Pan It! - 2021 Challenge 🏆

[ElleElleG]

Welcome to the 2021 Pan It Challenge !!

HUGE round of applause for the 2020 Panners 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Despite an incredibly hectic year I couldn't be more proud of each and every one of you who spent even a second thinking about your projects.  It was a huge inspiration for me and I'm sure others as well.  Cannot wait to see your new projects and whatever this year has in store for us!

The "Rules"

To accommodate a variety of interests, you all are encouraged to pick items to pan that are most suitable to your collections.  For some, this might mean focusing on a particular type of product (like lipstick) and for others this may include a larger variety spanning your entire makeup or skincare routine.

Getting Started (please share the following)

• 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

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)

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 made a commitment 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!  (This includes excluding particular shades from your goals if focusing on palettes, etc.)

Ideas to Help You Pan Those Items:

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• Roll the dice: number your items and use a random number generator to pick what you will use each (day/week/month/etc.) 
• Layer/Mask: items you are less fond of under things you like
• 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 adding subtle pops of color (in the crease or on the lower lash line, mix lip products to make shades wearable, etc.)

Past Panning Challenges:

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Pan It! - 2019 Challenge!
Pan It! - 2018 Challenge!
Pan It! - 2017 Challenge! 

.... and for good measure, 

[itsfi]

@CookieGirl1, that was such a pretty bronzer. Nice work. Do you have another bronzer or bronzers lined up?

[CookieGirl1]

@itsfi I have one specifically that's a hint too dark for me in the winter but great during the summer so I just pulled that one out and I may be able to finish that one by the time Summer's over! We'll see 😉. 

[heartsmyface]

@CookieGirl1  Wow.  Even my most loved bronzers have just the tiniest show of wear!  This is impressive!!  

[CookieGirl1]

@heartsmyface my pale-girl face clearly needs all the bronzer it can get 😉. 

[lmaster]

@CookieGirl1 I feel you,,, thank goodness for sunless tanner

[CookieGirl1]

@lmaster you speak my language 😂. 

[heavyhedon]

@CookieGirl1 

 Oh my. I can't imagine ever using up even a mini bronzer. Congrats!

[CookieGirl1]

It helps that I don't have a lot of bronzers right now, @heavyhedon 😉.

[fieldsofclover]

I squee'd for you when I saw this on Instagram this morning 🏆👏

[CookieGirl1]

@fieldsofclover lol, thanks!

[RGbrown]

And I just squee'd a little over a @fieldsofclover sighting; it's nice to see you pop in! 💕 You've been missed, I hope all is well!

[CookieGirl1]

@RGbrown is right--it IS good to see you, @fieldsofclover 😀.

[Samtian]

@CookieGirl1 Wow!! Congrats!

[blackkitty2014]

@CookieGirl1 It’s a pretty bronzer. How long did it take you to finish it? 👏 Great job

[CookieGirl1]

@blackkitty2014 pretty sure that I started it at the beginning of last summer.  I used it a lot between then and now 😊. 

[lnum]

@CookieGirl1 woohoo! Great job! That looks like such a pretty bronzer too. 

[CookieGirl1]

@lnum it was really pretty so really it was a labor of love ❤️.

[lnum]

@CookieGirl1 Love when that happens! I’m feeling the same about getting through TF nude dip. 

[heavyhedon]

Early to update, but just noticed this good progress, so...

 I knew Shine Lover was a creamy formula that needs lots of refreshing but I'm still surprised at how far gone it is in such a short time. I'm wearing it most days, and I drink of lot of tea at my desk & then re-apply but still! It may be done by next week.

First the last update pic, then today:

Last weekToday, 4/8/'21

[haleyvvvv]

Nice progress, @heavyhedon!! 

[heavyhedon]

@haleyvvvv -- oh yeah, it's just about done now.