24 in 2024 Finale and 25 in 2025 Intro!

[@Guz88]

For a clogged tear duct heat really helped me. I used hot washcloths over the area and left it on the eye for about 5 mins. After i would massage the eye and it took a day or 2 but was fine afterwards. Now i use heated eye masks at least once a week sometimes its every other night depending on how my eye feels.

[@genb_genbeauty]

48:07 oh man, the makeup geek eyeliners were SO GOOD. I have 3 or 4 left that I’m working through and I’m going to be so sad when they are gone. Also I appreciate you panning the Colourpop lip liners and knowing when they end. It’s been so motivating for me to get through mine!

[@ReneeMartin]

I went through that. OCuSOFT lid scrub, low heat, gentle massage, and no more waterproof liner in the water line. Good luck xoxo ❤️

[@erintaylorwrites]

I'm also going to stop using the water proof mascara also for a little while. ❤️ thank you for the tips.

[@BinaBecker]

I'm doing a 25 in '25 myself. I've already finished two minis that hung around after my year-end mini-project wrapped up, so I'm counting those as a head start on this year. I figure that if I finish on average two things a month, plus one (whenever), I should be able to hit that goal, no problems!

[@erintaylorwrites]

That is awesome!! are all of your 25 items minis? if so, that is an amazing idea to 1) get through minis and 2) feel good about hitting goals!!! and already 2 products down?! Amazing!

[@flawedfabulous]

Can't wait to watch the progress, girl best of luck with all the bronzer.. face powder and foundation and concealer are the easiest for me, which is odd because it is my just favorite part of makeup😂. I have a video going up within the next few days and I think you'll enjoy it

[@Phoebebrooksa]

Your videos are such a treat to watch ❤

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!!! thank you for being here!

[@MaryChrapliwy]

I've had clogged tear ducts - I massage the tear duct area, and I stopped putting makeup in my waterline. Both of those things helped mine.

[@erintaylorwrites]

I went to the doctor Thursday and he says tear duct looks good, but I do have clogged pores on my upper and lower lids, but he said it wouldn't cause the redness and swelling but told me how to clear them out. They have no idea what's going on with my under eye. 😨

[@anubhutitiwari]

really good progress on the items from 2024.. good luck for 2025 items❤❤❤ i love that you are not into overusing products just to pan them 😊

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!! Yep, I just use my items naturally because otherwise it would throw off my data and that wouldn't help me or you guys. 🥰

[@MsAlyssaJM]

Thanks for giving me something to listen to while I clean 😊

[@erintaylorwrites]

Of course!!! Perfect way to watch long videos!!

[@alienbabyofficial]

I have an hourglass lippie too I swear, gremlins. Btw your sweater looks so cozy I love it and the color! Matches your lips perfectly.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Ok, glad I'm not the only one haunted by the hourglass hippie. 😅 I love my cozy sweaters. I have this read on and a green one with a different collar. I got them on sale on the Navy base years go for like $15 each. 😂

[@alienbabyofficial]

@@erintaylorwrites I’m so jelly of your sweater scores! How lucky. I live for comfy clothing.

[@MakeupwithMariela1]

I’m doing a rolling project pjs but my end goal is to finish 25 in 2025. Wishing us both positive panning vibes 🤗

[@erintaylorwrites]

I watched your video today! you used up 29 products in 2024 right?! so incredible!

[@beautyandbeyond347]

Love the green liner! All great information! Thanks for sharing. I'm excited to watch your 2025 progress!

[@erintaylorwrites]

LOL, I needed to use a green shade in the So Jade palette so I went with green liner. 😂

[@shandysawh3071]

I love that colour on you! And i did the same thing when i had Moonstone, mixed it with a darker gold highlighter and it was beautiful. And OMG that mMilani eye primer really lasts forever. I've got about the same amount left and I'd really like to finish it soon so I can go back the Smashbox Photofinish one.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Ok, now I'm excited about mixing moonstone! And yes!!! that eye primer is going to last me until like Aug. I just know it!

[@sarah_tk421]

I’m also panning the same Hourglass blush but in the mini size in an older face palette. I only have the two blushes left in the palette. Hoping to finish both…I think it’s ambitious! Anyway, I agree that the blush goes with everything. It’s easy to use.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Oh! You will have to let me know how you are doing with the blush!! It's such an easy shade to use!

[@sarah_tk421]

I already have so many uses on this blush and it just starting to get flat. I love blush and have a lot so I’m really hoping that I finish it this year. But I want to strike a balance between finishing it and not hyper focusing on it…which I tend to do.

[@beyond.the.mirror.]

Love your makeup look, and good luck with your project! I'm also doing a 25 in 25 and have had some early empties that I'm excited about!

[@erintaylorwrites]

It's so exciting for early empties!! What did you use up already?!

[@beyond.the.mirror.]

@ 2 hand lotions and a face wash! Wasn’t able to finish the two full sizes last year

[@CurlyGirlAngelaG]

I appreciate your video today. I’m on day 4 of a stomach virus. Looking forward to your progress this year!

[@erintaylorwrites]

Oh no!!! I hope you feel better soon! I just had something like that and it was not fun! Healing wishes going out to you!

[@diane8839]

Hot wet compresses for the eyes might help. I have dry eye, and the DR suggested that to losen up the tears in the tear duct. They have reusable eye masks you can buy. I tried single use pads, and they were amazing, but way too expensive for me to use regularly.

[@erintaylorwrites]

I went to the doctor on Thursday and they don't know what it is. Maybe allergic to tissues or even allergic to my tears just in that eye. FUN! They want me to come back in if it happens again so they can see it fully inflamed. The warm compresses did work so well. I would just wet one of my washcloths that I use on my face and then heat it up in the microwave.

