https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 03:32:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2164202 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 12:53:36 +0000 Anonymous 2164202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sure Joy. Someone I know said he'd wear a few pairs of socks when he was going to court, just in case. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2164180 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 06:39:28 +0000 Anonymous 2164180@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sun tiger, those things can”buy” come at a huge mark up. Female inmates get less help than the males when it comes to needs while in jail. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163949 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 05:07:46 +0000 Anonymous 2163949@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw an idea recently for crushing powdered eye shadow, mixing it with Vaseline and using that for temporary hair color, streaks or more. It sounds like a greasy nightmare to me. I have not bought eye shadow but have some free bees. I will probably give them to a niece or to DDIL who visits women prisoners at a state prison in Denver. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163925 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 02:51:00 +0000 Anonymous 2163925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay Joy! I "panned" that green eyeshadow sample today. I like green but that one was too cool toned and competed with my eye color-will not replace. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163910 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 01:02:14 +0000 Anonymous 2163910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel great I finished off two large bottles of hair conditioner today. The empties were washed out and now in the recycle bin. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163847 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:18:27 +0000 Anonymous 2163847@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I heard when you're in jail you can buy things- like underwear and such. Sad they wouldn't give toothbrushes cause dental health is tied to heart health. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163841 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:07:18 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2163841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>I like this idea, suntiger!&nbsp; think it would take me the rest of my life to get through all the eyeshadows, though. Maybe not. But a good portion of it, anyway, maybe five years at least. Part of the problem is that I tend to buy the combos, and there is inevitably at least one color that I don't use.<br /></div><div>Bijou, I'm with you on the lipsticks. And kkards, I have a similar problem with not being able to work through the things I don't like. I think there are a lot of items I could just discard. <br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163834 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:04:45 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2163834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, it is devatstating to hear that inmates are dehumanized to the point that a disposable toothbrush and dab of toothpaste are a treat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163760 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 05:46:08 +0000 Anonymous 2163760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those free tooth brushes and toothpaste from the dentist... a lady at our church wants them for women inmates at the County Jail. They are possible rewards if they attend classes or a part of a packet that is special Holiday treat. She also wants tea bags and any lotions or hair products, so I contribute those things after filling the guest bathroom with sample sizes..<br /> Other places like care packages to the deployed armed forces can use those items.. So can food kitchens as food stamps do not pay for personal hygiene or cleaning products. They always need feminine hygiene products And diapers. The working poor need disposable diapers to be able to use day care. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163758 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 05:04:09 +0000 cat2 2163758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I took inventory and decided to pause new make up purchases until July, and then see what I really need. Mascara and lipstick will likely be on the list, but that may be all. I don’t think of myself as a big beauty consumer but somehow ended up with what looks like it may be a lifetime supply of blushes, highlighting products and eyeshadow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163720 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:25:17 +0000 Anonymous 2163720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is weird Jessikams! DH response "there's worse fetishes." As far as nailpolish, I tend to stick to just 1- though it looks like my color got discontinued :(<br /> Yes for using up hair products too. It's all fair game! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163718 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:13:27 +0000 abanlidhen 2163718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this challenge!&nbsp; I tried something similar for 2020 and am still working through hair products.&nbsp; I find it really difficult to throw things away before they are used up - sometimes it works well as facial moisturizers that didn't or don't agree with my sensitive face skin have been used on my body.&nbsp; Other times, I end up with grimy make up in my bag that has no other use and nowhere to go. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163666 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:33:24 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2163666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i> it looks sexy to see the makeup on one of my discarded masks. ?????</i><br /> And lipstick on the edge of a glass too, right? Lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163655 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 07:10:32 +0000 Jenni NZ 2163655@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think what husbands find sexy is just beyond us sometimes.<br /> I agree re smaller containers being good. I spent a few years trying to buy the mini nail polish bottles because it was too difficult to use up the big ones. Maybelline used to do nice little bottles. Now I hardly wear any. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163651 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:05:30 +0000 Jessikams 2163651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seriously, eyeshadow should come in much tinier pans, the full-size ones last soooooo long! I am wearing very little makeup these days because of the masks. I think it’s gross when makeup rubs onto the inside and leaves marks but my husband says it looks sexy to see the makeup on one of my discarded masks. ????? That is just weird right???? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163541 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 01:10:25 +0000 Anonymous 2163541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep- I was introduced to it as a hand healer after drumming with the African Ballet at a festival Too heavy for my scrawny hair, but good for thick wavy hair. Love Dr. Bronners too! A paste of it + baking soda is good for scrubbing, and safe around certain pets that like to play in the tub! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163539 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 01:03:11 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2163539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shea butter is one of my faves! I put it on my hands and smooth over flyaway hair very lightly. Also use it for hands, lips, nose, knees, elbows, anyplace that’s grouchy about shaving... That and Dr Bronner’s are the two most versatile products I know. