... I only ever get that feeling about spending if I've been way too reckless. I thankfully do not experience that feeling often but unfortunately I recently have. I feel like that has been a wake up call to get me to seriously consider a structured budget, which is good but I would never want to feel like that on the regular. I'm curious, is it not giving in to your desires that makes you feel that way or knowing how making a purchase like that would impact your finances and life?
Sending you good vibes for all of your writing projects! I know you're not much of a fiction writer so I'm not sure if you've heard of nanowrimo, but I'm trying it for the first time to chug out a draft for a creative project I've been sitting on for almost a decade. I'm not much of a writer so the camaraderie has been really lovely :) hang in there, I'm rooting for your success!
Hey Hannah ! I have a skincare question that is not related to this video but I feel like you could answer and I don't really know how I could contact you. I have freckles and I wonder if you think it would be a bad idea to bring vitamin C into my skincare routine ? More precisely, do you think it might lighten or try to erase my freckles ? I'm usually afraid of product with "brightening/enlightening" properties for that reason... What do you think ? Thank you so much ! and if anyone has any input on this question feel free to help me :)
Big hug for you ! I get having different jobs to juggle when you love them all and having to prioritize. If you only post it once a week I would be here anyway ! ❤️
Hannah, please rest and take extra good care of yourself ;) We understand and can wait for another amazing video. Sincerely, a subscriber who is feeling “sicky” today as well. 😂
I think it’s so silly when viewers get mad at creators for receiving PR and for having an abundance of stuff enter their life. Yes, it’s unhealthy to spend too much money seeking that dopamine rush, and yes it’s maybe not the most healthy way to receive a dopamine rush, but I’ve recently changed my perspective on dopamine rushes in general. For a long while I said to myself “Don’t do something just for the dopamine,” but let’s be real. Life is hard and most everything we do is for the dopamine, because that’s what makes you feel good. Even traditionally healthy habits, such as going to the gym, release dopamine. So if you’ve found a way to get your dopamine that doesn’t jeopardize your finances and your future (aka your entertainment content that you conceptualize, film, perform in, and edit all yourself basically for free) good on you. You’ve cracked the system. TLDR, you’ve found a way to continue receiving joy in a healthy way. Good on ya!
I love this eye look! And joe’s sweater on you 🥰 I hope you’re feeling better and had a great weekend trip. PR must be very complicated for you, but the ways in which it might undercut the budget/volume issues are, to me, voided by the fact that you are passionate about beauty and that you *are* a TH-camr. I don’t know if I’m making sense, but the point is that it wouldn’t make sense for you to have the same rules and guidelines as a “normie.” PS I wonder if you could talk about how adding TH-cam to your income streams feels for you / or just how having multiple income streams works for you. (I’m sort of jealous and thinking of cultivating a creative life for myself wherein I work on multiple areas, which is almost always necessary for us writers!)
The ann arbor salvation army is seriously the best. I live about 20 minutes away from there. Definitely easy to find gems. You just gotta have a lot of patience to really look around, but I think thats with all thrifting.
Just a thought that I had when you were talking about the one person small business...would you ever consider showing the clothing from your shop on your channel? or asking any of your fellow You Tube friends to show them, or even send your own PR pieces to a dance organization? I know the audience for Tango clothing would be different from your usual viewers, but you never know when a piece might catch someone's eye and increase sales for an "incredibly talented hardworking woman" that we know and love! Imagine other influencers talking about your brand.
Shout out to Ann Arbor! Where abouts did you use to live? Do you love Zingermans? Now that you say thats where you were from I totally get Ann Arbor vibes from you.
I think you look very pretty with minimal makeup! ... when i do minimal makeup, it takes no longer than 5-10 mins, i pop some concealer on the blemishes, buff it out, draw my eyebrows back on with my new pencil (pomade got binned,,it not only dried out but took longer to put my brows on), put some lipstick on and minimal flicks of eyeliner rather than lining the whole of the top of my eyelids. I skip eyeshadow completely. I skip highlighter and just put some blush on. On a good day, shimmery eyeshadow and highlighter gets added in.
