Expired lip products: do you toss them right away?

On theqoo's beauty board, someone clearing out their makeup found a pile of lip products past their date and asked whether they should just throw everything out.

What the replies said:

• The most common answer: judge by changes in color, smell and texture rather than the printed date.

• People said they bin anything that seems off even before the date, while some items stay perfectly fine after it.

• Several stricter replies were about tints. Because they are liquid and go straight on the lips, those people follow the date, citing worries about microbes.

• Lipsticks got a much looser treatment: some use them for years, one person for more than ten.

• One tip: wipe the bullet or tip with a tissue before applying, and the product seems to spoil more slowly.

• Others clear out anything unused for over a year regardless of the date, and one person admitted the thread made them throw away an old tint on the spot.

Overall the thread leaned toward "the date is a guide, spoilage signs decide," with tints held to a stricter standard.

Desk note: In Korea, cosmetics must show either an expiry date or a period after opening, and when the period after opening is used, the manufacturing date must be printed too. Writing the date you first opened a product on the pack makes the call much easier. If your lips sting or swell after applying something, stop using it whatever the date says.

What's your rule for throwing out lip products?

Original thread: theqoo Beauty — Do you follow lip product expiry dates? · Also see: Korea Easy Law — cosmetics labeling

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