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Hey all you cool cats and kittens, welcome to YEAR 6 of the Pan It Challenge!
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)
Please Use This Thread To...
Tips and Tricks to Panning/Getting Some Use Out of Your Stash:
Ideas to Help You Pan Those Items:
Past Panning Challenges:
@itsfi Oh dear, well, I don’t know if it will do well using it in a small jar with a brush. Maybe that’s the easiest if you want to keep it. If it still brings it pleasure to wear it then try one of the ways to keep it. I would try the easiest way first. But, if it’s not something you enjoy wearing anymore, then toss it.
@Cissy63, that’s a great way to look at it. 👍🏼 I think my wanting to keep it is more a mix of stubbornness over wanting to finish something that took me soooo long to hit pan in the first place, and guilt (that’s probably not warranted if I think long and hard about it) over tossing something. But you are right, if it’s not something I enjoy wearing I need to let it go. Making note of that, for this & other items.
@itsfi -- those are all good options really, but knowing tarte blushers, I think the pearl version will get very messy fast. But it's a good shade for that treatment, not being very dark. I'd probably either repress it, or grind it to dust and mix with a little tiny bit of face powder so it blend easy and doesn't go on too pigmented. Let us know what happens!
@heavyhedon, you make an excellent point about the possible likely mess!! 🤨 Blush isn’t a must have product for me (hello, easily flushed cheeks all the time!!! 😖) so the mess factor with a loose blush powder is definitely something to consider carefully.
I reached my first goal today! I used or tossed 12 perfume samplers. That was my goal for that category.
@Samtian Congratulations 🤩. It must feel good to reach one of your goals!
Very cool, @Samtian January Achievement: unlocked!
Wow! Awesome work @Samtian! Congrats on meeting your goal! 🙌🏼 Did you find any favorites or scents you really like among the ones you used?
@itsfi i really liked HERMÈS Le Jardin de Monsieur Li Eau de Toilette and BURBERRY My Burberry I really don't remember which other ones they were. I think I'll start keeping a full list of everything I've used, normally I delete it after I post in the empties. I do keep a list of all my scents and if I like them or not, but not when I've tested or used them.
@Samtian -- I have little samples of both of those and they are so pretty.
@heavyhedon They are! I'm glad you like them as well.
Woo hoo @Samtian Way to go! 12 samples cleared out is a good accomplishment 👏 👌
@CynthieLu Thank you! Last year I only did 18, so this is really good for me!
@Samtian Yes girl! The year just started and your out of the gate running! 🏃♀️
So glad I found this thread! I think this is such a great idea to make using/using up products more fun, and super useful to help with setting specific goals and tracking progress! I've never done this challenge before, but I'm very excited to participate 😁
I tried to choose a range of different products in different categories, and a range of different goals. I might have been too ambitious 😅 but we'll see how I do! Here are my items for this year's challenge, & my goals for each:
Skincare:
1. Selfless by Hyram Centella & Green Tea Daily Gel Cleanser . This cleanser is fine, but to be honest I find it a bit boring. I have others that I like better, so I'd like to finish this one up.
- goal: finish
- starting status: nearly full
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
2. LANEIGE Cream Skin Toner & Moisturizer 5.0 oz/ 150 mL . I like this toner (I like milky toners in general), but I am trying to phase out non-cruelty-free products from my collection so I'd like to use this one up.
- goal: finish
- starting status: about half full
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
3. COSRX Hydrium Watery Toner . I like this toner fine, but there are others I have that I prefer, so I've already decided not to repurchase. I'd like to finish this up and move on to other toners.
- goal: finish
- starting status: about half full
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
4. Glow Recipe Fruit Babies Bestsellers Kit . I just got this set and like all of them so far. I'd like to use them up before they expire, and decide which ones I will repurchase in the full size.
- goal: finish all; decide which to repurchase
- starting status: nearly full (just started using)
- timeframe for goal: 6 months (the soonest expiration date)
5. Bubble Skincare Come Clean Clay Mask . I like this clay mask okay, but it is a little thinner in consistency than I think I prefer. I have other clay masks I want to try, but I'd like to finish this one first.
- goal: finish
- starting status: about 3/4 full? (it is a little hard to tell)
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
6. The Body Shop Strawberry Body Yogurt . I don't care for this product all that much; the consistency is fine, but I find the strawberry scent to be unpleasantly artificial. I will use it up because I hate to waste, but I wouldn't repurchase. I just want to finish it and be done with it.
- goal: finish
- starting status: about half full (I think)
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
Makeup:
1. Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Face Palette Butterfly . This palette is so pretty, but I don't use it very often. I'd like to try to use it more regularly (aiming for weekly), partly to justify how expensive it was 😅
- goal: use at least once a week
- starting status: nearly new (only used a few times)
-timeframe for goal: 12 months (then reevaluate)
2. Hourglass Veil™ Translucent Setting Powder - Talc Free Translucent . I bought this during Sephora's holiday sale because I wanted to try a setting powder, but so far I've hardly used it. My initial impression was that I'm not sure I like it, and I'm not sure I like face powders in general. I'd like to play around with it some more & give it a fair chance before I really decide whether or not I like it and want to use it regularly.
