Do you throw away your mascara after six months?

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Is it really bad that I don't?

Mine never lasts six months

What usual said!

I just looked and my oldest mascara is about 6 years old.

So no.

No, I don't. Probably got disappointed with it before then though

No I've never done this, mine lasts about a year. To be honest I've always assumed that all those 'guidelines' on when to throw stuff out is just to make extra money from people rebuying. I'm not falling for it!

I always get my mascara second hand from my mother. The last one I had for about three years

i thought that it was nonsense for years till i had mouldy handcream once. BOAK.

No.

I noticed my year old mascara whiffed a bit so I chucked it, haven't bought any more since (that was over a year ago)!

I do, but it's probably used up by then and I have had eye infections in the past so I'm very wary now.

Mine never lasts that long!

I don't throw makeup away unless it looks or feels or smells unpleasant in some way.

Mascara is the one thing that I always use up though.

Never get to 6 months I am mascara junkie!

One mascara used to last about two years, but now it's only about three months, mainly because I have teenage dds! Perhaps I need to stop leaving it in the bathroom where the little monkeys can get at it.

Yes. They dry out or go clumpy and they harbour all kinds of bugs.

Then again, the most I'd pay for one is £8 or thereabouts. Wouldn't be quite so keen to discard if I bought Lancôme or YSL, as I did in my child free (working) days!

Yeah I chuck mine before then, mostly because they have become clumpy or run out out. My clinque ones though will last and perform much longer.

Mine don't last 6 months TBH. I do stick to just one brand/type though and use that. I imagine if I was a bit of a mascara junkie and had lots of different ones it would be different.

I'm pretty ruthless with make up full stop though. If I'm not wearing it, out it goes.

I have just realised I haven't bought any new makeup since I splashed out on some for my wedding day...

..that was nearly five years ago, and I'm still using it

I have some makeup that is 20 years old. Only lipstick seems to go off. I've used mascaras that are a few years old and I've never had an infection.

I don't agree with the 12m labelling that they put on toiletries and makeup nowadays. It's just to get us to buy more. Very wasteful.

The woman in Clinique actually didn't believe me a while back when I told her that my old mascara had lasted 10 years. I used it perhaps once a month or less. From the amount she had piled on her own eyes I imagine she gets through one a week. The 10yo stuff didn't go off, didn't smell, didn't dry up or any of the other scare stories.

after 2 or 3 months i think they go clumpy so i chuck them

Mine never lasts 6 months. I find that it starts to get a bit dry/clumpy/funny smelling after a while (prob 4-5 months) then I buy a new one.

I buy the cheapest mascara I can find (after years buying Lancome) as I've found there's really not that much difference between them. I then have no problem throwing it away after about 4 months or so. I'm also prone to eye infections, so I'm keen to throw, so to speak.