If you spot them in the jars, tubes and bottles of your beauty products, it’s definitely time to throw them away!
Just like food products, beauty products have a expiration date beyond which it is important not to use them. Not only will their effectiveness be reduced or even reduced to nothing, but in addition, your cosmetics could then become real breeding grounds for bacteria and perhaps even trigger a few allergies or pimples on your face.
If unopened cosmetics (well sealed) and which are stored in a dry place and at an average temperature can generally be kept for a long time without risk, it is essential to follow the recommendations of the pictogram representing an open jar once your beauty product has started. This clearly indicates the duration of use of your cosmetic after opening thanks to the mention of a number followed by the letter “M” which represents the number of months during which you can use it without problem once opened. But if in doubt, if you no longer know when you opened that face cream or makeup product, there are unmistakable signs to know if your beauty product has expired. Here are some 3 that leave no room for doubt.
Its smell has evolved
Whether it is perfumed or not, thanks to a natural perfume offered by the ingredients it contains or a synthetic perfume, a cosmetic must not drastically change its smell. If the care or the perfumed product doesn’t smell like it used to or nothing, or, on the contrary, that you perceive an alcoholic or slightly sour smell every time you open the container again, then it’s time to throw away your beauty product.
He changed color
The tint of your cosmetic is not supposed change over time. Whether it’s a white cream, a treatment with a colored formula, or a make-up product, the same battle: your cosmetics are certainly no longer good.
The only exception to the rule: certain natural skincare products which contain fewer preservatives and which mention in black and white on the product packaging that the color of the skincare product is likely to change without this altering the quality of the skincare product. But if nothing is specified by the brand and you find that the product has taken on a different shade, it is that it is expired.
Its texture is not the same as before
A change in the texture of your cream or your beauty product in general should immediately alert you. A treatment that becomes viscous, a previously smooth formula that features a lumpy or even a cream that comes out of the tube biphase (you clearly see a kind of yellow oil and a white creamy formula): it is your cosmetic that clearly tells you not to use it anymore!