2018 Resolutions: Makeup, Skincare and Haircare Edition

[Aaliaa]

With the countdown to Christmas/holiday season and the New Year I thought it would be interesting to take a moment and plan some resolutions around our love for everything Beauty. In my experience its important to be realistic about your plans and also be willing to adapt as the year goes on.

Do you want to try the Project Pan challenge? Promise to use SPF everyday? Be diligent about double cleansing at night? Be more experimental with colours and techniques? Hate resolutions and live everyday in the moment!?!

List your resolutions, either each from skincare, haircare and makeup or multiple for any category. Listed below are some examples of resolutions, with mine in bold. Feel free to list your own!!

Beauty Resolutions for 2018

1. Avoid impulse purchases, take a day to think twice before buying something
2. Use all my face products at least once a month each
3. Wear more then shades of brown on my eyes!
4. Clean them Brushes - Face, eyes, hair and sonic
5. Take care of my lips - scrub, moisture for the win!
6. 'Make up' a budget and stick to it
7. Treat SPF like your phone, always on you
8. Routine Routine Routine, the skincare edition
9. Take 30 minutes every week for self care like multi-masking
10. Don't jump on EVERY new product hype
11. Try new hairstyles - curly, wavy, straight, coiled?
12. Clear your makeup/skincare/haircare collection giving/throwing away products you no longer use or are expired
13. Accept that one persons mole is anothers beauty mark - Love what you got!
14. Spend less time looking at makeup GIF's!

 

Happy Holidays!

[MSena]

2018 Beauty Resolutions 

Regarding Beauty-related Spending: 

1. Make a clear distinction between staples and playful fancies you're only going to wear a few times for a night out. 

2. Likewise, make a distinction between "this is good enough" and "there's got to be something better out there." (e.g. this moisturizer works okay for me, but perhaps there's something better? Let's try six more.)

3. Shop your stash. Especially with mascara, lip, blush, sunscreen, eyeshadows. 

4. When making a purchase: Skin > Makeup

5. Stop purchasing "cute" mini items. You have enough minis to make regular-sized everything. 

6. It's sometimes better to make teeny small purchases regular-price.. than go large on sales. Because you're going to splurge at the sale 'plus' make those small purchases anyways. 

7. I made Rouge again hahaha. It happened yesterday, thanks to the Moschino Bear being back in stock. (But the red brush is beautiful so no worries.) 

8. Learn to throw away stuff you don't need. It's okay to save old lipsticks & shadows for sake of reviewing + swatching, but don't use it on your face. 

Regarding Personal Beauty: 

1. Sleep earlier than 3-4am. Eat better. Take Biotin and L cysteine. 

2. Take better care of lip (spf lip balm + scrub + oil + lip mask etc.)

3. Adhere to one-mask-per-day. (Sheet masks every two days; Exfoliating masks once every week) 

4. Use sunscreen on neck and hands as well as face and lips. 

5. Use hand lotion more. 

6. Wash face only 2-3 times per day unless absolutely necesarry. 

[sparklekai]

the "there has to be something better" always gets me! i'm like i LOVE this foundation...but surely there is something better - time for 8 more! then i point and scold myself as i attempt to use 8 foundations i don't love with only 1 face

[MSena]

@sparklekai That is me all the time lol 

I do that especially with sunscreen and moisturizer! I should grow another face if I want to use this all up in time. 

[Aaliaa]

Skincare > Makeup for the win @MSena!! I refuse to spend money on mini's (I'm okay on points and free samples) because the cost for what you get is just not worth it. I do use Sephoras in-store samples a lot to test products out to make sure I like it before I buy it. I literally stare at my phone to avoid looking at anything in the 'aisle of doom'.

[MSena]

@Aaliaa That aisle of doom! I should do the same thing. 

[Haleyhale]

Ooh what do Biotin and L Cysteine do? @MSena

[MSena]

@HaleyhaleI heard allergies and sun damaged skin & hair and nails! 

I also kinda wanted to finish them before the expiration date on 2018 

[fieldsofclover]

Getting a jumpstart!

1. 🔎 Find a new everyday BB/CC/ZZ cream

8. 🌦️ SPF every day

Got the Supergoop! CC cream and really love it. The fair/light is actually light enough, and doesn't pull yellow on me! And it's a realistic SPF 35.

22. 🚮 Toss old/expired stash items: stop feeling bad about it... just do it!

Did lots of this over the weekend...

23. 🚮 No more Marc Jacobs purchases (dead to me after last ad campaign 😡)

Purged my loves list and started looking for mascara replacements... I have one tube stashed so I don't have to get serious for a few months.

[bakeamuffin]

I will be avoiding Marc Jacobs too, that ad campaign was just awkward, especially the glute workout on day 17.  Exercise in lingerie with a full face of makeup and hair done? No 😂 I need a replacement waterline liner 

[Anonymous]

OMG, you've already started and I've yet to commit to any resolutions.  Wow! Nice.

[fieldsofclover]

@Anonymous hahaha it's actually because I'm so disorganized... nowadays I always do a week or two of "training wheels" time before I start new year's resolutions. It takes me a while to figure myself out and then I'm not stressing myself out the third week of January 😂

[Aaliaa]

Oh wow you are on a roll @fieldsofclover! I shall keep my resolutions top of mind as I head out for Boxing Day. Stick to my listtttt!!!

[Anonymous]

@fieldsofclover, I'm soooo impressed!  That is fantastic!

[jamisonbiggs]

1. Don't over peel. 2. Take off makeup at night before bed after stumbling in from a night out. 3. Budget, budget, budget! 4. Find a foundation that wont rub off when wearing a surgical mask 5. Master winged liner for hooded eyes

[KayRinker]

#2 is so worth it! I feel that it may open doors for other things you notice you need to do when going out! 

[Anonymous]

Definitely with you on #2 and #3.  I leave face wipes on my nightstand. I know it's not the best way to cleanse my face but for those nights when I get home late and all I want to do is sleep, it's better than nothing.  And spending less, I feel like a broken record, but yes, budgeting!

[jamisonbiggs]

1. Don't over peel. 2. Always take makeup off before bed when stumbling in after a night out 3. Budget, budget and budget!

[fantaji]

I only have 2 resolutions - don't over-exfoliate and don't put clay masks on my cheeks. This messes up my skin every time, and yet I end up doing it again and again. 

[Aaliaa]

Love it, thanks for sharing @fantaji!

[Melissa136]

I have many resolutions for 2018 because it will be my last year of university, and it's a scary thought! This time next year I'll be looking for a full time job 😮

2018 Resolutions

1. Less spending on EVERYTHING!!! Time to make a budget!

2. Go to the gym and work on my health

3. Spend more time studying and less time browsing Sephora and other stores

4. Use up some makeup I have. Not project pan extreme, but I'd like to finish a foundation, lip product, and powder. Maybe hit pan on an eyeshadow? I have so much makeup that it's not possible to use it up in my life, so I really don't need anymore!

5. And use everything in my collection at least a couple times a month. I stick to my safe products and neglect everything else.

[Aaliaa]

Congrats on coming towards the end of your degree @Melissa136! Don't forget to enjoy it and it zips by!