THINGS I STOPPED BUYING

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[Music] hey everyone welcome back to my channel or hello if you're new and if you are new it would mean so much if you guys click that red subscribe button down below to join my YouTube family so one of my big New Year's resolution is actually to save money and be really aware of what I'm putting my money towards one of my big goals is to buy my own house and I'm not saying that you should stop buying all these things it kind of depends on each of our lifestyles there's certain things that you probably don't even buy I think it's this can be helpful and maybe you could choose one or two things maybe to stop buying to either save money or do it to form it being less wasteful my last funding buy was deftly right before the new year and for the past couple of months now I have been on a no bi budget I have been really cautious and what I purchased and what I'm putting my money towards I also do want to cut a lot more things out I've been watching a ton of minimalist videos and it really inspired me and I'm definitely gonna be doing a huge declutter I really want to start getting rid of a ton of things because all this clutter I just think is not necessary I need products that I do mention I will try to link similar ones or the exact ones in the description box so definitely check it out but let's just jump right into it so the first one is definitely gonna be really basic and I'm sure you guys have heard of this a lot but I promise I'm gonna share with you a lot of things that you may have not thought of before that aren't I faceook but I have to start with it first because it does really affect the environment I always think making small changes is better than making nothing and that is I stopped buying water bottles so I am someone that definitely uses a reusable water bottle you guys probably already know I have an obsession with water bottles I think they're so cute and I think it's really important to just buy a good insulated water bottle and to use that as opposed to constantly buying case is up water which is like I said not good at all for the environment and you can also save money in the long run and if you are curious I actually got this water bottle for my fabfitfun bucks which I recently did a video on and I do have a discount code for that box so I'll link it down below as well as my video if you guys are curious to check that out but I just think this is the cutest little thing ever it is peach and it has little whales on it so I am in love and as well as if you are someone that like me who doesn't particularly like the taste fully of tap water I always like my water filtered I definitely recommend picking up a Brita I just put the water in the top here and then it will filter it out and it just tastes so good so buying a reusable water bottle and a Brita is amazing and it's gonna save you a money in the long run and that's gonna make a good impact as well on the environment which is always a plus speaking of water bottles this is something that I recently switched over to and I think it is amazing and this is definitely something that I wanted to switch over to just because I think it is less wasteful for the environment and it's one little change that I thought that would be easy to implement into my daily routine and that is just buying stainless steel straws so stop buying those plastic utensils whether that's straws or even a spork spoons and knives I don't buy plastic utensils as well and these are amazing I will link some down below I just think there's such an easy thing that we can all implement to make our environmental impact and not as big it also came with this kind of like spoolie cleaner which is really easy to clean it out and also they are dishwasher safe so you can throw them into the dishwasher but I just think this is an easy change that I wanted to make and also these are really great to carry with you on the go so if you are ever out and you're getting a drink instead of using the restaurant or these stores plastic straws just use your own stainless steel straw so this is just a little change that I recently made and I am so happy I picked these up this next one is for my ladies which most of you I know are ladies watching my channel but you know there is some men that watch but this is amazing for woman and that is female versions of products tend to be marked up so much more than male products so we're talking things about like pink razors deodorant lotions it's often referred to as the pink tax where women's products are just so much more than men's products and can be even up to 40% more than men's products there's certain products that you could just switch over and buy a men's product and it does the exact same job it's just cheaper one thing that I definitely recommend is men's razors over women razors because they are first off I think so much better and they're also a lot more affordable I have cut out buying disposable razors I just think they don't last you a long time and there's such a waste of money I actually switched to a men's razor and this is the edge razor which I will try to link it down below if I can find it but the package that I purchased it actually came with a bunch of different heads and this just lasts so much longer the shave is so much better than buying female razors hide to switch over to some products that may be targeted towards men but it won't really make a difference like there's certain lotions that you could buy that our men's lotions but it's unisex you could still use it as a female it's something that I used to do as well but I actually don't do this anymore just because I switch over to natural deodorant but when I was using normal Theodore and I actually switched to men's deodorant as opposed to females because one it was cheaper and to be honest I enjoyed the smell better than the female scent and I actually got a bunch of my friends to jump on that bandwagon and purchase men's deodorant because I just think it worked better and as well as it just was cheaper but I actually did swap over to natural deodorant just because I think it's a lot more healthier and I love the native deodorant I've talked about them so many times you guys probably already know I do still have a discount go for them so I link it down below I have a 20% of discount code now so it's nickel out of 20 and you can get 20% they have a bunch of shower products that are natural as well as deodorants and all that so I've switched over to the natural realm because that's another thing I've been really trying to do I switch over to more natural products if you guys want to see a video on things that I've switched over to when it comes