50 THINGS I DON'T BUY | Minimalism Series

oh let me chop Joe's welcome back very excited about today's video and very excited that I'm drinking my this is my cocoa nut milk it is suck I did a video on how I make vanilla cocoa and golden nut milk and if you want to see that I can link down below shameless self promo but dang this is some good stuff this has got me height feel like I'm drinking into every single video today I want to talk to you guys about minimalism minimalism is something that I start incorporating into my life as soon as I adopted ethical shopping into my lifestyle a lot of people think they can't shop ethically because they think it's too expensive but really in the long run I have saved a lot of money since shopping ethically and I will be doing a video talking more about shopping ethical as well as doing a try on capsule wardrobe for this pregnancy be sure to subscribe to my channel and give this video a big thumbs up if you want to see those videos but for today's video I want to focus on a bunch of things that I have stopped buying and we're gonna focus on 50 things here so this is either things I stopped buying completely cold turkey things that I've stopped buying and have been replaced with healthier options or even more affordable options or things that I just have never really bought in in general and I don't feel the need to go out and buy it now so I really hope you guys like this video leave me a comment down below if there are some things in your life that you just stopped buying in order to save money or maybe some other reasons so leave me some comments down below I love having a more minimalistic approach to everything in my life from home decor to clothing to food everything that I own I want to be as minimal as possible tons benefits to that and that's another video that I'm going to be sharing with you guys very soon but as for now here are 50 things that I have stopped buying number one is knickknacks knickknacks for me are things that look very cluttered things that take up too much space and things that get too dirty also the things in my house pretty much everything has some sort of a purpose or usefulness and knickknacks don't do that for me so I never actually purchased knickknacks clothes now obviously clothes are something that you should buy but only when there is need shopping for clothes shouldn't be a hobby or an activity but something that you go out and do because you are in need of it notebooks injure these were things that I used to buy often because you go to chapters and the front of a notebook looks really cute you buy it never use it or you never use all the pages I used to be that person so now I never buy any notebooks or journals if I feel like I need one there's a lot of places that you can go to certain businesses they'll hand you out a notebook I even get them as gifts so I don't feel the need to purchase them movies and CDs we're just at a time now that everything is on the internet and there's no reason to have to buy a movie or CD and then house it somewhere in your house pop and sugary beverages it's just more of a health decision and also a money-saving decision but buying pop and sugary beverages it's just bad for you you're drinking sugar syrup I saved money when I don't purchase pop and I'm also doing my health a favor bags I used to be a bag collector but I realized there's only two bags I need a backpack which is my everyday like diaper backpack it's black so it's neutral and it goes with everything and then I have a smaller bag for when I'm not using my backpack and I'm going to a wedding or an event or somewhere where I only need to carry a few things I don't need to have a lot of bag options what I need is to have a couple bags that'll go with a lot of things jewelry and it's the same thing as bags you don't need lots of pieces of jewelry to go with things you need a small amount of jewelry that'll go with a lot of things so for me I really like watches they're classic timeless I've had this bar necklace for maybe five or six years these little hoops were given to me I think by my dad when I was about 11 I wear them every single day investing money and jewelry means that you're going to have pieces that are gonna last a lot longer because the quality and you're not going to spend your money on cheap trendy pieces that are just gonna fall apart and look ridiculous next week artificially fragrance diffusers candles air fresheners I never buy if I knows my house is starting to smell bad the first thing I'll do is actually wash any linens that I have and textiles and then going beyond that I'll use essential oils too naturally fresh in everything it's very safe because of that you will never find a bath and Bodyworks ever again smoothies and juices these are things that I can make at home for a fraction of what you can get at a smoothie or juice bar literally where I live you go out and pay ten bucks for a smoothie and you don't really know what's in it where I can make it at home for so much less tastes just as good body sprays this is another thing that kind of goes into the artificial fragrance category it's not good for you to spray onto yourself it's not good for you to breathe in and I used to be that person that would go to Bath & Body Works and buy like ten at one time body sprays and I would never go through any of them and to be honest they all just kind of melt really bad getting my brows done I'm someone that will do them myself I have a video on self-care and in that video I show you guys how I tweeze my brows wax my brows I can link it down below I say so much money doing brows myself I save a lot of time and again I know exactly how I want them done dairy so this started just when I found out I was lactose intolerant but from that I'm saving a lot of money not having to buy milks and yogurts and cheeses when I want to make almond milk or cashew milk or cashew cheese's I buy almonds and cashews in bulk and doing all my calculating I'm actually saving money doing so than if I was to buy dairy badly farmed meats I'm no longer buy meats that you could buy at super store or Walmart or Costco because you really don't know where they came from I like to buy my meat ethically sustainably and locally farmed firstly it tastes so much better and also they do have a little bit more of an expensive price tag so I find myself actually buying less meat than I used to and if I feel like I need something to really pair with the meal that's a little more heavy and filling use beans or legumes or mushrooms or chickpeas or quinoa which is a lot more cost-effective shavers and shaving creams I never buy these anymore I only use my epilator an epilator and again my self-care routine is linked down below i show you how i use my epilator I paid like 30 