So here are my result for my project pan of 2024. I managed to reach my goal on some of the products and others not so much. But you live and you learn - and perhaps I will be able to set more realistic goals for my project pan 2025.
Picture from the start of 2024 - red x signaling goal reached
End of 2024 comparison
Powders and concealer duo progress
Bullet progress of 2024
Clinique - Take the day off cleansing balm (125 ml):
Weight at the start of 2024: 140 g
Goal: Finish it
Weight at the end of 2024: finished - empty packaging 110 g - which tells me I used up 30 g of cleansing balm.
The body shop - Cool cucumber softening body butter (200 ml):
Weight at the start of 2024: 207 g
Goal: Finish it
Weight at the end of 2024: I finished this on holiday in Greece, and did end up throwing the tub away - but I have another empty tub from the body shop of the same type - that tub empty weighs 38 g - so I assume I used up 169 g of body butter.
Mario Badescu - Facial spray with aloe, herbs and rosewater (236 ml):
Amount remaining at the start of 2024: The remaining product in the bottle reaches just above the upper part of the label. Even though I had decanted some of this product into another bottle I take to work, so in reality I have more product remaining of this facial spray than this bottle by itself suggests.
Goal: Use 1/3 of this bottle by the end of 2024
Amount remaining at the end of 2024: The remaining product in the bottle reaches just below the text "established 1967" - with some product remaining in the small bottle - So maybe I did reach the 1/3rd goal?
Smashbox - Photo finish foundation primer (7.1 ml):
At the start of 2024: Unused
Goal: Finish it
At the end of 2024: Used 1/3rd of the primer
Caudalie - Vinoperfect radiance serum complexion correcting (10 ml):
Goal: Finish it
At the end of 2024: Finished
Ecooking - Primer (30 ml):
Remaining amount at the start of 2024: Almost full, the product just does not "touch" the top of the bottle.
Goal: Use about half of the bottle.
At the end of 2024: Used half of the bottle as I set out to do, so this was a sparkling success.
Sensai - Total lip gloss (4.5 ml):
Weight at the start of 2024: 26 grams
Goal: Use it up
Weight at the end of 2024: 24 grams. The grams might only say 2 gr, but there is considerably less left of the product, you actually have to swirl the wand around to get some product on the wand.
Charlotte Tilbury - Lip cheat re-shape and re-size lip liner in pillow talk (1.2 g):
Length at the start of 2024: 11.7 cm
Goal: Use 1 cm of it
Length at the end of 2024: 11.2 cm - 50% success?
Benefit - Hervana blush (8 g):
Weight at the start of 2024 (without the included brush): 41 g
Goal: The goal with this item is not so much to use it up, but more focus on it and get some use out of it.
Weight at the end of 2024: 41 g - I in fact have hardly used this at all - and I have the most average (not super accurate) baking scale. So if there was any process it would not show it anyway.
The body shop - Bronzing powder shade 03 medium matte (11 g):
Weight at the start of 2024: 48 g
Goal: Use it up
Weight at the end of 2024: 46 g - I have in fact used 2 g of this bronzer, and increased the pan quite considerably, but did not reach my goal to use it up.
Miild - Natural mineral concealer duo in 01 light ample (2.4 g):
Weight at the start of 2024: 46 g
Goal: Form dents into the two pans - and use it on the day to day on a no makeup-makeup days, when I keep my makeup to a bare minimum with mascara and concealer.
Weight at the end of 2024: 46 g - so I did use 1 g of these concealers, and there is a little bit of a dent in them.
Bourjois - Smokey eyes 09 vert de gris eyeshadow trio (4.5 g):
Weight at the start of 2024: 22 g
Goal: Finish it
Weight at the end of 2024: 22 g - used this eyeshadow trio hardly at all in 2024.
Clinique - True bronze pressed powder bronzer in Sunblushed (1.3 g):
Weight at the start of 2024: 13 g
Goal: Use it up
Weight at the end of 2024: 13 g - I still have not hit pan on this bronzer, but it became a staple during the summer months and ended up in my travel makeup bag I use for work and I think I will continue to stash it there as it might actually end up being used up getting semi regular usage.
Nars - Audacious lipstick in Anna (4.2 g):
Length at the start of 2024: 2.2 cm from the plastic base
Goal: Use 1 cm of it
Length at the end of 2024: 1.7 cm form the plastic base - so I used 0.5 cm or 50% of the amount I set out to use.
Clinique - Chubby stick shadow tint for eyes 04 ample amber (3 g):
Length at the start of 2024: 2.5 cm fully screwed up
Goal: Use 0.5 cm of product
Length at the end of 2024: 2.3 cm fully screwed up - so I used 0.2 cm which is another goal not reached.
NudeStix - Nudies all over face dewy color in Bohemian rose (1.8 g):
Length at the start of 2024: 1.6 cm
Goal: Use it up
Length at the end of 2024: 1.2 cm - so I just used 0.4 cm of it - another goal not reached, but did manage to get some good use out of it.
So of the items I set a goal for myself in 2025 I reached my goal on 6 out of the 16 items - or 37.5% of the items.
Other goals for 2024:
I succeeded in the following goals: not to buy a face mist, no primer purchase, use a face mist at work
I failed on the following goals: not to buy any mascara (as I bought 2), not to buy a cream or a serum (I bought two full size creams, and a sampler set), just to buy one makeup brush (I bought 2), only purchasing two colored lip products (I brought in 4 of them - some of them gifted by Sephora other bought) and did not manage to use a face mas once a week. So on the "other goals" section for 2024 I succeeded on 3 of the 8 goals - or again 37.5% - the exact same percentage as on the items I set a goal for in 2024.
So going forward into 2025, maybe I might reconsider my goals. For example for lipsticks, based on the usage of the Nars lipstick, I might set a goal of half a cm for the usage for the year to come, as that would actually be a goal I might reach! For body products, I have a tendency to reach my goal for the usage on them, so they should not be a problem. Small or sample items I did also manage to finish in 2024. It does not matter what items I will focus on in 2024 - I will at least aim to reach more than a 37.5% success rate in the year to come.
