Make-up has use by/expiry dates! Do you take any notice?

I hear that you shouldn't use make up past the expiry date but most times I don't even have to worry about most of it but stuff like eye shadow or eye liner I have several of them open at the same time and it takes a little bit longer to use. However I have never had any problems with it being expired or even getting allergies. I know some people have this problem but I guess I am a lucky one.

make-up's do have expiries. Did you notice that make-up's that we have kept for more than two years tends to be more pulpy, looses its color and shine, and sometimes darkens. Its the main reason why I do not buy a lot of make-up. I do not use them often so there is a lesser chance of me being able to consume it before it expires.

I did not know this either until I saw it on a tv show and then I started paying attention to my make up bag! I think my main concern is that mascara can cause not just allergies but eye infections due to the bacteria on the wand that comes from the eye. That is why they advise only keeping and using certain make up products for so long, the trouble is with it being so expensive I begrudge throwing something away before I have finished using it all!

Yeah me too i just used my make ups not knowing the expiry date when in fact we should be very carefull about it specially when it comes to lipsticks i believe that they have an expiry date as early as 3 months but i am not aware of it because i uses may lipsticks as much as one year

I have been aware of this...since back in college. One reason, why I switched to mineral makeup. Apparently, it has no expiry date. For me, that is an added bonus. Right now... almost all of the cosmetics I put on my face are from minerals... and I never experienced any problems with it...

I know that you should get rid of make up after a certain amount of time, I don't though. I figure that I paid enough money for it and I am going to keep using it until it runs out (or starts not working properly). I would stop using it if it started irritating my skin or giving me an allergic reaction too, but that hasn't happened yet, and hopefully never will.

I had a cousin sister who got a facial allergy by using a cream which had gone way beyond it's expiry date. She could not use make up after that. I think it's important Cjay that the expiry date is followed for any product.

My make up kit constitutes of lipsticks, eye pencils, kajal, gloss. I do have compact and foundation and heavy make up stuffs which I seldom use. So, they could well go beyond expiry! On buying lipsticks I hardly pay attention to the expiry date. But since I am allergic to many things I use only a few brands of cosmetics or else I start getting rashes. I think it's important that we take notice of the expiry dates. Eye pencil could aggravate serious eye problem as it had done to one of my sisters a few years back. Generally, I think, the expiry dates of cosmetic products have a long duration. We tend to use the same stuffs for long time and I think, the big brands keep that in mind. Nice discussion dear.

There is really no expiry date. It's more of, you hafta get rid of them when they've been in your kit for some months. If I remember it right, face powders should just be kept for 3-5 months, lipstick about the same length, too, mascara for about 2 months. I think it's safer to use them as soon as you can to full use instead of buying lotsa them then have some just sitting there in your drawer.

Hi Cjay77! it doesn't good to keep make-up for years, of course it could result bad for us, i think if we are not so often to use it, we can buy the economical packs on the store .. I'm really aware about the products expiry date, when i'm shopping anything on the market, i must be watch the expiry date, and i will look for another latest expiry dates, because the latest expiry date means that the product is new release on the market, i usually avoid the product which expiry date is closer to expired, if i found the latest product i didn't buy the old products Since any product in expiry date could be bad for our health ... especially medicine! Becarefull

Yup i do look for the expiry date of every item i bought. Not just in food but as well as make up and other personal things. Yup its true that using expired things can cause bad to you regarding make up its true that it will cause allergy to your face and when you used expired make up it makes your skin irritating. So when you buy particular things whether its food or things check for the expiry dates its really important =) Thanks for open up this discussion, goodluck in all your doings!

I recently noticed that when I had an acne cream that I was using gave me terrible red spots on my face that itched like heck and was very annoying. Also when I was helping my parents clean out some of my mom's old make-up stuff she told me throw a lot of the really old ones out, some of them even looked kind of nasty. So I'll be certain to avoid old make-up in the future.

Yes, I am aware that cosmetic products do have expiration dates, and this is also another thing that must be considered in choosing them. As what I discovered, some lipsticks that are no longer used have molds on it, others have change in colors. We must look into the expiration date before we purchase them so we would know if the product that we're about to purchase is safe or not.

Yes, I am aware of make-up expiry dates. I knew this from magazine articles in Cosmopolitan or Seventeen. Before I knew this, I thought there was no expiry date for make-ups. After I found out, I threw out all my old make-up. Then I just bought the essentials like lip balm, lip gloss, and face powder. The other kinds of make-up which I don't use often, I just buy the smallest size.

I didn't know this, I will have to take more notice, maybe the ones that made of animal product perhaps I don't know....very interesting...

i too only learnt about the expiry dates on make ups and lip sticks a few months back. initially, i also kept my make ups which consists of eye liner, foundation and lipstick for very long. i did check for expiry dates but never seemed to find one. one day, like some said, we can see or feel if there is something wrong with the make up. so did i, so i threw it away and bought a new one and asked the pros regarding the expiry dates. and i was told that yes, make ups do last on average for a year or a year and a half. imagine my surprise when i found out that i had been applying expired make up for so long!

I ahve to say I never pay attention to the expiration dates either.... I mean i usually keep my make up around forever but I do no know why... I hardly ever use it. However I do keep a close eye on my mascara... since that is all I usually wear I always buy new mascara frequently.... about one every month or month in a half... although I did use some older mascara once and I noticed it did bother my eyes while I had it on. That's why I am very adamant at buying new mascara often. To be honest I usually buy 2 or 3 new ones at once so I don't have to get it as often.

i do take notice, because i itch when there was i time i was able to use make that is near itts expiry date and i itched and turned red. grrrr so i do take notice now! lol..and i do not use make up affter 3 months from my ffirst use

Everytime I buy my make ups I look at the expiration date to be able to know when I should stop using it. I use make up very little well just to apply some light one before going to the office so I use very little of it and I buy something which will finish very soon as I do not want to use something whih is expired. I also heard of the allergies we might get if we use makeups which are expired so better be very precautious when buying.

I never noticed that before. I don't think it is a problem for me though since I use it all up in a short amount of time. When I get home I will have to check out my makeup. So how long does it last?