hope in a jar shelf life

I won't buy the large 8 oz jar anymore. I used mine every day and I started to see a separation that produced a liquid on top of the cream at the 6 month mark. There was no odor, but the cream was not as "fluffy" as it was when I first opened the jar. The 8 oz jar is sold as an 8 month supply so it should last at least that long. However, I question the efficacy of a cream that is opened twice a day and exposed to the air. Also dipping your finger into the cream twice a day has got to do something to the product. I wish this was sold in an air tight pump.

Mine turned rancid within a year.

Same here with Hope in a Jar: after about four months it went bad, watery, yellow, smelly. Sometimes you can use some skin care that separates on your legs or feet. Not HIJ, nothing but to toss the smelly stuff out.

Also had Dr. Denise Supersize Daycream w/melantonin go real bad with about 2/3 left. It got thick, muddy, separated. It didn't smell, but too crumbly to even use on feet. Tossed it.

This taught me to never buy supersizes. Hah! But I just bought the Supersize Super Smile.

I think this will be safe (I hope).

I often wonder about the two years after opened thing with the 8 oz jars of the moisturizer because they are not actually sealed. The little 2 oz. jars have a foil seal but the large jars just have that big plastic disc on top. I have an 8 oz. miracle worker moisturizer that seems to be fine so far though and it also just has that plastic disc (it's from the feb tsv or whenever that was). I think the makeup of mw is such that it doesn't separate the way hiaj does. I've never been able to get through an entire 8 oz. hiaj and have the product maintain its wonderful fluffy texture and not separate into that yellowish liquid, unfortunately.

I think I've read on this forum that some people have success with storing the jar in the fridge and/or refilling smaller jars from the big one so that the 8 ouncer only gets opened a few times a year instead of twice a day.

Thanks gals for your responses. I always buy the supersize but this is the first time I've had this happen. If it is supposed to have a 2 yr. shelf life unopened, then mine should have still been good. Putting it in a smaller jar & keeping the big jar in the fridge would be a good idea I think. Now, to find a smaller jar...........lol

By the way, I've used Miracle worker & had it sit opened in my drawer for over a year & it is still good. I've been alternating between mw & hiaj just to use up the mw (which is what I should be using but I love hiaj so much, can't stop using!!