Another tip if you're the type to mostly use up an item and then not wanting to finish it for whatever reason go back and finish that third or less of a product. My first 2 project 20 pans were filled with these! And in the span of about 5 weeks I'd finished 40 items. Bad habit to leave almost finished items. So I had the benefit of finishing the items, getting a bit more room, getting closer to the point of not feeling like I was drowning in products, and since I was tracking everything I had I could easily see what I'd finished when compared with what I had left.
+Kayla B That is a fantastic tip Kayla!! Thank you for sharing! I agree it helps to have things almost finished so you get a ton accomplished in a shorter amount of time :)
I've been watching a ton of these videos and I have decided to do a quarterly challenge.That way I can utilize my fall colors in sep thru Dec and change it up after that three months.I tend to use different products for winter and summer.
Great ideas! Currently undergoing a Buy No Beauty Product Until 2018 Project. I have samples galore, jumbo size shampoos & conditioners from when Ulta had them on sale, skin care, and makeup. I've started using face scrubs as body exfoliators and face creams as neck/décolleté creams in an effort to use stuff up and feel like I got my money out of it. Love your video!
I had no idea project panning was going on for so long! i'm about to start my first one and i think this is the best advice video i'v seen. thank you. my ultimate goal is to keep my spending under control. I know one of your tips is not to go on no-buys around sales and holiday, which is now at the time of this posting, but it helps me not be a slave to the releases. 2018 was a crazy year, and i'm actually sick of seeing new things pop up nearly every day.
Bethany, what a terrific video! As you were speaking throughout the video, I noticed everything you mentioned is something I've experienced or thought or done through my decluttering and project pans. Thanks for such AWESOME advice....you're the best! 😀👍🏻
Excellent tips Bethany! I agree with you 100% about not forcing a product that you arent liking (I completely got rid of a whole set of lipsticks last spring because I tried to use one of them for a week and found out that I didnt like the formula - I wouldn't have known that without consistent use!). I'm going to have to try the tape over my sharpie marks (Mac products, no nail polish).
+Kristen Kay Yeah I am all about adding products after doing my project pans or weekly makeup baskets into my delcuttering pile so others can enjoy them. Not worth suffering through it. I totally need to start taping my sharpie marks too!
Great video for beginners as well as for ones that are several months in. I absolutely love the idea of taking a shadow and mixing it with nail polish or body cream. What a way to take something and turn it into something completely different. The panning community has been AWESOME! I love receiving the comments with the cheering on, it really does help push through especially when you are in a rut. Thanks Bethany for this video! xoxoxo
+BrownEyedGirlCherise It has been awesome using products for different things to help spice them up or make it easier to use them. Let me know if you ever make a lotion or nail polish out of your shadows! I would love to know how yours turns out! I agree the project pan community is amazing!!!!
I find it also helps to re-apply makeup. Not only does it help use up products faster, it also makes me feel refreshed & gives a confidence boost. I've been re-apply on my makeup at work and that has helped me finish off a foyndatioj, a BB cream, and a primer within the past three weeks.
I keep a small basket on my countertop of items that are about to finish so that I remember to use them. Also, I collect makeup/skincare/toiletries recycling in a bag for a month. It gives me great satisfaction to see the empties.
So glad I came across this video. lots of inspirational and reassuring advice 2 especially re not having to feel you have to finish all of the product even if u don't like it. Another way to finish powder items like eyeshadow bronzer blush etc is to use, say a cuticle pusher to break up and crumble the product bit by bit to help pick up and use up the product quicker !
I'm not really project panning, but I love watching these kind of video's because I'm trying to use things up this year (so probably I'm kind of project panning😂). It really motivates me to finish products and keep me to my nobuy. (Sorry if my english isn't perfect 😂 but you probably understand what I'm trying to say )
Very helpful! I’m an eyeshadow palette junky and I am just fed up with myself. It’s like 30 years worth of makeup! I have three palettes I’ll be working on in 2018. My goal is not even to hit pan, but just to use and appreciate what I have. Then I have a handful of other products that are more realistic as far as using up. Thanks for the tips!
