Pan It! - 2025 Challenge

[ElleElleG]

It's 2025 and we're on YEAR EIGHT (8) 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)

• 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:

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Pan It! - 2024 Challenge
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! 

For those of you who are interested in trying the challenge but fear you may not finish or move as quickly as others, remember:

[Samtian]

@itsfi Oh it does! Hoping to finally see pan in one shade, and extend the other by a lot. 

[itsfi]

Here's to another year of the pan it! challenge. 

10 products, 10 goals, 365 days

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I'll keep most of my pan it! products in here, unless it's more convenient to keep them elsewhere for use purposes.

#	Product	Pan Goal
1.	OSEA Undaria Algae Body Oil	Use up by 6.30.2025
2.	DIOR Nail Glow Polish 0.3oz / 10 mL	See how long it takes to use up
3.	HERMÈS Barenia Eau de Parfum Perfume Set	See how long it takes to use up
4.	Vegamour GRO Scalp Detox Clarifying Treatment for Dry, Flaky, Oily Scalp 2 oz/ 60 mL	Consistent use; try to use up by EOY
5.	LANEIGE Lip Sleeping Mask Intense Hydration with Vitamin C Vanilla (this jar is from a special edition collab)	See how long it takes to use up
6.	Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Bakuchiol Eye Cream	See how long it takes to use up with consistent use
7.	Cle de Peau The Foundation	See how long it takes to use up
8.	Typology Lip Peel	See how long it takes to use up
9.	Yves Saint Laurent Couture Mini Clutch Eyeshadow Palette 100 Stora Dolls	See how long it takes to hit pan on one shadow
10.	Hourglass Mini Ambient® Lighting Powder Dim Light	See how long it takes to hit pan

I'll add washi tape to most of the components this weekend to make it easier to track and check in with status on a monthly basis for the most part, with the following exceptions:

• Hermes fragrance - I'm not sure I want to add washi tape to the packaging on this one. Using a tracking method employed by @Samtian and other BIC members who have been part of one or more of these pan it! Challenges, I'll track this by weight of the product. 
  
  
• Vegamour hair serum and haruharu wonder eye cream - I think I can forego washi tape and just mark the tubes.
  
  
• Laneige lip sleeping mask - will show progress by photos once there's noticeable progress made.
  
  
• Cle de Peau foundation - will track by weight (and photos once there's been noticeable progress made)
  
  
• YSL eyeshadow quad and Hourglass finishing powder - will post photos once there's been noticeable
  progress on each item

Thanks for posting this thread @ElleElleG! Excited to see everyone's progress throughout the year. 

[Cissy63]

@itsfi  Oh such a wonderful plan!  I love the way you have set up your goals.  And the basket is beautiful 😻. Looking forward to seeing your progress 😃

[itsfi]

@Cissy63, first year without the ND eyeshadow palette in my pan it! I don't foresee hitting pan on the YSL this year but it will be interesting to see how it and the other items progress.

[peculiarzmakeup]

Amazing goals! I love the end date and amount of use that is so helpful! Looking forward to hearing your experiences with each! @itsfi  ❤️

[itsfi]

@peculiarzmakeup, thank you! I like having a mix of goals and I've learned over the years that some things just take longer than others. Some, a lot longer. Hahaha! I'll adjust them as we get further into the year if I'm finding that I'm working through something faster than I thought I would. 

[Samtian]

@itsfi I can't wait to see all your progress!

[itsfi]

@Samtian, not gonna lie, I'm nervous about that Hourglass one - non-eyeshadow powder makeup products and I do not have the best history with the pan it! challenge. 😄

[blackkitty2014]

I want to compare how long it takes you to finish the Laneige lip mask. Full size would take me 11 months give or take @itsfi 😘

[itsfi]

Absolutely @blackkitty2014! That's really good to know about your timing; thank you! I was planning on the lip sleeping mask being a multi-year project. 🤣 In the past, I've depotted product from the full size to the mini-mini's, but with this, I'll just work from the original packaging. I wanted the peach tea one but that, unsuprisingly, sold out long before I even laid eyes on this one. 

[lmaster]

@ElleElleG you picked a gorgeous palette to pan!! 

My pan products to start the year off are:

 

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Herbivore Moon Fruit 1% Bakuchiol + Peptides Retinol Alternative Serum 1 oz / 30 ml 
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Fat Water Niacinamide Pore-Refining Toner Serum with Barbados Cherry 5.0 oz/... 
Caudalie Premier Cru Anti Aging Cream Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid 1.7 oz / 50 mL 
Herbivore prism Serum 

 

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BBW vanilla mocha body spray
Viktor&Rolf Flowerbomb Ruby Orchid Eau de Parfum Travel Spray with Vanilla & Peach 0.34 oz / 10 mL e... 

 

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Charlotte Tilbury Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Hydrating Foundation Stick 5 Medium 
Ami Colé Hydrating Lip Treatment Oil Reflection 
Lancôme Juicy Tubes Mini Trio Set 
Fresh sugar watermelon balm

 

 

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I'm almost done with TOM FORD Soleil Neige Shimmering Body Oil and ysl opium neon 

 

 

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LAWLESS Mini The Glam One Talc-Free Eyeshadow Palette 8 x 0.03 oz/ 1 g 
Bbw coffee and whiskey is also very close to being gone

[Cissy63]

@lmaster  Oh lots of different products to pan!

[lmaster]

@Cissy63 yes I hope to get some good progress!!

[itsfi]

@lmaster; nice mix of pan products for the year! It'll be fun to work through everything. 

btw, your nails look great!

[lmaster]

Oh my gosh @itsfi thank you,  I rarely put anything on them tbh, I have gloves on constantly,  hauling wood and dealing with the chickens and the barn, so that is nice to hear

[peculiarzmakeup]

Very neat to see your choices, goals, and progress! It’ll be fun to see results and how these products adapt overtime. Great job! @lmaster  ❤️❤️

[lmaster]

Thank you!! 😊 @peculiarzmakeup 

[Samtian]

@lmaster Woo those are some great items!

[lmaster]

Thank you kindly 🥰 @Samtian 

[blackkitty2014]

YES!!! Thx you for the tag @ElleElleG . I will join for sure

[itsfi]

Yesssss!!!! Bring on the beauties @blackkitty2014!