One thing about buying less is not having to deal with packaging. For example, Amazon uses HUGE boxes to ship my favorite popcorn. It is so wasteful, and I have no room in my recycling bin to dump the boxes unless I cut them up. It's a waste of trees and my energy. So I stopped ordering this product because of the effect is has on the environment. And all the boxes I get from QVC, too. It's so hard to dispose of them. My house is so cluttered from all of it. I'm sick of it.
Hannah, I'm 34. I get it. I have hooded eyes and if I go for bold lips and nothing on the eyes you can tell. :) I love it though, I earned my eye wrinkles with decades of smiles!
Recent subscriber here. I found you through Lauren Mae. I’m in a period of closely examining my personal relationship to stuff and how it doesn’t always serve my financial or psychological well being, so I’m very along for the ride for navel gazing videos on the topic. Everyone’s story is different, and the fact that yours includes PR (which mine does not) does not quash my interest.
It seems to me that although PR doesn’t cost money, it does take many things from you: your time, your space, your energy... I wonder if having a PR budget would help to define the amount and quality of things that enter your life. For example, only accepting three PR offers a month, or whatever you deem appropriate. That way you can take some time to consider what is going to bring you the most joy and what you would most willingly give yourself to.
I’m loving the look!
Pr is so tricky to handle. I dont want to hoard free stuff. I want them to help me in the thing Im doing on my platform. And its hard to see sometimes what is "help" and what is "clutter".
One option for next year's project is deducting 50% (or 25%, or whatever you want) of the cost of PR that makes it through the reckoning from your budget, and put it in a long-term savings account. That way you get some of the perks of PR (a steep discount!) but you still have to very intentionally want to keep it in your life. Like this ear climber - if it's $80, you would deduct $40 from your budget and have $160 to spend instead of $200 next month. If you're not willing to "spend" (because you get to keep the money!) 50% of the cost of the item, then it may be that it's not actually worth the space in your life/channel/time.
It would be cool to see how much you have saved at the end of the year! Also if you made a rule that it can't be spent on consumer goods but instead on something experiential - a really special dinner, having your house deep-cleaned, upgrading a plane ticket to business class, or donating to a good cause.
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This is a really cool idea!
I think it’s great when you receive pr from small businesses that I would probably never have heard of otherwise. Something I would like to see in your check-ins is just the total monetary value of the pr that you receive and choose to keep. Kind of like Lauren Mae does in her videos because I’ve found that to be really helpful as a viewer.
Perhaps you need to come up with a set of hard and fast rules for pr and gifts in your upcoming project, the way you've done for your no buy in the past. For example maybe you only accept PR from and promote small businesses for a couple months and just see how it feels and if you even miss the urban decay's of the world. I'd be very curious to see small brands promoted, as well as how it would affect your thinking to have rules around PR
Because of you I realised I was addicted to shopping, and I went on a no-buy year in 2019! Since then I've quit my unfulfilling job, started a business and a TH-cam channel - and i'm 500 times happier than before!
I just wanted to say a massive thank you for sharing your journey and keep on sharing the updates - I'd love to know how you feel at the end of this year!
I think a year of sustainability would be interesting....keeping sustaining your budget, advocating sustainable brands, sustaining a balanced life....whatever you decide we will be listening. I like the french girl ease look today.
Yesss paris chic look!! 😍😍
I’m all for PR from small indie companies. There are so many hidden gems with indie brands but they don’t get the exposure they deserve because we have the BIG brands and companies sending people to trips and giving them elaborate PR. Hannah I think you can be a voice for these small indie companies on your platform. It was because of you I found that amazing sunscreen I otherwise would not have found.
I would enjoy a video on your thoughts of LA, including how the culture there affects your shopping habits. I imagine you as a New York or Seattle type of person, so I'm interested in your thoughts on living in LA.