Super good tips! In my next project pan, I'm debating if I am putting my bronzer and blush in it or not. It takes me FOREVER to use up those products. It also takes me an incredibly long time to use up perfume. I agree 100% though, if you don't like a product and can't make it work for you, toss it out of the pan! No need to force yourself to use it or keep it! #byefelicia
+What Emily Loves Hahahaha #byefelicia! That totally made my night! Yeah blush and bronzer is super tricky but you could try and hit pan and then give it a break after that and not worry about using the entire product.
This was so helpful and inspiring! As a new project panner any tips are super great! Your tip on repurposing a product (like making the eyeshadow into nail polish) is a really great idea that I might end up using on some shadows. I might also try to use that pesky cream blush as a lip colour or something. :)
This video was exactly what I needed! Thank you so much! I got so defeated that I quit my project pan videos I started. Now I have a different idea of how I want to approach it
This was very helpful? Started this year and I fell off the wagon but I decided to do a seasonal challenge and so far I'm seeing significant progress. I want to start getting more involved in the community because I feel that having a great support system really does motivate you to continue panning
I love all your tips! Also I am loving your eye look in this video, any chance we can get a tutorial?? I'm not one to watch many tutorials but I really want to recreate your look.
+Olivia Castaneda Thank you Olivia! I will try my hardest to recreate this look! I need to do more tutorials for sure! I have been slacking on them lol!
Great video definitely some good tips. One thing I am dying to know is if you hit pan on that deluxe too faced bronzer because after two years I just hit pan on mine!
+Lisa Steele Hahaha I still have not hit pan on the too faced bronzer!!! Insane huh!!! Wooohooo congrats on hitting pan on it!!! 2 years ahhhh that is awesome!
Nice tipps, i used one of my Powders more often last Month(perfect match) and after 3 weeks I already hit pan on it, wich was really cool. and to mark your Eyeliners/Lipliners is helping, cause you can actually see the progress you made with it. I mark my Mac items with little white sticker stripes, cause i will back to mac them and dont want black lines on them, but still see the progress.
I dont know actually, if they would care. I know for Eyeshadows they want the package and the empty Pan. I try to use Eyeshadow more regularly, cause i have so much (mac and other brands) und like 30 mac pigment samples. The first pallette i hit pan on (8 from 10) is the Nyx runway palette in Champagne and Caviar. I like to motivate me with your and other panning Videos or pan that Palette etc.
I just found your channel, I really want to get started with project panning and was searching for tips. Thanks so much for making this video, I subscribed! :)
got here after watching +PrettyPistol86 and i want to thank you for your effort :) i recently hit pan on an eyeshadow palet and it felt awesome! but it will take me a while to hit pan on my blush, i love the color and i know that i was using it often a cuple of years ago but since then i just forgot how to apply it right for my face shape. so most of my progress is done by applying it and wipe it off right away. that was so not why i throw it in! i thought i would get used to the applycation after a while but no :/ it makes me very sad but after watching your video i thought about a new goal: lerning the right applycation instead of hitting pan on it. goals can change, right? :)
+suenoYume Thanks for coming over to my channel! Cherish is awesome! I love that goal for you! Learning to apply that product and then enjoying it instead of just concentrating on hitting pan will make things so much better! Good luck!!
Yeah it is super easy to get bored of products when you are doing a project pan. That is totally okay. Sometimes we need to take a break from a project or just spice it up by taking a break from those specific products and adding some new ones in the rotation. I have done that a bunch and then a few months down the road I pick up those products again and a lot of the time finish them and then celebrate it :)
I wish I had watched a video like this prior to starting my first project pan, haha as im listening im like OOPS. That could be why Im so frustrated with it
+Andi Lynn Hahaha yeah you live and learn with these project pans for sure! I am happy that this was helpful and I hope that project panning gets less frustrating :)
+Jackie R Haha I love that you call it your nemesis!! I totally feel like that with some products lol! I think Courtney had a great idea with using it as a primer for your eyes! Could be a great primer for lips too when you want a color to be super super pigmented!
Another tip if you're the type to mostly use up an item and then not wanting to finish it for whatever reason go back and finish that third or less of a product.
