Makeup clear out, downsizing project and blog sale

My vanity

I've been meaning to write this post for a while now, but I never felt confident enough to share it with you all.

Since I was 8 or 9, I got my mum's magazines and go straight to beauty and fashion pages and in the years of course I started buying my own copies and cherish the beauty section in each of them.
So clearly I've always been drawn to that "perfect" world and I fell even more deeply in love around the time I started uni, when I met a girl that was interested in beauty like me.
We talked about makeup launches, interesting youtubers, fantastic blogs, nail polish colours so it was at that time that I discovered the giant virtual beauty community.
And through the years I've become more involved with that community, not much as a writer or a contributor, but mostly as an avid reader / watcher.
I've scrolled pages and pages of beauty blogs, seen so many pics and watched so many videos, I've become sort of addicted.
And as a natural and obvious consequence, I started craving for the same products I saw on all those platforms and got on a buying frenzy, which at one point became just a frustrating and draining rush for the latest nail polish or that unmissable item from a limited edition collection.

Yeah, I think I can finally admit that I've been addicted for shopping in the last 4 years or so. Especially beauty shopping.
Now, I'm not trying to defend myself, but I think that, apart from the influence of youtubers, bloggers, magazines, etc, and me not being so mature and critical, there are also some unconscious reasons behind my (mis)behaviour. But that is a whole different story.

Inspiration
I've been feeling quite guilty about this unhealthy habit, therefore I used to (and still do) hide my new purchases from anyone and prefer to do shopping on my own.
So I think it's finally time to change things a little bit, even though I know it's going to be a long, humungous work.
Of course, I didn't wake up one day and had all the determination to do it but I was inspired by a few lovely ladies (a bit of "blog-watching" in here too):

On Youtube: Christine of Pinksofoxy and Tati
Blog posts: ViviannaDoesMakeup's tips on clear out organisation and downsizing
Jennypurr
The everyday beauty
What she does now  
And for some nail polish purging inspiration:
Spaz and Squee 

Aggiornamento PSP #1 - Project Pan Update #1

Ciao bellezze,
ecco il post correlato a quello dei prodotti finiti!
Alcuni prodotti PSP li ho finiti dopo luglio quindi ve li presenterò a fine settembre, mi dovrete credere sulla parola!

Hello beauties,
here is the post correlated to the empties one!
I've finished some produtcs of the Project after July and I will blog about it on the end of September, so for now you'll have to trust me!

Makeup:

• Sample Lush Carisma
• Mascara colorato Korres**
• Mascara Shu Uemura**
• MAC Studio Finish**
• Korres Face Primer*
• Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick in Crystal Rose
• YSL Lipstick (nude)
• Clarins Gloss Appeal in Raisin
• Lush Infuocami** | Lush Christmas orange lip tint
• MAC Cremesheen Lipglass in Deelight
• MAC Cremesheen Lipglass in Fashion Scoop

Altri cosmetici:

• L'Occitane Pate Delice scrub
• L'Erbolario Bagnodoccia del mattino*
• Organic Surge Sugared Almond
• Lush Pom Pom rosa, Santa's Sack ed. natalizia (spumanti) | Lush Rose Jam, Santa's Sack (bubble bars)
• Lush ballistica e coccola ed. natalizia | Lush Christmas ballistic and luxury bath melt
• Lush Hey Cocca!*
• Lavera Orange Feeling*
• L'Occitane crema mani dattero ed. limitata* | L'Occitane limited ed. Date Shea Butter Hand Cream*
• Cattier shampoo capelli secchi | Cattier dry hair shampoo
• Faith in Nature shampoo e balsamo cacao | Faith in Nature cocoa Shampoo & Conditioner
• Lush Musa paradisiaca | Lush Blousey
• Lush Ardente dentifricio solido | Lush toothy tabs
• Juice Beauty Apple Peel sensitive mini taglia | mini size
• Sante Peeling mini taglia | mini size
• Balance Me Radiance Mask campioncino | sample
• campioncini vari corpo e capelli | Bodycare and haircare samples

Non male ma poteva andare meglio!
Comunque bene o male i cosmetici sono quasi finiti, è il makeup che mi frega.
Spero che al prossimo aggiornamento avrò finito tutto!
A presto bellezze!

It's not bad, but it could be better!
Anyhow the cosmetics are all almost gone, are the makeup items that take longer.
I hope the next update will be the last!
Until next time, take care!

