How Many Pounds Of Makeup Do.human Use

Makeup Facts Survey

Courtesy of Stowaway Cosmetics

Every bit an gorging beauty fanatic, I admittedly own entirely too many beauty products, and am guilty of not utilizing all of them (or even close to all of them). All the same, when I heard how many the average woman owns and uses, I was floored.

A recent survey of 4,000 women commissioned by Poshly and Stowaway Cosmetics found that the boilerplate woman owns a whopping 40 makeup products. If this statistic gives you pause, think of all those lipsticks, mascaras, eyeliners, blast polishes, blushes, and powders sitting in your makeup case ... each of those adds upwardly. Fifty-fifty more than shocking: On boilerplate, women typically only employ five of those xl products, meaning we let 87% of our drove to go to waste without regular utilise. Yikes!

Courtesy of Stowaway Cosmetics

If you have too many products on your sink shelves (and armoire, and in your cabinets, and...), then take a flake of time this weekend to get through each one. Ask yourself these questions:

Is this product past its expiration?

Does it smell off? If then, toss information technology! Co-ordinate to the survey, the about-kept products past their expiration were eye makeup items — even though they elapse the almost quickly. Yous don't want that on your face, least of all around your eyes, no affair how expensive information technology was.

Is this product yet useful to me?

If your favorite bronzer broke, you can't fix it, and you lot rarely notice yourself even attempting to utilise it, just throw it away. Don't hang onto items for nostalgia purposes if you're not using 'em. In that aforementioned vein, throw (or give, if it's unused) a product away if you notice that you don't take any urge to actually utilize information technology. Possibly you lot loved the colour in the store merely find it impractical in real life. It's time to let it go if yous don't ever actually reach for it.

Have I used this in the past two weeks?

While some products may be more "sometimes" items — similar fake eyelashes or an extra bold lipstick — yous should be using your standard products on a regular basis if you want to get your money's worth.

The sooner y'all clear out your collection, the more than clutter-gratuitous your home will exist. Even better: If you simply purchase things you plan on really using, your wallet will truly give thanks you.