- goal: use & experiment with more; decide whether I like it or not
- starting status: nearly full (only used a few times)
- timeframe for goal: 6 months, then reevaluate
3. Glossier Stretch Concealer (G12). This is my favorite concealer at the moment - I like the natural, skin-like finish it gives, and that it's light enough to look natural on my very fair skin, yet doesn't make me look pasty. I am going to ambitiously set the goal of hitting pan on this one by year's end.
- goal: hit pan
- starting status: at least 3/4 full
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
4. Juvia's Place Wahala II Eyeshadow Palette . I bought this on a whim recently because I thought the colors were beautiful (I love jewel tones, and cool colors especially), even though I don't use eyeshadow palettes that often. Part of the reason I don't buy or use full size eyeshadow palettes very much is that I rarely can find one where I like every shade. I want to challenge myself to use every shade in this palette at least once.
- goal: use every shade at least once
- starting status: new (haven't used yet)
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
5. Flower Beauty Blush Bomb Color Drops (Bubbly) . This was my ride or die blush for a while, but I've since found others that I now prefer a bit more. I still like this one and would like to try to use it up this year.
- goal: finish
- starting status: I honestly have no idea how much is left 😅
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
6. Red lippies: Stila Beauty Boss Lip Gloss (In the Red), KVD Beauty Everlasting Longwear Liquid Lipstick Santa Sangre , Burt's Bees Satin Lipstick (Scarlet Soaked). I rarely wear red lippies even though I always admire them on others - I am more likely to stick with a nice safe tinted lip balm. This year I want to try to venture out of my comfort zone a bit more by trying a bold red lip more often!
- goal: use & experiment with more
- starting status: nearly new/new/nearly new
- timeframe for goal: 12 months
Fragrance:
1. All my discovery set samples & trial/ travel size fragrances, including but not limited to Boy Smells Fragrance Discovery Set PHLUR Discovery Sampler Set Commodity Exploration Set Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume Sampler Set CLEAN RESERVE Reserve - Perfume Discovery Set The 7 Virtues Peace Perfume Discovery Set Maison Louis Marie Discovery Oil Sampler Set NEST New York Mini Fragrance Discovery Set eau de parfum set By Rosie Jane Fragrance Discovery Set DedCool Discovery Set Ellis Brooklyn Scent DIARY Fragrance Discovery Set perfume set KAYALI SWEET DIAMOND PINK PEPPER | 25 Eau De Parfum Intense Travel Spray .34 oz / 10 mL eau de parfum spray NEST New York Turkish Rose Perfume Oil Rollerball 0.20 oz / 6 mL OUAI Mini North Bondi Eau De Parfum 0.34 fl oz/ 10 mL SKYLAR Honeysuckle Dream Eau de Parfum Travel Spray .33 oz / 10 mL Eau de Parfum Spray SKYLAR Peach Fields Eau de Parfum Rollerball 0.33 oz / 10 mL SKYLAR Sun Shower Eau De Parfum Rollerball 0.33 oz/ 10 mL I have amassed quite the collection by now (I might be a little obsessed - this drawer isn't even all of my travel sprays and rollerballs 😅), and my ultimate goal is to try each at least twice (I find that I can have a different second impression of a fragrance compared to my first wear test, so I try to always give everything at least a second chance, even if I didn't like it the first time). This goal is going to carry over into next year, because in combination with my next goal there aren't enough days in the year for all of them!
- goal: try each at least twice; decide whether to purchase any in the full size
- starting status: 150 discovery set samples (8 already tried 2x), 25 trial/travel size (2 already tried 2x)
- timeframe for goal: 16 months (reevaluate at 6 & 12 months)
2. All of my full size EDP . Here is my little collection of full size fragrances (so far!), including NEST New York Indigo Eau de Parfum 1.7 oz/ 50 mL NEST New York Wild Poppy Eau de Parfum Floral Street Sunflower Pop Eau De Parfum 1.7 oz/ 50 mL By Rosie Jane Rosie Eau de Parfum 1.7 oz/ 50 mL . I haven't actually used them much so far because I've been focused on trying out new scents (see above), but I'd like to set aside some days to wear the ones I already know I like (most of these I got after I tried & liked the sample/travel size, though a couple were blind buys).
- goal: use each at least once a month
- starting status: 9 full size EDP
- timeframe for goal: 12 months, then reevaluate
My more general goals for my beauty collection this year include: using & finishing as many free samples as possible, and deciding whether to purchase any of them; using & finishing as many mini products as possible, and deciding whether to purchase any in the full size; trying all my new products I haven't tried yet; and using & using up as many products as possible before they expire.
So this should keep me busy for a while!