A Public Service Announcement

Brought to you from your friends at Beauty and the Blog.

Warning: Using beauty products past their prime can result in adverse appearances.
Raise your hand if you read the Use By dates plastered on milk, yogurt and other important things like your favorite prods. Now raise your hand again if you actually adhere to those recommendations.

Personally, I'm in the group that uses those dates as guidelines, not rules. And my low-cal chocolate soymilk sits in the Frigidaire and gets mixed into the cups of coffee weeks way past the number on the pack. Same holds true for my makeup—I pump mascara tubes within an inch of their life. And I slap on creams that have been sitting in my cabinet since before pop tarts were experiencing a baby boom.

And let me just say that is all Bad Idea Jeans. Pour quoi you ask?

The long version: Regular readers of this blog know all about my battle with white bumps and my undying obsession to obliterate my pores, and after my beaucoup successful experiment with the MD Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel, I knew I needed to keep on the regiment.

So like an addict I dug out a similar old-school formulation with a back date of ...ummm about two years. The results? Big white bumps, extra drying around my lips and a heaving helping magnified pores.

Like I said sometime we need a little reminder: Shelf life is there for your own prettiness protection.

—Jenna Mahoney

Image courtesy of University of Nebraska