What is a Project 50 Pan?
It's a commitment by me to both save money & rescue my dresser & bathroom from having enough beauty, hair, skin, makeup products to almost kickstart my own beauty franchise.
During the Project 50 Pan I will not be buying (for my own use) any of the following:-
- hair care products ie shampoo, conditioner, styling
- makeup products
- skincare products
- fragrance products
- body care products ie soaps, shower gels, scrubs, self-tanning, sunblock
- nail care products ie polish, tools, treatments
- hand care products ie handcreams, scrubs, soaps
I'm committing to finish 50 items from my current product stash (either I'm using already or have bought already) before I purchase any more beauty related items.
What are the rules?
During the duration of the P50P, I will not purchase any new hair, skincare, fragrance, body products, makeup, hand or nail products - unless I'm specifically replacing an item I do not have more of already i.e. if I run out of sunblock or nail polish remover etc
Items must be full size items, items I use personally i.e. not family members, and emptied or finished to be counted in the total.
What are the exceptions?
- I have 3 x monthly Beauty Box subscriptions that are paid annually - these will continue to arrive during the P50P.
- I am invited regularly to trial beauty products & review them. As I'm not purchasing these personally, I will happily accept suitable trial offers & products.
- I'm pretty lucky & love entering competitions so may win some beauty prizes during the P50P. Again, I'm not buying these items.
- I have a fair amount of samples to use up - I will include (5) deluxe samples I finish using as (1) full size item
Other info
I'll review each item as I finish & post my progress every time I use up 5 items. It'll give you a secret peek into my favourite items & why I love them, or in some cases, why I wouldn't repurchase.
I hope you enjoy following me on this challenge & I hope to see my bank a/c growing & my stash reducing. No idea how long it will take, I expect a few months easily.
Have any of you done this challenge before, and if so, how was it? Or are you inspired to join me and do one of these too?
I did it last year and I still recall the difficulty! There are a few things on my want list still so I won't be doing one for a while for fear of breaking the rules (which I did the first time!). Best of luck to you Linda, I love these types of posts so I'll be watching your progress for sure.
ReplyDeleteWell done Hailey for getting through one, I can understand needing to break the rules through it. Do you have your own blog too?
DeleteOMG! The agony! I wish you the best of luck.
ReplyDeletethanks Rose :)
DeleteI have a habit of using the same products until they are finished - but I kept buying more! Good luck!! ^_^
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Same Lily, I need to work through the 'bought for next' pile before I buy any more. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post Linda! Looking forward to reading posts on your progress :)
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Thanks Fatima, I've a few items I'm close to finishing so I think my first P50P post will be up next week :)
DeleteI've never heard of a Project XX Pan before. It's probably something I should try as my drawers are bursting with full and half-used products! Do you need to decide on the products you're going to use up beforehand, or do you just count them as you go?
ReplyDeleteIt's a great idea, I'll be posting up a new blog soon with my items 6 to 10 that I've recently finished. I didn't decide ahead of the Project 50 Pan what I'd finish, but have plenty of items I'll be using up. You should give it a go :)
ReplyDeleteI envy your determination Linda, I so need to do this but don't think I can... what a great idea, I am inspired. :)
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