Wow!!! After years of collecting beauty products, I have finally realized that I definitely have a problem with overconsumption. I am so excited to start my first no buy and project pan adventure to examine my habits and reduce my collection size 😊 any tips are welcome! :)

Do you prefer to pick one product from each catagory and work on it every day to pan it? Or do you prefer to switch things around and take a longer time to pan?

I recently laid out all of my personal makeup (not including my professional kit) and realized this is out of control 😅😂 I counted 117 eyeshadow palettes alone. 1.5 years ago I got rid of a bunch of makeup and I still have this much. I love and wear makeup every day but seeing everything laid out really helped me realize I don’t need to buy ANYTHING for a long time. I want to distance myself from the hyper consumerist mindset for sure.

I had friends over this weekend and we were planning to do a clothing swap. Last minute, I decided to bring down my big bag of project pan items. Mostly the ones that I am less interested in and travel items. My friends took probably half of the items! I still have probably 30 extra skincare makeup and haircare items on my roster to pan, but it is way less than before. In particular there were two full size bottles of hair oil that seemed insurmountable to me since I don’t really use hair oil lol. And I’m down to only my 2 favorite shades of nail polish! It’s a big relief to have these go to a better home where they’ll actually get used! I think this will be better for me than hate panning a bunch of hair oil

Here's how my Tartelette In Bloom palette is looking. Swipe to see how it looked at the start of the year. I started off this project with a tiny bit of pan on one shade, and now I've got pan on four.

With that said, at this point it's anyone's guess when I'll hit pan next! The rest are all pretty full and these pans are deep!

How many more times can I say pan in this post?

...pan.

This is the saddest makeup pan I’ve ever hit. This (Dior Forever Natural Velvet Powder ) belonged to my late older sister, and I’ve been using it in her remembrance. Sentimental value aside, it’s genuinely a great product—lightweight, smooth, and gives a natural, flawless finish. I have oily-combination skin, and it holds up really well throughout the day. I usually set it with the NARS Light Reflecting Pressed Setting Powder, and the result is long-wearing and non-cakey. I just wish she were still here to see me love it as much as she did.

A little late because I was feeling sick on the last day of March and it lasted for a week 😭 I also forgot to take pics of my empties at my boyfriend’s house so I wanted to wait to include those as well. But this month has been so incredibly busy that I haven’t been able to focus much on using up products besides the essentials 😭 I still have so much skincare and makeup to go through.

For the La Roche Posay Lipikar Syndet bottles, theyre not 100% empty in the pics as I have a refill pouch and will be refilling both of them 🩷

Finally finished my 50mL bottle of Eilish and now I’m working my way through a 30mL bottle that my boyfriend got for me 🤭 It might be a little bit harder for now though as the weather is starting to get a lot nicer and I tend to gravitate towards lighter scents in the spring/summer!

Really want to start focusing on trying out and using up more samples that I have. I just tend to forget about them as they’re so small and its an out of sight out of mind thing.

If anyone has any tips in general please let me know! Excited to see what else I use up in April!

Product: Chanel Rouge Allure 154 Badine

Probably discontinued but im not sure. But this was one of my impulse buys and later i noticed how unflattering this pink shade looks on me. I used it as a blush instead. I was worried at first that my skin would react badly to it but sofar nothing happened.

It’s taken some time and by no means were most of these full when I started my project. I have replaced the: HA Spray, Moisture Surge, Khiel’s UFC, Timeless Eye. The minis I’m just glad to finally have out of here! I love the Shiseido Ultimune but have 0 clue if it’s actually doing anything and can’t justify a full bottle - it just smells really good. The 7 Day Scrub is the worst and I’d never use it in my face but they were putting it in a lot of bundles last year - I use it on my chest/neck/shoulders in the shower.

vichy mineral 89 serum — this is definitely repurchase and has completely transformed my skin. I didn’t expect anything special, but it’s just great for fading my problem spots. one amazing part of this project is learning what works and being able to make confident repurchases!

I scraped this like crazy and so sad it's gone. I tried to make the last bit last. I'm still deciding if I should repurchase. It is a holy grail item for me but I need to use other curl creams up too. I started using this with my curl creams and my hair looks so good when I do. I'm considering it!

Here is a tip and i think others would like it:

here are my rules:

• all of my toiletries and skin/hair care + tools for skin care and hair, all need to fit in my toiletry bag. (i have a large size bag smart toiletry travel bag)
• if they all cant fit, then i have wayy too many products. i also put hair clips, hair ties, a mini mirror and other important cosmetic tools in there. it all does fit yes, its bulky but good.
• for makeup, i also do the same for my makeup bag. i do have some excess makeup products that wont fit in the bag, but then i put the excess in my toiletry bag.
• i do the same for my jewelry. all my jewelry needs to fit in my travel sized jewelry box (its medium sized and layered).
• i have recently decided to do this for my nail products too, but im unsure...

so in total i have 1 large bag, 1 small ish make up bag, 1 jewelry box for my things.

this has helped me keep control on the amount i have and making sure i used up things, so things can fit in these bags. its helped with space and storage a lot!

