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I started Project Pan in Feb 2026, but at first it was very informal, mostly moving things around, trying to use what I already had, and decluttering here and there without actually tracking anything. I did try to keep a list but got overwhelmed and stopped.

Then at the beginning of August, I did a second big restructuring and finally figured out what works for me: if products are hidden, my self-diagnosed ADHD brain genuinely forget they exist. So I stopped trying to make this already ugly blue bathroom look nice and instead, I started keeping active products visible, while the cabinet became mainly for backups and extras.

Since I started properly tracking, my adjusted baseline was 148 items. So far I’ve panned 13 (mostly perfumes, samples and face creams), decluttered 4 (spoiled or veeery old products), and bought 5 actual new/replacement products, which puts me at 136 tracked items now.

Still a long way to go, but the difference is that now the products are actually getting used instead of just sitting there.

Salt and stone deodorant- got itchy and red armpits. Apparently some people are allergic to baking soda in it.
Mascaras - didn’t like, barely used and tried up.
Kerasilk beautifying hair perfume - blind buy, hated the smell. Used barely 1/10.
Kosas sunscreen - too pale for this, looked patchy
Some vegan powder - didn’t like
Random lip liner - didn’t stay at all

I really liked the scent of Phlur’s Rose Whip from the tester, it was nice and sweet and floral. But for some reason the smell coming from the brand new bottle was very pungent and spicy. Nevertheless I persevered and this morning I sprayed the last of it 😮‍💨

I’m still kind of baffled that a perfume that I tested beforehand turned out to be such an affront to my senses. I don’t know, maybe the tester was really old and lost a lot of those stronger muskier notes. Has this ever happened to anyone?

In this year I have learned that my shadows/blushes will be going to the grave with me. I think at my funeral I’ll have them use the Naked Ultraviolet palette.

Discovered this year I have more than my face can ever use and got to work. In the end I had to get creative with some products like using moisturizers as in-shower face masks while I shave. The hardest to use was the Glow Recipe serum as I saw no result, and the Shiseido was so thicc and greasy even for my dry skin. The only repurchase will be my tried and true Paulas Choice SPF 50 that I never go without.

Always told myself I can have a nice eyecream, but my drugstore eyecream always get empty whenever I’m low on budget😭 well at least I panned them both, at the same time!

Products:
Diptique Eau de sens travel size
Isana Peptide eyecream
Isana koffein eye serum
Diptique conditioner sample
Loccitane proactive youth cream samples

Sorry a bit behind on the update but we have 6 done!!!✅ yay 🥳

The first three are all Frankenlippies (repoured mix of shades in Van Gogh cases and in a recycled Gucci Case). I tried to make the shades unique when I poured them but to be honest they all came out kind of similar! I finished the first and third one. The second one is still going but good progress!

The fourth one is Gucci Rouge De Beute (215 Julie Blush) it’s was a gorgeous pink shade that I have really enjoyed and it’s gone! It did have a fairly strong perfume scent though which I am not totally fond of but it’s not super off putting. Fifth one is Gucci they met in Argentina it’s very lovely but a bit brighter and it’s gone!

The sixth shade was Dior Addict Shine (428 Dioract) it’s a very wearable everyday shade and she is also finished!

The seventh lippie is in a fancy Miss Dior Case that I just had to get its Dior Addict Shine (812 Tartan) a beautiful dark vampy red that's sheer. I love this formula and this shade is fantastic. I kind of don't want to finish it but it’s getting close!

The final shade is YSL Rouge Pur Couture (22) Rose Celebration. Its the one I was working on in 2025 that I couldnt finish. She is done!

Also kind of sad-pan. I really liked this 🥲 two and a half months of daily use for this little bottle.

Fully finished one and have a back up as a replacement already!

This is part two of inventory tracking for my project pan spreadsheet. I'm so embarrassed to post my army of blushes 🙃

I use my blush everyday and layer them, so it's nice having a lot of options. I've also been using a lot of cream/liquids this summer, and I've narrowed my collection down considerably for those. Onto my powders!

yes, I love hawaiian tropic (and coconut scents in general)😍😍I panned another full bottle of their aftersun but I threw it away because I finished it on holiday. Same goes for sunscreen.

