Project Pan Update #9 and Other Products

So this blog is definitely long overdue (as are all the others) and I have no real excuse other than the fact that my temporary job has been physically very tiring.  I was starting to get used to the work though, but, unfortunately, it has now ended.

As I was doing physical work outside I decided not wear any makeup during the week for the last month and a half, and this means that there hasn't been a lot of progress on that front.  But I have managed to make progress through some other products as I reduce the amount of items I have.

So let's start with the never ending eye shadows.  There has been a little bit of progress and actually more then I was expecting, but I am going to be hard pushed to finish these by the end of the year.  However, it does look like I will be getting an admin job again so I will be back to wearing makeup everyday.  I am also going to have to decide whether or not I will keep these shadows after the year it out or whether I will get rid of anything that is left - they are very old and I have given them a good go.

The purple e.l.f. eye liner is actually going a lot quicker than the teal one.  This colour doesn't seemed to be as good a quality as the teal and I, therefore, need to use more of it to get the same result.  Though I know this is does make me feel quite good whenever I look at it.

I have now been using the pink shade of the Lily Lolo eye primer also as a face primer as well as an eye primer to help use it up and I can feel the pan under my fingers now.  Once I had hit pan of the yellow shade it didn't take me long to finish so I'm expecting this will be the same.

My Mac lipstick in Creme Cup has also gone down more than I was expecting based on the lack of use.  As with the eye shadows I will be able to get more use it it if I do get the administration role, but it may not be finished by the end of the year.  It won't be far off though and, with the e.l.f. eye liner, this is giving me some encouragement.

One product I have been able to finish off has been the from nature lip butter in coconut.  This was relatively effective, but not the best lip butter I've ever used and it did leave a strange white cast on my lips.  This whiteness would be gone by the morning though and it was effective enough to moisturise my lips even after using a matt lipstick.

I haven't made much progress on the Wella System Profession Polish Cream, mainly because I keep forgetting to use it despite it being on the top of my dresser.  It's not a natural thing for me to put in hair products so I definitely have to remind myself every day about this.  Though it does make my hair less frizzy I don't notice any large difference to my hair so I won't be replacing it once it's finished.

As with the make-up I haven't been wearing nail varnish on my nails either (mainly as I was harvesting cash crops where you are not allowed to wear nail polish).  I have been concentrating on this Sinful Colours in Rich in Heart as the company is not cruelty free.  It is beginning to thicken up so I don't think I'll get much more use out of it so I'm hoping it'll be gone by the end of the year.

The last three products aren't in my project pan but are part of my attempt to only have the bare minimum of beauty products.  The first is The Body Shop's Shea hand cream which I have used up completely.  It worked very effectively, especially with the hands on job I've had, but definitely isn't moisturising enough for winter.  The next is one of the natural deodorants I've been testing, the Dr. Organic Manuka Honey Deodorant.  I had though this product was effective when I first started using it, but became less so after a while and I had to use it in tandem with a conventional deodorant to use it up.  The Wella Silvikrin hairspray is not a product I've used up but one I've decided to get rid of as I never use it.  I never use hairspray, even when I do complicated hairstyles, as I don't like the feeling of hard hair.  I did try using it to help keep my eye brows in check but it seemed a very strange thing to do.  I've also read that it isn't very good for you as you inhale some of the spray.  I might look for a more 'natural' product, but as it's not something I use regularly I might leave it out completely.

It's unlikely that my next job will be an outdoors one again so I'm hoping I have more progress in the next up-date (though this is only in a few weeks). 

To see my previous project pan updates click below:

• Introduction
• Project Pan Update #1
• Project Pan Update #2
• Project Pan Update #3
• Project Pan Update #4
• Project Pan Update #5
• Project Pan Update #6
• Project Pan Update #7
• Project Pan Update #8