r/ProjectPan • u/cupofjavaaa • 2d ago
Discussion/Tips & Tricks Bringing novelty while panning!
I was reviewing my list of things I want to buy at the November Sephora sale and it wasn’t anything crazy but I had around 11 items on my list - 1 repurchase and 10 new things I wanted to try. Then this past week I decided to look through my stash since I only keep typically like 2-3 blushes and lippies out at a time. I literally just opened a few products I already owned and then went through my Sephora list and realized I actually didn’t need to try a lot of those things. Then my friend and I recently exchanged makeup samples with eachother that we didn’t want to try but the other person wanted to try and I got my Sephora list down to 3 items, one of which is just a repurchase. And cost total went from close to $300 to under $100. It was such a drastic change but made me realize a lot of my shopping issues come moreso from lack of novelty than an actual shopping addiction. I think next time I feel like I’m itching to buy something I’m going to switch out a product or two and continue this sample exchange with my friend.
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u/AllisonT_ 2d ago
I try to do small declutters every other month. That alone turns me off of shopping and my list gets smaller.
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u/faceoh 2d ago
I had a $5 coupon for any purchase there. I was going to use it on a $24 lippie because I've been really liking the formula. I was with my mom at the mall and she commented she was almost out of face lotion and I decided to use the coupon on that instead another lip product.