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163537 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:58:38 +0000 Anonymous 2163537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cosmetic brushes too Joy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163535 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:54:40 +0000 Anonymous 2163535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Old and unwanted shampoo is good for cleaning bathroom fixtures. Soap is soap. I also wash delicates in it and hair brushes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163526 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:34:13 +0000 Anonymous 2163526@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha cindysmith It's definitely not just makeup and lotion here either!<br /> Yep Bijou- those poor neglected lipsticks!<br /> Thanks for the link FI! Decided that a shea hair product was too heavy on my hair so it got used on my ashy elbows instead. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2163363 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:19:00 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2163363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just came across this &amp; thought it might be useful. Despite the word “sample” in the title, it also talks about full-sized, mostly empty containers. <a href="https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/organizing/organizing-bathroom/declutter-beauty-samples" rel="nofollow">https://www.realsimple.com/hom.....ty-samples</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2162649 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 06:36:29 +0000 Bijou 2162649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My worst issue is buying lipstick - 2021 will have to be the year of using up all those tubes of magic colour! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2162634 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:48:16 +0000 cindysmith 2162634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm right there with you. I've been hoarding Bath &amp; Body Works products for around a year now and it is ridiculous. I've given away whole sets of that stuff and STILL I have more than I could reasonably expect to use in three lifetimes. Recently, I thought I was running low on body wash so I bought some new flavors and when I went to put them away I organized the cabinet that stuff lives in and oops, turns out I didn't need body wash at all. I needed hair conditioner.<br /> I also have more hair dye than any girl needs at one time.<br /> Cleaning products. I live in an RV, how many cleaning products do I actually need? A fraction of what I have.<br /> Yarn.<br /> Toilet paper &amp; paper towels? I went to a warehouse club and stocked up back when there was very little toilet paper to be found anywhere. I spend so much time at work that I still have an insane stash of toilet paper and paper towels.</p> <p>I also have a hoard of makeup that I'm forcing myself to use. At least most of my makeup follows a theme: black eyeliner, black mascara, and warm eyeshadows that make my blue eyes pop like crazy, so I'm not having to force myself to use colors that I'm not crazy about. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2162590 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:01:56 +0000 Anonymous 2162590@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lesson learned already: buy sample sizes!<br /> I used some of the green eyeshadow, and swear that itsy bit left is going to last at least 5-10 days.<br /> Plus I remembered I have a bunch of BC19 blush samples. I gave mom the ones that were too light for me, but there are still probably 15 in there. Thought they'd work for travel. Eventually masks won't be a thing...and travel will </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2162578 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:35:46 +0000 Angie 2162578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm good with this type of thing!&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm not big into or drawn to make-up, toiletries, perfumes and hair products so I don't buy a lot if it. Although I use all of it daily, I am quite minimalist about it. Same with meds in the medicine cupboard. I have what we use.... plus travel options ready to go for WHEN WE TRAVEL AGAIN ....... And a spare in the cupboard.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2162573 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:19:09 +0000 anchie 2162573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am doing ok with makeup, lotions and other toiletries - I usually buy new product when my current is almost running out, so don’t have multiples. But hair products are my weakness. I have a thin and limp hair and I always buy latest product that promises a volume and other miracles. I have foams, creams, serums, powders, sprays, oils - some of them I like better than others, some I don’t like at all - but I feel guilty and keep them all in hope I will use them up someday. But many have been there for years, and honestly I will probably feel better just to toss them.</p> <p>This reminded me of a colleague that brought almost empty bottle of Windex to his retirement farewell party. He told us that he bought it when he started working here, and his wife asked him why. He said it is to clean his glasses, and she teased him that it will last him until retirement. And it did. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2162567 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:53:57 +0000 Suz 2162567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm pretty good at using things up my toiletries/ only buying what I need, but my mother in her later years acquired a lot of unwanted lotions and bath products as gifts and she ended up donating to a women's shelter, where they were much appreciated.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up/page/2#post-2162559 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:54:26 +0000 Windchime 2162559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a great idea! &nbsp;I’m pretty good about this; I have a few different hand lotions going, but I use them often enough that they do get used up. A couple years ago I realized I had amassed quite a stock<br />of those little free tubes of toothpaste from the dentist; I’ve made a concerted effort to use them and just last week pulled out the last one. &nbsp;It was satisfying to have to actually write “toothpaste” on the grocery list! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up#post-2162557 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:35:59 +0000 cat2 2162557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are also some options to repurpose make up and skincare that did not work. I use drops of not quite right foundation to take the chalky edge off of untinted sunscreen, and the brushes from mascara fails make good brow brushes. Shampoo and cleanser fails are great for cleaning hair brushes and makeup brushes. I sure others have hacks as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/2021-challenge-project-pan-use-it-up#post-2162556 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:14:58 +0000 Janet 2162556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was going into the city regularly, I’d take a bag of socks, toiletries, cereal bars, and sometimes unwanted clothing that was still wearable but not pristine (old t-shirts, sweaters, coats, gloves), and give them to some of the homeless population who regularly look for handouts at traffic lights. I’ve apparently made someone’s day a few times with these things. Shelters probably take donations now too, but check with them first. </p>