Carino e impertinente: eyeliner

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Most preservative systems for make up ensure the shelf life of products as well as keep bacterial contamination at bay once opened. However these is not a set date to when the product will last.
Its depended on many factors I'll go through the products and when it would be best to throw them out.

In general you you would be able to see if a product has expired way beyond its use by date when it starts to separate. This usually happens when the product is way over its used by date , many products should be thrown out before then.

1. Foundations and concealers .

Generally foundations should only be kept for max a year after opening but this is taking into consideration that you have kept the foundation away from contaminates and bacterial.

Tips to extend the life of your foundation:

Keep foundation away from damp locations such as the bathroom
Keep out of direct sunlight
Use a paddle pop stick or something which is clean to take a small amount of foundation out each time and avoid direct contact with you hands or brush.
Close the lid to the foundation as quick as you can to minimize contact with air as this changes the product
Try to not open too many bottles of foundations, i know its hard when you want to try several products but its going to take you longer to finish them.

2. Eye Make up.

Generally it has a life of about a year if you keep them dry and use clean brushed to apply.
The make up will change if its wet and there is mold and other lovely bacterial which can grow on it that is not visible to the eye.

Tips to extend the life of your eye make up:

Keep away from damp locations such as the bathroom
Use a clean brush to apply your eye make up.
buy smaller pots of eye make up which ensures that it dose not go to waste.

3. Lipsticks and gloss

This is a hard one . Your mouth is filled with bacteria and if your one that loves to lick their lips , you better change you lip stick/gloss every month.

Tips to extend the life of your lip stick /gloss :

ensure your lips are clean before application
use a clean brush to apply your lip stick and once you are done ,wipe down with a cleansing wipe to save you the trouble of wiping down when u need it next timev and it keeps the brush clean.
Lip Gloss , same applies, ensure you have clean lips when applying
Don't be tempted to lick your lips and eat the lip gloss or lip stick off . If you do , when you reapply make sure you wipe your lips.

4. Eyeliners and mascaras

These are use by your eyes daily and will get oil build up on the applicator. Generally one open the item will last 1-5 month if its not dry up. Best to keep them for only about 3 months max 5 and throw them out.
You can see the tip of the applicator start to get dirty . throw it .
If the eyeliner is hardening up - throw it
Mascara start to smell alcoholic - throw it

In General ~~ Let your common sense prevail

I was looking for a good long lasting eye liner and i spotted this while i was shopping . It boosted that it was quick dry within 10 seconds and the tip was fine. Alright the packaging was not very appealing as such ... but thought i will give it a shoot , approximately 9 USD it was a pretty good buy . In the end its a Japanese liner, what can go wrong ?

Verdict

This eye liner was everything I was looking for , fine tip, wet pen liner, quick dry.
As you can see from the photo below the tip is very fine which make it very easy to use. I tend to put my liner on in a rush in the morning and this is definitely quick and easy to use , never have to do any fix up with it as it dry so quickly.

I am sure the rest of you who are Asian will understand how painful it is when the eye liner gets to the top of your lids when you blink. There goes the bloody make up and you have to redo it or touch up which usually don't end well , you end up with a bit of a uneven lid color as your trying to cover the spot you wiped off with additional eye makeup.

The only disappointment is that it dry up much quicker then other liners as it is 10 secs dry on your lids so you have to replace the cap as quick as you can to perverse the liner from drying out.

All in all its still an excellent product it lasted me a about a month+ .
For 9USD its definitely worth buying

How to put your eyeliner on?

Most of your would have already been familiar with putting your liner on, but for those who are still learning , I'll just so a quick overview before i get into the different styles.

Crash course for the beginners before we get to the style:

When applying your liner you should always start from the center of your eyes. This helps you get a better line and also it help you keep a relatively even shape on both eye. Additional always so small stroke. You don't have to do your eyeliner in one line, for must of the population that dose not work as non of us have both eye perfectly symmetrical.

Draw a bit of your liner and look up at the mirror to see where you are to ensure you don't go over board with the liner.

Wink the end of the eyes to elongate the line outwards.

What kind of style should your eyeliner take?

Depending on your eye shape and the look you are after I have collected a range of samples below to suite the style you are looking for. Personally I like to make the eyes look longer to get it length and then using the fake lashes. This make it more dramatic and define on the top which allows for a more clean and chick look.

The first example would suit most eyes which i love. If you have mono-lids you can still use the same eyeliner technique, you can opt to use double lid tap or glue, or just add a pair of long lashes and this is frame your eyes to make them dazzling.

The next few examples shows the different styles you can achieve to change the looks depending how you feel, so check them out <3

Enjoy :)