Make Up Games and Cleaning Out

As you clean out your room this spring, use the opportunity for spring cleaning to remove some of your old make up items as well. We all tend to keep make up for much longer than we really should, and it does feel a bit wasteful to give up on mascara that is still half full or a lipstick that we’ve barely used, but if your make up is past the expiration date, it’s likely time to get rid of it and buy a new one.

Eye makeup like mascara is one of the most important things to purge as you go through your cleaning process. Mascara and some eyeliner can pick up bacteria from eyes and fester. It also expires a bit faster than other, dryer make up items like powder or blush. In your make up games, throw out things you never use or that seem expired.

If you can’t bear to do it, put them into a shoe box instead. Place all of the old, gross or unused items in the box and put the lid on it. Then stash it in your closet. If you need something out of the box in the next six months, go ahead and grab it. If you don’t, however, at the end of the summer simply grab it and throw the box away. You’ll feel lighter to be rid of things you don’t need.