My first 2 project 20 pans were filled with these! And in the span of about 5 weeks I'd finished 40 items. Bad habit to leave almost finished items. So I had the benefit of finishing the items, getting a bit more room, getting closer to the point of not feeling like I was drowning in products, and since I was tracking everything I had I could easily see what I'd finished when compared with what I had left.
+Kayla B That is a fantastic tip Kayla!! Thank you for sharing! I agree it helps to have things almost finished so you get a ton accomplished in a shorter amount of time :)
I've been watching a ton of these videos and I have decided to do a quarterly challenge.That way I can utilize my fall colors in sep thru Dec and change it up after that three months.I tend to use different products for winter and summer.
+redtango76 That is a fantastic idea!! I love that!
Great ideas! Currently undergoing a Buy No Beauty Product Until 2018 Project. I have samples galore, jumbo size shampoos & conditioners from when Ulta had them on sale, skin care, and makeup. I've started using face scrubs as body exfoliators and face creams as neck/décolleté creams in an effort to use stuff up and feel like I got my money out of it. Love your video!
I had no idea project panning was going on for so long! i'm about to start my first one and i think this is the best advice video i'v seen. thank you. my ultimate goal is to keep my spending under control. I know one of your tips is not to go on no-buys around sales and holiday, which is now at the time of this posting, but it helps me not be a slave to the releases. 2018 was a crazy year, and i'm actually sick of seeing new things pop up nearly every day.
There are a ton of helpful suggestions in here! Great video Bethany
+PrettyPistol86 Thank you Cherish :)
Bethany, what a terrific video! As you were speaking throughout the video, I noticed everything you mentioned is something I've experienced or thought or done through my decluttering and project pans. Thanks for such AWESOME advice....you're the best! 😀👍🏻
+Letty Dominguez I am so happy that this video was validating in the experiences you have had with project pans :)
Excellent tips Bethany! I agree with you 100% about not forcing a product that you arent liking (I completely got rid of a whole set of lipsticks last spring because I tried to use one of them for a week and found out that I didnt like the formula - I wouldn't have known that without consistent use!). I'm going to have to try the tape over my sharpie marks (Mac products, no nail polish).
+Kristen Kay Yeah I am all about adding products after doing my project pans or weekly makeup baskets into my delcuttering pile so others can enjoy them. Not worth suffering through it. I totally need to start taping my sharpie marks too!
I only project pan things that I know will soon expirer ;-) Works so well to keep me motiveted!
+Marjolaine Daudrumez That is a fantastic idea!!
Great video for beginners as well as for ones that are several months in. I absolutely love the idea of taking a shadow and mixing it with nail polish or body cream. What a way to take something and turn it into something completely different. The panning community has been AWESOME! I love receiving the comments with the cheering on, it really does help push through especially when you are in a rut. Thanks Bethany for this video! xoxoxo
+BrownEyedGirlCherise It has been awesome using products for different things to help spice them up or make it easier to use them. Let me know if you ever make a lotion or nail polish out of your shadows! I would love to know how yours turns out! I agree the project pan community is amazing!!!!
I find it also helps to re-apply makeup. Not only does it help use up products faster, it also makes me feel refreshed & gives a confidence boost. I've been re-apply on my makeup at work and that has helped me finish off a foyndatioj, a BB cream, and a primer within the past three weeks.
+The Bluest Rose Great idea! I totally agree that reapplying helps feel more refreshed and uses up product more!
Awesome tips, Bethany! I think they will definitely help all project panners, whether they are new to them or not. Love your hair and makeup!!
+Courtney K Thanks Courtney!
Still good advice in 2017!
So I’m only five minutes in, and this video has been more helpful than any other project pan video. Thank you!
Thanks for this video. It’s so educative. I’m a new panner and could use all these tips.
Many excellent points. Thanks for the tips. After doing project pans for a year, I agree that using products you like is really important.
+Lizbetstyle Yeah I have tried using ones that I don't like and it makes it sooo much harder!
I really appreciate all of the advice! I've been looking to start my first project pan and I feel a lot more prepared now. 😄💖
+Sarah Sayer I am so happy that this video helped you! Let me know your first project pan goes!
:D Defintely!
You are the most encouraging person ever! Love your approach to the process of panning!
