To have been using the same mascara since May?

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Just bought some new mascara after my one started drying out. And it actually occurred to me that I have been using it since May…

Im quite surprised at myself, I just hadn’t realised how long I had had it…

I just keep thinking of the bacteria that must have been on it😱

Tell me I’m not alone here, what’s the longest you have kept mascara or any makeup for?

Mine sit unused for months as I stopped wearing during the day which I highly recommend. I've got black lashes though, so I suppose that makes a difference. I throw more or less full once out after about six months as they dry/clog even if they've only been used once or twice.

Mascara is the only make up that I stick reasonably close to the recommended time as I have sensitive eyes and I find it goes flaky as it dries out. I still have the concealer and powder from my wedding 17 years ago and I have lipsticks that are 20+ years old.

I have a lipstick from 1987 !!

It's a Miss Selfridge (white case, pink writing) one called Boy Gorgeous 😊

(i don't use it obvs.)(i didn't use it more than a couple of times because it was so bright!)

Mine is so old I can’t remember when I bought it

I don’t use my often and think it’s from 2019? Fine either way.

I do know you are supposed to get rid of used mascara after 6 months and I think unused after 2 years(?), but I didn’t know you were ever supposed to get rid of eyeshadow! Is that true? I have some amazing discontinued palettes (with some colours still untouched) and I’d hate the idea that they should be in the bin!

Some of my makeup is older than my DC, about 12 years old.

How very peculiar that you would even think of this. You do post some very odd stuff OP.

I own one mascara that I remember buying in 2005. Are you not supposed to keep them? To be fair, I only use it maybe once a year, and now I think about it, I can't remember when I last used it.

Fuck me, I've still got makeup I used at senior school - I'm 38!!

I've got a brown mascara I rarely use that's probably 10 yrs old.

I only recently threw out a lovely Benefit highlighter that I bought on my honeymoon - in 2005!

May is practically brand new.

Eh? May? As in, 5 months ago May? How is that old?!

I throw mine out when it dries out or if I have had an eye infection but otherwise I don’t keep track!

I use mine for years. I hardly ever wear make up so all of it, not just the mascara, is years old.

I’m still using some of the make up
I got from a department store counter when I got married….in 2006.

A mascara bought in May is still a brand new mascara, imo. I'd say mine is quite new. I bought it in Feb 2020 (obviously then didn't get used for a long time).

Oh my gosh, years and years.
I have an eye shadow I bought the day of my year 11 prom in 1999 and I still use it.

May as in May this year? Crikey, that’s practically brand new. I have a Bourjois blusher I use every day - that’s 3 years old - and eye shadows that are older than that. So far the skin on my face has remained intact.

I have some Clinique Almost Makeup foundation still - and they discontinued that over 10 years ago! There’s so little left that I wouldn’t use it because I’m in denial about it being over. It was really the only foundation I’ve ever liked. I did use it on special occasions until relatively recently, though, and suffered no ill effects.

The advice I've always heard (from the cosmetics industry, no doubt) is change every six months. Which I assume means once every 1-3 years. If it dries out you can add a little saline solution or baby oil, just make sure it's not contaminated. Or submerge the tube, tightly closed, in just-below-boiling water for three minutes.

You truly live on the edge OP.

My friend let slip that she still has make up from the 80's!

May which year ?

I use my powders and foundation until it runs out but always thought I should be changing my mascara regularly, totally forgot however and when I saw it was all dry and crusty I realised I had had it and been using it every day for months. I’m surprised I didn’t get pink eye 😱

I haven't worn make-up since April, and probably about 4-5 times in the past 3 years. Following the "advice" would make it pretty much single use!

I have binned the eyeshadow from 1993, but mainly because there was no sign of that shade of blue rushing back into fashion.

If it's since 2008, it's new.

You’re really just tossing out your mascara every few months? Seriously?

I keep it until it stops performing the way I want it to, like when it starts clumping and blotting and generally not looking great…that’s usually a year or so down the line!! Never had an eye infection!