How to identify when your personal care products are spoiling
A lot of us keep things WAY past their best before date. Some of us don't even know that our makeup products and skin care products even have a best before date!
It's TRUE your makeup goes bad!
Mineral make-ups are an exception, but they have to be good quality makeup and you should still always make sure that they don't have a spoil date. And always use clean tools when applying it.
So how can you tell when your products are going to go bad?
Firstly, most products have seals to protect them from oxidation and bacteria growth. They are usually filled with machines and sealed air tight. So your makeup products shouldn't start spoiling till you open them, which means you are safe to use them as long as they have never been opened.
Once you have opened your product you have only so much time to use your products. On every personal care product there is usually a little logo that looks like a cream pot with the lid open. In the little pot there will be a words "6M", "9M" and "12M" etc... So once you open it, it will last approximately how long that little logo says.
You'll find this little logo on everything from hand cream, mascara, eyeliner and face powders. Even your body wash will have it.
If you find a product that doesn't have it, it will either have a stamp saying how long it will last or it could be a mineral based product.
Sometimes the products don't last as long as they say they will, for example most mascaras say they will last six months, but if you use it every day it is best to renew your mascara supply every three months.
We hope that this information will help you to rotate out your old and growing products, so that your skin can stay happy and germ free.
Live well and be healthy,
Renu U Aesthetics
It's TRUE your makeup goes bad!
Mineral make-ups are an exception, but they have to be good quality makeup and you should still always make sure that they don't have a spoil date. And always use clean tools when applying it.
So how can you tell when your products are going to go bad?
Firstly, most products have seals to protect them from oxidation and bacteria growth. They are usually filled with machines and sealed air tight. So your makeup products shouldn't start spoiling till you open them, which means you are safe to use them as long as they have never been opened.
Once you have opened your product you have only so much time to use your products. On every personal care product there is usually a little logo that looks like a cream pot with the lid open. In the little pot there will be a words "6M", "9M" and "12M" etc... So once you open it, it will last approximately how long that little logo says.
You'll find this little logo on everything from hand cream, mascara, eyeliner and face powders. Even your body wash will have it.
If you find a product that doesn't have it, it will either have a stamp saying how long it will last or it could be a mineral based product.
Sometimes the products don't last as long as they say they will, for example most mascaras say they will last six months, but if you use it every day it is best to renew your mascara supply every three months.
Some professionals say to follow these guidelines with makeup:
Toss It Out
- Mascara — 3 months. (Some say 6 months, but many cosmetics experts, including DaltonJames, recommend 3 months.)
- Liquid Foundation and Concealer — 6 to 12 months.
- Cream Blush and Eyeshadow — 6 to 12 months.
- Powder Blush and Eyeshadow — 1 year.
- Eyeliner and Lipliner Pencils — Up to 2 years.
- Liquid Eyeliner — 6 months or less.
- Lipstick — 1 year.
- Moisturizers and Skin Care — 1 to 2 years.
IMPORTANT
If you have an infection and have used any of the products you have, for example and eye infection and you've used your mascara throw it out right away. The bacteria will multiply and cause future infections.
Live well and be healthy,
Renu U Aesthetics
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