There are so many laws on the expiry of products these days. I don’t follow them as a rule but I do use them as a guideline. Here are the guidelines on the shelf life of your make-up:
Mascara: 4 Months
Eye shadow: 3 years +
Powder: 2 Years
Liquid Eyeliner: 6 months
Pencil Liner: Once Sharpened regularly up to 3 years
Lipstick: 2 Years
Powder Blusher: 2 years +
Lip Pencils: 2 years
Make-up Sponges: Wash regularly, sin after a month
Foundation (water based): 1 year
Foundation (oil based): 18 moths
The golden rule: If it starts to smell, change colour or consistency bin it!
I filled a black sack of half empty bottles of stuff and old makeup I never wear!! I cleared it out from a press I haven’t opened since this time last year!! (I was away for 6 months!) One or two bottle of fake tan that I would say could turn me green!! So pretty much everything got the heave ho!!……Can I go to Boots to replace stuff now?!! :-)
thanks so much this will be heaps useful…
Stevie Marie (Australia, NSW)
gr8 post as usual, and woah after 1 month with the spnge thing SINNER lol
This was really useful(:
Thanks so much love
xx