Pan It! - 2024 Challenge

[ElleElleG]

Welcome to Year 7 of our 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)

• 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 😃 *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:

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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:

Pan It! - 2023 Challenge

Pan It! - 2022 Challenge

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

[missjeanie]

@CookieGirl1 I don't think it said how much either.  I saw the daily part... which I've been... neglectful on.  I'm hoping to be better at remembering to use it!

[AznAngelLiz]

Great progress @missjeanie. I'm the same way, I feel like if I have a few items to focus on, I don't reach for others and sometimes that could get boring. I need to remember that it's OK to use other items, too.

[missjeanie]

@AznAngelLiz Yes exactly!  I'm actually hoping that if I eventually get my stash down a bit I can see what I have better to spread the love.... maybe someday!

[Samtian]

@missjeanie Amazing progress!

[missjeanie]

@Samtian Thanks!  I tend to be good at pushing myself in the winter and then fall off the wagon in the summer months.  Hoping to stack some good progress while it's all front of mind!

[CynthieLu]

So that liner by Joe Fresh sounds like some kind of magic, wow it's got to almost be empty? I bet you are in the home stretch with it now @missjeanie you can do it! 🥳

[missjeanie]

@CynthieLu Admittedly I only line my upper lash line, but seriously.  5-7 days a week for 13 months plus at this point.  Not counting whatever I'd used before I put it in last years project.  How is that possible??  It's been very eye opening about how long some things take to use. 

[CynthieLu]

Right thou, that's an incredibly long time, I'm impressed at the longevity but I seriously hope ( and I'm sure it is)  it's almost at it's end. Sooo eye opening. @missjeanie 

[missjeanie]

@CynthieLu  Lol... I sure hope so too!  It's fine, but I'm ready for something different. 

[lmaster]

@missjeanie I get it!! So many products to play with 😊

[missjeanie]

@lmaster Yes!  So many fun things to test out!

[itsfi]

You're so close with that Smashbox priming water @missjeanie! And that body lotion - I'm rooting hard for you on that one. Those extra large bottles are great for value but my word, it takes a while to work your way through them. You got this, missjeanie! Slow and steady; just keep chipping away at it!

[missjeanie]

I'm going to try and use all the things tonight @itsfi One day at a time!

[itsfi]

Everything? That’s impressive @missjeanie!

[missjeanie]

@itsfi I intended to do everything... but realized I have makeup in my project and I'm not putting that on tonight just to watch tv before falling asleep.  Got in a peel off mask, full body lotion, hair serum, lip oil and even a fragrance before a sheet mask though.  #selfcaresundays

[itsfi]

That's a great group of products you used, all in one self care sesh. Nicely done @missjeanie! 

[Mellmars1185]

@missjeanie I like your approach of 10 items at a time. I think it can be overwhelming to pick too many, so 10 seems like a good number. Sorry to hear about the Vaseline lotion. It is good you are still giving it a chance. I guess this one won't be a repurchase for you? I wanted to try the TF foundation but fading after 6 hours is not the best.. thanks for the feedback! Great progress on the fqce mask and the GXVE palette.

[missjeanie]

@Mellmars1185 Oh... no back ups will be purchased on the Vaseline... I happen to have two full bottles after this.  I think my grandmother must have thought I was in desperate need last winter lol 

[Mellmars1185]

@missjeanie Aw that is sweet of her!

[faeriegirl]

January check in. I haven’t used my products as much as I had planned but I have used each of them at least 3x per week. Hopefully Feb will be better🤞🏻

[Cissy63]

@faeriegirl  Your doing great at 3x/week 👍