to natural products then definitely let me know but yeah so be mindful when you are buying female products marketers know that as females sometimes like to spend our money and will buy things just for the way it looks another thing that I stopped buying is toothbrushes so plastic toothbrushes and I actually switched it for an electronic toothbrush this is not only gonna save you money in the long run because these lasts so much longer and they're just so much better they got better clean on your teeth this is just the oral-b this is just the oral-b electronic toothbrush and you just charge it whenever it dies and it's amazing I love it definitely recommend it for your hygiene routine you need one in your life the next thing I stopped buying are books DVDs and CDs I think especially now in 2019 we don't even need to really buy these things first off they take up a ton of clutter and I saw tons of CDs and DVDs in my room it was crazy and now I just watch things online Hursley when it comes to music I listen to my music on Spotify so I don't feel a need anymore to buy a CD there's different types of services where you can actually listen to your books online or read them online instead of printing it out and having the actual paper coffee it also allows you to save a little bit more money something that I stopped buying is makeup I actually only have allowed myself to buy makeup if I run out of something completely so just recently I actually had to do a run because I was out of my foundation of my mascara my bronzer my powder and what else was there I feel like oh and my highlight so I ran out of like five things and I used everything up completely and I had to make that run and buy it of course I love makeup so I do want to still do makeup and buy makeup but I definitely have not been I just purchased make up when I didn't don't need it I don't really have like a hundred backups of certain things so for example foundations I don't have like ten of them I only have one that I use same with mascara and I just used that completely and when it's when I'm done and I need it then I will go to the store and purchase it most of the times I wear the same look every single day I'm not experimenting much to me it's just kind of a waste of money and I could just use that money towards something else and towards saving the next thing that I have really tried to cut out especially starting in 2019 and be a lot more mindful of is coffee but what I mean by coffee is not buying coffee out so I got into a really bad habit of constantly going to Starbucks and buying a Starbucks pretty much every single day it's a problem I love coffee buying a coffee at Starbucks or anywhere and spending like five bucks a day on coffee adds up and a lot of people buy coffees constantly and you can spend anywhere between one to almost three thousand dollars a year on coffee when you could just make some at home and it's so much cheaper I actually am a huge fan of iced coffee you can make iced coffee at home which I have done but something I also like is I am a huge Starbucks junkie and I love this so this is the iced coffee Starbucks medium roast it comes I believe with two or three so I actually picked these up at Costco and they are so much cheaper than buying a grande coffee iced coffee at Starbucks for like five dollars it is so much cheaper to just have your own iced coffee at home you can also make your own iced coffee it doesn't have to be Starbucks it could be just any type of coffee and it's so much cheaper but another thing I also like to use is just the instant coffees really great as well this comes with so much so much cheaper instead of spending five dollars a coffee you're saving so much money and I just realize how much money I was spending on coffee or drinks outside you're just so expensive for one trick you're gonna notice such a big difference cutting little things within your budget is really going to add up and usually what I will do too is I'll make coffee I'll put it in a little stainless steel container and bring that on the go so you don't feel tempted to buy coffee outside so this is really great also to bring to work instead of picking up a coffee on your way to work you could just bring it make it at home and bring it and you're gonna save money that way and that brings me to know buy sprees so the past two months I actually have been on a no-buy spree so what I mean by that is of course I'm gonna pay for my typical bills that I have to pay but I have been really careful about not trying to spend any money outside of that so I will buy for things that I need and that are necessary and I will pay for like gas for my car or my insurance and all that kind of stuff but I have cut back on trying to buy clothes makeup unless I'm doing replacements and coffee any little knickknacks I have really been trying to cut back on the spending and I think it's really great - sometimes if you can to at least take a month or two months or whatever may be where you spend no extra money so you don't buy it clothes or your makeup that month or you don't buy coffees and drinks and food outside I think that is really going to help you to save money so that your own you can really take away your extra money you have and put it into savings and I'm telling you this will make the biggest difference and you are what your big account it's going to be hella happy let me tell you that the next thing that I have stopped buying is paper towels so I'm going to share with you some things that are really great for cleaning that is also going to save you a ton of money and that is just buying reusable cloth so these are like those microfiber cloths that are great to clean with and they are amazing instead of buying paper towels because that is super wasteful and also I have this cloth which my dad picked this up in my mom I don't know what kind of plot they would be called I will try to find them and link them down below but pretty much all you do is you just wet these cloths and you can clean your mirrors with so instead of using Windex and using paper towels that it's just so much waste all you have to do is wet this and clean your mirrors and it's not gonna be streaky or anything like that and it cleans your mirrors off completely so you're saving double the money this is a lot more of a natural way to clean have to give a shout-out to my parents because this is definitely a switch that they made that I was inspired as well from them my next thing that I stopped buying is apps so I think that buying apps is so unnecessary there's so many free apps on the market that pretty much do the exact same thing to the paid app so I will never spend money on an app I am very cheap when it comes to that another