You DID what with your makeup...Myths

There are some funny things people do to makeup to try to make it last longer.
Here are some pearlers: boiling water on the eyes anyone?
spit in your eye. Makeup from 1957 (YES, Nineteen hundred and fifty seven)...Umm, no thanks.
This question was posed on a website, with some funny replies, and THEN mine.

Anyone have ideas to moisten mascaras that have gone dry?????Help From Frantic Fran

unless you can put the outer body end in hot water.....but definitely nothing into the bottle

Hi Fran
Get a cup - Boiling water & sit the mascara in the cup

Every few mins- take out & look to see how it's going

cheers :-)

PS
Old mascara is GREAT to use instead of eyebrow pencil
It MUST be VERY OLD - with nothing left but the brush

the last thing you want is lumps of mascara on the eyebrow

Get a REALLY OLD one ( that has NOTHING left ) and put on your eyebrow
it shapes & keeps them in place

Brown is the best one to use- brown black
as blacks too severe
I know people who Poo Poo this- until they try it & now swear by it !

Fran- Be careful with old Mascara on the eyelashes

you can get sties - infections etc etc
They rec. you toss them out after a month or 3 months ( unsure which) but- most women cannot afford that

They SHOULD make them a 1/3rd THE SIZE - so we can toss away ( and 1/3rd the price - naturally)

If you get ANY irritation with them- toss them
it's not worth risking your sight etc :-)

Not just a pretty face. Cleaning out my makeup, Found something from 1957 when I was on the Tivoli...So I hoard things.....Sue me...LOL.

Hi Fran.
Good advice given so far, 3 months and mascara's are suppose to be tossed. But personally, I don't. If I've not got any irritations I continue to use it. If it's dried up just a little bit, I have in the past added boiling water. It's been boiled and is added straight after it's boiled. It works for a little while but isn't a long term solution. Eventually, I just get another one.
Lee ;o)

Hi Lee, I expect I will have to get a new one...Very annoying as there is a lot left in them....Such is life LOL

Fran, I'd try the boiling water first, you just need to shake it quite vigorously, then maybe add a bit more but not too much. And mascara's hate the cold so warming it up will help also.

NOW, for MY answer:

Replied by cosmeticsseller
CHUCK IT OUT! Buy a new one. You can get them for under $20, sometimes you can find them on special for $10 for generic brands. Its dried up, and contains bacteria from most likely pumping the wand in and out of the tube. Mascaras don't contain water as an ingredient, so don't add it (read the ingredients on your mascara tube/box).
Get a new one.

Replied by hibiscus-surf
i agree, throw it out. as soon as mine starts to clump, i buy a new one. i find maybelline among the best, and if you have sensitive eyes, as i do, they wont irritate your lashes either

cosmeticsseller does the pumping of the brush actually lesson the life of your mascara? adding air and trapping it inside the tube?

EDIT: that wasn't supposed to sound seedy

Too late,my mind already went there LOL
Replied by cosmeticsseller
I know what you meant. When you pump the brush into your mascara, you introduce air into it, and air dries mascara out BADLY. The amount of mascara on the wand is enough for the lashes. Bacteria likes mascara. I know it does seem wasteful to chuck it out, but you only get 1 set of eyes. When i worked for the cosmetics counters we suggested 3 months, but 4-5 would be OK. What i could suggest is using a less expensive brand, that way,it doesn't feel as though you are ripping yourself off.
There are heaps of inexpensive ones that are good, like covergirl, Maybelline, Australis, even Starlet, as long as they are ophthalmologist tested (which i would say most are) You will still get nice looking lashes. Don't forget to remove the mascara at the end of the day too with a gently eye specific makeup remover.