{"id":151962,"date":"2020-04-22T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=151962"},"modified":"2020-05-04T08:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T15:26:36","slug":"how-to-clean-beauty-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/how-to-clean-beauty-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Things to Toss From Your Beauty Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;re all sheltering in place and working from home, it&#8217;s the perfect time to give your beauty cabinet a good spring cleaning. This is a perfect opportunity to indulge in both a non-screen time activity and beauty-related self-care. Ahead is an initial list of beauty products you should sort through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Makeup products<br \/>\n<\/strong>Makeup doesn&#8217;t last forever. Expired products not only lose quality but can also build up unwanted bacteria after a certain amount of time. Check the backside of the packaging for an open jar symbol, aka the PAO (or &#8220;Period After Opening&#8221;) symbol, which will have a number and an &#8220;M&#8221; next to it, indicating how many months the product is good after opening. For a basic rule of thumb, reference this list<\/p>\n<p><em>Good for three months:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eyeliner<\/li>\n<li>Liquid eyeliner<\/li>\n<li>Mascara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Good for one year:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concealer<\/li>\n<li>Cream blush<\/li>\n<li>Eyeshadow<\/li>\n<li>Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Lip gloss<\/li>\n<li>Nail polish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Good for two years:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Powder blush<\/li>\n<li>Lipstick<\/li>\n<li>Eyeliner pencil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Brushes<br \/>\n<\/b>Before you start cleaning your brushes, first check for unsalvagable ones. If a brush is shedding, discolored (despite cleaning), or has a foul smell, discard them. Makeup brushes should be washed one to two times a week, and beauty experts suggest cleaning sponges after each use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Toothbrush<br \/>\n<\/strong>When was the last time you swapped out your current toothbrush for a new one? If you can&#8217;t remember, then it&#8217;s time to swap it out. Experts recommend doing this every three months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Shower products<br \/>\n<\/strong>Loofahs and body sponges are a breeding den for bacteria after a short period of time. Toss them! While you&#8217;re in there, throw out empty bottles of shampoo that you can&#8217;t squeeze out any tiny bit that&#8217;s left. Also, consider swapping out your razor brush head if it&#8217;s starting to get grimy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Unopened products<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you&#8217;ve had an eye shadow palette sitting in your beauty cabinet for a while that you&#8217;ve never used, you probably never will.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Sunscreen<br \/>\n<\/strong>What&#8217;s more important than SPF? Using it properly. Toss out old sunscreen that&#8217;s expired or quick tanning solutions from last summer!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Fragrance<br \/>\n<\/strong>Perfume typically has a shelf life of around two and a half years. To see if your perfume is expired, check to see if there is a vinegar-like odor when sprayed. If a perfume is darker in color than when you got it, that could mean it has gone bad. Also, check for expiration dates!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"While we're all sheltering in place and working from home, it's the perfect time to ...","author":50996,"featured_media":152228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,260],"tags":[586],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/24131253\/beauty.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/24131253\/beauty-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"April 22, 2020","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"Bianca Heyward","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#aefcd4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50996"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}