It's officially spring and the perfect time to spring clean your house. It’s also a perfect time to organize spring clean your makeup!
When is the last time you went thorough your makeup bag? When you are using things on your face, it is very important to keep track of how long you've had your products. How long should you keep your makeup? A product’s "PAO" or Period After Opening; generally means the length of time you can expect a product to look and act as expected and to stay safe for use after opening. This length of time varies, depending on the type of product, how it is used, and how it is stored. We broke down exactly how you can spring clean your beauty products this season! We’ve also included some guides for you to print off for easy reference.
Save or Replace?
The guide below shows depicts when it’s time to save or replace your makeup products. Note that these are recommended dates based on PAOs or Period After Opening for each product category.

How to Spring Clean Your Makeup & Tools
Now that you filtered through your old makeup, don’t stop there! What about those things that may not be expired yet? Take this opportunity to spring clean your makeup. And while you’re at it, grab some of your tools that you never think to clean. Here are 6 ways to help you clean up your makeup bag/kit and stay hygenic all year long.
Congratulations!! You did it! Don’t you feel so much better now? Oh, and one last thing...be sure to visit www.MotivesCosmetics.com to replace any of your old products that you decided to throw away.


