Makeup has always been a strange thing to me. It’s also one of those things that I have a love-hate relationship with. I am also amazed whenever I come across people who are really good with it. The things you can do with all these products! Enhance your looks, completely change your look, be a different person, etc. Much respect for them, too, because I know it doesn’t take a minute to put up everything. Even just the ‘no makeup makeup’ look could take you more than 20 minutes. Personally? I don’t have the time for that. Props to people who take the time to do their makeup!
If not for the reason that I have to use it to look more age-appropriate, occasionally in my case, I wouldn’t use it at all and prefer to be barefaced all the time.
Barefaced AND much better if I were to never get any zits.. how wonderful it would to be barefaced, and just let my skin breathe! 😛 I don’t care much about eyebags, since in some countries, it’s cool to have ’em eyebags on your eyes, apparently.
But no, number one – I don’t live in that country where eyebags are a trending must-have; two – I often get breakouts just from the food I eat (maybe I am to blame because I’m anything but a healthy food consumer). So I have to use makeup.. but not always, thankfully.
Remember the age-old saying (I assume it is!) to never ever let your makeup products expire? And the number one rule: Never use expired makeup on your face.
Yeah? Well, as embarrassing as it is to admit.. My oops moment with makeup today is all about it. 😂
Why I wrote about it? To remind myself of what not to do next time, and so I would be reminded of what happens if I make the same mistake again.
So last week, during the crazy Incubus week, I went out to meet with my friends whom I haven’t seen for a long time. With that said, I had to look my best. But in reality, by the time I get there, I would look like my old self again.. because the “makeup” would have been wiped off from the hustles and bustles of commuting. Hello, pollution!
Back at home, while I was preparing to go out.. I looked at how pale I was in the mirror and thought to dab a ‘bit’ of face powder just so my face would look smooth and no traces of blemishes whatsoever. What I planned to just be a few dabs of powder to my face turned out to be 10 minutes of powdering, layering one application to my entire face to another.
The results looked good, my face did looked smoother and I hardly saw any blemishes so that’s good enough for me. More importantly, I looked alive than I was 10 minutes ago. Lol. I applied a dash of lipstick and I was ready to go out!
Yes, as far as makeup goes with me it’s only face powder and lipstick that I apply. I have probably done a lot of mismatched lipstick shades with my face but whatever, #YOLO. I don’t know how to be a girl!
Back to the story, the whole night was a mishmash of events but as you remember from the previous posts related to those 2 nights.. it all worked out in the end.
Back to me, some three days later, not so much.
Apparently, the face powder I used, and I had only remember about it when I started getting crazy breakouts, was expired for YEARS. I feel stupid for not noticing this before, but what I remembered from it is.. whenever I did use it in the past couple of years, nothing happened. That’s what I thought.
I was wrong to think that. Wrong to not even assume in the slightest way that those horrible breakouts in the previous times I used it were from this face powder. Now I see and realize that it clearly was from this face powder. Argh!
The result of using expired face powder is… crazy zits appearing one after another in the most random places on your face where you had applied face powder. 😞 I couldn’t understand how one zit keep appearing when one was about to dry up. None of my go-to products were working, too. It was so frustrating and I got impatient with waiting for it to heal/dry on its own that I started picking them.
Google says that the expired makeup probably caused the infection. Sounds serious but I know it’s something that can be fixed eventually (I hope!). 😂
And after that, I felt I looked like the crypt keeper. Scabs formed around those zits I picked. It’s anything but attractive but at least it’s not bleeding now and it dried out. Luckily I didn’t have a reason to go out this past week so I was at home mostly. No, I will not post a photo here – you’ll thank me that I just left you to imagine how, maybe horrible, that looked.
I remember I still have some extra bars of Noni soap left.. though I have no idea how long has it been since I stored it away. Once I found it, I washed my face with it and.. surprise, surprise: IT HAS DRIED OUT THE ZITS! Quite fast, too!!
Before sleeping I checked out myself in the mirror and noticed my skin was starting to clear up. This morning it looks less red. Who knew this would still work on me! Glad I was able to stumble on Fairness and Flawless Noni soap. It’s a bestseller from this local online shop of beauty products I randomly discovered through a friend in IG years ago.
Just in case you might want to try it out, too, I suggest only when you don’t have to go out of the house for some days because there was a time when I tried it for the first time that my skin started to peel from it. There’s also a possibility that you might find the formula harsh, BUT I think they’ve improved the formula since then. It stung the first time, but I was able to tolerate it. And don’t leave it on your face for too long!
