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It's Time to Spring Clean...Your Beauty Stash.

2 September, 2018 - 05:35pm by - Head Pixie | 33 Comments

By BR Kellie

There's nothing like the fresh bloom of a daffodil, the hint of warmth in the air, and leggy lambs gamboling around fields to inspire us to get spring cleaning!

These last few weeks the crew have been chatting about downsizing our collections, removing that which we don't need in our lives, and to do so we've employed three rules, which have seen our stashes seriously (well, sort kind of, better-than-they-were-before) streamlined.

So what are the three rules to dealing to your out-of-control makeup, skincare and haircare collection? Check these out...

The product is old enough to say 'back in my day'. If you've yet to read BR Natalie's excellent article on when to throw out products based on their expiry then now's the time to read it. If a mascara's been opened for more than four months? It's time to biff it. Have an old lip pencil that's been hanging around for a good five years or more? Toss. That blush you can't part with but have been using for more than two years? It's time to hold a beauty funeral and get grieving. Even those items that you bought and have left unopened may well need to go. The average shelf life of unopened products is three year. During that time the ingredients used can detoriate - this is especially true for natural products - which is why you need to use your noggin when it comes to choosing whether to keep or throw. Treat it like the 'best before' date on ham or yoghurt. Sniff it. Eye it. If it smells funny or looks funny get rid of it. And if you're not sure how old a product is then you can check the code at a batch checker website like Cosmetic Calculator.

You don't use it, and deep down you know you're not going to. Shall we talk about my old hair product 'station'. It had oils, mousse, dry shampoo, hair spray, balms, masks, smoothers... it wasn't a massive selection, nor was it tiny. How often did I reach for said products? The dry shampoo, oil and hair spray were used... the rest? Not so much. So what's a gal to do? Go through your products - nail polishes, skincare, makeup, haircare - and ask yourself: have I used this? Am I truly likely to? And if the answer is no, then donate it or gift it or dispose of the contents and recycle the packaging. Holding onto something you don't use is like holding onto a grudge - it'll weigh you down and irrirate you whenever you see it or think about it. Do an Elsa, let it go. 

It's not right for your type. If you have dry skin, then why would you keep a foaming cleanser designed for oily skin? If you have poker straight hair, why would you hold onto a hair lotion designed to tame curls? Be honest with yourself - keeping products just because your skin 'might' change or your hair 'might' reverse its genetic decision to be curly or straight, or you 'might' start curling or straightening on a regular basis for the first time in your life, is a waste of time and space. Move it on, then move on.

So there you have it - three simple methods we can all use to make our spaces more manageable! So, are you in the mood for a spring clean? Is your collection in need of one? Do you have any further tricks and tips you use to keep your beauty products (and life!) in order? Remember... sharing is caring!

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7th October, 2018

Haha this hit a bit close to home :) I am in the middle of doing a cull, there are some things in my makeup drawer that definitely need to go!!

3rd October, 2018

Hmmm I get rid, so I can buy more. Does that count?

28th September, 2018

I did a bit of a clean out the other day, but it's SO HARD. I always think about how much money I spent on buying them and how little use I've got out of them. :(

At least I'm now good about immediately passing on anything I try that I don't like or isn't right for my skin/hair.

20th September, 2018

I totally just did this before spring sprung. I was decluttering my house anyway and thought hhmmm my makeup could definitely use a destash because I don't use it all and there's probably expired stuff. Boy was I right. Some were well over three years old! I chucked out all the old expired stuff and just gave the 'still good stuff' but things I didn't use to my teenage niece. She had a ball going through it all. It hurt my heart to throw away some of the high end products but it's what is needed from time to time. I felt way better for it after aaaaaaand it means I can buy more right? hehe

19th September, 2018

Why is it so hard to part with all the things? Lol I passed on a few to my sister bBUT there’s still heaps to part with .

19th September, 2018

I've done this few weeks back, it was hard, but it had to be done. Now it's just hard seeing products that I want, but don't need on sale...

19th September, 2018

Lol i just actually did this yesterday and i was so surprised how much stuff i have that i don't use anymore or that i forgot i had!! Most of it i threw out but some i will manage to gift to friends or family so i don't feel too bad.

19th September, 2018

I like these articles as it makes you look at waste. I have not being buying for the last few months and using up products I have in the bathroom but I am sure that some need to be turfed as not for me.

19th September, 2018

Not having to do with skin type or hair type but I think any high maintenance makeup or shade that you aren't willing to make the time to use because you have 5-10 minutes to do your makeup before you rush out the door in the morning and you can't be bothered doing your makeup on the weekends. Like that concealer that was a good concealer till you discovered that it's a concealer that creases half an hour after setting it is not good and other concealers last longer so you never reach for it. Or that palette full of glittery shades which you never reach for because it requires extra steps to make it last and over the course of 3 years you've worn it like five times and you're still waiting for days where 3 hours will magically appear to do your makeup.

19th September, 2018

I’ve got a couple of small boxes one to get rid of one to use up, currently still sorting

19th September, 2018

Definitely could do with a clean! I always do a clean then pick up more items after! :(

19th September, 2018

I need to do a cull badly .

18th September, 2018

Definitely have some old eye shadow palettes that I have let go to waste. I wish I used them all up but I never can.

10th September, 2018

I did one a month or two ago so I'm pretty good for now, the rest of my room however could do with a spring clean :D

7th September, 2018

But it is just so nice knowing I have lots of random beauty products stashed away 'just in case' I need them one day! Hehe

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