thing that I have been saving money on is my phone plans I do save a lot of money on my plan and I don't spend tons of money on my plan so I think I spent over 20 bucks a month on my plan and a lot of people have crazy crazy phone plans and I do not recommend it I think it is such a waste of money and to be completely honest there is Wi-Fi pretty much everywhere you go now and if you are somewhere where there is Wi-Fi constantly then stop with these unlimited data plans and unlimited this because it is just so unnecessary I am someone that uses my phone like crazy I'm so into social media you guys know that and I could survive on my plan without data I just always have Wi-Fi pretty much around me so it's never really been a problem there's only been like a couple of times or once in a while I want to be on my phone and I wish I had internet and there was no internet around me but honestly unlimited data I think it's just such a waste Wi-Fi allows you to get free internet and not have to waste money on your phone and as well as there's so many different apps that allow you to do unlimited calling and text messaging I know for me like when I'm on Wi-Fi I will usually call on FaceTime or I will call on whatsapp calls so that it's free and it doesn't count towards my minutes that's a really good strategy as well so if you can try to get a cheaper phone bill I think so many of us spend so much money of on phones and it's just in phone plans and it's just such a big waste of money and if you save every single month on your phone plan then why not so I definitely recommend to be a little bit more cautious about your phone plans sale items I'd say 95% of the time I do not buy things full price I think buying things full price there's just no point but you also have to be careful of this so I will typically buy things most of the times on sale but you have to make sure that you're not buying things just because it is on sale and I used to have a problem with that if it was a really good deal I was like you know what I needed buy this it's such a good deal but I started to kind of just be more cautious and buy items when they're on sale so this is really great especially for clothes or for makeup if you're already gonna buy the makeup then kind of finding when they have sales then might as well wait till there's a sale or clothes if you want to buy jeans or like a top and more staples you could buy those staples on sale - while you're already gonna buy it might as well have a sale so you could save a little bit more money as well and you still get the item that you want in need and that also brings me to used clothes and buying used items so I think a lot of the times we as people don't really want to buy people's used stuff but it is becoming a lot more common and I love that and I started definitely getting into it some things that I really have saved money with use things is my car my car is actually used and funny story I was actually not going to get a used car that was never in my mind I always wanted a new car and it just so happened that I ended up just going for a used car and I'm so thankful I saved so much money on my car and on top of it I know for the future to be completely honest I don't really think I ever want to buy a new car because once you drive off that lot run so when you purchase your car the value of your car goes down big-time so might as well find a used car so you can get it more affordable you can find a car that has lower kilometers lower mileage and you still it still feels and looks and acts brand new like my car to me just seems right when I got it it looked brand-new there wasn't much kilometers on it so I am in love with that and I'm so grateful that I did take the splurge and spend so much money on a car I just think it's so unnecessary and as well as you can buy so many use technology home decor clothes on different sites eBay is a really great site to buy used things whether it's tech stuff used clothes use designers anything where you can find pretty much brand new on eBay or you can find very very little gently used things and if you could save so much money might as well buy it used then buy it completely brand new because you're gonna notice over time that you are going to save a lot of money and no one's gonna be able to tell the difference whether it was gently used or it was brand new no one cares no one needs to know and it's just gonna save you so much money in the long run and the last thing that I stopped purchasing are candles so as you can tell those are the last candles I have and to be honest those are more in decor I don't really burn them or anything like that I just liked the colors of them for the background of my videos but I no longer and buying candles I just think that they are wasteful and they are a lot of money and they're not worth it and there's other things I like to use now to really make the room smell amazing and one of the things I switch over to our diffusers diffusers are not only great for yourself to help relax you but they smell amazing and I started buying like essential oils and these smells so good they last you so long and they are less harmful for you as well and less wasteful so I'll either use a diffuser which this one was also my fabfitfun box which is really great so like I said I'll have that video down below but I recommend a diffuser another thing that my family and I have which is downstairs our senses so those are pretty much just so much better they're safer and they're these make your house smell amazing and they are also last you longer are less wasteful than candles and they are also less expensive so those are all the things that I stopped buying completely or I put a hold it or their these are the things that I kind of switched over to replace my old items I hope you guys found this useful I love doing videos like this I'm really into budgeting and finances and all that so if you guys want to see more videos thumbs up I will do a part two let me know what item you stopped using or which one that you think you're gonna stop using after watching this video I'm curious to know share it with your friends if you want and also I do have Instagram so it means so much if you guys follow me on there it's at Nicoletta XO YT don't forget to click the subscribe button before you leave I upload every Thursday and Sunday and I would love for you guys to join my family but that being said I hope you guys are having an amazing day evening or night whenever you're watching this and I'll catch you guys in my next video bye
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Length: 20min 9sec (1209 seconds)
Published: Sun Mar 10 2019
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