Make-up collection declutter!

Hello girls! Long time no see! It is already 20th of January and I haven’t blogged much. Since I came back from Slovakia it has been work work work... I finally got to clean the house and I realized that it would be a good idea to talk about a make-up clean up!

 

Even if you don’t have huge make-up collection it is still a good idea to check your make-up at least once a year. Bobby Brow in her book “Makeup manual” recommends tossing make-up products that you had for certain time to avoid using them after their expiration date.

 

 

According to her the make-up products should not be used longer than:

• 2 years in case of liquid & cream foundations, concealers, powders, eyeshadows, powder and cream blushes, 
• 6 moths in case of mascaras,
• 12-18 months for lipsticks, lip and eye pencils.

 

While I certainly agree with Bobby Brown, I also have some tips on determining if the product is still usable or not: 

• in case of lipsticks: if you see small water drops around the lipstick, it means the lipstick is going bad, the formula starts separating and it's time to say goodbye,
• in case of foundations: if the color pigment starts separating from the base liquid (unless it says on the bottle "shake before use" which is written usually for the foundations that naturally separate even though they are still good),
• if you notice that the performance of the product is not the same as it used to be when you bough it,
• if you suddenly notice that you get acne from the product (and you haven't had that before when using it),
• if the color, scent or consistency of the product has changed (for example when the cream eyeshadow has dried out, or the lipstick smells really bad).

 

Personally, I keep powder products (mainly eyeshadows) a lot longer than 2 years since I don't use the same ones on the daily basis. If you keep your make-up out of the sun light and under room temperature (so not in the hot bath room) it will last longer. Also, you can sanitize it to keep it around longer (in case of powder products with alcohol, in case of cream products remember not to put your fingers in it).

 

I cleaned out my collection before Christmas: what was bad went to the trash, what was still good but I didn't like went to my family members (the fact that I don't like it doesn’t mean that somebody else will not enjoy it, right?).

 

So chop chop, go to your make-up collection and clean it out!