I thought she lived in NYC too for the longest time
Haven’t finished watching yet but I started a November no buy and on the 1st November I dropped an eyeshadow palette and smashed 3 shadows including one I use for my eyebrows! My first thought was buying a new one, but because of the no buy I had to be resourceful. I actually found that a much darker eyeshadow that I rarely use can work, as long as I use a light hand and mix with my other eyebrow shade! So that was a cool find 😊
Maybe try to use a shimmery eyeshadow too, I find that they blend easier on my brows and the glitter is not visible after I apply it
Anastasia Tsvetaeva oooh that’s an interesting idea, thanks! X
Erica Taylor good luck!! X
People cannot handle that you are just a person on YT. I’m glad that your channel adapts with your life and goals. Some viewers want you to stay in a No Buy bubble, but it’s not realistic to live that way forever with or without YT.
I see Hannah post, I click, press the like button, and enjoy 😂💕
Love this channel so much! I am a recovering over spender in my first ever no buy year. My list for Christmas has several hand made etsy things and I am so excited! Beautiful things and money going to small businesses gives such a rush and I feel so much better than purchasing from giant retailers. Granted I cannot purchase anything this year but my wishlist will definitely include small buinesses. Keep up the good work!
I've been following your channel for a while now and I was very interested to hear you begin to focus on the effect on PR in your life. Many of your videos focus on the ethos of a thing or the value of something besides its monetary cost/benefit. I've noticed some of this energy and the reflective act of thinking about your purchases and their effects ("where my budget went" series) has waned recently with a huge influx of reviewing products. You used to talk about trying to 'cultivate' a beautiful world with few things and talk about being content and expressing gratitude for what you have whereas now it seems like its a spinning wheel of collecting and letting go of things to try and find the 'perfect' one. PR allows you to save money so you can have products you otherwise wouldn't buy/couldn't afford which allows you to collect beautiful things but also makes your videos slightly less relatable for someone admiring the curated and beautiful life you have at your 200/month budget. Emilia Vizachero also commented on your video about how PR has a cost of time, energy, and space even if it isn't affecting your budget and this idea really resonated with me. How you live your life, budget, handle youtube, and deal with PR is 100% your decision and I appreciate the care you take to explain the reasoning with your subscribers and be totally transparent. All this besides I sorta selfishly miss the videos covering the reflection period of evaluating things and trying to fill your life with meaning besides just beautiful things. I hope this doesn't come off as hate or criticism, I'm trying to just share a change I've seen in your content. Thank you for being so willing to share your opinions and thoughts with things and open up about your journey. Hope you are feeling better and that soon more fall weather will be coming your way.
Katherine English You just helped me understand why I was so confused with the „Will I keep it?“-title of some of her videos. I disliked them but didnˋt know why- now I do, so thank you! She helped me so much with her no buy, and now I miss the strength she gave me, which is, like you said, quite selfish of me. :-) I feel like a have to look for support somewhere else now. But she is still a woman to be admired, and I think highly of her.
Hope you're feeling better by the time this video has posted, and that you had a fun weekend on your trip! _Love_ this style of a look (the minimal eye, super bold lip). I'm really looking forward to your video on stuff/PR/channel changes - it'll be gloriously messy and highly valuable in its mess 💛💛
The grey area is my favourite. It's real and unscripted. I enjoy your journey as much as following a friend go through life.
I find it so interesting and so fascinating to see what disitions you make, how they affect you and what disitions you make after. It's real life, always changing and evolving.
I hope you will feel better soon ❤️
The glitter liner and mascara took me back to high school, I loved the way that combo made my eyes look!
