1. Use up at least 5 eyeshadows- I am so happy to say that I completed this one. It takes so long to use up an eyeshadow. Some are easier to get through then others.
1. Half Baked- Urban Decay Naked Palette
2. In the Buff- Too Faced Boudoir Eye Palette
3. Sidecar- Urban Decay Naked Palette
4. Naked- Urban Decay Naked Palette
5. Bliss- Mally Shadow Stick Extra
I probably would have been able to use up more eyeshadows but Urban Decay shadows take FOREVER to use up. I really wanted to use up those shadows. I am so glad that I was able to use them up though. Take this as a warning if you plan to pan any Urban Decay shadows. They are densely packed and don't have a lot of kick up. Because of the formula, I don't foresee myself buying Urban Decay shadows again.
2. Use up at least 4 lip products- Complete.
1. Nudestix Matte Lip and Cheek Pencil in Belle
2. Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick in Vouvray
3. YSL Volupte Sheer Candy in 12 Tasty Raspberry
4. EOS Blueberry Acai Lip Balm
5. MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in Peach Blossom
I am so surprised that I actually completed this goal. I am not the type to carry around my ip products for the day and reapply. I kind of feel like I cheated by adding in the lip balm but even if it wasn't there, I would have reached my goal anyway.
3. Use up powder stash- Complete.
1. Cargo HD Powder in 10
2. Laura Mercier Loose Translucent Powder Travel Size
3. Bare Minerals Skin Perfecting Vein in Light to Medium
4. Sephora Matte Perfection Powder Foundation in 02 Porcelain Neutral
5. Covergirl Clean Matte Powder
I am glad I was able to use up the powders that had been sitting in my collection unused. I am also happy that I was able to use up other powders on top of that. Now that I have used up all the backups, I will only been keeping one powder in my collection at a time.
4. Use up 4 eyeliners- Complete.
1. Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper Deluxe Size
2. Stila Smudge Stick Eyeliner in Damsel
3. Maybelline Line Stilletto Liquid Liner
4. NYX Slide on Eyeliner in Brown Perfection
5. L'Oreal The Super Slim Liner Pen
6. Marc Jacobs Highliner in Blaquer Deluxe Size
7. Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Burbon
I am shocked that I was able to get through so many eyeliners in 2017. Granted, 3 were liquid liner pens that I only use on my upper lash line but still. I am so glad I was able to move out so many liners. I think I will be able to move out the rest of my everyday eyeliners in 2018.
5. Use up 20 Makeup Products- Completed. I am not going to list them all because this list would be so long but I am glad I moved out so many products.
6. Finish a palette- Incomplete. I started off the year so motivated to pan my Too Faced Boudoir Palette. I was all about the cool tones. As I continued to try to pan the palette, I began to hate it. I wasn't liking the formula and I dreaded doing my makeup. I then decided that it wasn't worth it just to finish a palette. I found that panning a palette just isn't for me and that is okay. I have drastically paired down my eyeshadow collection and I now will just enjoy using the shadows I want to use.
7. Hit pan on 2 shades from Naked 2- Complete. The two shades I hit pan on were Bootycall and Suspect. Once I completed this goal, I destashed my Naked 2 to a friend. I realized that I just don't reach for this palette over other palettes I have and I shouldn't keep it.
8. Hit pan on 2 blushes- Incomplete. I don't know what I was thinking with this goal. This was very optimistic and it didn't happen. Fortunately, I was able to hit pan on my Benefit Hervana blush. None of my other blushes are anywhere close to pan at all so there was no way this was ever actually going to happen.
9. Use more of my pigments- Incomplete. Unfortunately this is another goal that didn't get achieved. I rarely used any of my pigments this year and because of that, most of them got destashed. I now really know that I don't reach for loose pigments and I will not be adding anymore to my collection.
10. Hit pan on 3 additional eyeshadows- Complete.
1. Smog- Naked Palette
2. Makeup Forever Artist Shadow in D-552
3. Makeup Geek Bitten Single
4. Makeup Geek Vanilla Bean Single
5. Makeup Geek Latte Single
This goal wasn't too bad because I like to pan looks. I am surprised that I was able to hit pan on so many this year.
11. Use up 2 lip glosses- Incomplete. I really failed at this one. I didn't use up any lip glosses at all. I just don't reach for them all that often. This a good lesson that I learned and I won't be adding anymore to my collection.
12. Use up 2 chubby lip pencils- Half complete. Starting the year I only has 2 chubby lip pencils and I wanted to use up both of them. I was able to use up one from Nudestix but I ended up destashing the other one.
13. Hit pan on a highlight- Complete. COMPLETE! I am so shocked that I was able to achieve this. I honestly thought that this was quite a reach and that there was no way it would happen and then it did! I am so excited and I think this is the goal that I am the most proud of.
14. Use up 2 shadows from Naked palette- Complete. Urban Decay shadows are honestly the worst to pan. I used Naked as my everyday crease color for at least 6 months before it finally died. As stated above, I don't think I will ever be purchasing another eyeshadow from Urban Decay.
15. Use up 30 beauty products- Complete. This is another one where I will not be listing out every product because there was so many but it was definitely completed.
16. Use up all remaining roller balls- Complete. Just so you know, I hate roller balls. They are a pain to use and I am so glad that I finally was able to use up every single one that I owned. I can tell you without a doubt that I will not be purchasing a roller ball ever again.
17. Use up a perfume- Complete. I am so excited that to say that I actually used up 2 full size perfumes. I chose to finish my Brittney Spears Curious and Hollister Girls Malaia. I liked these scents and have gone through bottles of these scents before but I know that I won't repurchase them in the future. I wanted to just move them out of here.
18. Use up 4 body sprays- Incomplete.
1. Bath and Body Works Vanilla Bean Noel Body Spray
2. Pink Ready to Party Body Spray
3. Bath and Body Works Dreamy Vanilla Woods Body Spray
I am so sad that I wasn't able to complete this. I know I would have been able to if I hadn't also used up the rest of my roller balls and 2 full size perfumes.
19. Use up 4 face masks- Complete.
1. Lush Cupcake Fresh Face Mask
2. Caudalie Instant Detox Mask
3. Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber Detox Gel Mask
4. Lush Cupcake Fresh Face Mask
5. Lush Cosmetic Warrior Fresh Face Mask
Please note that I finished 2 separate jars of Cupcake Fresh Face Mask at 2 separate times this year.
20. Use up 3 hand creams- Incomplete. I was only able to use up 1 all year. I am very disappointed with myself. Most of the reason is because I didn't like the hand cream I was working through ( Soap and Glory Hand Food in Smoothie Star). I just didn't like the texture, how it made my hands feel, or the scent at all.
Overall, I would say I did pretty decent this year. I hope you all did equally as well or better. Stay tuned for my post of my 2018 Beauty Goals!