Makeup Use Up Q1 Update

Hello lovelies, well we are a quarter of the way through the year and it is time for my update on how I've done with my Makeup Use Up 2016 goals. You can find the intro here. So far I think I have done alright with everything. I mean there are products that I haven't touched yet, but I know that I will get to them and that there are quite a few products that I am sure I will finish by the next quarter update. I have made a couple of changes along the way, but I will let you know about those when I get to those categories.

The products I have finished/getting rid of. 

L to R = Rimmel Stay Matte foundation, Wet n Wild Coverall Powder, ELF blushed/bronzed duo, Mary Kay lipgloss in au Naturel, Temptu Pink Pearl, Rimmel East End Snob.

Powders - 3

NYC Smooth Skin Loose Powder - So close to being done with this! 

Wet n Wild Coverall

Rimmel Stay Matte 

Wet n Wild Reserve your Cabana - stretch

Decided that the Wet n Wild powder isn't great all over the face but a nice highlighter. I will keep on using it, but if I don't get through it I will still reach my goal with the rest of them.

Blushes - 2

ELF Blushed/Bronzed Duo 

Be a Bombshell the One Stick in Sunset

I decided I want to change both of these goals. From now on it will be:

Hit pan on 1 powder blush

Use up 1 cream blush

Eye Liner - 4

Rimmel Nude

Rimmel Black 

Revlon Charcoal - the only one I don't have any progress on yet.

Pacifica Fringe

Rimmel Turquoise - stretch

Sephora Chloraphyll - stretch

Eyelid Primers/Bases - 3

Be a Bombshell Submissive - Have barely used this, but will start getting into it again! 

Maybelline Barely Branded

NYC City Proof 24 hr. - My opinion on this product has changed so much, for the better! 

Trestique Aspen Pine - stretch

Brow Products - 4

Loreal Brow Stylist Plumper

It Cosmetics Brow Power - Haven't used it at all yet

CVS Sample Brown

CVS Sample Taupe

Lip Liners - 3

Rimmel East End Snob

Jordana Rock n Rose

Essence In the Nude

Lipsticks - 4

Bare Minerals Get Ready

Kat Von D Love Craft

Covergirl Rush

Covergirl Sultry

Wet n Wild 902C - stretch

Lip Gloss - 3

Artistry Champagne

Mary Kay au Naturel

BBW Watermelon Sorbet - Haven't used this yet

NYX Creme Brulee - sretch

Lip Balms - 3

Maybelline Babylips Yummy Plummy - Really close with this one.

Maybelline Babylips Peach Kiss

Maybelline Babylips Strike a Rose

NYC Apple Plum Pie - stretch

Foundation/BB Cream - 4

Rimmel Stay Matte

Urban Decay Naked Skin BB Cream - Really close to finishing this off

Garnier BB Cream

Revlon Nearly Naked -Haven't used yet.

Loreal Magic Nude Liquid Powder - stretch

Bronzer - 2

NYC Smooth Skin Sunny

ELF Blushed/Bronzed duo

Concealers - 3

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind

It Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye

Mac Studio Finish

Maybelline Fit Me - stretch - closest to finishing this out of all of them. Will be decluttering it next month when my One Brand Project Pan for Maybelline is done. It is way too old to keep holding on to it. 

Highlighters - 2

Benefit Watts Up

Temptu Pink Pearl

ELF Pink Tastic - stretch

Face Primers - 3

Smashbox Photo Finish - really close to finishing this

Pixi Flawless Beauty - Haven't used it yet

dr. brandt Pores No More - Again really close to finishing this

Benefit Porefessional - stretch

Total: 43

Stretch: 11

All Together: 54

Used: 7

Alright, if you made it all the way through that, thank you. I think I am on the right track with these products. There are a few that I need to start using, but I'm not too worried about them. I did decide to toss the Temptu liquid highlighter because it went bad. No matter how much I shake it up it stays separated. I decided to declutter the ELF duo because it is just not very good and is such a pain to work with. The bronzer is very splotchy and I always have to scrape off the hard pan on the top when I used it. I had to get rid of the blush because it is just a glitter bomb on my face. I have been reaching for more matte blushes lately and I have a couple of glitter ones that aren't as chunky if that is the look I am going to go for. 