FYI, that’s not how bad my face got.. much milder than in the photo. 😛
I would stop using it again as soon as my face goes back to normal. Seems like when I overuse harsh products, it loses its effectivity. By then, I would go back to being barefaced and occasionally applying Lush’s Grease Lightning for those normal and/or period zits.
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Lesson learned: Never EVER use expired makeup products and always wash your makeup tools (brushes, face powder pad(?), etc). And maybe the important thing I learned is that hoarding makeup is a bad idea and would be a waste of money for me.
I’m only used to hoarding things that don’t go bad even after a long time, for things such as.. I don’t know, clothes? Shoes? Things I can sell later? Haha.
My note to self when it comes to makeup now:
- Do not purchase makeup products that I do not see myself using for the next 6 months, or less.
- I shouldn’t let myself be swayed by the pretty packages of makeup and beauty products, which I also understand may be some girls’ reason for impulse buying in the first place.
- You don’t need all these makeup products. Do keep a simple setup. Nothing wrong with a basic kit.
- As much as all these eye makeup tutorials are tempting to try out on your own set of eyes, it will not work out. Starting with your fail set eyelashes. 😂
- (See #4) No eyelash curler has made my lashes go upward(?), nothing will. I give up. And all the makeup in the eye feels heavy just by looking at it.
Now, can someone tell me if lipsticks have a long shelf life or they expire in 6 months too? Because I’m starting to notice that I’ve a growing, albeit less than 10 for now, collection of it.
If you have any similar stories, let me know! It would be comforting to me knowing other people made the same mistake too.. if there are any who are willing to come forward and admit it. Hahaha!
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What a shame! I have a love-hate relationship with make up too but I live with a full house of girls and they pretty much take care of all the expiry and shelf-life problems I might have. nyahahahaha.
Hahahaha lucky you, Penda! That’s one of the perks of living in a house full of girls. 😀
I believe I experienced the same thing with my liquid foundation. So I threw it out, even if it’s still half-full.
But I Had no problem with makeup, mascaras, and eyeshadows. I still have my Naked palette, which at this point, should go to the trash bin but it’s too expensive to throw away just because it’s way past the standard ‘expiry’ date.
My only beef with makeup is that, unlike food, there’s no definitive time of the expiration.
Correct me if I’m wrong but from what I observed, and most of the comments here din, the eye and lip products have a longer expiry date compared to powders, moisturizers, foundation, basta yung para sa cheeks?
Yeah the Naked palette I wouldn’t throw that away so soon either, it’s too pretty!! Hahahaha
Some eye products do, but not all. The only thing I know is that you have to throw away your mascara every six months daw, because bacterial!
But I only throw it out when I think it smells funny.
I have also a lot of unused makeup stocked, and some of them I don’t even know how I got them haha
I hardly use makeup because it feels heavy on my face. Haha. Also feeling ko parang ang lagkit lagi ng mukha ko. I only use face powder, mascara and lip balm. Haha but recently, I just upgraded to adding eye brow kit at feeling ko ang arte ko na! Hahaha I wanted to use eyelash curler, pero takot ako eh, wag na. Haha tsaka I have no problems with my lashes naman, they’re long enough, and I think pag nagcurl pako, OA na. Hehe I find it weird for koreans to actually want eyebags! Haha lipad nako sa korea, trend ako dun! Hahaha isa sa mga problem ko ang eyebags, pero I have learned to accept it haha I think genetics din kasi. And ayoko mag effort magconcealer everyday, dahil 1. di ako marunong 2. tamad ako haha so keri lang, alam naman na lahat ng nakakakita sakin na malaki eyebags ko at mukhang tanggap naman na din nila, so gora lang. hahaha
Pimples have been my problem recently, but for sure, it isn’t because of expired makeup, cause I dont really use one. I’ve tried a lot of facial cleansers, but no use., or maybe matagal lang talaga sya mag eefect, at naiinip nako. Haha so I stopped, and stick to my usual “natural” routine. I also had to watch what I eat (more fruits!) and take adequate rest. Right now, less pimples na pero problem ko naman yung pimple marks. UGH. I tried that Grease something from Lush. I’m almost done with a bottle but I don’t think I’m going to repurchase. parang wala syang natulong sakin eh. Haha hmm, siguro mejo naglighten, pero I don’t think it’s because of the product. Hahaha. I’m using calamansi juice for the marks, and I believe it’s because of that. Idk. Hehe
You’re lucky to be one of those people with naturally long and nice looking eyelashes without the help of makeup. 😀 Flaunt it, I say!
Hahaha I think eyebags should be the least of everyone’s problems because we’re all glued to our monitors and screens and displays, pareparehas na tayong may eyebags.. pantay pantay na tayong lahat, lol!
