Make up is not cheap-at least not when you love quality products. Luxury foundations, cult-favourite lipsticks…. The price starts going up fast. This is why having a clue on how to take good care of your products can save you and ensure your beauty collection is at its best.
The positive news? It can save your makeup: a few clever tricks will help your makeup to be fresh, hygienic, and effective longer. These are five beauty-related tips that every beauty expert should remember.

How toflu sliced to Keep Your Makeup

The storage of your makeup really matters a lot Heat, sunlight and even humidity can separate formulas more quickly leading to expired formulas earlier than normal.

Instead do this:

Do not store in products in hot, wet environments. Keep them in a draw or makeup organiser out of the sun and the humidity of a bathroom.

Get out of intense heat Heat can lead to the separation and melting out of lipsticks or foundations, when they are left in a hot car, or near the radiator.

Check packaging. Make sure to screw caps, lids and pumps tightly to avoid air exposure.

Hint: Buy organisers that are cheap and can be found in stores like IKEA, Boots or Muji UK to keep products away and safe.

Keep Your Tools and Paintbrushes Cleaned Up Often

Soiled brushes and sponges not only are unhealthy to our skin, but also they reduce the duration of our makeup products. The oils and bacteria on unwashed tools can be transferred back into airtight powders, creams, and bottles contaminating them and causing acne flares.

Best practices:

Washing: brush up once a week using a mild brush cleanser or baby shampoo.

Spoons and Sponges: Wash daily, or at least 2 or 3 times a week.

Drying tools correctly: tools should be allowed to dry flat so that their shape is retained.

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Do not Overexpose or Pump Your Products

We have been guilty of doing it all before–pumping our mascara up and down or leaving bottles of foundation without a cap on. Regrettably, these bad practices reduce the life span of products.

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Pumping is mascara forces air inside the tube and makes it dry out quicker.

Otherwise the liquid foundation is under pressure leaving it open to bacteria or the air which can destroy the active ingredients.

Pro Tips:

Mascara Swirl the brush in the tube, rather than pumping. Wearing and replacing every 3-6 months to prevent eye infections.

For liquids/serumsTighten lids after each use.

To powders: Have sifter lid or covers in position to guard against contamination.

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Learn When to get Rid of Something (When is it Expired?)

Each cosmetic product wears a Period After Opening (PAO) icon on the packaging- typically illustrated as an open jar with figures (e.g 12M = 12 months). Setting these dates aside can lead to the use of products that have expired and that in addition to performing poorly can also lead to irritation.

General Guide:

Mascara: 3 – 6 months

Liquid Foundation/ concealer: 1 year

Powders (blush, bronzer, eyeshadow): 1.5-2 years

Lipsticks & glosses: 12 to 18 months

Hack: Buy small or travelling size packaging when you do not expect to wear them every day at Boots or Superdrug.

Make Old Products New Again

It may happen that makeup is already dry before it actually expires, but all hope is not lost yet. When you use a little care you can get more use out of products.

What to do to revitalize makeup in a safe way:

Mascara: Put a drop of saline solution (not water) to loosen mascara.

Warm the gel eyeliner by putting the sealed pot in your hands to warm it up a few minutes.

Bumpy nail polish: Put a few drops of nail polish thinner (not acetone).

Dried lipstick: With the aid of a lip brush scooped the product through the bottom, or gently melted with a hairdryer to re-mold.

Note:in case a product smells bad, has changed colour or is irritating your skin, discard it immediately. Safety first.

Clean Hands Bonus Tip

Using dirty hands is the quickest way to become contaminated, so be sure to touch your products only with clean hands. It is important to always wash your hands before you dip into creams, palettes, or jars.

During application, when possible use spatulas or even brushes instead of your fingers in order to keep your products fresher longer.

Final Thoughts

Caring about your makeup is not only being economically minded it is good also to take care of your skin. By properly storing the products, cleaning the tools, avoiding the bad habit, observing the expiry date, and renewing the formulas safely, they will give you the best performance and the longest lifespan of your beauty collection.

These 5 easy tips will ensure your top lipsticks, foundations, and palettes will last longer, look great, and keep your skin healthy. A litte bit of extra care will get you a long way