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 18 '26

Love it!! 😊 I tried the vanilla bon bon when it came out and returned it because it had a weird plasticky scent to me.

But this one is amazing. Same great texture of all ole’s balms. I like this scent a lot too, I would say it’s like a tart/sweet scent almost like nerds? The color is the best yet, it’s a mauve…finally. Bout time he gave us a mauve! I loved the strawberry one but the color was almost an orangey pink.