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10-28-2016 03:25 PM
In addition to wiping off the surface of powder products, you can also spritz them periodically with alcohol. I do this a couple of times a year, same with lipsticks.
10-28-2016 04:04 PM
Like most everyone else, I keep my powdered shadows for as long as I want then. I have some BE pots that I bet I've had since the company started. I still use most of them. The creams and liquids usually dry up before I've used them up so they get tossed.
10-28-2016 04:38 PM
Until I use them up or am so tired of them I toss them.
I don't ever toss eyeshadows because I think they are germy.
10-29-2016 12:32 AM
@colliegirls wrote:Maybe decades!!
Wheww. So glad someone said it before I did!
I have a palatte of Christian Dior shadows purchased somewhere around 1987. A little went a long way in applying them so I still use a color on occasion.
I often wonder if the current CD shadows go on as easily and last as long but they are way too expensive now for me to buy.
10-29-2016 05:35 PM
Wow! I feel kind of foolish having thrown some out that were just a couple years old. I like the tips for spritzing with alcohol and wiping down with a tissue. Thank you ladies!
10-29-2016 07:13 PM
I do not keep eyeshadows around long and don't have too many of them either as I don't use them much. I have 3 identical Quo 4 eyeshadow palettes because the colors are matte and light shades. They were bought on clearance about a year ago to 6 months ago.
10-29-2016 07:22 PM
@ajsidney12 wrote:Wow! I feel kind of foolish having thrown some out that were just a couple years old. I like the tips for spritzing with alcohol and wiping down with a tissue. Thank you ladies!
I do not think it foolish to toss eyeshadow that is a couple of years old. I would not use old eyeshadow. This keeps me from buying a lot because I cannot use that much before it gets old.
10-29-2016 08:52 PM
I keep mine for a long time. The ones I LOVE I buy in multiples concerned that they may be discontinued or always out of stock.
I wear the older browns brow on days I'm at home and save the ones I love for work.
10-29-2016 10:44 PM - edited 10-29-2016 10:51 PM
The last time the Lancome counter at Macy's had a gift with purchase, I sheepishly told the saleslady I had held onto a pressed powder eyeshadow for 5 years because Lancome had discontinued the color. I sadly told her I was fishing the crumbs from around the rim of it now. She laughed and said she still had Lancome powder eyeshadows and blushes, some dating back to the late 1990's!
I experiment with a lot of brands since I keep them a fairly long time, but one I've had a problem with even though I like the colors is Clinique. I don't know what it is about them, but they always develop a crust on them I have to scrape off. Yuk!
10-30-2016 01:53 AM
@grammarqueen wrote:The last time the Lancome counter at Macy's had a gift with purchase, I sheepishly told the saleslady I had held onto a pressed powder eyeshadow for 5 years because Lancome had discontinued the color. I sadly told her I was fishing the crumbs from around the rim of it now. She laughed and said she still had Lancome powder eyeshadows and blushes, some dating back to the late 1990's!
I experiment with a lot of brands since I keep them a fairly long time, but one I've had a problem with even though I like the colors is Clinique. I don't know what it is about them, but they always develop a crust on them I have to scrape off. Yuk!
I really hate it when they discontinue my favorite colors! @grammarqueen
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