How Long Is Eye Makeup Good For

When's the last time you gave your makeup pocketbook a thorough make clean out? If it'due south been few months, or -- gulp -- years, there'southward a good risk more than a few of your products have expired.

To brand certain the cosmetics y'all utilise are safe and effective, celebrity makeup artist Jamie Greenberg says to use your senses. "You lot need to smell your makeup," Greenberg says. If something'south off, your nose knows -- and that ways it's time to toss.

In the higher up #OWNSHOW video, Greenberg goes six makeup expiration dates yous need to know and gives helpful tips for making your products terminal.

Eyeliner: 6 months to 1 twelvemonth
Gel eyeliner merely lasts 6 to eight months considering you're constantly double-dipping a brush into a pot, says Greenberg. A pencil, on the other hand, has a shelf life of 1 yr. "If you're using a pencil, you tin can acuminate it and it's not going to be a breeding ground [for bacteria] as much," she says.

Mascara: iii-vi months
To get the full half-dozen months out of your mascara, don't make this common fault. "A lot of u.s. pump our mascara to get more on at that place," Greenberg says. "That actually lets air in at that place, it dries out the formula and you're also letting in bacteria."

Blush, centre shadow, and other powder cosmetics: i-2 years
Powder lasts longer than moisture formulas, but Greenberg warns to check them periodically. "If the formula changes at all, toss it. If it smells, toss it. And if the colour goes out of style, toss it!"

Foundation: 6 months to 2 years
Foundation packaged in a pot expires in well-nigh 6 months, whereas a pump formula tin final i to two years. When your foundation expires, await at it as an opportunity to try something new. "I think your skin gets used to having that formula on information technology," she says. "Attempt a new foundation later the pump is over."

Lipstick: 2 years
Change in colour, texture or olfactory property are all big warning signs that your lipstick has expired. If your lipsticks pass the test, Greenberg says to just things clean. "Clean them off, wipe them off, spray them with a little scrap of booze just to go along them sanitized."

Natural products: three-6 months
Think of your natural, preservative-free cosmetics every bit food, Greenberg says. "If you go along them in your refrigerator they'll final a fiddling longer, but the natural stuff is going to go mode quicker," she warns.

More than from #OWNSHOW: Greenberg walks through the steps to create the perfect cat eye.