PROJECT 10 PAN - UPDATE

I have now been doing Project 10 Pan for 2 months. 2 long months of actively using up products and NOT purchasing new ones. I have to say it has been an eye opener!

I have proved to myself I DONT need to buy EVERY single new product on the market. I have discovered a satisfying sense of elation when I use up a product. And I have more space in my flat. Winning!

Here is the picture of the huge amount of products I have used up (yes i know its a terrible quality photo - the point is the quantity not the quality! Plus Blogger wont let me rotate it and I can't be bothered to retake!)

so for me Project 10 pan was a pretty valuable lesson.  I will continue to use products up rather than allowing them to sit in drawers gathering dust and I don't need to buy a new "hype" product just because!

Ironically my next post is going to be a haul....yes I am a giant paradox, wrapped in an enigma

until next time!

XO

FAMOUS 5 - HAIR PRODUCTS I AM LOVING

To precis I have naturally curly, straightened, coloured hair. Yeah the holy trinity of hair evil. But I have been loving these hair products to help me straighten my unruly mane!

Yes I know its 6 products but the La Brasiliana Shampoo and Conditioner counts as 1!

LA BRASILIANA SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER

Ok I was skeptical about these - I had the La Brasiliana chemical straightening treatment and I wasn't wowed, but I carried on using the shampoo and conditioner as part of my Project 10 Pan and they really do make my hair extremely manageable and easier to dry. Plus they are sodium free. Who knew!

MACADAMIA HEALING OIL SPRAY

I have been using a lot of the Macadamia oil products recently and I am finding they are helping much more with the condition of my hair than Moroccan Oil did. I am keen to try the Masque next - but this oil is superfine and perfect for finishing my style leaving it soft, shiny and healthy looking. Result.

REDKEN SMOOTHDOWN DETANGLING CREAM

This is a staple product for me - I apply after every wash prior to styling. Helps to protect my hair and makes it much easier to dry!

JOICO K-PAK DEEP RESTRUCTURING CREAM

Another product I was "using up" as part of Product 10 Pan but which my hair has been loving. I use it as a quick conditioner and sometimes I leave it in overnight as a masque. Softens and conditions - win/win.

MATRIX TOTAL RESULTS COLOR CARE SHAMPOO

Ok ok it's called So Silver - but thats the only uncool thing about this product. My hair is blonde blonde, but inevitably after a few weeks of washing post colour it loses its brightness and can lean to yellow tones. These are NOT welcome so I wash with this purple shampoo and wowzer - it brightens and strips out any yellow or brassieness without stripping my hair like other purple shampoos (yes John Frieda I am talking about you!)

so there we go a quick hair love love.

What are your fave hair raves?

Until next time......XO

We need to talk...Project 10 Pan

ok...in the spirit of honesty I have to come clean. I broke my Project 10 Pan embargo.

Yes...I did the bad thing. I bought products.

lots and lots of products...oopsy

In my defence I was in Hong Kong "on a break" and I am pretty sure buying stuff when abroad is a little like cheating on your partner - if you aren't in the same postcode it doesn't count - right?

Yeah, ok, that was a joke people - its more like eating food off someone else's plate, or on a plane - the calories don't count. I would also like to point out that all the products I bought are NOT available in the UK (ok, ok so the eyelash curlers from Shu Uemura and Shiseido are but they are hella more expensive in the UK!).  I also got Lancome's "cult" new productVisionnaire at Duty Free - and that was waitlisted here when I left - so I simply had to!

Now I would like to say I don't see this as an official Project 10 Pan fail. I am back on my embargo now I am back in the UK AND I have been, and continue to, use up products - something which I would not have done if I wasn't involved with P10P (its too exhausting writing the full name everytime!). I will update on this monthly.

So that's it people....the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

well....apart from all the amazingly good fake designer bags I bought in Kowloon and my Beats by Doctor Dre headphones that I got for a tenner and my fabulous new iPhone covers.....but that's another story ;)

until next time.......XO

p.s @bethglossgalore was made fully aware of my transgressions at the time!

Project 10 Pan...an experiment!

...or how Twitter enabled me to accept I had a beauty product problem.

Last week I was having an innocent conversation with @bethglossgalore (a fabulous blogger) on Twitter. We were bemoaning how many products we had and our addiction to purchasing. I casually commented that we needed to do a Project 10 Pan....or in our cases maybe a Project 100 Pan. Somehow this has led to us both now ACTUALLY doing Project 10 Pan.

What on earth is Project 10 Pan I hear you ask!

Over the last couple of years I have watched untold amounts of Youtube videos entitled "Project 10 Pan". At first I was mystified...what was this unknown challenge?! A casual Google later I discovered it was people putting themselves on a purchasing embargo until they had used up 10 items. Wow...how cool I thought. Then I went back to obsessively purchasing more lipglosses from MAC.

Recently it had been brought to my attention that my collection of products MAY have snowballed out of control. I refer the honourable reader to "part" of my make up collection that takes up half of my bedroom shelving:

yes..those plastic MUJI units are FULL of products too....

In addition to this I have an almost ridiculous amount of lipglosses and lipsticks spread across my assortment of handbags...in the spirit of honesty here is the cull from my Louis Vuitton Speedy alone:

yes I know...how many nudes....

And then there are the two full large baskets in my bathroom, the chest of drawers next to my bed full of nail varnish, the nail varnish in my fridge and the giant plastic cupboard of perfumes and body lotions...I am too embarrassed to photo these.. YES I AM AN ADDICT!

well...it seemed like the perfect motivation to do Project 10 Pan with a respected beauty blogger with far more experience than me but with what looked like an equal addiction to purchasing! 

I must say it took me a few days to do the full list of qualifiers for my Project 10 Pan. I ummed and ahhed over various items..mostly because I was ashamed of exactly how much stuff I have that I never use. At what point did I buy TWO Victoria's Secret body bronzers, both medium to deep, and not use either of them for example? But I am willing to own my addictions. So...drumroll...here is the photo of the final line up of products I am putting forward:

I am going to basically hide all my other products and leave these out all the time in an effort to push me to use up as many as possible...10 will be the bare minimum! Wish me luck!

So - has anyone out there successfully completed a Project 10 Pan or would you like to do it with us! feel free to join in or comment!

Until next time.....XO