little white truths

Here's how it looked one month back:

And here's how it's looking now:

As you can see, there's not much movement in Nars Isolde or Stila's Luster, although I have used all three quite a few times during the month. I'm not super focused on these shades at the moment because I'm working on other shadows, but I will use them more as the year moves on.

Happily I've hit pan on the Clarins bronzer, although it's only a tiny amount! I've been using this as a body bronzer (shoulders, chest etc) because I don't love it on the face, so I'm making the most of the fact that it's summer and I can go to town with it on exposed body skin! It's not super pigmented so I have to apply a lot each time, which is helping with progress. Day at a time ; )

Here's the right side of my palette, as it was last month:

And here's how it's looking now:

The big news here is that I've finished Stila's Kitten and Bubbly. This wasn't difficult because there wasn't much left and both shades were carried over from Pan that Palette 2017, but it's nice to have finally cleared them out. Funnily enough, I panned them by using them on my shoulders and collarbones. They're a bit too high-shine for me to use in everyday eye looks, but I did love them on the collarbones especially.

Otherwise I've expanded the pans in the purple and teal shadows (I mixed these myself from various old shadows) and I've almost finished Stila's Sunset (bottom left, re-pressed into a smaller pan), which I've also carried over from last year. 

I hope to have Sunset and the teal shadow finished in February. As for the other powders in this section, let's talk about those once I've started making more progress on each.

Last up, the round pans. Here's how they looked last month:

And here they are now:

The Becca cream shade is on the way out. I've been using that not only to set my eye primer, but also to manage oil around my nose throughout the day. It also works well enough as an all-over setting powder, and my aim is to pan it completely in February. 

The Ardency Inn shadows in Heaven, Disco and Rose Gold: I don't love any of these on me for various reasons (must review them soon), so I tend to use these as 'play' shadows. That is, when my husband gets home and relieves me from two-toddler-duty, I hide away for a while and play with my makeup. I've always done this - light makeup during the day and then playing with colour and different looks in the arvo before my shower - so since I've always done that anyway, I might as well use shadows like this for that purpose! These are also the kind of shadows that show decent progress even if you don't use them that often (something about the formula), so I can't see any issues with finishing them in 2018.

In sum

It's been a pretty good first month for Pan that Palette 2018 and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do in February!

Also note that once I've panned a few more shades from my custom palette, I'm planning to recharge it like I did last year so I can finish as many shadows as possible in 2018.

Oh! Here's my Pan that Palette intro post if you're interested in seeing that : )

Let me know in the comments how you're going with your own panning projects: I'd love to hear.

Hope all's well with you, and speak soon x