Have you lovelies made up your own list? Let me know down below so I can check out your progress!

Makeup Use Up 2016

Hello lovelies, lately there has been a new tag going around called Make Up Use Up 2016. Essentially what it is, is a master list of all the makeup that you would like to use up in the year 2016. Some people have only chosen their numbers, some have chosen some products to fill the spots. I have already figured out all the products that I want to go through this year. Now I have my goals for each product type as well as a stretch item or 2. I picked that up from Elle is for Living. In her video on youtube she said that she had her main goals as well as the stretch goals, which are products that she is going to try a finish and stretch beyond the goals that she had set up for herself. This seemed like a great plan, and I decided to do the same. On that video she posted the names of everyone that is participating on youtube.

My List:

Powders - 3

NYC Smooth Skin Loose Powder

Wet n Wild Coverall

Wet n Wild Reserve your Cabana 

Rimmel Stay Matte - stretch

Blushes - 2

ELF Blushed/Bronzed Duo

Be a Bombshell the One Stick in Sunset

Eye Liner - 4

Rimmel Nude

Rimmel Black 

Revlon Charcoal

Pacifica Fringe

Rimmel Turquoise - stretch

Sephora Chloraphyll - stretch

Eyelid Primers/Bases - 3

Be a Bombshell Submissive

Maybelline Barely Branded

NYC City Proof 24 hr.

Trestique Aspen Pine - stretch

Brow Products - 4

Loreal Brow Stylist Plumper

It Cosmetics Brow Power

CVS Sample Brown

CVS Sample Taupe

Lip Liners - 3

Rimmel East End Snob

Jordana Rock n Rose

Essence In the Nude

Lipsticks - 4

Bare Minerals Get Ready

Kat Von D Love Craft

Covergirl Rush

Covergirl Sultry

Wet n Wild 902C - stretch

Lip Gloss - 3

Artistry Champagne

Mary Kay au Naturel

BBW Watermelon Sorbet

NYX Creme Brulee - sretch

Lip Balms - 3

Maybelline Babylips Yummy Plummy

Maybelline Babylips Peach Kiss

Maybelline Babylips Strike a Rose

NYC Apple Plum Pie - stretch

Foundation/BB Cream - 4

Rimmel Stay Matte

Urban Decay Naked Skin BB Cream

Garnier BB Cream

Revlon Nearly Naked

Loreal Magic Nude Liquid Powder - stretch

Bronzer - 2

NYC Smooth Skin Sunny

ELF Blushed/Bronzed duo

Concealers - 3

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind

It Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye

Mac Studio Finish

Maybelline Fit Me - stretch

Highlighters - 2

Benefit Watts Up

Temptu Pink Pearl

ELF Pink Tastic - stretch

Face Primers - 3

Smashbox Photo Finish

Pixi Flawless Beauty

dr. brandt Pores No More

Benefit Porefessional - stretch

Total: 43

Stretch: 11

All Together: 54

Stretch Items

There is my list and some photos to go along with it. Everyone said they were going to check in around the 6 month mark, I may go along with that or I may update sooner and more often, like every 4 months maybe. I will see where I am at in 4 months and decide then. Getting through all of this wont put too big a dent in my collection as a whole, but I am excited to use these up this year and get to try new things once they are out or even repurchase a few of them! Happy panning everyone and I hope that 2016 brings us lots of makeup usage! 

Pan that Palette 2016?!

Hello lovelies, I asked in a recent post and on instagram which palette I should use in my 2016 Pan that Palette challenge. Now this would have been my first year to do the challenge, and well to be honest, I have never been so afraid of a challenge before. I am someone who changes my palettes on a weekly-biweekly basis, and well the idea of sticking to just one palette scared me a bit. The answer came to me when I was watching a video that Lauren Mae Beauty posted on her youtube channel. This is the video where she spoke about how she wasn't ready to do a pan that palette project either. She spoke about how she decided to instead hit pan on as many eye shadows as she could. She has about 4 times as many eye shadows as I do, but counting all mine out, totaling 324, was really eye opening for me. I have hit pan on only 2 of them, one of which was because it broke, not because I actually used it. So, like I said, I want to hit pan on as many shadows as possible, but my goal is 24. That means 2 a month, which I think is possible with the fact that there are shadows that I know are really close to hitting pan anyway, but once those are gone it is going to get a bit more challenging. I like this idea better because I don't have to deal with my commitment issues with sticking to one palette for an entire year, and I get to make sure that I am really using my eye shadows. Considering how much I have been enjoying wearing eye shadow and trying different looks with all my palettes, this shouldn't be too much! I will also be incorporating this into project pans throughout the year to help me out if I feel that I am falling behind.

