Hello loves,

I have decided to officially introduce an official "no buy" into my life.  That's right, I have decided to lay off of purchasing beauty products for a year unless I completely run out of that item in my collection.  What I mean by this is if I completely run out of concealers in my collection that I will purchase that item.  I went a little too crazy on Black Friday this year and I have definitely realized I have run out of space in my storage.  I am planning on sharing all of my panning progress, and projects on here (possibly even in video format) in a throwback form to several years ago when I got involved in the panning community. 

If you have been around here for a minute you will remember that I attempted to pan the Lorac Pro palette several years ago; however, I gave that up after making quite a dent in the palette because I felt that I was neglecting all the other palettes in my collection.   This time around I have decided to continue panning the Lorac palette along side using my other palettes in my collection.  I will be adding the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette to the daily rotation in January because I have joined the Pantastic Ladies group on Facebook and the Pan That Palette challenge for 2019 is "A Pan as Old As Time".  The oldest palette in my collection is definitely my Urban Decay Naked 2 palette, so I will be working on panning that palette as well. 

The photo above is the current progress I have on the Lorac Pro 1 palette.  I don't have a photo of where I left the palette in 2015 when I stopped focusing on panning the palette; however, I know I was fully out of Cream, and Taupe.  I had pan on several other shades as well. 

I want to quickly mention that I am not a huge fan of the colors Deep Purple, Gold, and Slate, so I have been working on panning those at the moment.  I have found that I prefer layering Gold over Slate or Deep Purple to create more of an old gold color.  The color Gold in the Lorac palette on its own is a bit too brassy for my every day preference, and Deep Purple is just too deep and doesn't really come off purple at all on me. 

Today I hit pan on Espresso which I use as a liner almost every day, and I have been gradually expanding Black this month by doing the same thing.  I have discovered my tastes have changed since the last time I tried to pan this palette, and I have found that I actually like Garnet all over the lid.  Previously I absolutely did not enjoy trying to use this shade, and now I actually don't hate it.  As you can see I have had to repress Mauve and I fully expect it to be completely gone in a few days.  I hit pan in White this week, and I use it to highlight the inner corner of the eye and I mix it with other powders to set my base.  I remember back in the day I would use Nude or Champagne to highlight the face as well as on the lid; however, I am working on panning a highlighter so I haven't been reaching for either of these shades yet.  I can tell that I am about to hit the pan in Gold, Champagne, and Light Pink so my goal by next month is to hit pan and expand the pan in those.  This is a really easy palette to pan, so I am happy to leave it out on my vanity and rotate another palette along side.


Now let's talk about the other products I have been working on panning recently.  I have pulled out the Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Palette.  This is the original contour palette configuration from ABH and I had barely touched the palette from when I purchased it years ago.  I have several other contour style palettes in my stash; however, I found that I never ever contour.  I will be the first to admit that I only bronze on a daily basis, so I have been mixing the two shades on the bottom left of the palette (Java and Fawn) to bronze every day.  I have been using the two matte powders at the top (Vanilla and Banana) to set my under eye concealer every day.  I was inspired to pull this palette out of the drawer after I saw so many other people panning these powders.  These seem to be so hard pressed in the pans that it amazes me to see the progress other people are having in their palettes, and I don't know if I'm just not aggressive enough in these pans, but I know that I am going to feel so great when I finally do hit a pan in these. 


The base I have been working on for my eyes is the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Just Beige.  If you are questioning why my pot looks completely busted it's because I recently mixed the product up because I felt that the cream was starting to dry out.  I mixed the cream up about two weeks ago, so I have since hit pan again and I am starting to see significant progress in the pot.  This is fantastic because I have too many of these things in my collection. 




Next up is my mini Becca highlighter in Moonstone.  As you can see there is a massive dip in the center of the pan.  Part of this is because I have always focused my brushes in the center of the pan, and I have been using really fine brushes to highlight my inner corners.  I have to admit I also stuck a pin right through the center of this dip just to see how deep the pan was, and ever since then I have been focusing the brush right on top of that little spot.  My fingers are definitely crossed to just hit pan in this highlighter by the end of the year.  Once I finally hit pan I am going to move along to another highlighter (possibly the one in the Anastasia Beverly Hills palette). 


Let's chat about the three stick products I am trying to pan.  The Bite Lip Cream in Glace is a deluxe sample size from a Sephora birthday gift, and as you can see I have just a tiny bit left.  I'm hoping to have this gone in the next few weeks.  I tend to only apply this lippie first thing in the morning because I just forget about it.  However I am hopeful that it is going to be gone soon.  The next stick product is the Flower Beauty Hydrasilk Ultimate Lip Butter in Rose Petal, which you see has so much product left.  This lippie is incredibly deceiving because I thought it would be so easy to pan.  The product is so soft and creamy; however, it is taking forever to see any progress!   The final stick product I have is the Beauty For Real Shadow Stx in Midnight Marathon which is a cream shadow that came in a subscription box ages ago.  I have such a love hate with this product because I find that it isn't very punchy; however, it is great for days that I don't really feel like slapping a bunch of stuff on my face.  I have been using it when I travel and on the weekends for several weeks now, and I am most likely going to use it with the Lorac Pro palette and see how far I can get with it.  There isn't a ton of product left in this, so I have no doubt if I just buckle down and focus it will be gone quickly. 

So welcome to my no buy year!  I'm hoping to really share my progress through the year with other project pans and I want to share some "shop my stash" type of posts around here where I'm going to shop through my own products to see if I can create the vibes from the new releases that I have been drooling over. 

Are you a project panner, or are you doing a no buy year?  If so let me know down below because I would love to show you some support through the year!