Project - USE IT UP #1

It's the new year and as usually happens I have bought quite a few goodies during the holiday sales. Although stoked about my purchases, I am running out of room.

I never have issues finishing skincare, bodycare and haircare products but makeup products linger in my collection for years because I love trying new things and changing up my makeup routine. This time round though I want to choose products that are either soon going to dry out or expire (cream products) or products that are nearly done and just need to be used up. I will then try and use them up as part of my daily makeup, at the end of every month I will give you guys a low down on how I fared and if we do finish up something, I will replace it with another product.

Here are my picks -

a. Maybelline Color Tattoos ($6.99) in (Barely Branded, Bad to the Bronze, Pomegranate Punk) and also 2 other cream shadows, one is Calvin Klein eyeshadow in Cashmere Plum and Benefit's Busy Signal (discontinued). I love using cream shadows on their own for a quick and easy eye look but I think they also make great eye primers. I think I can use one of these up in the next 6 months.

Swatches from left to right - Barely Branded, Bad to the Bronze, CK cream eye shadow in Cashmere Plum, Pomegranate Punk and Benefit's Busy Signal

b. Stila Convertible Colors ($25) in Lillium and Gladiola - Again products that I have had for over a year and these creams are really good quality so I don't want them to go bad before I can use them up. I reckon I can finish both of these by the end of the year. I know technically these are 2 products but I am going to club them together.

c. Clinique Blush in Sunset Glow ($21) - Another gift with purchase and I was so pleasantly surprised that I love the blush color and the eyeshadows are nice too. I think I can finish this within 6 months.

d. Clinique Highlight in Pink Sugar (discontinued) - I think it's one of the gifts with purchase that I received when I bought a Clinique Lipstick 5 years ago!! It's still in good shape but I really need to finish this product off. It's one of my favorite cream highlighters and I am going to enjoy using this every day. I think I can finish this by the end of this year.

e. Benefit Dandelion Face Powder ($28) - I have owned this powder for 5 years and it's a great brightening powder. Even though powder products do not go bad for a long time, I hit pan on this last year and then forgot to use it up. So I reckon I can finish this product within 4 months.

f. Stila Countless Pigments in Finale (discontinued) - another blush, one that I have been wearing almost non-stop for the last 6 months. There are 3 distinct pigments that when you mix gives just the most gorgeous pink shade to the cheeks. There is about half the product left, I think I can finish this product by the end of the year.

Top to bottom - Stila Convertible Color in Lillum and Gladiola, Clinique Sunset Glow, Stila Countless Pigments in Finale and Benefit Dandelion

g. Clinique Different Lipstick in Spiced Apple ($16) - An old lipstick, think I stole this from my mom. I have used it quite a bit but still have a ton left. But the lipstick has started sweating a little which makes me nervous and I want to use this up in the next 6 months.

Clinique Different Lipstick in Spiced Apple

h. Clinique Butter Shine Lipstick in Pink Toffee ($16) - one of my favorite my lips but better lipsticks and I adore the formula too. Clinique really does some great lipsticks that are great value too. I have half a stick left in this bullet, I am going to use it up with the next few months I reckon.

Clinique Butter Shine Lipstick in Pink Toffee

i. Three lip glosses - Revlon Super Lustrous lip glosses in Firecracker (now discontinued) , Estee Lauder Pure Color Gloss in Pink Orchid and Ginger Shimmer (both limited editions). I love all three of these glosses and I have used them a lot, only have a little bit in each of them so I reckon I can finish these this quarter.

Swatches left to right - Estee Lauder Lip Gloss in Ginger Shimmer and Pink Orchid, Revlon Super Lustrous gloss in Firecracker, Clinique Butter Shine lipstick in Pink Toffee and Clinique Different lipstick in Spiced Apple.

Those are my picks for Project - USE IT UP! Have you started your new year with a similar resolution? What were your product picks?