Gra

Foto PSP - Project "10" Pan pictures

Ciao bellezze!
Come vi avevo anticipato, ecco un post super conciso con le foto dei prodotti del Progetto Smaltimento. Sicuramente ho dimenticato qualche pezzo (oltre al docciaschiuma L'Erbolario...), abbiate pazienza ma ho raccattato il tutto andando a memoria.
A presto con un altro smalto del giorno!

Hello beauties!
As promised, here's a quick post with the pics of the products included in the Project "10" Pan. I surely forgot something... >.< sorry for that, but I took the pictures at night and I was tired.
I'll be back soon with a NOTD, take care! 

PSP - Project 10 Pan

Ciao a tutte!
Sono stata taggata da CheapAndChic in questo post per iniziare un PSP (Progetto Smaltimento Prodotti), un modo per smaltire parte dei cosmetici che abbiamo aperto e che, per un motivo o per l'altro, non riusciamo o stiamo impiegando troppo tempo a finire.
C'è anche un altro tag (vi rimando al post di Make-up Compulsivo) che è in qualche modo correlato all'argomento, ma essendo un po' diverso credo che più in là farò anche questo.
Ecco la lista:

Hello everyone!
I was tagged by a fellow blogger, CheapAndChic, here to start a sort of Project 10 Pan including different categories of items, to try and finish some products that we find difficult to finish or that are not expired but  we have from a long time.
There's another tag (see this post by Make-up Compulsivo) if you're curious that is somewhat related to the P10P, but I think I'm going to do it since it's slightly different.
Here's my list for the Project 10 Pan (notice that the products are more than 10...):

*prodotti che sono quasi alla fine, così non baro eheheh | *a tiny bit left
** prodotti vicino alla scadenza, che userò fino a che non sono inutilizzabili | **products near expiring date, I'll use them till it's safe

Makeup:

• Sample Lush Carisma
• Mascara colorato Korres**
• Mascara Shu Uemura**
• MAC Studio Finish**
• Korres Face Primer*
• Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick in Crystal Rose
• YSL Lipstick (nude)
• Clarins Gloss Appeal in Raisin
• Lush Infuocami** | Lush Christmas orange lip tint
• MAC Cremesheen Lipglass in Deelight
• MAC Cremesheen Lipglass in FAshion Scoop

Altri cosmetici:

• L'Occitane Pate Delice scrub
• L'Erbolario Bagnodoccia del mattino*
• Organic Surge Sugared Almond
• Lush Pom Pom rosa, Santa's Sack ed. natalizia (spumanti) | Lush Rose Jam, Santa's Sack (bubble bars)
• Lush ballistica e coccola ed. natalizia | Lush Christmas ballistic and luxury bath melt
• Lush Hey Cocca!*
• Lavera Orange Feeling*
• L'Occitane crema mani dattero ed. limitata* | L'Occitane limited ed. Date Shea Butter Hand Cream*
• Cattier shampoo capelli secchi | Cattier dry hair shampoo
• Faith in Nature shampoo e balsamo cacao | Faith in Nature cocoa Shampoo & Conditioner
• Lush Musa paradisiaca | Lush Blousey
• Lush Ardente dentifricio solido | Lush toothy tabs
• Juice Beauty Apple Peel sensitive mini taglia | mini size
• Sante Peeling mini taglia | mini size
• Balance Me Radiance Mask campioncino | sample
• campioncini vari corpo e capelli | Bodycare and haircare samples

Come vedete le mie "debolezze" sono i prodotti corpo e capelli e il makeup labbra! (Gli smalti sono un discorso a parte... ehm!)
Per finire tutto il makeup mi dò 3 mesi, per gli altri prodotti 2 mesi... sono troppo ottimista, ma proviamoci!
Voi cosa ne pensate? Secondo voi è utile farlo di tanto in tanto? Quali sono i vostri trucchetti per mantenere le vostre collezioni ad una quantità e qualità adeguata per voi?
Vi taggo tutte! Potete anche fare il tag in un commento se vi va!
A presto ragazze!

As you can see I'm weaker on bodycare, haircare and products for lips... I have too much of everything! (Nail polish is a totally different story.. ehm!)
I give myself 3 months to finish the makeup and 2 months to finish the rest.. I'mway too optimistic, but I want to give it a try!
What do you think of these projects? Do you find them useful? What are your tips and tricks to keep the dimension and quality of your collections suitable for you?
I tag you all! You can do the tag in a comment too, if you want to!
Take care girls!

Gra