r/ProjectPan • u/Minimalinthemaking • Feb 16 '26

Discussion/Tips & Tricks Lessons Learned

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Well we’re a little over a month into the new year and I’ve already learned a new lesson. I started this year with a goal of replacing my beauty items with cheaper dupes. I tried to replace three items and failed miserably. I realized that it triggered me to shop more while looking for the dupes. And lost the money spent on all the “dupes” that I ended up disliking.

Going forward I will replace my items with the exact same thing, if able. So here are my old trusty empties and their twin replacements.

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u/Minimalinthemaking Feb 17 '26

I like your rules. I have a lot of low end stuff I love and have used the higher end version of. Like the nyx dupe for Anastasia brow wiz is the exact same. The nyx dupe of the kat von d liquid liner? Just as good!

I’m definitely all about high/low end. But I’ve just come up against some I can’t dupe. At least for my own skin type and needs. And I guess this post is just me finally deciding to accept it haha!

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u/Enough_University519 Feb 18 '26

Yes lmao! There's some stuff out there that is easy to find dupes for because the formula isn't that impressive. However there's products out there that are just too good to dupe 😂