Pan It! - 2017 Challenge!

[ElleElleG]

After chatting with a few of you it seems we were in need of an official "Project Pan" thread for longterm projects to get some use out of our respective makeup collections.  All are welcome to participate!

To accommodate various interests the purpose of this thread is for participants to pick at least 1 item (preferably an eyeshadow palette) to use for at least a month (for a "one month one palette") or until December 31, 2017.  You do not have to use the selected item(s) exclusively and working on simultaneous items is more than OK!

          **No project is too big or too small, you know your collection, your goals, and your limitations, do what works best for you!**

Please use this thread to: 

• share what item(s) you are working on,
• provide comparative progress photos of your item(s) monthly (at the beginning of the month when possible),
• ask questions,
• encourage others,
• motivate others with the looks you create with your item(s)

To get started let us know:

• Which item(s) you would like to work on
• How long you will work on said item
• Goal: explore a new item, revisit an old item, decide whether to keep pass or trash, and/or completely finish item, etc.
• Starting photo of item

Tips and Tricks to Panning/Getting Some Use Out of Your Stash:

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• Take photos!!  When you think you aren’t making a dent in anything look back at those photos, I’m certain you’ll see some changes 🙂
• If you goal is to hit pan or use something up entirely, try concentrating your brush/applicator in the same area each time you use it
• Multitask your products: eyeshadows as highlighter, lipstick as blush, eyeshadow as brow powder, etc. 
• Layer eyeshadow to create different colors (this is especially helpful to get use out of shades you’re not fond of).
• Have shadows with a ton of fall out?  Use water
• Watching the progress of others’ can be fun but try not compare your progress to theirs.  We all use our makeup differently and have different goals.
• Don’t restrict yourself to only using the item(s) you are working on.  It’s more than OK to incorporate other items or take a break!
• Makeup should be fun….if you begin to dread doing your makeup because you have committed to use a product that you now hate, TOSS IT!  Do not force yourself to use up something you don’t like.  Move on to something else

Need some challenges/ideas to help you along the way?  Here are some:

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• Pan a look:  At the beginning of the week pick a look that you can wear everyday Recreate a look worn by a fellow BICer, celebrity, etc.
• Spice up an “everyday” look by throwing a different color in your crease or on your lower lash line
• Roll the dice: pick 2-3 of your most underused shades in your palette and create a look

Prefer to pan other color items like highlighters or blush?  Feel free to share your items, goals, and progress as well 😉

Now let's see some pan!

**2018 Panning Challenge Thread located here: https://community.sephora.com/t5/Beauty-Confidential/Pan-It-2018-Challenge/m-p/3604337#M317498

[howconnie]

Oh, thank you

[howconnie]

Here’s the palettes I’m working on this year. Hoping pan every shade in Urban Decay, and finish off the other two. Having the discipline to finish with all the new Holiday goodness 😽

[ElleElleG]

LOVE IT!!

[Anonymous]

Nice work! You're so close, @howconnie - you can do it!!!

[howconnie]

Thanks, I really need a little encouragement right now. So much new stuff 

[ElleElleG]

Behind on posting but I finished another mini palette!! Started this in March 2017 and called it finished on October 31. (The burgundy shade was ruled out around mid-April) Photos March 1, July 1, October 1, and October 31

[sister13]

Omg! @ElleElleG

[ElleElleG]

LOL @sister13 💕  I didn't think I would ever be done with this palette so it's a bit surreal to look back on it.  

[angelKiss24]

@ElleElleG color me impressed!!! Lol. You are the eyeshadow queen missy! 👸🍾🥂

[ElleElleG]

Ohhhh no, that's so you @angelKiss24 😉 

Thanks💕

[howconnie]

Congratulations you did a great job

[mezzotown88]

@ElleElleG wow nice progress( it's almost empty!!) 🙂 

are you going to buy a new palette when you're done with this or not?(during rouge sale?)

[ElleElleG]

@mezzotown88 I would love to say that I would not be purchasing any new palettes during the sale, especially since I just purchased 3 during the Friends & Family promotion, yet somehow I have my eyes on a few more 😔. 

Finishing this palette helps me feel not as guilty, LOL

[mezzotown88]

@ElleElleG Which palettes did you buy?

[ElleElleG]

I picked up the ND Sunset and Lila as well as the KVD Saint & Sinner palette @mezzotown88

[mezzotown88]

@ElleElleG oh.. nice.. I might get the sunset palette later( spring rouge sale) 

[k617]

I have, sadly, made ZERO progress in trying to finish my KA Celestial Bronzing veil. I barely wore make up for the first 2 weeks of September (vacay) and then when I got home, I was distracted (and have been distracted ever since) with the new Too Faced Sweetie Pie.

I'm going to go home, re-evaluate my pan projects, and report back!

[ElleElleG]

It happens @k617, besides who can resist the lure of new products 😉

[ElleElleG]

One Month One Palette Update. 

Sept 1

Oct. 1

Thoughts

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I wanted to love this palette as much as, if not more than, my Viseart Neutral Mattes.  As I posted earlier in the month, the shimmer shades had insane fallout regardless of the brushes I used to apply the shadows.  I couldn't be more ecstatic that September is over and I don't have to focus on using this palette anymore. I did not use the matte shades. 

Attempt to capture the fallout. Not pictured is the glitter that was all over cheeks and nose. Please excuse my hot mess brow, I don't clean them up until after I have completed my eyeshadow.

Bonus Pan from a past 500 point perk. 

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Decent transition. Poor pigmentation though.

October's Palette 

From BoxyCharm. Very interesting eyeshadow formula thus far. 

Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Vol. II

[MachynesSister]

I had the same problem with the Viseart palette @ElleElleG. I have to spend so much time cleaning up the mess, that I've only used it a handful of times. 

[ElleElleG]

@MachynesSister @k617 it feels a bit wrong to say, I'm glad I'm not alone but I am glad, lol.

 Did either of you also have pigmentation issues with the shimmer shades?  No amount of building up the orange shade in the palette translated on my eye, which was another frustration.  And have either of you tried the shimmers in any of their other palettes?