Spring is just around the corner and that means...dun dun duuuunnnnnn...spring cleaning.
But spring cleaning isn't just about cleaning house it's also the perfect time to clean up and clean out your beauty products.
First, make sure to regularly clean all your brushes and other beauty tools. This is sooo important to maintaining healthy skin. Plus, clean brushes means better makeup application. If you haven't already, read my post on the importance of sanitizing your kit.
Next, you need to discard any products that are expired. How do you know if something's expired?
The rule of thumb: Toss powder products, such as eyeshadows, powder blush, face powders and brow powders, that you opened more than 2 years ago. Toss cream products, like cream or liquid foundations, cream shadows and lipsticks, after they've been open 1 year. To make this process easier for next year, write the date that you open a product on the bottom of the container in permanent marker!
And last, here's a fun way to rediscover your makeup collection! Survey your entire kit. Separate your makeup into two piles. In the first pile place all the items you regularly use: your go-to eyeshadows, the blush you use every single day and that lip gloss you use all the time. In the other pile put all the makeup you don't routinely use: the lipstick you got as a stocking stuffer, the eye liner that's migrated to the bottom of your bag and the eyeshadow you bought but never seem to wear. Put the items in the first pile in a bag, drawer or other container out of sight. Use only the items from the "neglected products" pile for a set time...say...a week or a month. By shopping the makeup you already have you rediscover your makeup and refresh your beauty routine without spending a penny!
