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:

[lmaster]

Wow!! I'm impressed!! @blackkitty2014 

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @lmaster 🌹

[Titian06]

Good luck with your Meteorites, @blackkitty2014 !  I thought I would finish mine last year, but there are still a handful of pearls plus the dust.  Maybe this year???  We'll work on this together. 💕

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @Titian06 . Yes let pan these meteorites together ❤️

[peculiarzmakeup]

Fantastic goals! I’ve always wanted to try those they look so cool great job finishing a 1/4 I feel like I’ve read they last a long time so fantastic work. Where did you get those? Great progress! ❤️ @blackkitty2014 

[Samtian]

@peculiarzmakeup I ordered mine on Amazon for quite a bit cheaper. Looks like they are $50 on Amazon right now. Got mine for $45 back in 2015. I did fall for one of the holiday releases and paid full price for those lol. 

[peculiarzmakeup]

I do that too I order stuff on eBay sometimes it can be very helpful with sampling and stuff smart thinking 🙂 @Samtian 

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @peculiarzmakeup 🌹 This Guerlain jar just Claire (or color no2) in older formula but in special packaging (Chinese New year some years ago). I actually prefer older formula than the newer ones. The newer version has very strong perfume scent. 

[peculiarzmakeup]

Thank you for letting me know , it looks very neat 😊❤️ @blackkitty2014 

[blackkitty2014]

This is the new version @peculiarzmakeup 

GUERLAIN Meteorites Setting & Finishing Pearls of Powder  

[peculiarzmakeup]

Thank you so much 💖 @blackkitty2014 

[peculiarzmakeup]

Hey all! It’s so nice to be joining there’s 🙂 this is so cool I think what I want to work on it’s the 

Danessa Myricks Beauty Groundwork: Defining Neutrals - Palette For Eyes, Brows, Face & Lips 

I love it but don’t really understand it haha 🤣 

I am visiting family but my goal when I get home is too use it 

2X per week 

On eyes

lips

cheeks 

im going to give it a 3 month period to see if its for me. 

so excited! 

I will track progress on a weekly basis 

and report every 2 weeks 

this is one product I don’t use often so I thought it might be good to do this one to see if it fits in for me 🙂 

[itsfi]

Yaaaay!!! So great to have you join us @peculiarzmakeup, and with  DM palette too! It'll be fun to watch you work through this beauty and to find the ways to use it that suit you best!

[peculiarzmakeup]

Thank you so much for the encouragement! I think this will be a a great one to start with ❤️ @itsfi 

[Samtian]

@peculiarzmakeup That is a really good plan! And welcome!

[peculiarzmakeup]

Thank you so much ❤️ @Samtian 

[Samtian]

WOOO HOO!!! Year 8 here we come! Following my format from last year, but being more realistic about my target goals. And I photographed everything this year, it broke my back and took me a few days lol.

Use It-  /333 Target 266
Pan It-  /337 Target 33

Use It-
Travel Size Perfume-  /12 12
Mini Size Perfume-  /12 12
Blush-  /14 14
Highlighter-  /64 64
Liquid Lip-  /41 41
Lipstick-  /99 41
Eyeliner-  /19 19
Lip Liner-  /14 14
Mascara-  /11 11
Face Products-  /19 19
Eyeshdow Palette-  /24 15
Mini Project- P,S,B,CT /4 4

Pan It-
UD Vice  /19 2
Cleanser/Toner/Exf+Peels  /50 5
Eyes/Serum  /28 8
Moisturizer/Oil  /79 5
Masks Shelf  /36 3
Lotions/Lips  /125 10

[peculiarzmakeup]

8 years is amazing! I hope your back recovered well! Your list is incredible! Glad to be joining there’s a couple things I have in mind on my list! Great work ❤️ @Samtian 

[Samtian]

@peculiarzmakeup Thank you, it did! I can't wait to see what you choose!

[itsfi]

Another fun year of panning is underway @Samtian! Oooouh, that UD Vice palette has some stunning shades in it! 😍

[Samtian]

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