It’s when you open a product, she explains, that you start heading toward its expiration date.
Here’s how to refresh your makeup bag in the new year.
But there’s more to worry about than odor,Bustleexplains.
Bustle adds that cream eyeshadows generally have a shorter shelf life than powders.
If you want to help your eyeshadows last longer, you need a regularmakeup brushcleaning routine.
Makeup artist Bobbi Brown toldAllurethat she recommends cleaning eyeshadow brushes once every two weeks.
Three months is the maximum amount of time Bustle recommends hanging onto liquid eyeliner.
No longer depositing color is another big sign it’s time to toss your lipstick.
ButGood Housekeepingwarns that lipstick can be a breeding ground for bacteria, too.
So a year or two is the maximum amount of time it should stay in your bag.
