Do cosmetics expire?
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SloanePeterson
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Yes, they do. There are a few general rules of thumb with regards to certain cosmetics items and when you should stop using them. For example, mascara should not be used longer than 3 months due to the fact that bacteria grow in them. Powder cosmetics can generally be used forever - they do not expire. I don't keep foundations longer than 3 years.
If you're talking about natural and organic cosmetics, many of those expire much sooner and I believe they are require to print "use by" dates on the packaging.
If you're talking about natural and organic cosmetics, many of those expire much sooner and I believe they are require to print "use by" dates on the packaging.
Many makeup products, and not just "natural/organic" ones, have a symbol of an open tin with "##m" (or something similar) written inside it -- i.e., "This product is good for (length of time, in months) after opening it.", somewhere on the product label or packaging. It's a pretty good guideline to follow, IMO. But yes, mascara has the shortest shelf life of all -- three to six months. Other products you can tell they've gone bad in other ways -- if they start to smell rancid, if the texture changes, if it's a pressed powder product gone dry, if it's a liquid foundation that's started to separate (this happened to me recently), that sort of thing. (Powders do last longer than creams and liquids, though.)
marie4u
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how you it by smelling it?
Try reading the thread thoroughly next time, yeah?
User38
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lol wasn't this the very same person who started the I wanna look like a model thread?
me thinks it's a punkster again
:nods: Along with several other odd threads in this section. (e.g., the one about animal testing).
marie4u
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i m not a punkster.lol wasn't this the very same person who started the I wanna look like a model thread?
me thinks it's a punkster again
