little white truths

Hi all and welcome to Project Pan 2018!

I'd meant to get this post up around the 25th of the month, so we're not doing too badly and I'm only one day late. I did however take my photos yesterday, so the progress shots are as of the 25th and I'll try to stick to the 25th when I write updates each month.

Above you'll see ten products. Here's what they are:

As for the BB cream, I don't like this at all. I'll be reviewing this soon too, but essentially it cakes up on my face, creates dry patches that I never knew I had, and also settles into pores and fine lines. Plus it oxidises something chronic on me so if I want to use it, I have to mix it with something else. I've tried adding oil to it to help the problem, but I need to add A LOT of oil to stop it caking up and creating dry patches - so there goes that.

I hope to be through this product by the end of March - sooner, if I can. Maybe I can mix it with an illuminator (1:1 ratio) and see if that helps.

Next, the two lip products I'm starting out with. One is from Rimmel and the other from Burt's Bees, and you'll see that I've almost finished the latter so it should be done within the next month.

I like the Burt's Bees formula but it's drying if I use it every day, so I'll need to find some way to manage that issue over the coming weeks. The Rimmel formula I've yet to review - so stay tuned for that if you're interested - and I do have another one in a different shade that I'll bring into circulation after finishing the Burt's Bees.

Lip products are the easiest things for me to pan so I'm not worried about turning these two around quickly.

Next, my Clarins primer. I really enjoy this product and it's one of the few pore-plugging primers I can wear on my dry skin without it drying me out or sliding around (indeed, it's the best one I've found so far), but I tend to only use it in summer so I'd like to pan it while it's still agreeing with my skin (in the cooler months, it can make my skin feel a little dry underneath).

While in theory there's only a small 15ml in here, a little goes a long way so this will last me for months. If I can get through it by the end of April, I'll be happy. I have far too many primers at the moment: something needs to give!

Hopefully you can tell that this has been flattened A LOT. Indeed, I reckon I've used up half of the 8.5g of product in only six weeks (it was on my Project Pan list towards the end of last year), so I reckon I can pan this relatively quickly.

I'm hoping to finish it by the end of March, and I don't see any problem in achieving that because I do like how it looks on the face (not the eyes) so I'm happy to use it, it's just that it's not a good-value formula in my case and of course I'd prefer to use bronzers that wear well throughout the day.