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! 

[faeriegirl]

It really does @lmaster!

[itsfi]

Woah, pan on an Hourglass palette? That’s impressive @faeriegirl! 

[faeriegirl]

Thanks @itsfi ! I didn’t think I’d ever hit pan on it😂

[cianni]

@faeriegirl those hourglass palettes last FOREVER. How satisfying to hit pan!!!

[faeriegirl]

Yes! I was so excited about it @cianni 😂

[KeriCherryDee]

 Aaaayyyyyy I am powering through my perfume samples and I have finished all the mini sprays in my photo! I was dumb and didn’t realize the Viktor&Rolf Flowerbomb sample is one of those dauber-types instead of a spray. SO. I have two more spray vial samples that are new that I will definitely have finished by the end of the year, and then I’ll work on my remaining roll-ons, daubers, and my full-size perfumes in 2024. It will be a year of smelling delightful!

[itsfi]

Fabulous job @KeriCherryDee! You definitely powered through! 😍 Love that you have dubbed 2024 as a year of smelling delightful! That sounds fantastic; I hope you find a favorite or a few favorite fragrances next year. 

[lmaster]

Fantastic job!! @KeriCherryDee 

[Samtian]

@KeriCherryDee Whoooo congrats!!!!

[KeriCherryDee]

@CorgiMommy  best of luck during your perfume pan too!

[CorgiMommy]

@KeriCherryDee it has been interesting, going to keep this going into 2024.  I have so many 

[CorgiMommy]

@KeriCherryDee I took am making it through a bag of fragrance samples 

[lmaster]

Quick update

I finished this spray 🙌 

And the MILK MAKEUP Flex Foundation Stick I ended up pitching because I just wasn't reaching for it, seemed senseless to keep it at this point

[itsfi]

@lmaster, nice work; it feels good to finish up a product.

[lmaster]

Thank you so very much @itsfi 

[cianni]

@lmaster ahh congrats on finishing strawberry pound cake! Those full sizes seem to last forever 😩 I have one from last year I thought i had worked away at but it has barely a dent in it!

[lmaster]

@cianni thank you!! I literally use it as air freshener more often than not, just a spritz in the air 🤣

[caitbird]

@lmaster  great job! You're absolutely right, there is no point keeping something if you never use it. I think I am going to have to make some hard calls at the end of the year, which items I will try to continue panning into 2024 and which it's time to say goodbye to.

[lmaster]

Thank you dearly @caitbird certain products like eye palettes mainly ND or pmg it's going to be hard to throw those away 😔

[Samtian]

@lmaster Wooo fantastic job! And great job tossing the one you don't reach for!

[lmaster]

Thank you lovely @Samtian