bucks for it five years ago it's still going strong zero mess the pain gets better over time since I've no longer shaved and gotten shaving creams I've saved so much money every single month makeup wipes I I'm just using a coconut oil or micellar water with a reusable cloth does the trick just fine and I don't find a use for makeup wipes Matta cures and pedicures same thing with brows I can paint my nails myself I can trim my nails myself do it at home saves me tons of money I only have to buy like a really cheap nail polish every couple months for an upkeep memberships and this is in total gym memberships magazine subscription memberships are you really getting all the use out of it are you taking advantage of the money that you've put into your membership right now I just have one membership and I have made sure to completely get my money's worth and then some and I'm continuing to do that until the membership closes really think if you're gonna use this before you purchase some sort of a membership because you may think oh it's only 20 bucks for next how long but are you really saving money various cleaners some people have toilet bowl cleaners and stainless steel cleaners and glass cleaners you literally just need one or two cleaners I like an all-purpose natural cleaner I just did a bathroom cleaning video that I can link down below and I share with you my favorite all-purpose natural cleaner and it is bomb so stop buying tons of different cleaners you really only just need one or two to get the job done bottled water I don't have to explain this it's so much better for the environment and just recycling in general you drink it you check the bottle away hopefully you recycle it but honestly just buy a reusable bottle and refill it all the time you're going to save a lot of money dryer sheets I don't feel the need for these I find that over time they really ruined my clothes and they're actually not very safe to put in the dryer can you say fire hazard so I actually use wool dryer balls you can get like a 4-pack for like 5 bucks or less they last forever fabric softener this is just something I feel like is a luxury I don't really need it I remember once having it and never really seen too much of a difference in my clothes if you want naturally soften your clothes you can always use some sort of a vinegar and way better for your clothes they're for your skin that you put your clothes on to over buying food when you go shopping make sure you have a list and stick with your list when you're buying food only buy the things you need a minimal amount of food is not bad in fact it can cause you to be really creative your meal making just in case items we all have those items that we keep just in case you don't need them I'm sure someone else that you know has something like that or similar which you can borrow but a lot of those just in case items you will probably never use impulse buys again kind of going back to the grocery shopping all types of impulse buying because I new impulse buying was usually it's such a good deal it's on sale and I'd wear that thing once or look at it once and then I didn't care and it was gone impulse buying is actually some of the main ways that so many department stores and clothing places really make their money stop impulse buying and you'll save so much money bagged salads this is just ridiculous if you're paying five bucks for a bag salad that's an issue you can get it for so much cheaper and make it so much yummier just on your own alcohol I've never been an alcohol person I've actually tried like I've tried liking beer and wine not my thing so this isn't something I've actually stopped buying but this is something I never did buy I'd rather go for water or sparkling water it's honestly it's so much better to me toys so I'm a mom with two kids and one on the way and these kids rarely get new toys the reason for that is because it really is unneeded bringing in new toys to your kids often can actually stop them from being really creative I think Calvin have had the same toys for a really long time and watching how they use them differently and try different things and even use them for things they're not really supposed to use them for is cool and I can see their minds working and they're working at entertaining themselves I think Calvin can get toys on their birthday or Christmas and that's pretty much it and they're totally fine with it fancy dishes people don't care squat well maybe some people do but I don't if I go to someone's house for dinner I don't care what I'm eating off of as long as I'm eating something you don't need a set of fancy dishes you just need one set of dishes that's going to work we just have white plates white bowls white mugs and it works great for us and no one actually cares that we don't have fancy dinner dishes coffee filters me and Karen don't do coffee filters we've actually just done a French press so we're saving money on coffee filters I really do feel like French press coffee is way better than drip coffee dishwasher rents another thing that I feel like I just really don't need again I can substitute vinegar and it works so much better salad dressings just like solids you can make your own dressings if you have olive oil red wine vinegar mustard powder garlic powder salt you can make almost every salad dressing you really have two plastic toothbrushes I'm doing my research about just plastic in general and what happens when it gets into a landfill it takes about four hundred years for a plastic toothbrush to properly decompose into soil that is horrible so we're actually starting to buy bamboo and wooden toothbrushes and so far it's a really great switch and the toothbrushes last so much longer seasonal deport I'm not going to decorate my house with spring decorations if it's fall time I'll sometimes buy a few pumpkins have a little white one right here that I've got Christmastime I do like having a little bit more seasonal decor because it's just so classic but I save a lot of money with just sticking with what I have it's just another thing that feels really cluttered to me so I try to stay away from it as much as possible latest gadgets and tech we should just all completely turn off our minds to what's new from Apple and Dell and all this stuff because you don't need it and it really is sucking away money and then you're not getting the full use of your other gadgets that you already have that works just fine I just make sure that when I do buy some sort of gadget that it is good quality depending on who has made it secondhand or just right from the store and that I'm going to get my full money's worth out of it souvenirs just don't buy souvenirs I'll tell you right now the best souvenir you can ever have is take a picture a lot of people go