Project 10 Pan: Looking Back at My Very First Makeup Panning Challenge

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If you’ve been around my blog for a while. You know that I have a serious love hate relationship with hitting pan on makeup. Looking back at this post from early 2022, I have to laugh, this was the exact moment I officially kicked off my very first Project 10 Pan challenge.

I was so optimistic about finishing things like the Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette and the Benefit Hoola Bronzer. Little did I know that some of these exact items would still be haunting my project pan updates a whole year later in 2023.

Have you ever done a Project 10 Pan? What is the one makeup product that took you literal years to finish? Let’s chat in the comments!

The Original Post

As usual, I’m about five years too late to the trend, but here we are! I’ve finally decided to do a Project 10 Pan, and I’m strangely looking forward to it. Let’s just say that I’m not proud of my old makeup spending habits, and I have a lot of older beauty products that I’d love to get finished, which is exactly what has led me here.

What is a Project Pan?

The aim of a Project 10 Pan is to pick 10 specific products from your makeup collection and commit to finishing them within the year. Once you completely finish a product, you get to swap it out for something else, and this cycle continues until all of the original 10 products are gone.

Some people follow a strict rule of not being able to purchase any new makeup while doing this, but I’m not sticking to that one. I barely spend anything on makeup as it is nowadays, and I don’t want to restrict myself too much.

Here are the original 10 products I’ve chosen:

Charlotte Tilbury | Flawless Filter

The 2022 Goal: Use it Up Completely

The Strategy: I have been trying to use this up for a while now, but it just seems to keep going and going! I love to use this before foundation to add a bit of a luminous glow to my skin. However, I don’t find it an essential step in my everyday makeup routine because I tend to use glowy foundations for dry skin anyway. I just really want this finished as it has been sitting in my drawer for a while now.

Benefit | Hoola Bronzer

The 2022 Goal: Use it Up

The Strategy: Putting a powder bronzer in this challenge may be the worst decision I’ve ever made. I really struggle to hit pan on cheek products, never mind finishing the entire compact! Luckily, I’ve already hit a tiny bit of pan on this one, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it’s not too much of a struggle to get it totally finished.

Charlotte Tilbury | Dancefloor Princess Lipstick

Discontinued

The 2022 Goal: Use it up

The Strategy: I’ve made it no secret on my blog and Instagram that I’m trying to finish this bullet lipstick, so I had to include it here. Dancefloor Princess is described as a beautiful pop pink, and I love it as an everyday nude-pink shade. It has a lovely creamy finish, which means it doesn’t last all day on the lips, which I guess actually works out better for a project pan since I have to reapply it more often!

Fenty | Fu$$y Gloss Bomb

The 2022 Goal: Finish it.

The Strategy: I keep this lip gloss in my everyday handbag, and I’ve recently started to notice that I’m actually getting through it. That small bit of progress really motivated me to use it even more, especially since I’ve never successfully finished a lip gloss before! Fussy is described as a dusty pink and it’s great for on the go wear. It feels quite moisturising too, so I find myself applying it when my lips feel chapped and I don’t have a standard balm on me.

Morphe | Continuing Setting Mist

The 2022 Goal: Use it up.

The Strategy: Including this one is kind of cheating because I don’t think it has many uses left in the can. I’ve included it because I always automatically find myself reaching for my Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray instead. If I can just force myself to use this Morphe mist a handful of times, I’ll easily be able to finish it up and declutter it.

Urban Decay | Naked Palette

Discontinued

The 2022 Goal: Finish one shade and hit pan on two more.

The Strategy: First of all, let’s just take a quick second to mourn the fact that this iconic eyeshadow palette doesn’t exist anymore! All jokes aside, this is one of my favourite ever palettes. As a neutral eyeshadow lover, it’s just so good.

In 2021, I put this palette aside to see if I could create similar neutral looks with my Natasha Denona Glam Palette, so this one got pushed to the back of the drawer. However, as it is getting quite old, I should probably get a move on with using it.

ColourPop | Peekaboo Super Shock Eyeshadow

Discontinued

The 2022 Goal: Use it up.

The Strategy: This was my absolute favourite ColourPop Super Shock Shadow until the shade Koosh came along and completely stole its thunder! So it’s finally time to focus on this one, and get it gone.

Wet n Wild | Blossom Glow Highlighter

The 2022 Goal: Use it up.

The Strategy: This is the product I’m feeling the most nervous about. The shiny metal pan is already huge, and I’ve still got a very long way to go even if I have made a decent dent in it. I previously included this in my most loved highlighters post and haven’t made much progress on it since then, so here’s hoping this challenge forces me to get more of it gone.

Lanolips | 101 Ointment Multi Balm Peach

The 2022 Goal: Use it up.

The Strategy: This is such a great, hydrating lip balm, but it’s been sitting in my drawer for a while now and I’d really like to commit to finishing it. I’ve only ever used it as a lip treatment. But it’s a brilliant multi-use balm that can be used on dry skin, cuticles, and elbows. It also smells incredible, which I’m sure will help me reach for it more.

Too Faced | Sweet Peach Palette

Discontinued

The 2022 Goal: Finish two shades and hit pan on one other.

The Strategy: I don’t think I’ve shut up about this palette ever since I rediscovered it in my stash, it is definitely up there with my most used makeup items.

The Final Verdict

There we have it. Those are the products that should be coming to an empties post near you, before the end of the year. I’ll be posting updates throughout the year so you’ll be able to see my progress.

Let’s chat in the comments!

Have you ever tried to track how long it takes you to finish a single makeup product? Did you ever own the original Urban Decay Naked Palette or the Too Faced Sweet Peach?

Thank you for reading!