This makeup look is so fresh and inspiring, reminded me I haven't done a bare eye and red lip in a while
You promised also to speak about subscriber gifts and why did you decided to reject all of them. Have you addressed it in some video? If not maybe you can do it together with your thoughts about PR. I would love to hear your throughs about this topic 🙏🏻
You make perfect sense to me! I can totally idenify. You take those PR packages and enjoy the hell out of them! Why not? It's part of the fruition. You work hard enough for them! It's a perk from the job! Enjoy! And if you're OK with that don't let others bring you down!!!
Thank you for being a consistent advocate for microbusinesses and handmade artisans 😊. I know it's easier for you because you understand personally. My husband is getting more into rustic wood art and decorative furniture pieces and selling them at craft fairs, and hopefully online one day. Every purchase makes a difference. I'm also more inclined to buy from small or micro businesses myself now, so I really relate to what you shared. I hope more people follow your lead!
Handmade pieces are "made" better and lazt longer than mass produced items.
Hope you feel better soon! Thank you for talking about your struggles with shopping and budgeting! Every time you discuss it I learn something and I am able to internalize some of it in my life. I don’t believe I have a shopping issue but you have made me rethink what that might mean to me and how to avoid it! Thank you! Very inspirational.
Same, I became so mindfull about my shopping desition, suddently don't feel the rush to get something. I find myself playing a lot with my makeup :3, creating new palettes with my singles and just having fun with it :)
The voice you use for Joe is everything! 🤣🤣🤣
With your makeup style and hair, you're like an early 80s club queen dream! Idk if that made sense, but I just imagine you would fit in visually with the style of the early 80s when the 70s style was still an influence, but the transition is happening. Also, you're gorgeous!
I’d like to see you to do more on consolidating your life sustainable choice ethics etc - even if less often.
I do think that if you weren’t on TH-cam you probably won’t have thought about your shopping habits as much and as in depth as you have. So it might be that the battle of receiving PR and free things wouldn’t be there but you might not have developed these amazing skills to the extent that you have. Just a thought!
She started this channel to begin her budgeting journey bc she wanted accountability. The PR started coming with the growth of her channel and she's had to cross that new challenge during her journey and how it effected her budgeting.
I would love to learn more about your writing life. What is an average day for you? How do you fit in writing when you have to sew 6 hours a day? It just amazes me how productive you are. I don’t understand how you do it all!
I agree!
1- that sweater looks amazing on you! also I am a huge fan of the bold lip/bare eye look myself 2- Totally here for the journey and the feels! 3- I'm always interested in people talking about their writing process, experience publishing, and more, so if you were ever interested in talking about that part of your work on your channel, I would watch the heck out of that
I’m so happy your writing is going well, I look forward to reading your work!
I looked up that texurising spray that you got in pr a few weeks ago when you posted a video... and just about choked at the cost of one tin.... yikes! I would use it up far too quickly and would have to repurchase again and again. Reminds me of your expensive eyebrow gel you had to keep repurchasing before you discovered soap brows. I just washed my hair and its too soft and wont stay up in a french pleat. Need to find a texurising spray that doesnt break the bank....🤔
This made me think a lot about my own issue with clothing. For the longest time plus size fashion was so bad that if I saw a beautiful piece I would buy it no matter whether I actually liked it, my finances, or the cost because it was so few and far between. As better pieces became more available, that instinct to buy now in fear of another fashion "drought" hasn't gone away, and my finances really suffered. I'm slowly learning to curate my wardrobe, but it's a hard process. I'm so used to not having clothing I actually like being available for me. Instead of looking at a piece and trying to determine whether it would look good on me, I've been trying to ask myself questions about how that item makes me feel. Is that something that looks like it's "me," or is it something I'll buy so I don't look dumpy. I haven't a clue if my rant made sense, but this video really echoed a lot of my feelings towards clothing.
It always gets me when all of a sudden, in the middle of a video, Sadie will just casually stand up and stretch perched atop of the leaves of your houseplants, as if she is a light as a hummingbird.
I actually love the just liner look with the lip. It is fresh and healthy looking. I also would love to continue to see reviews and information on the small hand-made items you are sent so much more than anything sent by some behemoth corporation.
