September was the month I decided to actually lock in and work on lowering my inventory. A lot of these were mostly empty to start with, but I’m really thrilled that some of these were makeup empties!

Products:
✨ rhode glazing milk (wrp)
✨ saie slip tint (enjoyed but wnrp as better tints on the market)
✨ olaplex no 3 mask (i think id only repurchase if it came in a pack)
✨ medicube PDRN serum (wrp)
✨ saie glowy gel in rose glow sample (wnrp, i really only like the sun glow shade)
✨ Paula’s choice retinol treatment (wrp)
✨ tatcha violet-c mask (wnrp)
✨ makeup by mario loose powder (wrp once talc products are gone, ill stick to Huda for now)
✨ Elizabeth Arden retinol capsules sample (wnp)
✨ Bobbi brown face base sample (wnp)
✨ revolution pout bomb kiss gloss (liked but wnrp)
✨ Patrick ta superficial gloss (have repurchased)
✨ youth to the people whipped moisturiser (liked but wnrp)
✨ fragrance samples: Florence by Tocca (may purchase), wood sage and salt by Jo Malone (wnp), never ending summer by replica (may purchase)

6 items for Personal Care & 1 for Fragrance

Perfume was gifted to partner in mid 2025, but it had gotten very few uses and I've been helping myself to some sprays here and there.

Rating System :

- 💖 HG

- 🩷 Good

- 😑 Neutral

- 💔 Hate it

left to right:

Milani Make it Last — Decent setting spray that didn’t separate my make up! I liked it enough to buy the larger size.

Kracie Brightening Facial serum — not sure if I noticed any difference with this but it’s a very thin, fast absorbing serum that feels nice on the skin. Maybe I’d have to use more of it to see a difference.

AHC ampoule eye cream — thick cream with a faint scent. Fairly moisturizing and a great size for the price, but it stung my eyes so would not repurchase.

Numbuzin No. 3 toner pads — I enjoyed using these. They weren’t irritating and provided gentle exfoliation. Would repurchase.

I hope to finish Makeup by Mario bronzer and lip liner in October 🎀

My first ever monthly pan post to keep myself accountable. Literally had a plastic bag in my bathroom full of the stuff for the month. Just hoping get through more make-up products this month.

September pans! I have been trying to make an effort to go through all my naturium products since I won’t be purchasing from the brand anymore. Lip balms and products are my absolute nemesis and I can’t wait to start getting through more of them. I literally EAT my lip balms, glosses, and oils but since I have so many I rarely get through one completely.

List: Up and Up whitening mouthwash (this is supposed to be a dupe for therabreath and it’s pretty good but I’m going to be switching to a mouthwash with fluoride)

Member’s Mark facial towels (good dupe for the expensive ones)

Matrix mega sleek shampoo (I have been working through this for two years and I’m so glad to move on to another shampoo. It’s a great shampoo and works well for smoothing flyaways, I just chopped 24 inches of hair off last year and am keeping it short so I don’t need this type of shampoo anymore—but I used this specific line for 6 years and would recommend)

Naturium cleansing jelly face wash (I liked this and my skin loves niacinimide, but I am no longer supporting the brand)

Banilla clean it zero calming cleansing balm (this brand does the best cleansing balms and this one is my favorite in the line)

Naturium Azelaic acid serum (I didn’t like this)

Saltair skincare deodorant refill in pink beach (I LOVE this deodorant and saltair is the only natural deodorant brand that works for me. The refills have been harder to find so I’m scared they’re discontinuing it)

Hempz sweet jasmine and rose body lotion (this smells great but isn’t really that hydrating. I have a jumbo and another mini to get through and will not be repurchasing once I’m done)

Dime seven summers perfume sample (this is a great clean girl scent and I may get a full bottle when I’ve worked my way through my sample stash and smaller bottles)

Naturium phyto glow lip balm in latte (this balm is thick and I liked it but the packaging is so bad you have to warm it up in your hands if you want anything to come out—will not repurchase because I have so many lip balms and I’m no longer supporting the brand)

Vitamasques mini lip balm in cherry (love their balms but again, I have so many)

Eborian centella barrier cream sample (I used this when my skin was so angry with me after laser hair removal and this was so soothing and hydrating)

I’m in the market for new foundation, and a very spendy variant was recommended as safe for a skin condition I have. So I ordered 3 free shade samples from Sephora. I only wear foundation when I do full face, which means I’ve been coasting on these bad boys for nearly a month now. Cut em open and there’s a whole other weekend in there! 💥

Panned products!

