little white truths

Hello all and welcome to my March Project Pan update!

It's been a much better month for me than the last two and I've happily finished off nine items in March. Huzzah!

As you can see above, this includes four things that I've used up since my last mini update: another Peter Thomas Roth Mask; a hair oil; a travel-sized BB cream and my Vivito blush (a whole blush!).

There they are again above. I've just seen that there's a tiny bit left in the hair oil, so I've now whacked that on as a pre-wash treatment and the bottle looks empty again : )

As for the rest of my list:

• Gorgeous Cosmetics Base Perfect Liquid Foundation in 2N-BP
• Bodyography Oxyplex Foundations in Wheat and Cocoa Tan
• Maybelline FitMe Concealer in 10 Light
• Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Topaz
• 'Tini Beauty Eye Cordial Shadow + Base in Spiced Rum
• Inika Certified Organic Eyeliner Pencil in Black Caviar
• Davroe Smooth Senses Straightening Balm
• Nicole by OPI Nailpolish in Play Fair
• Hikari Lip Crayon in Macchiato
• Bodyography Lipstick in Seductress 
• Chantecaille Lip Chic in Anais
• Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector (switched out)
• Kerastase Elixir Ultime Hair Oil
• Peter Thomas Roth Irish Moor Mud Mask
• Peter Thomas Roth 24k Gold Mask
• St Tropez Self Tan Classic Bronzing Mousse
• Bodyography Concealer in #430
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer in Light
• Vivito Illust Secret Blusher in PK02 About Pink
• Shanghai Suzy Lipstick in Miss Tanielle Desert Rose
• Nude by Nature Sheer Glow BB Cream in 03 Nude Beige

So yes, I've finished off nine products in March and I've also moved my Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector out of circulation for now. Reason being, I've just bought Becca's Papaya corrector and I'd rather focus on that for a while. But I've used up half the original Becca product and I'll bring it back later on.

If you would like to see my last full update, it's here.

Let's have a quick look at each of my eleven remaining products.

You'll also note above that there's been more progress than usual this month on my Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Topaz. 

I don't think I've used it more: it's just that March was a longer month and I was late with my February update, which is why there's a bigger gap between my lines than there has been in previous months. This is also in for the long haul but I'll get there in the end.

As for my OPI nail polish, I've used this since introducing it to my list earlier in the month, but it's not showing progress yet so I haven't marked it again since that first line. 

It's not easy for me to find time to paint my nails (I have two young kids), so finishing this will be a challenge.

Next up, lip products. You will see my marker sheet below for each of these products, and I've definitely made good progress on all of them throughout March.

The Bodyography lipstick (that's the burgundy one) should be done sometime during April and I expect the Hikari lip crayon won't last out next month either.

The Chantecaille lipstick will be around a little longer, purely because I don't use it as much as the others - it's the most expensive lipstick I've ever owned so I'm in no rush to get through it, it's just that I want to use it up while it's still within expiry.

Last up, eye products. I'm starting to wonder whether I'll actually be able to finish my Inika eyeliner this year: you'll see on the marker below that I'm not making good progress. This is because I only ever line my upper waterline with it (I prefer a soft brown on my lower waterline because black 'closes in' my eyes) and I've no desire to rush through it because I don't have heaps of eyeliner in back-up.

You'll see that I've made a bit of progress on my Maybelline concealer and I've only recently introduced that to my list so I expect it will be gone within a few months. I'm using it to lighten the foundation mix I'm currently using (which includes the Gorgeous Cosmetics foundation above).

As for my 'Tini Beauty Eye Cordial, it's impossible to mark this because I can't tell how much is left, but I'm guessing I've used about a quarter. I'll only keep using this while it's still good (these get thicker when they're starting to expire) so it will be done this year whether I've used every drop or not (I've panned one of these before so I know what to expect).

There's my marker sheet above. You can see that I've made good progress on the Bodyography lipstick in particular. The Inika eyeliner is another story!

Next up, my replacements.

So, for primers we have Maybelline's Baby Skin, which I haven't yet reviewed because I haven't had it long so I'm not quite sure how I feel about it yet (I don't think it's that good, but we'll see).

I've also got my Mecca Hydrating Primer, which unfortunately isn't that hydrating but it's not terrible and it will be easy enough to finish because it's a travel-size and I'm already halfway through it. I've reviewed it here.

I wouldn't normally include two of the same thing because it slows down progress on both, but in this case I will because I often mix them: I've found it helps to 'thin out' the Maybelline product a bit.