When to throw out makeup

[pnuttbuttajelli]

lol, this is why those of us who have a ton of makeup always get, "why do you have so much? you'll never use it all!"

i had two lipglasses that i B2Med on sunday.one was 4-5 years old and the other was about two years old. i stopped using them a long while ago since they were almost done and they were getting kinda... gross when i got rid of them (although i'd like to think they were still usable, lol).

those expirations all seem reasonable until you get to the eyeshadow. TWO YEARS?! lol, i still have my very first mac eyeshadow i got five years ago and i am NOW just seeing the bottom of the pan. not following that rule, homes

[banana1234]

i'm going to chose to forget i ever read this and i wont feel bad about having my make up for too long *sings* lalalala... i cant hear you... hahaha
i'm going to keep using my stuff til it runs out or goes bad.. mascara i always chuck after 6 weeks or so anyway

[aladysiren]

I agree with most of the posts i throw out mascara more frequently than my other makeup products.

[hello_kitty]

I have some eyeshadows somewhere in a box, from 1996. Meh.

I'm a microbiologist, so I don't get as freaked out over stuff as a normal person would. Bacteria is everywhere and anywhere... there's more bacterial cells on and in the human body than there are human cells. Unless you live in a sterile bubble, there's going to be bacteria on everything you come in contact wtih. Most bacteria is non pathogenic as well.

Mascaras I throw out when they get too clumpy or I get sick of that brand... so about 6 months to a year. I've never had any eye problems. Other than that, I have never had a make up product go "bad" on me. I wouldn't be into make up if I had to seriously toss everything after a year or a few months...

I feel like I'm living on the edge, LOL!

[kittykit]

I use mascara everyday and I throw them away every 3 months. I always try to finish my lipglosses within 18 months. With the other stuffs like e/s and blushes, I'll use them until they run out.

[RedRibbon]

I didn't think I had makeup which was that old but I've been looking at my collection and I have a few lipglosses which are that old but I am keeping them until the smell goes funny. Foundation wise I only have two foundations and they are kept in dark drawers and they haven't changed in consistency or smell, my powder is also fine but the second it gets all wet looking on top, it's going in the bin.

On the flipside, I opened a Boots lip balm the other week and I had to chuck it away yesterday because it stank, after only a week of having been opened?