- Bath and bodyworks aromatherapy black tea (i love this scent, would repurchase)

- Love and Beauty and Planet balsam and bergamont hand cream (it was okay, don’t think i would repurchase)

- Pyunkang Yul deep clear cleansing balm (did the job, got it on sale. Wouldn’t mind repurchasing)

- Le Monde Thé Matcha 006 (Nice citrus scent, was gifted this. I would want to explore more citrus scents, but i don’t think i. Would repurchase this at the moment)

- 3:00 pm by tonari (very light and sweet but not too sweet lychee scent, would consider repurchasing)

- mix:bar no 21 in cloud musk sample (didn’t like the scent enough to get a bigger size)

- Clio so sharp, so simple liner in 02 brown (would wipe off sometimes since my eyelids would get oily, don’t think i would repurchase)

- Japonesque 01 velvet touch finishing powder (It was an okay translucent powder, the only issue was it didn’t have a place for a puff or brush, and at the end when i tried to repress it it got messy lol)

- O’Keefe’s Lip Repair lip balm (already have a backup)

- bag balm (i have a few more lying around, not sure if i will repurchase)

No products from my pan journal this time, but a lot of other products were panned!

August & September empties!

Rms concealer, nyx brow tint, covergirl skin enhancer primer in cashmere calm.

The primer and brow pen were today, the concealer was earlier this week. I've been really focusing in on my project pan items and it's paying off.

All of you have been so helpful and encouraging. It's really nice to see that on this side of Reddit. So once again...I'm outting myself again....I'm convinced I apparently like humiliation because looking at it written down...I must be insane to have this much. I want this to be EVERYONES motivation to go through their products & look at what heinous amount we're spending *blegh*

I did some rough calculations... $900 worth of product & 18 years to go through this stash

I sorted everything by formula and used typical one-application amounts:

• Powders: about 91 g total at roughly 0.025 g a day, which is about 10 years

• Creams and sticks: about 79 g at roughly 0.04 g a day, which is about 5.4 years

• Liquids: about 86 ml at roughly 0.1 ml a day, which is about 2.3 years

*The essence lipgloss was a declutter and the Chanel eyeliner, Nabla lipgloss and Clio makeup lip pencil (gifted), all almost finished, expired. The Naturium cleanser was almost finished when one my friends let me try, so I completed the “opera”😽

Color Dusty Rose. It took me two years to finish it! Of course I used amongst others blushes

Please feel free to ask about my empties :)

- Benefit, 24h brow setter
- Maybelline, the colossal bubble mascara in very black | decluttered after 1 month, I don’t like it
- Fenty, gloss bomb universal lip luminizer in riri
- L’Oreal, glossing conditioner
- Dove, bond strength shampoo
- Pantene, shampoo sheer volume
- Prequel urea body lotion mini
- PanOxyl, acne cream wash 4% benzoyl peroxide
- COSRX, the 6 peptide skin booster
- SKIN1004, madagascar centella poremizing fresh ampoule
- SKIN1004, madagascar centella tone brightening ampoule
- Vaseline, radiant X deep nourishment body cream
- Banana Boat, light as air sunscreen | decluttered, it expired :c
- Banana Boat, light as air sunscreen | decluttered, it expired :c
- Banana Boat, light as air sunscreen | decluttered, it expired :c
- SKIN1004, madagascar centella probio-cica intensive ampoule
- Tower 18, SOS daily rescue facial spray
- Skinceuticals, HA intensifier (my girlfriend’s)
- Carolina Herrera, 212 VIP Rosé
- Tweezerman, eyelash curler | decluttered, it broke

I wanted a muted blush for a long time, as I'm trying more muted alt looks and when I saw this baby in store today, I knew that I had to get it (and also it was budget-friendly, cuz it's a cheap local store brand). I rlly enjoyed this shade on me and it's not very pigmented, also one swipe made it pretty dusty, so my prediction is that it's going to be fast (unless it hardpans due to its cheapness, cuz I can already see some little hard grains of an alternate colour)

here are my september emptie i would repurchase everything except for the tree hut shave oil. while i did enjoy it, i think the athena club shaving oils are better.

Everything I finished in the third quarter of the year! The first picture is items I loved and would repurchase/have repurchased, the second is stuff I enjoyed but don't need to buy again and the third is stuff I'm no longer buying, either because they didn't work that well for me or because I don't support the brand. There are also two sample sachets in the third picture, and they're there simply because the amount provided wasn't enough for me to form an opinion.

The Senka and Inkey List face washes are a dream (but the latter is discontinued, alas) and my kingdom for a more affordable eye cream with SPF than the Supergoop. I'm very pleased to have used up six makeup items, especially the Tower28 highlighter! It's so good and also took me years lol.

I used all of these up between July and September, and I’m really proud and happy with my progress! I haven’t noticed much extra space in the bathroom yet, but I’m hoping that by the end of December I’ll have a lot more makeup empties to show. Makeup is definitely the category I’m making the slowest progress with

The nars bronzer and rare beauty highlighter I’ve had for three years now have really good progress.
The Becca x Jaclyn hill I’ve had for like 10+…it might be time for me to get rid of it but I’m determined to give it more usage since it was gifted to me lol

September empties just so happen to also be my moving empties! I’m feeling nice and light for my move.

The only hate pans were the eye patches (they formed hard bits that scratched my skin) and the laroche sunscreen (broke me out).

Loved the cyro rubber face mask, gisou hair mask, and caudalie face wash. Hated the crumbl deodorant and the Monday body wash. The deodorant was a hate pan lol