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Sunday, 7 May 2017

Project Pan 17 Update #4 and Other Products

This month has been a little more successful than I thought it was going to be.

Let's start with the product I'm most happy about finally finishing and that's the Wella System Professional Polish Cream. This product does help a bit with frizziness and smells nice, but it isn't as good as the oils I usually use and is not cruelty free so I won't be getting it again. I am happy that this has finally gone, but it is a reminder to not buy something, just because.

I've also used up the NYX Butter Gloss in Creme Brulee. I didn't manage to get absolutely all the product out of the container, but I did take out the stopper so that I could get as much as possible. It's not really my colour (I seem to have been going through a pink phase for some reason), but the texture and smell were nice. It is a good product, but I won't buy it again as I'm not a lip gloss type of girl. There is also the whole are they, aren't they when it comes to cruelty free. I've moved on to some of the other lipsticks that I have and am hoping to use another two products by the end of the year, which should take the number down to 4.

The eyeshadows are doing well. Now that I'm doing a type of brown, smokey eye The Body Shop eyeshadow in Coconut About Me is moving along a lot quicker. I've also been using Sea Shell on my eye as well as a highlighter and this has helped move it along, but obviously hasn't helped with two purple eyeshadows which have been put on the back burner for this month. I had watched a YouTube channel by MakeUp Geek about covering up undereye circles which recommends using an eyeshadow as the powder rather than your usual face powder. So I've been using the Natural Collection eyeshadow in Sable for this and have now managed to hit pan. The rest have remained the same.

The smokey eye look has also helped me work through Soap and Glory Smoulder Kohl Waterproof Eyeliner in Superblack. I am much more hopeful that this will be finished by the end of the year, but, as I won't be wearing as much makeup come the end of May, things will slow down on that front quite a lot. However, good progress with this one so I'm happy.

I'm now using the Barry M nail varnish in Cyan as my main nail varnish. All the Barry M varnishes I've had have always been liquidy but very pigmented, which means you don't need a lot to get the colour. This, of course, means there's not as much progress as I would hope, but I still managed to get through a fair amount this month. Even though I won't be wearing face makeup on a day to day basis I will still be wearing nail varnish, so I'm hopeful that I will still be able to get through them all this year. I wasn't sure about this colour, if I'm honest, but since I've been wearing it on a daily basis I have to admit I actually really like it and it does go well with my skin tone.

I'm finally seeing some progress in the Barbara Day eye primer (just at the top). I think this one is going to take a very long time to use up and I'm definitely not going to get it finished by the end of the year. However, I'm not actually that bothered about that. It's quite a good eye primer, especially for my oily eyes, and is the last one I have so if it takes a couple of years that's fine.

As before the MUA powder foundation in Shade 4 and the Bourjois blush in Ceidre 48 are showing no real change. Slow and steady with these.

As for the Jean Paul Gaultier Eau De Parfum I am getting through it and might actually have it finished by the time I start my new job. I will keep using it at my new job (if it's not finished), but not to the extent. It will definitely be finished by the end of the year.

As for other product, I've been testing the Neal's Yard Wild Rose Moisturising SPF30. It smells really nice and I was able to put it all over my face, including over my eyelids, without having any reaction to it. However, I found it a bit too thick to use. Even with warming it up in my hands first I still felt like it was pulling on my face. It also didn't feel like it was very moisturising and, in fact, my skin seemed to get drier quicker when I was using this. The outer packaging doesn't really hold up to constant use either, but the things that means the most to me is what's inside and I don't think I'll get this one again.

To see my previous posts on my 2017 Project Pan:

Monday, 2 January 2017

Project Pan Update #12 and Other Products

Well that's 2016 over and done with, and the end of the year has been quite busy and I haven't had a lot of free time. Our adopted dog is lovely, but does have some issues which we've been working a lot on so that we have a healthier, happier dog.

And now for my last project pan update of 2016 (and I will apologies now for the quality of the photos - it's so dark at the moment and I had trouble getting the lighting right). I had put in a number of products in 2016 projects that I knew I probably couldn't get through, but I wanted to push myself to try and get through as much as possible. Out of the 35 products I picked I managed to use up 26 - yay me 😁.

So, let's start with the eyeshadow. One of the eye shadows, the Sephora dark brown, just fell out of the pan. I'm not entirely sure how as I don't remember dropping my z-palette, but I opened palette and the pan was empty. As that was no longer available I started using the Maybelline dark grey shadow as a crease colour. I'm not sure if it's just the age of the shadow, but this hasn't been particularly easy to work with and I'm happy to just get rid of it without reaching pan as I don't want to keep anything that I have to put work into using. I have been working through the other eyeshadows at the same rate as always and I'm happy to let go of all of them apart from the pink / purple shadow from the H&M eyeshadow palette. I haven't reached enough of a pan of this to be happy to throw it away and so I'm going to add it to my next project pan, along with the other eyeshadows I didn't even get to start on. I won't be buying any of these again as none of the products are cruelty free.

