Category: tips from the tightfisted

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Instant Luxury Boost: Change Up Your Detergent

May 09.12 / Lindsay

Okay, preface: A true broke girl will understand the point behind this Cheap Luxury Tip, but it’s going to sound a little strange at first, so you have to just trust me. This is a tried & true trick that will boost your confidence in your clothing (not kidding) and give you this sense of opulence [...]

Quick Link: MJRSales.com Resells Returned Clothes!

May 04.12 / Lindsay

Do you ever wonder what happened to that super-cozy, mustard-colored, cable knit sweater you had to return because it was a little too big? What happens to those clothes? Do they go where thoughts & jokes go? What is consciousness? Well, I have the answer to most of those questions (I don’t know where thoughts & [...]

Quick Link: Write-Off Your Wardrobe!

Apr 13.12 / Lindsay

From writing off interview clothes to tracking your gas to and from work to collecting receipts from initial client meetings in coffee shops… There are so many ways that you can save money on your awesome life! Check out this article to learn about some of the wardrobe-related ones!

8 Places To Get Free (Beauty!) Samples

Feb 08.12 / Lindsay

What’s more Broke & Beautiful than free? Nothing! So we have launched on a massive mission to find the best places to score free samples with purchase. Snag that new moisturizer you were dying to try (bonus points if it’s on sale) and pick up some freebies in the process!

4 Sites We’re Excited To Shop in 2012

Jan 17.12 / Lindsay

There are few things I love more than cozying up with pajamas and a blanket – maybe even with a cup of tea or a mocha – and spending the next three to five hours up to my ears in eWindowShopping. Seventeen windows open, six carts on six different websites with totals over $150 (though [...]

Tips from the Tightfisted: Wet In The City

Oct 20.11 / Lindsay

Here comes the rain again. Thanks to a reader question, we give our four best tips for keeping your feet dry in the wet’n'cold season without sacrificing your personal style.

Tips from the Tightfisted: MyNines.com

Mar 22.11 / Lindsay

Remember the now-defunct Broke & Beautiful Sale Calendar? If you do, mad props – that’s old-school! For new kids, it was a comprehensive calendar that logged all of the sample sales for each day across all sites. Bear in mind, though, that when I was running it, there was only Gilt.com, Hautelook.com, RueLaLa and a [...]

Tips from the Tightfisted: Give Up on Instant Gratification

Feb 28.11 / Lindsay

I love the “Buy Now” button as much as the next avid shoe/bag/dress-lover. Trust me, there was a time in my life when I was swimming in cash (& debt, ahem) when I would surf Zappos.com and just chuck whatever looked like it had a heel into my shopping cart. That being said, I never [...]

Tips from The Tightfisted: Lose the 5″ Heels

Feb 21.11 / Lindsay

Poof, 200 readers lost, just with the title of this post. The 150 who are hovering over the release button – hear me out. If you’re the same kind of “broke” I am, you’re not hopping into your conveniently-parked, easy-to-drive, magical-GPS-open-parking-spot-locating vehicle and just driving yourself around all day running on a fuel that’s made [...]