Makeup Expiration Dates
Okay ladies let’s start with our makeup. The goal is to create an organized space for your makeup so that the products you love can be found easily and quickly.
The first step is to throw out all the makeup you own that has gone beyond its expiration date. In order to avoid infection it’s a good idea to routinely weed through your makeup to discard what is outdated. How do you know how long you’ve had it though is a good question and one that can be quickly remedied in the future by simply marking the date of purchase with a Sharpie on the back of the item.
Abbie from the Organizing Life blog has a great post on When to Toss That Makeup. She lists the expiration dates on most commonly used beauty products which you’ll find very helpful as you’re going through your stuff.
Also while you’re at it, toss anything that you just don’t like and looks hideous on you. You know you’re never going to wear it so why wait until it expires, save yourself the trouble and throw it out now.
I’m not a big makeup wearer myself but I do have a favorite brand I love which has alleviated the need for me to experiment with anything else. Thankfully this helps keep my supply to a minimum (wish I could say the same for my hair products). I just took a quick picture of my makeup drawer though and it looks like it could still use a little tweaking nonetheless.
Don’t forget to take your before picture and also I’d love to see how many products you were able to part with.
Let the purging begin!
Product Highlight ~ Cansolidator
In all the kitchen organizing going on out there I’ve noticed a few of you using this lovely little gadget for organizing your cans in your pantry. I thought I’d share it here today as a product highlight in case some of you haven’t heard about it. It looks like a great option for organizing all your cans especially if you don’t have pull out drawers in your cabinets. It’s called the Cansolidator. It accommodates different sizes of cans and it rotates which is just ever so convenient.
My new friend, Leigh Anne, purchased these at Costco not to long ago and used them in her pantry. You’ll have to go on over to her site (she has a wonderful blog and such a beautiful family!) to see how it looks. She did an awesome job pulling it all together. Leigh Anne tells me that the Cansolidator is about $10.00 cheaper at Costco then it is online. I’m not sure if these are available in Canada yet as I don’t live anywhere near a Costco (imagine!) so hopefully one of my Canadian friends will let us know in the comments.
If you’ve used the Cansolidator to organize your pantry and have posted about it, let me know and I’ll be happy to link to you here.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
Updated: Becca from Ramblings of all Sorts also uses these in her pantry. Looks awesome!! Go here to take a look.
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