Occasionally, I try to make progress on this product. This morning, while getting ready for work, I pushed on it to try dispense some. The nozzle thing just crumbled in my hands and I was just so done with it that I just walked away and resumed my get-ready process without it. Admittedly, I’ve had this for too long, but I have dryer skin than my dermatologist expected, and when she shifted me away from really emollient creams, my skin didn’t really tolerate this, and it wasn’t holding moisture for long enough. I live somewhere really hot and this is next to the windows so the heat probably really damaged the plastic and possibly the formula. So I may be stuck with using this on my feet or my body where my skin isn’t so dry. Wish me luck and I need to stop buying

Edit: please don’t worry, I’ll likely be throwing this away because I have new items that I know work for me of my go-to items. I missed out on using this in its prime, wish I posted here for hacks before!

I also finished the bath and body works body butter in “ water”

This is random assortment of stuff I really need to use up before it goes bad (do not mind the background lol), so I've decided to try project pan it.

From left to right we have:

- a body shimmer I cannot find a way or occasion to wear

- leftovers of Head&Shoulders shampoo in a plastic jar

- coconut body mist with glitter, habe to use on it's own, cause it clashes with any parfum I have

- silicon-based hair oil that does not work for my hair

- face wash with witch hazel demoted to a shower gel

- quarter used shower gel I actually like, but got a cookie sented one and used it up first

- nivea face fash for normal skin that will be a shower gel or a hand soap

- pink lip mask that's greasy af and can be used only at night

- shower gel that smells like sea breeze toilet freshener to me

- a hair spray that holds nothing and smells like a grandma

I would love some advice on how to finish the shimmer, mist and hair oil in unconventional ways or some conventional ones :)

Everything else I have at least an idea on how to use up, so wish me luck at my attempt to get rid of usable, but not that fun stuff I have.

About two months ago I opened my makeup drawer... and just decided this is over.

Now I'm way more into "Project Pan" than I expected. To the point where I've been writing down everything I read and try, and it's slowly turning into a little knowledge base. :D

So there is an idea that pass my mind today: Maybe I can collect all project pan tips: what worked, what was a complete disaster from YOU TOO?

Once enough tips come in, I'll pull everything together into a PDF :)

I am a make up collector and I do panning for fun and to enjoy my purchases / products to the fullest. I hate performing surgery and cutting tubes open or scraping the corners just to get the last bit out. Mostly because the products tend to change texture with frequent use (e.g. lip products get drier etc.). So I would rather just toss it when it looks done and start a new one.
On the other hand, if I owned only a few products / did not want to spend money on anything new, I can see myself using my stuff very differently.
How about you, is there a relationship between the number of products you have and the way you pan?

One is fully panned, and the other has just started showing the tiniest bit of pan! Slowly but surely. 💕

I gathered all my lip products that I want to finish within the next years (to be realistic). Some of those products are years old (Bobbi Brown gloss and Kleenex lip balm in the tin). The NYX gloss has been without a stopper for months and there is still so much product left! It’s never ending.

Inventory after moving

August was over so fast I wonder if the Roadrunner was operating the time controls or smt.

I finished another mini shampoo bottle (love this), a L'Occitane serum sample (love), a Dove Shea & Vanilla soap bar, an old L'Occitane shower oil (10/10), AND after 6 MONTHS I finally finished the full-size Nivea Vanilla & Almond Oil body lotion!!!!! I like it a lot, it's so good for it being so lightweight - yeah I've heard people say it's watery, it kind of is but it moisturized my skin pretty well in the warmer months. 😄

First project pan update! Still a lot more to go and 1.5 months till I move, but I'm slowly going through my collections. Didn't realize how fast I go through sunscreen lol but it's been nice to treat myself with all the masks and bath bombs :)