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! 

[lmaster]

My final pics

 

The bottom row dark brown and black shades were used more frequently 

A little more than half used

[heartsmyface]

@lmaster  nice progress!  Also that honey toned gloss is beautiful!   

[lmaster]

Thank you so much!! @heartsmyface 

[faeriegirl]

Nice job @lmaster!❤️

[lmaster]

Thank you sweets! @faeriegirl 

[ElleElleG]

Sharing my update from November 🙃

October 2023

 November 2023

I’ll add the photo of my latest progress & some thoughts to the new thread 😁

[heartsmyface]

@ElleElleG  Now THAT is satisfying to look at!   When did you start this project? 

[blackkitty2014]

Wow this is awesome @ElleElleG 👏 

[ElleElleG]

Thanks @blackkitty2014 😊 

[ElleElleG]

Hey yall, Happy 2024!!! I’m just rebounding from holiday travel and being under the weather so I’ve had to delay posting my update and the 2024 thread. Please keep an eye out for the new thread later tonight.

BTW yall are the best 😘😘😘

[heartsmyface]

@ElleElleG  Awww hopefully you’re feeling much better by now.   Ha, I’ve got laryngitis and haven’t been able to talk all week.  On the bright side it’s pushed me to entertain myself playing in makeup and chatting online.  I don’t sound like a teenaged boy or mouse frog hybrid online;). 

[missjeanie]

@ElleElleG So sorry you weren't feeling well!  It's a crazy time of year, hope you got to enjoy your travel!

[ElleElleG]

Thanks @missjeanie 💓

[Samtian]

@ElleElleG Can't wait. Hope you feel better soon!!

[ElleElleG]

Thanks @Samtian 💛

[blackkitty2014]

Thx @ElleElleG 🙏 Looking forward to 2024 Pan It thread ❤️

[ElleElleG]

Thank you @blackkitty2014 💛

[itsfi]

"BTW yall are the best 😘😘😘" 

Ummmm, birds of a feather ... you're the best @ElleElleG! Sorry to hear you've not been feeling well. I hope you get better soon. Rest up!

Happy New Year! 🎉

[ElleElleG]

LOL, thanks @itsfi 💛

[Nahnom]

2023

[heartsmyface]

@Nahnom  Ouhhh look at that progress!!  Nice job!