Beauty

[monicakm]

@JudyL 

I'm sorry   I'm sure since you were born without a sense of smell, it's hard to know what you're missing.  Aroma is so important to me and I have (had) a nose like a bloodhound.  I live for fragrance but since COVID in Jan, I've not gotten it entirely back.  Probably 50% but I still can't taste anything after the first bite.  And that part doesn't really bother me, I just would like to know one way or the other if it's coming back!  If I could get all my smell back, I don't care if I couldn't taste.  My mother lost her sense of taste AND smell after a really bad sinus infection 40 years ago.  I'm about to lose hope

[CherryHugs]

all the products are open and used some in 2019.

sounds like it is best to just replace all of it when

i am no longer wearing a mask. not worth the

risk of skin issues due to not fresh products

[LuvmyLab]

As long as it doesn't smell bad and looks normal I will continue to use it.  I did have to toss some lipsticks last year that I had for a while because they looked questionable.

[JudyL]

@monicakm I am so sorry to hear you haven't got your sense of smell back 100%.  I will say this about not being able to smell - for most people certain memories, emotions, thoughts, are triggered by their sense of smell.  Remember the smells of Christmas baking?  Thanksgiving turkey?  The trip to the beach/ocean and the smell of the sea?  A  baby after a bath?  I don't have that trigger and that makes a difference.

[beach-mom]

If they're only about a year old I would use them. I have Laura Geller Baked products from years ago. I use them and will continue to. 

I do need to clean out my liquid foundations. And I always change mascara every 3 months!  

[ECBG]

@CherryHugs 

I threw out opened liquid foundation and all foam applicators for eyeshadow which had been used.  

I kept anything in a "hard cake" like a powder compact.

Lipstick bullets were wiped with alcohol.

I would rather have those losses than a possible bill from a dermatologist and meds, plus a blotchy face,

[monicakm]

@CherryHugs 

If you don't have sensitive or troubled skin and your products are kept in a cool dry environment, they look, smell and feel ok, I wouldn't have a problem using them.  

[monicakm]

@JudyL 

Oh I'm SURE!  Our memories and our sense of smell are tied together in a big way.   A whole industry depends on it.   That has to be terrible to not be able to smell anything