I had a finish 5 by my birthday this year and I wound up finishing up 20 products I am working on making a new plan now 😊
I keep a small basket on my countertop of items that are about to finish so that I remember to use them. Also, I collect makeup/skincare/toiletries recycling in a bag for a month. It gives me great satisfaction to see the empties.
So glad I came across this video. lots of inspirational and reassuring advice 2 especially re not having to feel you have to finish all of the product even if u don't like it. Another way to finish powder items like eyeshadow bronzer blush etc is to use, say a cuticle pusher to break up and crumble the product bit by bit to help pick up and use up the product quicker !
I'm not really project panning, but I love watching these kind of video's because I'm trying to use things up this year (so probably I'm kind of project panning😂). It really motivates me to finish products and keep me to my nobuy. (Sorry if my english isn't perfect 😂 but you probably understand what I'm trying to say )
Wow! This was so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to share your expertise.
+minicoop54 You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful :)
You look so nice in this video! Great tips :)
Those are definitely awesome tips, Bethany!
+Kathrin Pi Thank you tons and tons!
Great tips! Starting my first project 6 pan tomorrow!
+MLRBeauty Woooohoooo!!! That is awesome!
Very helpful! I’m an eyeshadow palette junky and I am just fed up with myself. It’s like 30 years worth of makeup! I have three palettes I’ll be working on in 2018. My goal is not even to hit pan, but just to use and appreciate what I have. Then I have a handful of other products that are more realistic as far as using up. Thanks for the tips!
Super good tips! In my next project pan, I'm debating if I am putting my bronzer and blush in it or not. It takes me FOREVER to use up those products. It also takes me an incredibly long time to use up perfume. I agree 100% though, if you don't like a product and can't make it work for you, toss it out of the pan! No need to force yourself to use it or keep it! #byefelicia
+What Emily Loves Hahahaha #byefelicia! That totally made my night! Yeah blush and bronzer is super tricky but you could try and hit pan and then give it a break after that and not worry about using the entire product.
This was so helpful and inspiring! As a new project panner any tips are super great! Your tip on repurposing a product (like making the eyeshadow into nail polish) is a really great idea that I might end up using on some shadows. I might also try to use that pesky cream blush as a lip colour or something. :)
+Abigail D I would love to see your nail polishes if you decide to make some of your eyeshadows into them!
I will definitely post about the nail polishes on my channel if I decide to do it! :)
Thanks so much! I just started a project pan and I'm so excited!
Yay!!!! That is wonderful Stephanie!!! Please keep me updated on your project pan!
This video was exactly what I needed! Thank you so much! I got so defeated that I quit my project pan videos I started. Now I have a different idea of how I want to approach it
+GleamoGirl Joelle Yay! I am so happy that this video helped you Joelle! I really hope that you start another project pan! You will rock it!
This was very helpful? Started this year and I fell off the wagon but I decided to do a seasonal challenge and so far I'm seeing significant progress. I want to start getting more involved in the community because I feel that having a great support system really does motivate you to continue panning
I loved everything about this video! Thanks for making this!!!
+love health and makeup Sooo happy this video was helpful :)
Awesome tips!
+NaturallyCurlyQ So happy they were helpful!
These are some really awesome tips!
+GreySkySaturday Thank you :)
So many helpful tips! Thank you!
+Lacey Ryan You are so welcome!
GlamourWithGrace I wish I had seen this before I started 3 projects at once lol. But it is a learning experience!
I love all your tips! Also I am loving your eye look in this video, any chance we can get a tutorial?? I'm not one to watch many tutorials but I really want to recreate your look.
+Olivia Castaneda Thank you Olivia! I will try my hardest to recreate this look! I need to do more tutorials for sure! I have been slacking on them lol!
Great video definitely some good tips. One thing I am dying to know is if you hit pan on that deluxe too faced bronzer because after two years I just hit pan on mine!
+Lisa Steele Hahaha I still have not hit pan on the too faced bronzer!!! Insane huh!!! Wooohooo congrats on hitting pan on it!!! 2 years ahhhh that is awesome!
Nice tipps, i used one of my Powders more often last Month(perfect match) and after 3 weeks I already hit pan on it, wich was really cool. and to mark your Eyeliners/Lipliners is helping, cause you can actually see the progress you made with it. I mark my Mac items with little white sticker stripes, cause i will back to mac them and dont want black lines on them, but still see the progress.
