It’s good to clean out your makeup for the same reason it’s good to clean out anything: it makes you feel so good afterwards!
When you go to apply things to your face, you want those things to look fresh and clean and neat, not dirty and gross. Take a few minutes to follow these steps and I promise it’ll make you feel so good!
1. Take all your makeup and organize it by: eyes, lips, cheeks, skin.
Right off the bat this will allow you to see what you have multiples of. Sometimes you can buy the same shade of something and not even realize it.
Find any multiples? Toss the oldest one or if nothing is really old, start a smaller bag that you can take on the go.
2. Eliminate by date.
Believe it or not, makeup can expire. And even though you paid $60 for a product that’s not finished, if you bought it 3 years ago it’s probably not doing you any good.
At this part in the process, toss anything that doesn’t smell or look right.
Powders like eye shadows, blushes and bronzers have the longest shelf life. If you still want to test one, first smell it and make sure it doesn’t smell like chemicals, rub your finger over it make sure it’s got a silky texture, then check the color and make sure it looks opaque on your finger. Finally, rub it on the back of your hand to ensure it can still blend.
Here’s a quick break down of the lifespan of each category:
3. Pull out the essentials.
4. Clean off everything.
Start 2014 off right with a makeup bag that’s fresh and clean! (Today was supposed to be about cleaning out your jewelry box, but there was so much information about this from the show that I wanted to pass on more details…stay tuned for the jewelry box edition!)