2023 PROJECT PAN | two month update

Another month, another empty!

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For reference:
Age: 42
Skin type: normal, leaning towards dry
Mac shade: NC20
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[SofieGoody]

I’m obsessed with your entire look! From the eyes to the lip, the earrings the shirt 😍 just love your style sooo much!

[oriettamaltoni]

Wow that’s earring awesome 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 so beautiful. Ok i watch the video now 😊

[lauraw]

I love your project pan videos! You inspired me to look at what I have and rediscover some of my favorites. ❤😊

[J_L]

Nice work Kara! I pulled 6-7 cream shadows to use for the month of Feb. I used 3 consistently and made good progress. I am preferring cream products so I'm going to keep these ones in to continue on the progression. Creams take forever to use, but don't last forever!

[alice_rabbit]

I love the Huda mascara! I use whatever side I happen to open. I actually like to pan lip liners!

[noniefuss]

Another great month of progress. My daughter is obsessed with Dylan Turquoise! She usually inherits my samples and when she smelled it she melted away into a happy puddle. I bought her a mini one for xmas and she squealed lol It's looking like full sized next!
I still have to teach myself the art of "panning" because hitting pan on something still makes me go into "Don't run out!" mode. You know, the exact opposite of the whole point. LMAO

[domoniquecoetzee]

That Daisy line from Marc Jacobs is so wonderful. I really stick to getting small perfumes because I do have scent issues sometimes and can go from wearing perfume every are and then can't even smell perfume at all.

[anaclarafranco]

Very good progress! You’re doing great!
I’m really very close to finish my Neutrogena foundation, I think I have 2-3 uses left. I’m excited to finish another foundation as the ones I have are getting older and I want to refresh that category with a couple new ones

[IllyDragonfly]

I finished a Dior Sauvage perfume and for now I'm not planning to repurchase anything. With not much effort in a month or two I'll finish my mini perfumes and finally will have my fragrance collection under control and meet my ultimate goal. My plan is to have three, one more floral and one more fall like which I know and love since years, plus one possibly new from a different brand just to try something new once in a while. That's it. 3 is a perfect number.

Don't even get me started about depressing months, December and January are the worst months for me. As a neurodivergent very sensible to sounds (oh boy the short with the baby screaming with the toy, my poor eardrums 0.o) and flashing lights December is a hellscape for me. It takes me many days in January to finally decompress from all that mayhem. If it was for me there wouldn't be high volume jingles in the shops, no flashy decorations too close to heads height, they are way too distracting.
Also... Those earrings are so quirky, lovely! XD The ones I'm currently wearing are wooden little poison mushrooms XD

[droo]

Your determination to use that highlighter is unprecedented. How many others do you have? I like panning too and have made progress on a couple bronzers, as I am also trying to use up a foundation that is just a tad too dark for me at this time of year, so the bronzer gets used on my neck. No one can tell on zoom.

[geniej]

Would love to see you edit your week of work looks into shorts- a look per short perhaps? I don’t edit videos so I’ve no idea if my suggestion is feasible or not. But I agree with you I’m not watching shorts for makeup reviews

[marshabrink]

I'm doing a project pan on several potted lip balms . So far two gone . Several more I need to get through before they go bad.

[sandramendez-cornford]

Hi. I found your channels because in December 2022 I had gastric bypass. I also trained as an esthetician in California in 2001 and won some make up application awards. However I don’t wear make up myself for two reasons. The lesser reason was that before my gastric bypass my skin was very acne prone. For some reason my skin is clear and great now. The big reason that I don’t wear make up is that I have really small eyes. I have no idea how to work around this and I haven’t ever had a make up application that addressed my eyes. I really like your videos and I am very impressed with your make up applications and your eye lids! What a great canvas you have there to work with. I do feel some healthy envy. Do you have any advice for people with super small, close set eyes and hardly any lashes. (I have a keratoconus, a corneal disease that often leaves people with sparse and short lashes)

[Queenofcats]

I've been slowly using up my products, I haven't bought anything for at least 3 months!!

[kimforeman]

I dislike short form videos. YouTube may push them but I just delete the notifications. If a influencer is going to tell me their top 5 palettes, I want to know why - not just a list read at breakneck speed. Love your classic style videos!

[marie-evegoulet]

Loose face powder is my #1 enemy. It’s be been concentrating on finishing my very freaking old Laura Mercier loose face powder for way over a year and I’m not even sure I’ve finished half of it 🥲. And it’s marvellous: what a great investment, but it’s a bit frustrating. I’m not having a project pan exactly, I’m just trying to focus I use daily without much preference. So focusing on bronzers, concealers/foundations, mascaras, primers, setting sprays, black/brown eyeliners, lip balm, skincare, some lipglosses… that’s pretty much it 😅 I don’t have goals, I just select a few and put them in front of me for a while and focus on them in order to finish or get a lot of use out of them. 🤷‍♀️ just trying to get my money’s worth for a change.
This week I started a project 100% inspired by your purple theme of work makeup. I’ll take a palette a week and use it as core makeup. No matter what I’m doing that week, it has to be a part of it, even if I mix it with another. Just so I focus on being creative, getting to know what I own instead of spending my money on makeup I use less than ten times. 😪
Changing an overconsumption mindset is a big challenge as it was my way to self soothe. But depression and failing mental health had that good side for me, I need to get a better coping mechanism 🫠🫠