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]

Making progress-

Use It- 168/333 Target 266
Pan It- 19/337 Target 33

[caitbird]

@Samtian  great work! 💜

[Samtian]

@caitbird Thank you!

[itsfi]

Wow, you've made some great progress since last month @Samtian! That's awesome. Gotta just keep chipping away at it like you're doing. Keep it up! 🙌 Is there a product (or products) you're aiming to pan by the end of the year?

[Samtian]

@itsfi Thanks! Not any particular items. I'd like to see pan in at least one eyeshadow. 

[Samtian]

Summer is over so it's time to pick up the pace again!

Use It- 153/333 Target 266
Pan It- 15/337 Target 33

The Becca is the only one that saw use during the summer months. Recently started back up with the others so not much progress. I always forget about the Saie Glowy Super Gel Lightweight Dewy Multipurpose Illuminator Starglow so I set it out to try to remind myself at least once a week, no photo. Some of the oils saw better progress then others, but they all actually got used which is a big win. 

BeccaCTUD DiscreetUD FramedBody OilsUD Robbery

[missjeanie]

@Samtian This is the second reminder I've stolen from your posts in as many days.... I too tend to start off the year strong with panning then forget about it all summer long.  I need to pick back up as well!  You're such a good influence!!

[Samtian]

@missjeanie Awe thank you!

[itsfi]

That’s some good work on the Becca this summer @Samtian, it looks like you’re nearing pan in one spot on that one! 🤩

[Samtian]

@itsfi That one is panned, its just hard to see it haha. 

[lmaster]

I need to pick up the pace! @Samtian you're pushing through 🙌

[itsfi]

September Progress Report

MONTHLY SUMMARY: Nothing panned or finished but it looks like I should be done with the Vegamour GRO Scalp Detox Clarifying Treatment for Dry, Flaky, Oily Scalp 3 fl oz/60 ml with a couple more uses. 😀

SEPTEMBER ALL-STARS: Nothing really stood out in terms of panning items (which is fine, slow and steady has worked well for me in past pan it! challenges). 

NEXT MONTH'S FOCUS: Going to put some effort into making more progress on that haruharu wonder eye cream. It's a great eye cream; I like it a lot and could see myself repurchasing it. I'm rotating between it and another couple of eye products, but for next month, I'll make it my primary eye cream and see how much further along I get with this tube. Also going to focus on using the makeup products more - Cle de Peau foundation, YSL Stora Dolls eyeshadow palette and Hourglass Dim Light finishing powder. 

[lmaster]

You're getting there! @itsfi 

[itsfi]

@lmaster, thank you; just chipping away.

[Samtian]

@itsfi Slow and steady is great, you are making amazing progress! 

[itsfi]

Thanks so much @Samtian! The pan it! challenges have been really good for helping me keep to a regular (or semi regular) schedule when it comes to the hair care and eye cream products I include in the challenges. 

[caitbird]

@itsfi  great job! Nothing wrong with slow and steady, that's often the best way to make progress, I find (though it can be difficult to maintain for my ADD self 😅).

I kind of forgot about Project Pan for most of the summer 😥 I have to reassess and try to make some progress for the last few months of 2025.

[itsfi]

@caitbird, yep; consistent use over time pays off. These two should be used up before the year is over.

[KeriCherryDee]

Items being evicted from the Shelves of Shame in September 2025:

It was Christmas in September only because these body/hand creams are small and I wanted some more room in the little storage cubby. It also helps my empties numbers for the month. I don’t like to have tons of holiday-specific stuff in my collection only because I feel like I have a short window of time to use them.

BBW body cream (travel-size) in Frosted Coconut Snowball: notes are frosted coconut, North Pole vanilla, winter freesia, snow-kissed woods and spun sugar. Loved this; can’t believe I’ve slept on this scent my whole life. If this comes back during holiday this year, I’ll get a full-size lotion.

BBW body cream (travel-size) in Twisted Peppermint: notes are cool peppermint, sugared snow, fresh balsam and vanilla buttercream. I don’t quite get the hype—like it’s a nice scent for snowy wintertime, but that creamy note throws me off justttt enough that I kind of don’t end up liking it. I want it to be a fresh cool “starlight” candy peppermint, not the body cream version of one of those soft-ish puffy peppermint candies.

BBW body cream (travel-size) in Golden Berry Mistletoe: notes are sparkling berries, sugared spruce and frosted air. It mostly smells like berries; partner thought I had on a perfume and he liked it. It’s good but not particularly special, so I’d potentially repurchase pending sales/deals.

BBW body cream (travel-size) in Bright Christmas Morning: notes are ripe red berries, blood orange and crisp apple. This doesn’t particularly evoke Christmas-specific feelings. It’s kind of like Golden Berry Mistletoe with some orange citrus vibes. Probably not something I’d repurchase.

BBW hand cream in Vanilla Buttercream: notes are Tahitian vanilla, whipped buttercream and powdered sugar. Loved loved loved this. I love smelling like a dessert. I bought this during semi-annual sale this year and I was disappointed to find out once it arrived that it was manufactured in 2023, so I didn’t want it lingering in my collection at already two years old. Would absolutely repurchase though.

BBW hand cream in Winter Candy Apple: notes are red apples, winter rose petals, candied oranges, maple leaf and fresh cinnamon. It’s a classic Christmas/winter scent and I do enjoy it; I’d consider repurchasing pending sales/deals if I pick up Frosted Coconut Snowball.

BBW hand cream in Into the Night: notes are raspberry noir, amber crystals, velvety rose petals, creamy patchouli and mocha musk. This was a gift from a coworker and not a scent that I would have purchased myself since I don’t like most rose scents and I REALLY don’t like patchouli in any format.

Babo Botanicals Eucalyptus Remedy Bubble Bath: this is a really thin, liquidy, light gel that makes bubbles for approximately five minutes. And that was when I used like a quarter of the bottle instead of the recommended “two capfuls”—two capfuls makes enough bubbles for a Barbie dollhouse bubble bath. It was also short-dated when I bought it (online), so again I felt the need to move it out of my collection quickly. I’ve got another bubble bath from Babo Botanicals that I’ll finish next month.

MAC Prep + Prime Fix+ Primer and Setting Spray Original: it’s a cult classic product and I’ve used up another bottle in the past, but I’m looking forward to trying a new setting spray after I finish my remaining OG Urban Decay All-Nighter. This bottle was also before the sprayer was redesigned, so I have spent a long time dealing with the super-squirty spray and I’m very glad to move on past that.

CANDLES (there will probably be fewer per month going forward because I really want to burn my fall/Halloween candles all October and I’ll be bouncing around scents)

BBW Champagne Toast: notes are bubbly champagne, sparkling berries and juicy tangerine. Loved the packaging most of all. The scent was okay and would probably be something I’m more inclined to burn in spring.

BBW Blush Amber & Peony: notes are sweet peony, warm musk and golden pear. Man that musk note dominates—I adore the packaging and love how moody the artwork is, but I really don’t enjoy the scent.

Spooky season is nearly upon us (I celebrate starting October 1st), so remember to grab your hat, your cat, your pumpkin and your bat! Next month should be another decent one for my Project Pan (I’m soooo close on some hair care and skincare)—and I’ve got the 2026 panning planning bug. We’re rounding the homestretch!

 

 

 

[KeriCherryDee]

@lmaster lolol the shelves shall remain shameful until the shelves are empty and I can fit all my stuff in its proper small but ✨ aesthetic ✨ storage box 😂

[lmaster]

Great goal for sure @KeriCherryDee