and buy t-shirts or the bobble head things where they go for souvenirs and then they're in a box and you forget about them but you can't part with it because it's a souvenir just take a picture put it in a scrapbook it's seriously so much better cable TV again everything is just kind of my computer's over there just don't like the views like right there you're like what you pointing at everything is pretty much on the computer when you buy cable you're paying 50 percent to watch and the other 50% to just switch through the channels trying to find something to watch it'll hopefully turn you off from watching the TV so often and you can focus your attention on better things we're getting close we're getting there heavy liquid makeup right now I'm doing some sort of a makeup challenge and that's a video coming soon but there's some types of makeup that I just don't have and that's heavy liquid makeup I don't buy heavy liquid makeup anymore because it doesn't look very natural it doesn't suit me and it makes me feel very thick and cakey and even just kind of fake and that's just me I really like using powders lightweight products let my skin breathe and also powder products lasts so much longer than a liquid product and are usually actually a lot cheaper anyways hair creams and treatments and to be honest these are all gimmicks there's no hair cream that you can buy that's gonna seal your split ends I have my shampoo my conditioner my dry shampoo and that's all I need mouthwash this is again something that I feel like is very extra and I don't need it if I brush and done to floss my teeth really well the need for a mouthwash is pretty much nil on sale items just because it's on sale doesn't mean you need it this kind of falls into the category of impulse buys I used to be that person I purchase things just because it was a really good deal but for some reason in the moment I just had to buy it because I mean it was only five or ten bucks right all that money adds up and also the money that you're putting that towards usually isn't a good business or good corporation or even a good product in general not worth your money oh my throat's getting dry heels I don't buy heels unless my one pair of heels breaks or something I only need one pair of heels I need one black pair of heels when these black ones die I think I'm gonna go for a nude but I'm not gonna buy that nude pair of heels until the black ones die and the reason I say heels just specifically so many girls have so many pairs of heels how often do you wear them if you have four pairs of heels you should probably be wearing heels almost every single day that's the only thing justifies having four pairs of heels let alone some of the people I know that have like 20-plus print like crazy same thing with the bags I just need one pair of heels that's gonna go with everything apps sure it's a dollar here two dollars here ten bucks here again it all adds up and are you getting the full money's worth from them a lot of games people will buy and they're into it for a week and they forget about it and there goes all your money and even just time spent playing that certain app game pre-prepared foods don't buy pre-cut watermelon don't buy pre-cut pineapple cut it yourself prepare yourself store it in your own reusable containers I just don't know why people are still buying pre-prepared swimsuits again we don't need a lot I have two swimsuit tops and one swimsuit bottom the style is very timeless it's very modest it's very comfortable and it'll fit me for I think a really long time you don't need a ton of different bikinis and swimsuits you just need a few that are really good quality that you really like and that are gonna look great every single summer hair extensions I used to wear hair extensions often because I was pretty insecure about my very fine hair and now I just know how to style it I'm reading more about where hair extensions come from and it's really really sad secondly it's just that extra stuff that you have to do that takes a lot of time hair extensions are expensive if you learn how to work with your own hair and make the best of what you got it's so much easier and it'll again save you so much money blankets and pillows I've never been a huge blanket and pillow person so it wasn't so hard for me to kind of like stop behind these things I have what I need I have a couple blankets a couple couch pillows and that serves me well mugs I don't buy mugs ever and the reason why is because firstly I'm always gifted mugs which I really really do enjoy so I never find a need to go out and buy mugs and also just like the note books don't be sucked in because it's really cute mug all mugs do the same thing BPA kitchen tools I don't buy any kitchen tools that have some sort of a BPA or they're harmful product in them I'm sticking to a lot of glass I'm sticking to a lot of natural woods and also the tools that I now buy last a lot longer which is less waste number 49 plastic bags when you go to the store bring your own reusable bags there's no reason that you should be using plastic bags it's bad for the world and you actually have to pay for them depending on where you are so just do yourself and pretty much everyone else a favor and bring your own reusable bags when you go shopping and the last thing which is maybe the most important thing trendy stuff don't buy something because it's trendy because in two weeks it won't be and then you'll be discarding that item whether you donate it or check it in the garbage or whatever even donating something is still a mild form of being wasteful because you don't want to give something away because it isn't trendy and then you can accumulate something else and then it's a never going cycle I find when I purchase quality over quantity and timeless over trendy I'm saving a lot of money and I'm really thinking about what I'm purchasing and I get tons of use out of it and I use it until it dies thank you all so much for watching this video that was my list of 50 things that I have stopped buying let me know if you want to see more minimalism type of videos and if you have an idea of what you would like to sleep please do girl favor and leave me a comment down below because I want to start a minimalism series here on my channel maybe like how to get started like baby steps towards minimalism I think that would be really cool so thank you guys for watching and I'll see you all in my next video bye

Channel: Sarah Therese

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Keywords: 50 things i dont buy, save money, save waste, no waste, minimal, minimalism, sarahtherese, how to be minimal, minimalistic, i dont buy, ethical, zero waste

Id: DFajqEx9tC4

Length: 19min 3sec (1143 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 17 2018