Everybody when doing nude eye: Mascara
Hannah: Glitter! (and mascara)
xo
I always love your honesty,Hannah!Get well soon
Hope you’re feeling better! I really loved hearing a bit about your writing world :)
Hi Hannah, I just want to thank you for introducing me to the company Erin’s Faces. I struggle with dry, flaky skin on the corners of my mouth and no amount of exfoliating and moisturizing has helped. I just bought and have been trying their tamanu oil and oh my goodness, it works beautifully! No more flaky skin!
I'm sorry to be the stranger with unsolicited advice, but have you considered that you might have a vitamin/mineral deficiency? For me, when my lips split in the corners, it is a surefire sign that I'm not getting enough B vitamins or iron. Angular cheilitis is one of the ways this can manifest.
Martynka L. Who knows? Cannot be too little iron as I actually have too much iron and need to have it removed every six months. I also take vitamin supplements that my doctor recommends. :)
Modern day rococo makeup returns!! Love it.
That’s snake ear climber is stunning! And she’s from Sydney! That’s so cool! As a fellow Aussie, I might have to get it. 😍🐨
It's quite refreshing to see you without the usual glittery smokey eye! Bare eyes, blush and red lipstick is my favorite look and I think you look amazing in it 😍😍
Dear Hannah, I hope you are feeling better soon! :) I am really excited to hear more about your "influx of free stuff"-thoughts. For me personnally, even getting a sample or two is already too much "stuff" thats coming in, so logically I was quite a bit overwhelmed by your PR-influx ;) Having to test all those things and spend time with them would be a duty rather than a joy to me, but I may just be a bit weird in that sense ;) Anyways, I am looking forward to hearing more of your experience, thoughts and feelings! Best wishes from (cold and rainy) Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing these thoughts. It's interesting...the high from shopping...the high from free stuff. For me, I can see it being completely the same AND completely different. I can understand how both situations need to be dealt with. I appreciate how you inspire me to look at my life.
Serpent and Swan has some seriously cool stuff on their website. I ignore most of the products you mention, but when you say that if this is the type of thing you have been looking for and it’s in your budget you should check it out, her stuff fits the bill.
I always find it funny that on TH-cam a red lip and bare eye is such a big thing. My everyday winter/fall look has been exactly that for years now and it feels so natural to me!
You're still figuring out how PR/budgeting works best for you! It's interesting to see the stages of you reckoning with that.
Hannah! i love this video and seeing a bit of "mess", which are lovey as well. I have hooded eyes as well which frustrates me and had no clue you also had them you makeup maven!!!! How beautiful to see your bare lids. So fresh! I am struggling with my no spend and committing to it and pushing through the anxiousness and void of not having any beauty buzzes. What are the things you do to calm that feeling?
I know that people judge you for budgeting but also accepting PR, but if they took a minute to listen to how intentional and introspective (and considerate!) you are about what you choose to receive and feature, I think they would have to stop judging and see what in their lives they're using you as a distorted mirror for. Proud of you. :)
I enjoy the “mess”. I can relate so much to the idea of purchasing to distract oneself from the things I’m avoiding. I’m curious to know how PR impacts this too. Does receiving the gift in the mail have the same effect? Or does it not because you didn’t spend your hard earned dollars? All messy and yet interesting too...
I literally feel like out eye shape is literally exactly the same. I think thats why I find your makeup style so interesting even tho we are complete opposites style wise. Its fun because I know your looks will look exactly the same on my eyes
When I saw your thumbnail I swooned! Your "no makeup" look is so fresh and simply beautiful! Imagine my surprise to learn why! So rest assured you are stunning either way. 💓
I enjoy both your usual eye makeup look and this more “bare” look. Feel better soon!
