Hmm I have alot of makeup that I almost never used.
For eyeshadows, I use it 2-3 times to see what it looks like and if I don't like it, I just put it somewhere and never use it again. I wanted to know, can you keep the eye shadows for longer than 2 years (maybe 4 years?) if you almost never use it? =/ Cause I just realised that I spent alot of money on makeup that I almost never use and im scared they will expire...

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Well the whole change in texture thing explains what happened to my chapstick many years ago. Suddenly it stopped hydrating and left a gross chalky layer on my lips!

I think as long as you pay attention to general hygiene - clean brushes/buds, no fingers, select pump bottles over jars and store everything properly, you should be okay.

Once an eyeshadow stops delivering as much pigment, it's usually time to go. Another thing to think about is; you either use an eyeshadow a lot, often or only sometimes. After two years, it's either gone, halfway there or barely touched. Halfway there is when you should be watching it. If you use it a lot, you probably need to replace it anyway. Barely touched - give it more stage time or rethink why you got it.

there's no way I can finish my eyeshadows in one or two years.I wonder what people have been doing with huge collections.what really happens when somebody uses expired make-up products anyway? it's not like it will kill me

do you guys throw away 'old' makeup according to the gudelines?

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With the exception of mascara..no. I go by smell, texture, and color. If any of those things change, I toss the product.

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This should probably go in Product Safety...but no I use my makeup till it's gone. Bad me =P

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I had a friend in high school (around 02', 03')that used mascara that was her mom's in like...at least the late 80s (you could tell by the old cover girl packaging) or really early 90s and it was so dried out and smelled so gross....I mean, I could literally smell her mascara when she'd talk to me...but whatever she could manage to get on her lashes she felt made them look fuller... and somehow there was still this dry, gooey mess in that atleast 10 year old bottle, that she'd force out and onto her poor lashes. I tried to explain all this numerous times to her but "new mascara didnt give the same effect" to her, to me they just looked really flaky and gross but she liked it that way. Surprisingly I dont recall any obvious infections though

I wonder if she still has her sight?

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I have a couple of fluidlines unused that I just bought and received through swaps and I also have some blush powders there that are new, which I bought recently it hasn't even been six months yet. I have them stored in a huge makeup bag closed up that way I keep humidity out. However, I also make sure that their still in their original condition by checking once in a while. I also have some l/s too and I always check them to see if they're melting or something. Ok that's my two cents. LOL

ok, i have a question....i have some mufe face/body l/f that I got 6 mths ago. I just started using it daily...I would use for a couple of weeks then leave it alone....now that I reach for it more often I notice that it has a settled jelly-like consistency until I shake it up. The smell is still the same and I honestly can't remember what it the consistency was like before now (just started really paying attention to my makeup). Does this mean I need to throw it out? The bottle is barely at the halfway mark....thx

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ok i don't know if this is the right thread for this but i would appreciate if some1 could help me.my mineralize skinfinish natural has gone rock hard.u can't even swatch it nothing comes off.it happened a month into use.i can put my nail into it and its solid.(i have long acrylics)my daisy chain e/s it also getting a shell on 1 corner.ideas?
can i fix it?return it?.why did it happen?.
any help would be great thx.

If it looks like it's going bad, smells different changes color etc... I toss it. Not worth putting on your skin at that point. I'm a germ/clean freak!