Expired cosmetics: do not harm your skin

Many girls feel sorry for parting with their favorite lipstick or mascara, for which they paid a huge amount. Therefore, they use such funds, even if their expiration date has expired.

But expired cosmetics is no less dangerous than expired food.

So, if after eating a piece of already stale cake or pastry, you can get severe indigestion or get poisoned, then using poor hygiene and decorative products can significantly harm your health.

What exactly is dangerous cosmetic products with an expired shelf life, you will find out in the material of the online publication estet-portal.com.

1. Expired cosmetics: how to identify them
2. What happens to cosmetics after the expiration date
3. Why is expired cosmetics so dangerous

Expired cosmetics: how to identify them

Finding expired cosmetics in your cosmetic bag can sometimes be difficult. After all, even after the expiration date, some products do not change their color, smell and structure. For this reason, many girls do not throw decorative and care products into the trash, continuing to use them further.

If the expiration date is not indicated on the tube or jar of the product, it is still possible to detect its freshness.

So, if the face cream has a musty and rancid smell, a strange sheen and liquid or granules, then you have an expired cosmetic product.

As for the foundation, the spoiled product has a sharp unpleasant odor and a layered structure.

Expired lipstick feels sticky or dry. In addition, it does not hold well on the lips and often rolls into lumps.

It is very difficult to recognize, expired powder, shadows and blush, as dry cosmetic products are stored for years without losing their properties. You can only know that they have expired by the fact that they are poorly applied and shaded.

But the most perishable is mascara. If you apply an expired product on the eyelashes, they begin to stick together and become stiff. In addition, a stale product crumbles, crumbles and does not fit well.

What happens to cosmetics after they expire

In facial skin care products, that is, creams, serums, tonics and other products, active components are destroyed and oxidized, PH is disturbed, oil is separated from water. And as a result, they lose their effectiveness.

As for decorative cosmetics, first of all, its aesthetic properties are violated: it is applied unevenly, rolls off, has an unpleasant smell.

But all this is not as scary as pathogenic microorganisms that multiply in tubes and jars with your favorite cosmetic product.

Often in skin care and decorative cosmetics:

• staphylococci;
• streptococci;
• coli.

They usually penetrate into the printed product with air, as well as when the product comes into contact with fingers, brushes and sponges. Manufacturers have taken this into account, so they add preservatives to cosmetic products that protect cosmetics from the growth of bacteria.

But when their expiration date ends, they lose their effectiveness and pathogenic microorganisms begin to multiply actively, especially if the cosmetics succumbed to the action of high humidity and the sun's rays hit it.

Continuing to use

is dangerous to health. Being absorbed by the epidermis, it is not excreted as quickly as food from the body. As a result, bacteria and other "pests" have time to settle on the upper layer of the skin and begin to actively multiply. They also provoke inflammation, redness, allergies, acne, and even poisoning, if you "ate" them along with lipstick or lip gloss. In addition,

skin color also changes. It becomes inanimate, earthy. Cosmetics that are applied to the eyes and lips are especially dangerous. Together with them, pathogenic microorganisms also enter the mucous membranes. This often leads to herpes, blepharitis and conjunctivitis.

Regularly getting on the skin, microorganisms reduce its immunity, as a result of which the dermis becomes more sensitive and receptive.

As you can see, cosmetics can go from friend to foe if used after their expiration date. So don't be tempted to get huge discounts on lipstick, mascara, or other products, as they are likely nearing their expiration date.

Also, do not use already

, even if you paid a huge amount for it and you really like it. After all, it can cost you your health.

after opening, the cream has a shelf life of 6-18 months, powder, eyeshadow and blush – 6-18 months, mascara – 3-6 months, and lipstick and lip gloss – up to 12 months. So check out your cosmetic bag and throw away what is already spoiled.

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