It's recommended that you change your powdered products every 18 months
What could be worse than dry mascara, flaky powder and goopy foundation? Well the answer is nothing! It's beyond annoying when your daily routine is broken because of dodgy make-up.
We're all guilty of wearing our concealers and eye pencils down to the nib, using our mascaras a bit longer than is necessarily hygienic, and of course not changing our make-up brushes not nearly enough times in a year.
Well, fear not beauty novices because FemaleFirst are here with a guide to when you should change your make-up, and beauty routine at certain points throughout the year.
Today we're looking at what you should be changing every 18 months, after revealing yesterday how you should be ditching your fake tan after 12 months, to avoid going green. Yes, really.
So at this point in your beauty year you should've already had a pretty vast clear out, but unfortunately the biggest one is yet to come and that happens 18 months into your products' shelf life.
Powder products are the main things that you should be changing at this point, and that includes things like blusher, face powder and eyeshadow.
Other things to bear in mind that may be passed their sell-by date are shampoos, conditioners, hair gel, bubble bath and shower gel, although we usually go through things like this within a few months, so you really shouldn't have to many of these to replace.
Suncream is one of the main things that does need changing every year, as using an out of date product could put your health at risk, as you won't be protected out in the sun.
It's best to check the dates on all your products and if you find yourself throwing quite a few things away, maybe it's time to restructure what you buy and when, so as to avoid much waste in the future.
Tomorrow we'll be completing our sell-by date beauty feature, by looking at things that should be changed at 24 months.
FemaleFirst- Laura Terry
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