I need a catchy name for this to title when I do my little updates throughout the year, so help me out with that please! 

Just a few of the shadows and palettes from my collection. 

Plans for 2016!

Hello lovelies, so as the title states I wanted to share what my plans are for 2016. I am hoping that this is the year that I rediscover my collection, use things that I have bought but haven't even taken out of the packaging yet. I also want to make it my aim to post at least twice a month, I have been getting better at posting more often and I really want to keep that going. I want to start posting favorites and reviews. I am not the best at reviews, but I guess practice makes perfect right? 

As for Project Pan plans, I am already doing one that will go into the middle of February, so I will definitely be continuing project panning. I really enjoy making sure I am getting use of all the different products that have been in my collection for a while. I want to use a lot of the new things that are in my collection that I have been purchasing lately, so I don't know how many projects I will be doing. I think I want to do another roulette once that one is finished and maybe 2 or 3 more seasonal challenges. 

I also plan on doing a Pan that Palette this year. I would love some input on which one of these palettes I should choose. I have posted individual pictures of all these palettes on my instagram: subtlebeauty27blog so go follow me there and take a look at the pictures. I also explained why I picked each one of these palettes, but I will just post it here too.

Hard Candy: Birthday Suit - I chose this because all the shadows are matte and I already have pretty good use on some of the shadows. I also like the fact that I can pull from other palettes and shadows and that I won't be limited to the shades in here. 

Tarte: Away Oui Go holiday set 2014 - This is from last years holiday set that Tarte had exclusively with Ulta. I added this because I feel like I haven't used the set enough and I want to see if I can get through that blush as well. I like that there are only four shadows to get through even though the pans are on the larger side, I still think I could do it. Also these are some of the shades that I always gravitate for and are an easy look for me to put on when I am in a rush.

Stila: Not so Nude - Like with the Tarte one I would use this entire palette including the highlight and cream blush. The pans on the shadows are definitely smaller and I already have decent use out of them. I wouldn't be worried about getting through all of them.

Lorac: Get Hot - I really enjoy this palette. Again it is full of colors that I gravitate for all the time, but it can go many ways. I can do a matte look or something more. I have a pretty good dip going through some of these as well.

Urban Decay: Naked Basics - This is the most expensive of all the palettes here. It is also the oldest, so I want to go with this one, but I am not sure about the black shade in there. I also think that I would get bored with these as well. 

There is my reasoning for each of those and I would really appreciate any input as well as any tips because this will be my first time panning a palette and I am as much nervous as I am excited!

I will also be partaking in Project Use it Up during 2016. I have created a master list of all the products that I would like to go through. That will probably be its own post. I often see people having monthly goals, and I think that is what I want to do, however I am having trouble organizing things just because I am not sure how long it will take me to finish certain products. I am sure that even if I made a list now, it would continue to change throughout the year based on what I am using and how quickly I am getting through them. I still need to fine tune a couple of things before I write out y post about this. 

Lastly, I want to really hold myself more accountable for all of my makeup purchases. Now, I was going to go on a no-buy, but I can't do it. I have a serious problem, and I am okay with that. I will be more conscious of what it is that I am purchasing and how much I am spending on it. I will be writing down everything I am purchasing and the price of it as well as the cost of the things I am using up. I will most likely include the products I get from ipsy even though I am not paying full price for it. I want to do this mainly because I am curious because I am trying to save up for travel and I know that I spend a lot of money on makeup. I am going to start keeping track from now (Dec. 2015) and keep going throughout next year. I won't be adding all of the little foil packet samples that I get unless it is for something more expensive. 

So there you have it. A rough guide of what to expect in the coming year from me. Let me know if you have any ideas for posts that you would like to see or specific products you would like me to do a review on!