little white truths

I'm yet to bring you my final full update for Project Pan 2017 and I do apologise for that - the reason I'm a touch late is because we had house guests for a couple of weeks over the Christmas period so I had to move all my photography equipment and props etc upstairs, and although I was able to bring everything back down yesterday, I haven't yet had the opportunity to take any photos because the weather has been rubbish and therefore the lighting isn't good.

But I realised this morning that I could still bring you my final Project Pan 2016 tally post (which will be separate from my final update because otherwise the posts combined would be too long), so that's what I'll do today. Then I might give myself a short break before rolling into Project Pan 2017.

So, my last running tally post was at the beginning of August, and here's how my list of finished products looked then:

That's twenty-nine products in total and I was aiming to beat Project Pan 2015's tally of forty products, so let's see now if I managed to do that.

In August 2016 I managed to finish off two eyeliners that had been on my list for ages, as well as a few complexion products including a Laura Mercier tinted moisturiser that I'd been keen to see the back of. So my total for August was:

• two eyeliners
• one cleansing oil
• one tinted moisturiser
• one primer

September was also the month when I finally said goodbye to my blush from The Cosmetics Kitchen, because the last little bits shattered and I didn't bother re-pressing them since I'd used the blush enough and was ready to work on something else (plus the blush had become old and difficult to use because it kept developing a crust).

In September I managed to finish:

• one hair oil
• one hair treatment product
• one full-sized duo concealer
• one blush
• two lipsticks
• one foundation (mini)

In October I finally finished one of my Becca Shimmering Skin Perfectors, which made me happy because I had three and I needed to move at least one out of my collection. It ended up being a great month for empties because I also finished a bronzer and an eye base, which aren't easy products to pan!

So October's tally was as follows:

• one highlighter (liquid)
• one bronzer (powder)
• one eye base (cream)
• one lipstick
• one foundation (mini)

As for November, by then I was starting to get panning fatigue but I also wanted to push myself to do the best that I could by the end of the year, so I stuck my head down and threw extra focus at my products. This paid off because I started to finish some things I thought I would never see the back of, including a huge tube of powder exfoliant and also a cream highlighter.

November's total was as follows:

• one exfoliant
• one highlighter (cream)
• two lipsticks
• two face masks
• one BB cream
• one concealer (travel-sized)
• one hair treatment
• one foundation (mini)