I agree that a more healthier diet contributes to having clearer skin. Yung Lush product I swear by it but lately parang it doesn’t work as well as it used to before. 😞 Will repurchase pero only after a looong time, and besides it does take an awful lot of time to finish a bottle hehe.
After that, back to the drawing board, or perhaps I really do need to watch what I eat again.
I believe lipsticks have a pretty long shelf life, but don’t quote me on that. I have some that have lasted me for at least a year (but then again, that may not be sanitary?)
Also, in terms of make-up, never feel like you have to wear make-up to look a certain way. It’s a battle, I know. But I break out a lot and I used to feel like I needed to wear make-up. Honestly, I could go without but I like the routine of doing it every morning. It’s calming.
Anywhos, I highly recommend using BB creams. Foundations / powders tend to aggravate my skin and I’ve found that Smashbox’s BB cream has great coverage and doesn’t aggravate my skin the way foundation does. Anywhos, just a suggestion (:
There was a point that I tried BB creams and I think it worked nicely for me.. at first, but soon enough it caused my skin to breakout too. Maybe it was just a coincidence.. like at the time I tried it, it was around the time I’d get my PMS. Lol sorry tmi.
Thought of trying high-end brands too, coz it was only Maybelline’s brand that I tried BB cream of. But I can’t accept to put that much money yet for Smashbox.. I’ll need way more reviews to convince me to buy. 😀 Thank you for dropping by, btw!
So glad you were able to find a quick fix for the zits! I used to have a bunch of make ups too, but I throw them out once I went on a ~spring cleaning~. I guess you should do that do, just to eliminate the chances of using expired products again.
Totally get you with the make up thing but unfortunately for me, I can’t go out without any powder because I have ugly scarring and breakouts every now and then. Although I’m having some treatments and my face is waaaaay better than it used to, I still feel a little conscious going out without any powder. But I usually stop on the powder/concealer. Weirdly enough, I feel lazy to fix myself unless it’s necessary or if it’s a random day that I want to look great. Haha. 😊
Yup, I went on a sudden ~spring cleaning~ (do we even have that season here? LOLZ) because of that stinking expired face powder lol. Threw everything I saw in my way that I know is more than a year old. Except for lipsticks. But they’re so pretty.. hahahaha setting myself for trouble again.
Relieved to find a quick fix, too! Gah but I’m having tiny breakouts now and in the worst timing because I have to be out the whole week. Ugh! These go-to remedies must work or else!
I’m the same when it comes to prettifying myself.. it only happens on rare occasions, or when it’s necessary. Most of the time I just look like how I did when I went to the bed the night before – a mess, haha!
You don’t look like a mess when we first met… Hahaha! 😊 I think you should double check those lipsticks too. Just because they’re pretty doesn’t mean they can be applied. You don’t want to go around with a swollen lip (or something worse that I don’t want to put in here anymore)…
Hahaha I’m reminded of that Buzzfeed post I saw about that girl who did something to her lips to get the same effect as Kylie Jenner (Kendall’s the model, right? Lol) and she looks like one of the twins from White Chicks after with a swollen lip :)))
HAHAHA! Yes, she’s the model. And a swollen lip doesn’t sound fun at all (even if it’ll make you look like Kendall)! You should be careful haha
I can relate to everything you just said! Makeup has never been my thing (except for eyebrows, they’re basic necessity for me) and I just feel uncomfy with gunk on my face. Although I do buy makeup too especially if the packaging looks pretty and use it for about 2-3 times before I let it fade into oblivion.
Love your last statement that you use it only a couple of times before you “let it fade into oblivion”!
I assume it just gets stored somewhere in your room and collects dust as the months pass by and then it expires. Lol 
Whew, I’m glad someone feels the same way!! I feel having more than a few layers of makeup on our face already feels heavy. 😞 The eyebrows though, that I can never perfect so I will always just be on the sidelines admiring people who can do it right. I like yours!
I assume so, too.
It took a lot of practice and a lot of product testing before I found the one that works on me so well, I even used to wear it to the gym. Lol mawala na lahat wag lang kilay =)))
Haha I find this post funny, Anna! I mean the way you relay your story. I can’t relate (again) that much though ‘coz I rarely apply makeup on my face. Just loose powder and lip balm, then I’m good to go. But I have tried using expired products before like eyeliner and lipstick, and they feel itchy after a while. :)))
Hahaha, it’s ok no harm done. I’m glad I was able to make you laugh while reading it though. Goal achieved, lol. 😀
At least you only experienced itchiness when you used expired makeup, mine felt the worse eh.. glad that’s over now, back to ok-looking fez haha. Lesson learned indeed!