little white truths

Hello and welcome to my first mini Project Pan update for August.

It's been a pretty slow couple of panning months for me and I suspect it's going to continue being that way for at least the next few months because I have so many long-standing products on my list.

While I don't mind this because they're the items I need to finish most, I do look forward to the end of the year when I really start knocking things out of my collection.

As you can see, I've managed to finish off another lipstick (this one was a bright orange from Gilded Cage) and I've also knocked out a mini primer.

The lipstick wasn't quite finished: what happened was that perhaps one fifth of the original bullet was left, and it had softened a bit so one day I went to use it and it snapped clean off. 

The remaining product fell on the floor and wound up covered in dust and dog hair, and while in another situation I might have washed/sterilised it and attempted to salvage the remains, I've had more than enough of this product anyway and I would have been done with it in a week or so, meaning I'm calling it done. 

The Smashbox primer lasted a long time, even though it's only a sample. You should just be able to see the final purple nailpolish marker above, underneath the bar-code (underside of the piece in the middle).

I was able to speed up progress on this by using it both as a primer and also by adding a small amount each day to my base, which didn't do much besides thin it out a little and make it even easier to spread. I'm glad it's gone.

I've picked my tube of Clarins' Beauty Flash Balm, since it's been open for a year now and the shelf-life is 18 months so it's time to start getting through it.

I love this product but my favourite way to use it is to pat a thin layer over my makeup to plump up lines, hydrate my skin and make my dry skin feel more comfortable. I can use it for this if I'm very careful: if you use too much it can lift makeup. 

Long story short, the reason I haven't been using it much is because face sprays are so much easier to use and faster when you have young children, so I plan to use it once or twice a day throughout the next few months.

The nailpolish line on the underside of this 30ml tube is just under the halfway mark (not pictured below, sorry!).

I expect to get through this within a few months.