Project Lip Products Finale!

PROJECT LIP PRODUCTS: FINALE

Throughout this project I wore 93 lip products, and was able to really look at my collection and determine what I did and didn't want, and what my preferences for lip products are. 

At the beginning of the product I had:

Lip Liners -  4
Lipsticks - 28
Liquid Lipsticks - 39
Lip Glosses - 6
Total - 77

I currently have:

Lip Liners - 6
Lipsticks - 26
Liquid Lipsticks - 34
Lip Glosses - 11
Lip Tints - 2
Total - 79

My numbers haven't drastically changed, but that's because I love lip products and I didn't stop buying them while I was doing this. However, I did declutter A LOT, I just brought in new things that cancelled it out. Throughout the project I was able to declutter 30 items. I brought in 32 new items in the same period. So really, my collection has only grown by two products over the past eight or so months, which I think is pretty good.

I didn't get a chance to wear every single lip product in my collection through this project due to the fact that I decided to declutter a few before I wore them, either because I knew I didn't like the formula, thought I wouldn't realistically wear it, or because I felt they had expired. These included 5 lip products;

• Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Long Lasting Lipstick in Rose Tea
• Colourpop Ultra Satin Lip in Dopey
• Colourpop Ultra Satin Lip in Point Zero
• Colourpop Ultra Satin Lip in Marshmallow
• Napolean Perdis Liquid Lipstick in Deja Blue

The total amount of lip products I decluttered (including those already mentioned) is 30. These items were either given to friends and family or thrown out depending on how old and how used they were. Most of these I made a decision on the day I wore them, but for others it was quite a while after I'd worn them that I decided to let them go, but I think it's always good to reassess decisions further down the track to be sure you're making the right choice. I would also like to note that although in the post where I wore Electric Feel I decluttered it, I ordered a replacement for it so I haven't counted it as a declutter here. 

Over the course of the project I was also able to finish off 1 product, through my project pan. I know that in my intro I stated that I would only wear a product once and that I'd have to wear everything once before I could wear something again, but that felt really restrictive and there were occasions where I just wanted something I knew I could trust rather than taking a gamble on a lipstick I'd hardly ever worn. My project pan lip products were the major exception to this rule, but there were a few glosses and liquid lipsticks that I reached for on multiple occasions. I managed to finish my Colourpop Lippie Stix in Button, I would have liked to finish more off, but I was just feeling really disheartened with project panning and lost my passion and interest for/in it. 

I think this was a really valuable experience, although it didn't stop me buying any lip products, I did get to really familiarise myself with my collection and gain a better understanding of what I do and don't like so I can make more informed purchases in the future! I'll be doing this again for sure, once I have maybe five or so new lip products in my collection I'll just make a little post here and there because I like having the record of what the colour looks like on me and what I thought of it! 

Iz 🦀