I just need to mention how much I love your hair. I’m jealous - I have awful, fine hair that is thinning, so I keep it shaved short. I would love to have hair like yours 💕
Hope you’re feeling better! I’m looking forward to you teasing out more of your feelings about stuff in a future video.
Yesterday I went on Adept and Curated my first Palette (Lauren’s terminology). I used the colors from your latest eye tutorial, added six more plus a magnetic palette (on clearance). Finally used your HANNAH15 discount. Now I can sit back and think about all the playtime that lays ahead. It’s that same tingly feeling when I work with pastels. 😁
"like really really thank you thank you"--right back at you, HLP! thank you for being you. so happy to hear insight about your writing and I'm glad it's going well! I hope your girls weekend is (has been?) super fun!
It’s funny in your spending review that you specifically said that you weren’t looking for sweaters because that’s exactly what I AM looking for. I’m so happy for you that your writing work has found itself front and center again. I’m putting out the good juju that you get one of those writing awards. You deserve it. Your work is beautiful and visceral.
Hannah, when you wear eyeshadow, do you feel the "hood" part of your eyes look puffy? My problem is that my eye looks always look more muted than it actually is because most of it are hidden by my hood, but I never dared to put shadows beyond my crease like you usually do because I feel like it makes my eyes look puffy. But I never see that in you and I wonder if it's just something in my head that nobody else notice.
The only time I get that "puffy" look you're talking about is if the shadow is too light plus shimmery like a champagne or cream. If it's a midtone shade & somewhat of a softer or muted color, bringing it up onto the hood past your natural crease should make your eyes look less hooded & puffy even if it's a shimmer. Everyone's eye shape & proportion is different so it may take some trial & error to find out how high & close to the brows looks best on you. I have a lot of space from my crease to my eyebrow aka the hood. If I don't put shadow there, it looks funny. Hope this helps :)
The natural order of the universe is chaos. Bring on the grey and messy. "The grey area, the place between black and white-that's the place where life happens." ~Justin Timberlake
Love all the ramblings 😁💖 hugs from Germany, and get well soon 😘
This is the ultimate chic look for me. It's so throw-away and effortless and French. It's what I wear almost daily.
I'm here for it, and all about it girl!
I'm here for it. I was actually expecting this type of video at some point. It's the logical evolution of your relationship with stuff. I'd be feeling quite the same. Without the "mess" their wouldn't be just satisfying solutions.
So gorgeous! I want it! I saw it in your last video oh my it's fantastic!
Wow! You have a youthful glow and very pretty without any eyeshadow. You’re one of the blessed few women NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL.💕
I LOVE your check in videos. In fact, when I’m working on a project, I will have your check in play list playing in the background. It’s like the Evolution of Hannah. Love it. I am curious how your journey will continue to unfold for you. You are now purchasing one amazing higher end item and replacements per month. I’m curious if you’ll have some months in the future where you will make even more minimal purchases, have a substantial amount of $$$ left over from your budget, and it doesn’t even overflow into your next month’s budget. And instead just goes into a savings. Just curious. Also, not sure about everyone else, but when you say your budget is $200, I subconsciously think to myself that this is also my budget 😂 I write out a list of my monthly purchases and if I’m creeping up to that $200 mark, I start to back off. Anyone else doing this?
I've been using Etsy more, especially for jewelry & my empty magnetic palettes.I found an Etsy Shop that makes custom, unique magnetic palettes in all kinds of patterns & colors in 3 or 4 sizes & 2 styles--single & double sided. I have a very severe nickel allergy/sensitivy & couldn't wear any costume jewelry & even some higher end "real" jewelry for decades & always had to wear a plastic watch to avoid welts, rashes & weeping sores. I macramed my own stuff for a while & made necklaces using shells, bones & glass beads. But I couldn't wear earrings until I found Simply Whispers, a nickel free hypoallergenic jewelry collection for people like me. I bought their piecing tools & pierced my ears myself & their earrings have been great. More & more jewelry makers/designers are using nickel free materials & keeping costs down by gold plating over sterling silver. I'm kind of scared to look at the custom clothing on Etsy. I know I'll find stuff I'll love. But right now I just enjoy ❤ing all the beautiful things I like & making a collage page of them that I can look at & admire 💍👀
I like the "messy" stuff. I'm glad that you get PR too, I think that you should be rewarded for the work you do here (though I think you should get a decent monetary reward--PR is a nice consolation prize I guess). I think you've said before that recovering from addiction doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing thing; if you have to cut it out of your life completely, I'd argue you haven't recovered from the addiction. Learning to moderate the thing that you are addicted of is true recovery in my opinion.