I've finally got through the purple Elf eyeliner. I thought I wasn't going to finish this by the end of the year, but I started using it as a lip liner as well to add some darkness to my lip colours. I thought I had one more use to get out of it, but it's gotten stuck in the lid and I can't get it out anymore. I don't think you can get this colour anymore from Elf and I think I will stick with black or brown eyeliners from now on. However, Elf is cruelty free and I will have a look at the website again once I need to get a new liner.

The Mac Cremesheen lipstick in Creme Cup is also finished. The colour didn't really suit me, but I liked the texture and scent of this lipstick. However, I didn't like them enough to justify the price of these lipsticks, and Mac no longer has it's cruelty free status so I won't be buying anymore of these product even with a range of colour selections they have.

The Sinful Colors nail varnish in Rich in Heart was also another product that I thought I wasn't going to get to finish by the end of the year. But I actually put on the last coat on New Year's Eve. There is a little bit left, but I'm counting this as finished as it's become too gloopy to use. While I like the colour, Sinful Colors is not a cruelty free company and I won't be buying from them again. The other nail varnish colours that were in my 2016 project pan will be added into this year's project pan along with the Tesco's brought Barbara eye primer.

The last project pan product is the Wella Polish Cream. This hasn't moved very much during this year, but, to be honest, I kept forgetting to use it. I did think about getting rid of it, but have decided to move it into this year's project pan and use it up completely. If I remember to use it at least twice a week I should be able to do that.

The last products I've used up this year are the Bourjois 150th Anniversary powder, the Natural Collection lip liner in Mulberry, and the Urban Decay / Gwen Stefani lipstick tester in 714. The Bourjois powder is a good powder to use for the price of it and smelt lovely, but not overpowering. It was easy to work into my skin and Bourjois is cruelty free, but I'm not much of a fan of loose powder and the colour was a little bit too pink for me. I'm a big fan of Natural Collection and Barry M lip liners as the colours are great and good quality. This Mulberry colour was a lovely colour and the pigment was good enough to change the colour of the lipsticks I was wearing. I don't need a lipliner at the moment, but I will look at Natural Collection again when I next do. The Urban Decay lipstick tester in 714 is a lovely matte red which reminds me of a vintage lipstick in colour, and I really enjoyed wearing it. It does dry your lips a little, but nothing a bit of exfoliation and moisturising doesn't fix. I actually have this in the full size. Urban Decay is a cruelty free company.

To see my previous project pan updates click below:

Sunday, 7 August 2016

Project Pan Update #7 and Other Products

This month hasn't been a particularly good month for actually finishing off products from my project pan, but there has been progress in almost all of products.

When it comes to the eye shadows the white eye shadow is definitely the one that has made the most progress, which is probably due to me also using it as a highlighter, but the grey eyeshadow is the one I'm happiest about as it looks like something is actually happening with it, finally! The other eyeshadows are going at the same pace as before, but I'm really not holding my breath that any of these are going to be finished in the next five months. I've added my Natural Collections eyeshadow to the palette to use as a base eyeshadow for blending.

Now for the never ending Elf eyeliner. It is so small now and yet still going strong. I'm hoping August will be the month I finally finish this. That being said, it's clearly good value for money if you're looking for a pigmented eyeliner that lasts for a long time.

This next product is the one I'm most excited about and that is the Lily Lolo eye primer. The yellow primer is almost finished and I am beginning the think that the whole product might actually be finished by the end of the year. I just need to keep plodding at it.

I have basically only worn my Mac Creme Cup lipstick in July. Yet, despite using it almost every day, it has hardly gone down at all. I've worn it so much I've got a little bored of it and I think I'll wear different colours this month. So, I'm swapping this for my Jane Iredale sample lip stain and some of the other testers I have from Urban Decay in August. I'm also going to wear some of my other lipsticks that have sat in a draw for the last seven months.

A couple of products that I have been working on, but haven't actually put in my updates yet, are the Wella System Professional Polish Cream and from Nature Coconut Lip Butter. These have been going slow but steady throughout the year and I'm just going to be keep going till they are all gone. I'm hoping they'll be gone by the end of the year, but I'm not sure about the Polish Cream.

I've finally got back into wearing nail varnish again, but it's going to be a while before another nail polish comes up in this blog.

The last three items are not on my project pan, but are part of my attempt to reduce the number of the products I have. The first is Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Light. Don't let the fact that all the writing has rubbed off fool you, for the price, this is a really good concealer and works really well and Collection is cruelty free.

The perfume is Jimmy Choo's Illicit. I don't actually know if Jimmy Choo is cruelty free, but I don't think I'll buy the full size of this as, despite really likely the smell, as the scent does not last very long. This is my last perfume tester, so now I'll work on my full size perfumes.

Finally, the Urban Decay tester in Ex-girlfriend. I thought I would really like this as I liked the look of the colour, but I didn't think that it was particularly pigmented enough. As the colour was very close to my own I was hoping that I could use it to define my lips more, which don't actually have a defined line, but the lack of pigmentation meant that this wouldn't really work. I might look at the lip pencil though - once I'm through with this.

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