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5 by Fall Project Pan - Intro

Okay, so the first day of summer was about a week ago - I'm late, it's fine. In a shocking turn from my prior alliterative projects with six products, I'm beginning an alliterative project with five products. This project will go from now to the first day of Fall (September 23rd). Let's go.

1) Stila Glitter & Glow in the shade "Smoldering Satin" - I've had this for a while, and after having a mini dry up on me I'm worried this will too. This will be a very sparkly summer. From the mark on the side, I'd say I have about 60% left.



2) Grande lips hydrating lip plumper mini - It's a clear lip gloss that's mildly tingly and mildly moisturizing. Hopefully I can finish this up and move it out.



3) NARS velvet matte lip pencil in the shade "Let's Go Crazy" - This is a bright, fun fuchsia that I feel only really works on me in the summer. I want to get as much use out of it as I can during its' wear period. Since this is a mini, I'm not sure if it sharpens (it certainly doesn't twist). Once I get past the little nubbin on top, I'll either sharpen and have more product to work through or totally bust apart some plastic in my sharpener. We shall see.



4) Benefit gimme brow mini in the shade 3 - Since packaging on this little guy is opaque, I'm not sure how much I have left and won't be giving update pictures along the way. This is another one I'm hoping to finish up and move out.



5) L'Oreal magic lumi concealer/highlighter pen in the shade "fair" - I'll be using this to brighten/lightly conceal my under-eyes this summer. Since I can't see anything through the little window on the side I think it's safe to say I have quite a ways to go. Like the gimme brow, I probably won't post update pictures if there's nothing to see. Since this is a brush pen with a jack-in-the-box-like explosion of product at the end, I'm hoping I can work through this as well.


Here's everything together:


And for those of you who like to see progress lines, here's where we're starting. The products were rolling around too much to do my usual shot of each product next to its' line.


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