(Not that I'm saying that you were addicted -- but I think the same logic applies to strong desires/inclinations/habits that a person wishes to change, even if they haven't got an actual addiction. Actually it's maybe only in forms of true addiction where the all-or-nothing approach is likely to be necessary permanently.)
Can 100% relate to telling your boyfriend stuff he cares not about, oh i wish i had subscribers who can care too)
you look beautiful with or without eyeshadows BUT your beauty is definitely enhanced when you wear the dark shadows, your eyes are so beautiful that wearing the dark smudged look makes your eyes POP and stand out in a very beautiful way. I love your videos. your ideas and suggestions are floating in my mind as I go about my weekend without SPENDING.
I do enjoy seeing the messiness and you describing how you're sorting through it. Love the lipstick on you too :)
Editing to add -
P.S: The cold sweat comment was interesting to me... I only ever get that feeling about spending if I've been way too reckless. I thankfully do not experience that feeling often but unfortunately I recently have. I feel like that has been a wake up call to get me to seriously consider a structured budget, which is good but I would never want to feel like that on the regular. I'm curious, is it not giving in to your desires that makes you feel that way or knowing how making a purchase like that would impact your finances and life?
Sending you good vibes for all of your writing projects! I know you're not much of a fiction writer so I'm not sure if you've heard of nanowrimo, but I'm trying it for the first time to chug out a draft for a creative project I've been sitting on for almost a decade. I'm not much of a writer so the camaraderie has been really lovely :) hang in there, I'm rooting for your success!
House plant tour plz!!
I really enjoy when you point out your use of grammar. I have to mention how rich your vocabulary is
Hey Hannah ! I have a skincare question that is not related to this video but I feel like you could answer and I don't really know how I could contact you. I have freckles and I wonder if you think it would be a bad idea to bring vitamin C into my skincare routine ? More precisely, do you think it might lighten or try to erase my freckles ? I'm usually afraid of product with "brightening/enlightening" properties for that reason... What do you think ? Thank you so much ! and if anyone has any input on this question feel free to help me :)
Big hug for you ! I get having different jobs to juggle when you love them all and having to prioritize. If you only post it once a week I would be here anyway ! ❤️
I love your mess, Hannah!
I love your makeup 😍
I love the “bare” eye look....so refreshing....
This makeup is amazing on you 😍 I love it so much
I have to admire Joe's honesty! Mine would just pretend to listen lol
Hannah, please rest and take extra good care of yourself ;) We understand and can wait for another amazing video. Sincerely, a subscriber who is feeling “sicky” today as well. 😂
I think it’s so silly when viewers get mad at creators for receiving PR and for having an abundance of stuff enter their life. Yes, it’s unhealthy to spend too much money seeking that dopamine rush, and yes it’s maybe not the most healthy way to receive a dopamine rush, but I’ve recently changed my perspective on dopamine rushes in general. For a long while I said to myself “Don’t do something just for the dopamine,” but let’s be real. Life is hard and most everything we do is for the dopamine, because that’s what makes you feel good. Even traditionally healthy habits, such as going to the gym, release dopamine. So if you’ve found a way to get your dopamine that doesn’t jeopardize your finances and your future (aka your entertainment content that you conceptualize, film, perform in, and edit all yourself basically for free) good on you. You’ve cracked the system.
