Project Pan September Empties: 5

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I completely forgot to record and upload month september, so here we are half a month later...

This september, I panned 5 items but I also bought a few new items, such as new hand creams and lip peptides for my backpack ad at home, now that back to school has started. I find that I am using those and I bought them mindfully: I knew they were faves and I would enjoy using, they also are all smaller sizes (which is particalarly helpful in handcreams for outdoors for me!)

I also had to throw away 2 items that were expired: the serum gave me a red reaction all over my cheek and the sunscreen expires this month, so I know it won't have any sunblocking effect anymore if I continue using it. Now that winter is coming along, I might wait out repurchasing this sunscreen (it is a fave!) since we barely have high UV days here and I used this on my body when I'd be in the blaring sun for a few hours mostly during summertime. Lovely formula and seeps into skin quickly. Slightly greasy when dried down, but that is to be expected of a sunscreen if you wan't it to work, I suppose. Better than other body sunscreens I've tried. Also no perfumes, which is great for a scent sensitive person like me! Love me a good fragrance but not in my sunscreen.

This brings me to a total of 159 items still being to-pan in my PP, excluding any non-pan categories since I don't track those. Only 3 down from August but it's okay - I am slightly stagnating in progress but it's been a hectic and busy september for me.

List of items panned:

1. Garnier - Micellair Skin Active All-In-1 Micellar Water 400ml ✅: Good but I prefer the oil-in version to immediately remove waterproof makeup.
2. Kruidvat Natures - Eye Makeup Remover 2 phases (Bio Melissa & Cucumber) - 150ml ❌: Mispurchase, as I meant to buy the 2-phase one and accidentally took the only almond oil cleanser. It works but on its own it's not super effective, but worked well once mixed with micellair. Gentle on the skin though! I can see this working well for very dry skin. Fragrance was okay, I don't think anything is added or not much at least.
3. ELF - primer power grip primer (blue) 75ml ❌: I don't like liquid primer much for my makeup routine. I prefer a green CC / creamy type of primer, like the catrice CC. This one is so grippy but remains wet, which for me seems to affect how my makeup grips.
4. Nivea - Pearl & Beauty Antitranspirant Roller 50ml 💗: Holy grail deodorant & antiperspirant. Good and amazing. Light scent, not too overwhelming. Second best after the pure & sensitive version, which seems to be discontinued.
5. Sabrina Carpenter - Sweet ToothCherry Baby Body Lotion 75ml 🤍: Smells delicious but not worth it financially to use this as a body moisturiser. I ended up using this for my feet and would combine it with a few drops of a jojoba-tea tree mixture. I would use it if gifted, but I won't hunt it down. The perfume and bodymist are great tho! Those are holygrails for me.

List of expired/declutter items:

1. Kruidvat Solait - Kruidvat Solait Kids SPF50+ Sunmilk 200ml 💗: Definitely repurchase, unfortunately expires sept 2026 and winter is approaching so i don't think i'll repurchase until sunny weather starts again.
2. Skincyclopedia - bha salicylic acid 2% | tea tree purifying exfoliator 30ml 🤍: Gave me a reaction on my face: my cheek had a big pink-red spot and it was very warm. Washed off the serum with a cleanser and let my skin rest. Took some time for the redness to go down and the heat in my cheek to cool.I think it is expired and I don't wanna risk using it in other places so as not to throw it away. In terms of effect (before it expired), I find that it did very little for me with one application a week at most, since I wanted to not agitate my rosacea or make my skin more sensitive by overusing actives.
3. Yari - Raw Shea Butter 100% Pure 250ml ❌: Horrible smell, cannot stand using it and combining it with a cream doesn't mask the smell enough. Lovely hydration but just not it for me. I don't want to hate-pan it.

Legend of the emojis:
💗Holy grail.
🤍was okay, would not (re)purchase, would use if gifted.
❌would not repurchase
✅was okay, will (re)purchase!

Thank you for joining me this month! Back to school season has been hectic for me. I hope everyone's doing well and is progressing in their PP's.

Let's hope I post month october on time 😆

Happy panning everyone!