This year I have decided to join the Project pan. I've read about it several years ago and I was curious how people did it. And why would they even do that?
I mean, I had only a couple of products which later became a bunch of products but I still didn't see the problem in that. Until I started following the expiration dates of products.
And not until I realized that I love shopping. I love the trill it gives me and I love how I get excited when I get a new product. I love playing with it, looking at it and using it.
But since I am the happiest (lol) when I use up a product - because that's when the product fulfilled its phophecy (can you say that I played a bunch of games in the last month?).
It's ridiculous but it is what it is. :P I wanted to give some unloved and overloved products another chance.
PROJECT PAN 2018
I decided to join the project because I have a bunch of products that rarely get used, some of them are actually the only products that get used and well, I want to mix it up. There are products in this bunch that get a little hate from me and I want to see if it's just feelings or are they really not working for me.
That's why this year I'll focurs on the following products. I'll update you guys every month or every two months to see where we are.
And if you're a fan of such projects, hop on Maša's blog (Low Mainenance Beauty) and see how she's doing with hers.
SKINCARE
Here we have four products, three of which I am kind of hating right now.
Not because they would be bad, but because I feel they don't do much for me.
And one product that I love and will use anyhow. That's pretty much a cheat, yes?
A'PIEU DEEP CLEANSING OIL
A cleansing oil with mild thickness that smells like lemon crustard pie. It works well for my skin and it comes in a cute packaging. I am halfway done with it and it's one of my favorite products from the bunch.
AA HYDRO SORBET CREAM
A cream with some lovely ingredients (vitamin C I think it is) but is colored blue which provoked my strong feeling. It has a strong parfumey scent which irritated me even more. I mean it works as a cream (nothing special) but I feel irritated whenever I use it. I'm 1/3 done with it.
COSRX ULTIMATE MOISTURIZING OVERNIGHT HONEY MASK
I know, it's COSRX. It should be good. And well, it's good and pretty expensive. But when I first got it and opened it, the internal cap slided right into the cream which made me lose 1/3 of the product. Thus I have strong feelings toward it. Luckily it's a good overnight mask and I'm 1/2 done with it.
L'OCCITANE PIVOINE SUBLIME MIST
It's a mist. A fancy, expensive mist. I'm not sure what it's supposed to do but I can't say it is doing it for me. I'm pretty much done with it. I don't want to see it ever again. But of course I'll use it up. I'm not a quitter!
MAKEUP - DECORATIVE COSMETICS
This is the hardest for me to use up. I can only apply so much of eyeshadows at once. I can't say the same about skincare :P.
ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS MODERN REINESSANCE PALETTE
I know it's a palette that most call passé, but I don't care. It's my baby even if it has a 6M shelf life. Why, of why?! Of course mine is 1 year old. Do I care? Somewhat. Not really.
I've hit pan in the most basic color - Tempera. Cuz I'm basic like that :D.
NABLA COSMETICS DIY PALETTE
Here we have four eyeshadows of which I've forgotten the names. Whoops! I think one is Millenum (nude pink with a golden sheen), then we have Madreperla (neutral beige-based shade with a powerful pink duochrome effect and with a really delicate green satinature* - from the official webside), On the Road (brown with a bronze sheen) and Selfish (Selfish is a burnt teal based eyeshadow with multicolour highlights where pink, purple, champagne and indigo colours gleam). I had to check the names on the pans.
ETUDE HOUSE PROOF 10
I mean, it's a cheat because this is practically THE ONLY eye primer I'm currently using. Seriously. But this thing has lasted me for a year and it still doesn't seem that I'm even close to panning it. I probably have 1/2 of it left.
ESSNECE EXTREME LASTING EYE PENCIL - Nude
I got it because I love how awake it makes me look. But then again I forget to use it. All the time.
I have pretty much the whole pencil left!
CATRICE EYEBROW PENCIL in DATE WITH ASH-TONE
This is my go-to eye pencil. I used it the most when I had blonde hair as it is cool toned but now it's a bit too light for my hair. But I don't care, I'll use it up! I used up almost 2/3 of it.
CATRICE EYEBROW WAX STICK
My go to wax which I am constantly fogetting to use. Like .. It's there and I don't know I have it because it has a similar design to other products. Oh. I have 1/2 left of it.
LIP PRODUCTS
I have a bunch of them but I decided I want to use up the following:
LABELLINO Raspberry & Red Apple
I've had it quite some time and I have used it too. That's why it's so weirdly shaped. It looks like a nipple :D.
But anyhow, I'm not too excited about this product that's why I'm giving it another chance. I think I have half of it left.
CATRICE ULTIMATE MATT LIPSTICK
I love this lipstick and it's the perfect color for my lips. I've bough several lipsticks of the same shade just to gift them to my friends. I've talked about it here.
I am looking to using it up during this year. I still have most of it left.
COLOURPOP ULTRA SATIN LIP in DOPEY (MINI)
I have a mini of this shade and it's a lip product that feels interesting on the lips. But then again I've maybe used it only a couple of times and that's the reason why I want to use it more. Mine is still full.
HAIR PRODUCTS
I've accumulated quite a bunch of hair products in the past months.
Here are the three I want to use up.
JOHN FRIEDA CALMIN CREME
This one is a new one. I know, I'm panning a NEW product?! How crazy can I possibly be?! Yeah, this crazy, haha! Anyway, I'd like to see how it works on my fizzy, dry, curly hair. Wish me luck!
ALTERNA BAMBOO KENDI OIL
A product targeted to frizzy hair which came in a set I bought from Alterna. It was pretty expensive and thus I decided to get a deluxe sample before I go for a full size. Since it's a new product, it's still full. Yeah I'm panning TWO NEW products!
ALTERNA CAVIAR OVERNIGHT HAIR RESCUE SERUM
I've had this serum for some months and well, I'm not sure how I feel about it. That's why I want to pan it. I'm halfway there because this thing gets used up like crazy. Thus it should be extremely easy :D.
HAND CARE
I've had a bunch of hand cream sitting around. Some of them are new, some aren't. For some odd reason this winter has been gentle on my hands and I've rarely used hand creams.
AVON PLANET SPA BLISSFULLY NOURISHING HAND CREAM
Whew, what a mouthfull! This cream has a very strong scent which is somewhat pleasant. I want to use it up because it's darn cute! The cream is almost completely full.
L'OCCITANE VERVEINE HAND GEL CREAM
A gel cream that smells like lemon leaves. It's more like a gel and isn't really suitable for very dry hands. I have 1/2 of the cream left.
My project will go like this:
I'll try to pan all the products and when/if I do that, that's when I decide if I want to keep using that product. That means that when I pan an eyeshadow I decide if that one stays or goes out of the project pan. Maybe even directly to the trash can. We'll see.
Okay, so these are all the products I'm trying to pan. Wish me luck!