[@diane8839]

Oh no. Sorry you are still trying to figure it out!

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@diane8839 thank you! I'm going to try and keep the crying at a minimum since that seems to trigger it.

[@Ann-jx7hp]

I'm an 80's kid and we used a lighter to warm up or melt pencil eyeliners that were dry (especially the really cheap ones) 😅

[@erintaylorwrites]

A few people have suggested that, and I don't know if I want to do that. 😅 I will have a fun update on the Sephora eye liner cause something happened with it that made me go WTF. 😂

[@Ann-jx7hp]

@erintaylorwrites Yeah, that probably was not the safest thing to do but we were kids and didn't know any better 🤪 I hope you can get some use out of the Sephora liner.

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@Ann-jx7hp oh to be young and maybe kind of dumb. LOL, The 80s and 90s were crazy!

[@AL-nh6zm]

I've actually seen many people hit pan on the milk chocolate soleil specifically, even people who aren't into project panning so I think it's the regular shade that is stubborn but the milk one is not going to be a problem for you :)

[@erintaylorwrites]

Oh thank you!!! The one I have does feel not to tightly pressed so I am hopeful!

[@j99li]

Im also doing a 25 in 2025 and im very excited for this!!!

[@erintaylorwrites]

Yes!! What do you think is your most challenging product?

[@j99li]

@ all of them haha but I think the hardest will be foundation as I’ve got 2 I want to finish as they are all my oldest ones. Blush is probably also hard. I’m trying to finish my hourglass mood exposure

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@j99li Oh you will have to let me know how you get along with your mood exposure!!!

[@j99li]

@ i love it and I’m so happy to be able to use it more often, especially since it’s an expensive blush. I’m really loving this year so far and putting my focus towards using what I have and not buying what I have a ton of already! I can’t wait to start deck of panning as well! Looks super fun

[@Livelaughlove1968]

Hi! How are you? Glad you’ve figured out the eye duct problem and hope you can get it resolved quickly and painlessly. With your tiramisu eyeliner, I’m wondering if it might help to heat it with a lighter? I know this sounds extreme, but you must remember that I’m old and remember having to do this to get eyeliner to cooperate in the days before we had these nice creamy ones.😂 Just a thought! The only drawback is that it might cause you to go through the product a little faster, but maybe that’s not a bad thing? I hope you have a fantastic weekend! Thanks for the updates on your ‘24 finale and getting ‘25 off to a good start! Take care! 😊

[@erintaylorwrites]

Hey! I'm good! thank you for asking. I went to the doctor Thursday, and he couldn't see anything wrong with my eye. Fun times! He wants me to come back in if it acts up again. You and a few others have suggested to heat up the eye liner. I don't know if I want to try that...but we will see. 😬 But I would totally be ok with it being used up faster. 😂

[@Livelaughlove1968]

@ 😂 I hear ya! At T-14 eyeliners, I can definitely relate!!

[@catrice1296]

I have had such trouble with the minis of tf bronzers 😅. I mean hopefully the full size is less hard pressed.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Oh goodness! This is what I keep seeing with others trying tan the mini!! 😅

[@lizthecontentcreator]

On average how many uses are you able to get across the makeup categories. I'm particularly curious about pressed products, like pressed blushes or highlighters etc. Edit: I would love to see a spreadsheet with the volume of the product vs amount of uses. If you feel inclined to do so.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Oh goodness. I do have numbers for my blushes. Lowest number of uses is 3 for Essence Beloved. Most I did use 10 times because of my project 10 uses. But like Mood Exposure I only wore 8 times last year. On the high end, I used ChickLit 70 times. My highlight palette I used the shades 234 times, highest number of uses on one shade is 90 and lowest is 35. But I started tracking in March. I don't have things broken down to uses per oz or gram of product though...I don't know if I think about my products like that vs thinking about them as a whole. like my last bronzer balm was 167 uses for 31 g of product... so 5.4 uses per gram....I think the only reason I track weights is to see how much I have left to go vs how much I use per application. I think weight per application also really depends on how you do your makeup since we all apply different amounts. I hope all that rambling made sense. 😅 But you got my little math brain working!

[@lizthecontentcreator]

@@erintaylorwrites I was curious to know how many total uses you could get out each product. So more along of lines of how many uses you could get out OF x amount of the total oz/mL/gram of the product vs. how many uses PER oz/gram of product. I'm hoping that distinction makes sense. That truly would be so intense to keep track of the other way around. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. 💙

[@erintaylorwrites]

@@lizthecontentcreator Oh yes yes! I do keep track of the total amount of uses it took me to use up my products, unless I didn't start tracking them until later on. Like my lip gloss in Busy from Sephora, I didn't track every use and only started tracking when I rolled it into a project. But my main products, I do track uses.

[@alexandrailin3484]

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[@erintaylorwrites]

❤️

[@isabellasansome2814]

I’ve heard people pronouncing the Moschino brand like mosquito but replacing the t with an n, so more moss-key-no. That being said I have no experience with the brand, I’ve only ever really encountered it because I’m a sims player and EA did a sims pack collab with Moschino, so take my pronunciation advice with a grain of salt haha

[@EXOmakemeHorololo]

Yes the sch is pronounced as a sk in Italian.

[@erintaylorwrites]

Yes! thank you! I was trying to remember it's like mosquito!! 😅

[@erintaylorwrites]

thank you!!!

[@zeronada000]

I know this a weird comment but your cream blush looks like a now and later taffy.

[@erintaylorwrites]

that's amazing! 😂

[@sylviabanks6141]

Its pronounced Moskino. Weird. Its an Italian company

[@erintaylorwrites]

Thank you!!!!!