Shelf Life of SN Products

Shelf life

While things like petroleum products are a million years old, and don’t go bad thing make from natural ingredients do have a shelf life.  Here’s the run down, and how you know it’s time to toss them out.

Powder cosmetics- If handle them in a sanitary way you can keep them forever.

Lippies- We guarantee a minimum of 6 months, and a lot of the time they last a lot longer.  Some Kisser Slickers seem to be fine for years.  Use them until they start to smell like crayons.

Cream Concealers, Cream Liners, and Cream Blushes- These should last a very long time (years).  Sometimes the Cream Liners feel like they’ve dried up, but just take the top layer off and they should be fine as long as they don’t smell funky. Throw them out if they smell bad.


Skin Care- Anything with Vitamin C has a minimum shelf life of 3 months.  Freshness makes a big difference, and it's why we make our vitamin c serums every week. Throw it out when it starts to turn brown.  All of the other products should be good for at least 6 months.  The preservative that we use starts to turn more acidic after 6 months.  Throw them out if they sting your skin, or if they smell funny.

We don’t actually recommend storing anything in the refrigerator to keep it fresher longer- for a few reasons:
1) If you store something in the fridge, and then leave it on the counter you risk condensation which introduces unpreserved water into the product  and it could make it go bad faster. 

2) It doesn’t really help.  Most of the time when our products go bad it’s because the ingredients have oxidized.  Air is the enemy here, not heat.

Oh, and if your products have sat in a hot, or super cold mailbox don’t worry.  We carefully select the ingredients we use to be able to withstand temperature extremes.  Most of the skin care ingredients can actually be boiled without breaking down.

 Lotions and conditioners may break if they get really really hot (170 degrees F), but just give them a shake while they’re still warm, and hopefully they’ll be good as new.

If you get a package of frozen stuff just sit it on the counter, and let it thaw out before you use it.

 

This article was published on Tuesday 06 August, 2013.