TLDR, you’ve found a way to continue receiving joy in a healthy way. Good on ya!
How do you go about finding small online brands and businesses? I would love to support more small businesses but I find them to be difficult to find.
I love this eye look! And joe’s sweater on you 🥰 I hope you’re feeling better and had a great weekend trip. PR must be very complicated for you, but the ways in which it might undercut the budget/volume issues are, to me, voided by the fact that you are passionate about beauty and that you *are* a TH-camr. I don’t know if I’m making sense, but the point is that it wouldn’t make sense for you to have the same rules and guidelines as a “normie.” PS I wonder if you could talk about how adding TH-cam to your income streams feels for you / or just how having multiple income streams works for you. (I’m sort of jealous and thinking of cultivating a creative life for myself wherein I work on multiple areas, which is almost always necessary for us writers!)
The ann arbor salvation army is seriously the best. I live about 20 minutes away from there. Definitely easy to find gems. You just gotta have a lot of patience to really look around, but I think thats with all thrifting.
Hi Hannah, I hope you’re doing well. Thanks for the video💕😊. Have a beautiful blessed day
You look stunning with any type of makeup. Your face can take a lot, or a little makeup very well
Also i love how you handle PR, and that you support smaller brands. That's what we need to do :)
Just a thought that I had when you were talking about the one person small business...would you ever consider showing the clothing from your shop on your channel? or asking any of your fellow You Tube friends to show them, or even send your own PR pieces to a dance organization? I know the audience for Tango clothing would be different from your usual viewers, but you never know when a piece might catch someone's eye and increase sales for an "incredibly talented hardworking woman" that we know and love! Imagine other influencers talking about your brand.
I think you look younger, fresher and prettier with this make up look 💕
I love making the lippie the Star- you look great! Find some bone broth in LA- it will make you feel better! If I lived closer I’d bring you some! ❤️
Shout out to Ann Arbor! Where abouts did you use to live? Do you love Zingermans? Now that you say thats where you were from I totally get Ann Arbor vibes from you.
You know what? I would totally buy note cards with Hannah Louise Poston poems on them. To send a thank you, birthday wishes, get well soon, etc
Love this look!!!!!!!
I think you look very pretty with minimal makeup! ... when i do minimal makeup, it takes no longer than 5-10 mins, i pop some concealer on the blemishes, buff it out, draw my eyebrows back on with my new pencil (pomade got binned,,it not only dried out but took longer to put my brows on), put some lipstick on and minimal flicks of eyeliner rather than lining the whole of the top of my eyelids. I skip eyeshadow completely. I skip highlighter and just put some blush on. On a good day, shimmery eyeshadow and highlighter gets added in.
Dopamine! I've been trying to do dopamine fasts to make my dopamine receptors more sensitive. It is so hard!!!!
I have pants that have the same pattern as Hannah's sweater, which means I'm stylish ;)
One thing about buying less is not having to deal with packaging. For example, Amazon uses HUGE boxes to ship my favorite popcorn. It is so wasteful, and I have no room in my recycling bin to dump the boxes unless I cut them up. It's a waste of trees and my energy. So I stopped ordering this product because of the effect is has on the environment. And all the boxes I get from QVC, too. It's so hard to dispose of them. My house is so cluttered from all of it. I'm sick of it.
Chunky sweaters are already a must here (Canada) as we are in full on winter where I live. We have had snow and freezing temps for 2 weeks already!!
Hannah, I'm 34. I get it. I have hooded eyes and if I go for bold lips and nothing on the eyes you can tell. :) I love it though, I earned my eye wrinkles with decades of smiles!
Recent subscriber here. I found you through Lauren Mae. I’m in a period of closely examining my personal relationship to stuff and how it doesn’t always serve my financial or psychological well being, so I’m very along for the ride for navel gazing videos on the topic.
Everyone’s story is different, and the fact that yours includes PR (which mine does not) does not quash my interest.