I adore make-up. I love free samples, free gifts with purchase, trial sizes and great bargains. I’m even signed up with a monthly service that sends me a new make-up bag once a month filled with new things to try.
Once you get bitten by the make-up bug, it’s a fantastic, feminine spiral downward. Everything from browsing Avon catalogs on your lunch hour to spending Saturdays at Sephora….what bliss. Don’t give me fancy dinners, you can keep your flowers.
The way to my heart is Smashbox.
Break-up with make-up: A Handy Guide
What happens when your cosmetic bag, drawer or sissy purse becomes a overstuffed, gunky mess full of old product and eye pencil shavings? Expired make-up can smell bad, cause irritation/infection and even separate and change color or consistency. Not acceptable. It’s time for a cosmetic clean-up. Here are some tips to know what’s what when breaking-up with make-up.
Face: Concealer, foundation and cream blushes will last up to a year. Powders will last two.
Eyes and lips: Eye and lip pencils will last 2 years if you sharpen them often. Liquid eyeshadow can last a year and powder shadows will last two years. Lipstick will last two years and then you run the risk of color changing, separation and overall quality.
Mascara needs to be thrown out after 3 months. Sorry, but you cannot mess with your eyes! Bacteria thrives in a mascara tube, and adding water or saliva into mascara to thin it out or extend its life only increases your risk of infection.
Nail polish: Unopened bottles will last pretty much forever, because air has not been allowed to get in and separate the color. Opened bottles will last about two years. Speaking of polish, have you seen my excellent manicure-at-home post?
Breaking up with make-up means more shopping!
Now for a little retail therapy….
Won’t it be nice to have everything looking tidy? And the new space you make by eighty-sixing the old yuck means more shopping soon! If you’re sad about parting with old make-up that you’ve had forever, get ready for some retail therapy starting next week. We’ll be discussing fresh and fabulous en femme spring make-up colors, so don’t miss it!
I so want to have makeup done to me by girl at salon!!! I’m going to. Even though they are professional about this they will know that in a sissy. I have 3 hot shades of lipstick that I won on Ms Audrey’s auction. They are sexy shade of red. With 2 years of life that means I’ll have to wear them every night:( :0 and become ldws lipstick lesbian:0 great post!!
Thanks so much, Petey!
The choice for men and women to wear makeup is a personal one and it should always be motivated by the way a person feels. This is why there’s no reason the use of makeup should be restricted to a single gender. Plus Ms. Amber offers fabulous makeup tips for all.
Thanks for the kind words, Miss Cindy. And thanks for following me!