I love each of these products and a little goes a long way! The Clarins serum lasted me around 15 months and I can’t even remember when I started the hyaluronic acid cream. I would definitely buy these again but I have a bunch of other skincare and hair care I need to get through first before spending more $$$. Although the recent tariffs situation in the US is making me wonder if I should stock up on my kbeauty favorites :(. I am resisting though!!

March empties, better late than never! This was a slow month, which I expected since the past few months have had a lot of empties. I finished a mini Charlotte Tilbury moisturizer, a mini Laneige lip mask in mango, and Covergirl Cleantopia mascara in black brown.

So the first picture is my full collection, second are the lippies in closest to finishing and the last one is the only lip product I e managed to finish. I use the same handful in my rotation and I’m not seeing a lot of progress, I’m about to pan the fenty one tho maybe 2-3 more uses and it will be gone. I am a wee bit overwhelmed with how much I own and the rate I’m finishing them lol.

Love all of these except for the k18. Definitely helped my hair when it was super damaged but not any more than a normal deep conditioner.

This is about a months worth of collecting my finished products! Working on owning less products and making low waste swaps! Looking for bar soap and lotion suggestions with (mostly) clean ingredients to replace these if anyone has any!

Products:

• Bad Habit Aphrodite
• Bad Habit After Hours
• Morphe 35F
• Etude House Fixing Tint in Analog Rose
• Maybelline Sensational Liquid Matte in Bare Temptations
• Dazzle Me Liquid Eyeliner

In with the new

Wet & Wild hydrator, maybeline tint, ulta complexion crush, milani cheek kiss shade #140 and benefit crystah go back to the stash after being my complexion focus for march.

Up next for April we have Loreal true match tinted serum(pretty sure I'll finish this in april), laura mercier weightless flawless foundation, pixie blush stick and benefit rockateur. I'll likely finish off rockateur this month much to my dismay. It's discontinued and it's the perfect kinda 'is it a blush? Is it a bronzer? Yes to both and a great eyeshadow as well' product. I love this product but it's time to stop saving it and just use it.

Keeping the cinnamon swirl palette in play as I've hit pan on dough boy and flour power and muffin top aren't far behind.

If you've been following my updates, I did it, I hit the tiniest pan on the 8th shade. Omg, I knew I was going to hit pan on it soon, but I didn't think it'd be this soon. One more shade to go! :D

The Project Pan is going somewhere. I usally pan more hygiene products, like shower gel, lotion and conditioner, but this month I finally used up two things I've been using regularly Months. Even before starting project panning. I think I'll never have to buy a lip product again. Anyways. Here is my list.

Isana shower gel: Cinnamon and Vanilla go good together, was a gift, wouldn't rebuy The Peeling box: I have no clue anymore what this Peeling was from, bc the lable went of my the oily consistency of the Peeling. Schauma conditioner: was the last one of my stash, but I found one that works better for me. Nivea hand lotion: It worked really well for my hands, but the packaging is so bad. Whe I cut it open It was maybe February and I still had enough until the end of March. There was so much product left. Weleda Nappy Change cream: helped really good with the bacne. Would buy again if they chage the packaging, because the metal is sharp while cutting it open. Alverde lash serum: finally I'm done. After so many months. I don't know about this one. Me personally I don't see a difference, but the peope around me say my lashes are longer. Idk. Problem is. I have 2 other 🫠 Essence lip care booster: man when I tell you this mf and I been trough thick and thin. It helped when my lips where dry as fuck bc of a dry climate on vacation. I took it everywhere with me. Nothing feels the same ever since it's empty. And the worst? I can't find it anymore. They don't sell it. I mean I have 8 Lip products left to get through. But noting compares🥲😪

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hey! sure this been asked many times but what do you guys do with candle wax after the wick is all the way burnt down? just finished these two but they still have lots of wax!

Staples I always repurchase are the LRP Cicaplast Balm, Vanicream HC, Too Faced Hangover Pillow Balm, and MAC Fix +.

Nothing else would be a repurchase.

My skin is normal, but REALLY sensitive and itchy, so i decided to try this body balm. Honestly, it's really good, because :

• fragrance free;

• contains pantenol and niacinamide;

• bottle made of 100% recycled plastic;

• affordable price;

• did not cause allergies or irritation (big win!)

This balm helped me a lot, but i think the texture is kinda heavy. That's would be perfect for really dry atopic skin or eczema. I use it for hands too. I would give it 8/10.