Pan It! - 2023 Challenge

[ElleElleG]

Hey all you cool cats and kittens, welcome to YEAR 6 of the Pan It Challenge!

**Join us in the 2024 thread available here: Pan It! - 2024 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)

• 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:

Spoiler

• 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 😃 *this is the number one recommendation for everyone, regardless of how long you’ve been panning! Those photos add up and can help you realize progress you might otherwise overlook.
• 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:

Spoiler

• 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:

Pan It! - 2021 Challenge 🏆
Pan It! - 2020 Challenge
Pan It! - 2019 Challenge!
Pan It! - 2018 Challenge!
Pan It! - 2017 Challenge! 

[missjeanie]

@Nahnom More pan than product indeed!! Well done!  Way to keep at it!

[Nahnom]

Thank you @missjeanie 🤗

[ElleElleG]

Great work @Nahnom !! You'll finish that corrector in no time.

[Samtian]

@Nahnom Great job! That is a beautiful pan!

[Nahnom]

Thank you @Samtian ! I made a conscious effort to make an even pan as much as possible so I'm pleased at how it looks

[itsfi]

Happy New Year @Nahnom! 🎉 It has been so satisfying seeing your updates and watching your progress - that CT corrector went from a slight dip to a deeper one to the first sighting of pan and wow, look at where you are now! 😍😍😍 Super impressive and oh my gosh, look how much lipstick you’ve worked through in the last half of the year. It must feel incredible to see your progress; it’s inspiring, for sure.

[blackkitty2014]

Oh great work @Nahnom 👏

[Nahnom]

Thank you @blackkitty2014 💕! 

[blackkitty2014]

I finished these 2 🥰

[missjeanie]

@blackkitty2014 Such pretty shades!!

[ElleElleG]

Love those shades on you @blackkitty2014 and congrats on finishing these.

[Samtian]

@blackkitty2014 Great job on all your projects! Must be so satisfying finishing lip products! Love seeing those pans!

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @Samtian ❤️🌹

[blackkitty2014]

Marc Jacob Tan-tastic: I got it when it first came out. So yes takes me years to get here. Oh how I miss MJ beauty 😘

[missjeanie]

@blackkitty2014 I find myself missing MJ as well.  Hopefully the new iteration is a gem too!

[ElleElleG]

😳😳😳 it's huge @blackkitty2014, would likely last me decades lol !! 

[blackkitty2014]

Friends look at these. I think I can finish the powder in couple months. The blusher will be tougher but do-able. Fun fact on the blusher. This is one of the first gratis I got from Sephora as the first time Sephora carries Tom Ford beauty. It only takes me years to hit pan 😘

[ElleElleG]

You can absolutely finish the powder @blackkitty2014 ! Can the blush work as an eyeshadow, either alone or with something layered on top??

[blackkitty2014]

Oh that’s a good idea on the blush. I will experiment it and report back @ElleElleG 

[blackkitty2014]

Some progress on my HG palette. I posted this before but now I make some dents on both the bronzer and the coral shade next to it 

[blackkitty2014]

I finally finished this CT Flawless Filter. It’s a good product but it’s bottomless 😂🤣 i won’t rebuy since it seems a bit thick to me now and I have lots of base products I desperately need to pan 😘