When Makeup Becomes Dangerous

 

Any girl will surely have an old cosmetic bag with a lot of her favorite cosmetics, which she does not seem to use, but at the same time does not throw away. There is nothing wrong with this, of course: it is dear as a memory, I kept it to show my friend what lipstick she liked, so as not to forget herself. However, storing such expired cosmetics – is one thing, and using it– is a completely different, much less safe matter. Experts warn that it is necessary to check the expiration date of cosmetic products regularly and told in detail how important this is for your health.

Emma Lesley, beauty editor at Escentual.com, states: "Many of us often don't toss our eye shadows and lipsticks in the hope that they will come back in fashion or someday they will definitely come in handy, but far from every woman knows, that they can become a breeding ground for infections such as Staphylococcus aureus.

Some cosmetic products for the eye area can cause bacterial conjunctivitis, blepharitis and inflammation of the eyelids after their expiration date. Using expired creams, blushes, bronzers, foundations, and powders can clog pores, leading to irritation and breakouts!" The most common expired products in a woman's makeup bag are:

Eyeshadow

Some women keep their "favorite" eye shadow for 7 years, which is 6 years beyond the product's recommended shelf life.

Lipstick and lip gloss

Many women are accustomed to not throwing away old glosses or lipsticks, because they are stored for 4 and 3 years, respectively, which significantly exceeds their useful life (approximately 3 years longer than expected). Old lipstick can be a great habitat for infections like herpes.

Macara

Many women do not know that mascara can be used for a maximum of 4 months, after which it becomes an excellent medium for the spread of eye infections. Particularly frugal women admitted that they used shadows that were about 14 years old and 8-year-old mascara! Powder, blush, foundation and bronzer are most often updated in fashionistas cosmetic bags, but even some of us keep them for a year longer than it should be in the description.

Estet-portal advises you to carefully check the expiration date of all cosmetic products that you use (as a rule, the exact date is indicated on the packaging of each of them, after which it is not recommended to use the product), do not store them until better times in a cosmetic bag, but to get rid of them as soon as they "serve their time" without remorse that they used them only a few times.