Project Pan 2014 Round 2 Update #1

It's been a month since I started my really large project pan. For some things I feel like I'm making decent progress and others seem like they will not be finished by the end of the year. It's just the beginning, though, so I'm still feeling hopeful.

April Ipsy Bag

I got my Ipsy bag for April last week. This theme is Beauty Rocks.

 I still like Ipsy after all these months. Overall, I enjoy the products that I'm getting... though I do wish I'd get less hair products. I don't really want to say I don't like the Sexy Hair products because I do but I just don't use a lot of hair products outside hair oil and the occasional hair spray. I also find myself wishing that they would release their potential products list and then let you request the ones you want... maybe you wouldn't get them all but at least you'd get a chance. I really wanted to try the Benefit Lolitint but didn't get it.

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Project Pan 2014 Round 2 - The Long, Long Journey

I recently killed my last project pan. It was just so boring to be forced to wear the same makeup day after day that I found that I didn't want to wear it at all. I still wanted to do a Project Pan, though. In the end, I decided to pick a lot of products to use up through the rest of the year.

I also decided not to do a no-buy. That just didn't work out for me last time and I ended up binge shopping. I will limit myself to $50 a month plus my ipsy subscription and the occasional other box... with some other limits. I have so many lip products that I will never go through them all, so I won't be buying any lip products unless there is something so unique (I can't have a similar color) and wearable (no more Lime Crime-y colors like yellow, blue or green) that I can't pass it up. I also want to severely limit purchasing cream products because I already have a lot.

There are 9 months left in 2014 so I picked 99 products to use up or at least hit pan on by the end of the year. Obviously it would be nearly impossible to use up 99 makeup products so this Project Pan also includes skin care and hair care.

Because there are so many products, I made my very first video to go over them. This post will have a master list, though, that I will be updating as I empty products.

Memebox Superbox #2 Makeup Edition

I enjoyed the last Memebox Global that I got so when I saw that they had a Superbox, I wanted to get one. What I like about the Superbox is that it has full-sized products and they are themed. This particular box is just makeup, but they have ones that are focus on other things like certain brands or skincare. The prices vary with the Superbox from $39.99 to $69.99.

This box has four products for $39.99 and is currently still available. According to the info included, the retail value of the box is $99.29.

Project Pan 2014 Update #3 - The Premature Death

I'm going to kill this project pan. I meant to go one more month, but I am so freaking sick of these products right now. I picked basics when I started because I would be more likely to use them on a consistent basis. The problem is that I stuck myself with basically the same makeup for months. Everything but eyeshadow was the same every time. I barely wore makeup in March and didn't even want to on the occasions I did because it was just so boring. I am going to start a new and different project pan, which will hopefully be more exciting for me and everyone else, at the beginning of April but this one is ending.

Now that it's over, I have to make the decision to keep or get rid of the products. I did decide to get rid of the Smashbox eyeliner (as well as the others from that set) because I hate it. Everything else I'm going to keep and some of them may be part of my next project pan.

I finished 3 of the products in February and have 7 left. I didn't finish anything else this month, but I thought I'd show the progress anyway.

March Ipsy Bag

I got my Ipsy bag earlier in the week.

This month, the bag was designed for Ipsy by Klari Reis, an artist from San Francisco. I'm not in love with the pattern of the bag, though I don't hate it. I do like the texture of the bag.

I'm pretty happy with this month's bag. There are only 4 products this time but they are all really nice. The only thing I'd say is that I wish there was more variety. I see the same brands over and over and, while I like quite a few of them, I'd like some new brands to try.

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February Empties

I have more empties, including some at the bottom from my project pan.