+KitteKat080 Wooohooo yay for hitting pan!!! I have never had a hard time taking my Mac products back with my marker lines. Have you??
I dont know actually, if they would care. I know for Eyeshadows they want the package and the empty Pan. I try to use Eyeshadow more regularly, cause i have so much (mac and other brands) und like 30 mac pigment samples. The first pallette i hit pan on (8 from 10) is the Nyx runway palette in Champagne and Caviar. I like to motivate me with your and other panning Videos or pan that Palette etc.
+KitteKat080 That is awesome progress on your Nyx palette! I am so happy you enjoy my videos that makes me so happy!!
Great tips Bethany. ♥ Elle
New subbie! I simply love this idea!!
+NaturallyCurlyQ Thank you so much for subscribing :) So happy you enjoyed this video.
love this eye look on you!
+Paradiseinc Thank you :)
Aww Beth this was so helpful, such a great video
+Vircute11 I am so happy you found this helpful! You will have to make one of these videos soon since you are a project pan pro now :)
+GlamourWithGrace I loved this video! I am starting a project pan tomorrow!!! Thanks for the advice!
+Gina R Wooooohooooo!!! I wish you tons and tons of luck Gina!!
Thank you! It's going pretty well so far!!! ;)
Subscribed. :D Just started to pan on my other channel, Amanda The Kitten. Great video.
Great tips. Thank you! It will be helpfull in my future projects.
+Jdesbiens04 Yay!!! So glad it was helpful!
love this video very helpful:)
So happy that it was helpful!
you hair look gorgeus!
+zElda Mendoza Thank you :) So sweet of you!
I agree with what you had to say :)
Bethany, I keep getting urges to buy new things though i am currently working on project pan
I just found your channel, I really want to get started with project panning and was searching for tips. Thanks so much for making this video, I subscribed! :)
Yay!!! So happy you found my channel and that this video was helpful for you :) Excited for you to start project panning! That is awesome :)
got here after watching +PrettyPistol86 and i want to thank you for your effort :) i recently hit pan on an eyeshadow palet and it felt awesome! but it will take me a while to hit pan on my blush, i love the color and i know that i was using it often a cuple of years ago but since then i just forgot how to apply it right for my face shape. so most of my progress is done by applying it and wipe it off right away. that was so not why i throw it in! i thought i would get used to the applycation after a while but no :/ it makes me very sad but after watching your video i thought about a new goal: lerning the right applycation instead of hitting pan on it. goals can change, right? :)
+suenoYume Thanks for coming over to my channel! Cherish is awesome! I love that goal for you! Learning to apply that product and then enjoying it instead of just concentrating on hitting pan will make things so much better! Good luck!!
thank you very much :) I'll try!
I wish I would have watched this before I started my challenge this year. I'm struggling with it, I feel like I got bored of my products 😔
Yeah it is super easy to get bored of products when you are doing a project pan. That is totally okay. Sometimes we need to take a break from a project or just spice it up by taking a break from those specific products and adding some new ones in the rotation. I have done that a bunch and then a few months down the road I pick up those products again and a lot of the time finish them and then celebrate it :)
Project panners please give a the link to your channels I'd like to see you guys's progress
I wish I had watched a video like this prior to starting my first project pan, haha as im listening im like OOPS. That could be why Im so frustrated with it
+Andi Lynn Hahaha yeah you live and learn with these project pans for sure! I am happy that this was helpful and I hope that project panning gets less frustrating :)
Thanks for the tips. My nemesis is benefit lemonade for the eyes. It is never ending. I would love tips on using that up lol x
+Jackie R Hi Jackie! Maybe you can use the Benefit concealer for an eye base (like MAC Painterly or Soft Ocre paint pot) after you apply eye primer :)
+Jackie R Haha I love that you call it your nemesis!! I totally feel like that with some products lol! I think Courtney had a great idea with using it as a primer for your eyes! Could be a great primer for lips too when you want a color to be super super pigmented!
+Courtney K Fabulous idea Courtney!!
Hey that is a great idea. Thank you will definitely try that x