Help !!!Too Faced expiry date
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Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:40 pm Quote

I cannot find any information about the expiry date on "Too Faced" products. Also I found out the style of codes are different in e/s and primer. I wondered one of them is fake.
Is there anyone can help me???

enjoys freebies · Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:41 am Quote

well the new regulation code for cosmetics expiry date called PAO is that, there isnt expiry date, but 24 months of usage from opening. so.. just use it within 24 months it will be good

Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:53 am Quote

I am not be able to post the link.So i copied the post from the other website(thebeautybrains).

4 Ways To Tell If Your Cosmetic Has Expired

1. Does it fail the See and Sniff test?
Most cosmetics are designed to last a couple of years. A shampoo or conditioner like Matrix will probably still be fine. But before you use an old product, squeeze a little bit out and look at it and sniff it. Does it still smell okay? Maybe the fragrance just faded a bit. But if any of the ingredients have gone rancid or if there’s microbial growth, you’ll smell an off odor. Also look for junk growing in the product like mold or fungus. If you see or smell anything funky, don’t use it! Likewise, if the product changed consistency and has become way too thick or way too thin, that’s a signal that something changed. And not for the better!

2. Is it past the expiration date?
Ok, this one’s tricky because most products don’t HAVE an expiration date. Over The Counter Drug products do, but most regular cosmetics won’t.
If you don’t see an expiration date but you do see another string of numeric or alphanumeric code on the bottle, it’s probably the lot code. The lot code tells the company when (and even where) the product was made. It’s meant to help the company track the product so if you call them, they can tell you when the product was made and they should be able to recommend how long you can keep it before it expires.

By the way, in Europe, a new law requires a PAO (Period After Opening symbol) on the package. It looks like a little jar with a number on it and it tells you how many months the product is good for after you first start using it. You’ll also see this symbol on some US products.

3. Was it stored improperly?
Some products are sensitive to heat, cold, and light. For example, we recently wrote about Babor’s Intelli-zyme product that contains enzymes. Enzymes are notoriously unstable at high temperatures. Products like this can easily go bad from heat exposure. On the other hand, emulsion products, like skin lotions, can crystallize, thicken, or turn to mush if they’re frozen. There`s no way to know what happened to a product BEFORE you bought it, but you can take care to store it properly once you get it home. Don’t leave products in the trunk of your car on a hot day or a cold day.

Then of course there’s the condition of the package. Was it stored in a tightly sealed opaque bottle? Then there’s less chance that light or air could have caused any problems. But if the lid is loose and it’s in a clear glass bottle that sat in the window for 3 months, forget it!

4. Does it contain any “special” ingredients that are fragile?
If it’s a regular product, like the Matrix example mentioned above, you probably don’t have much to work about. But some active ingredients are a bit finicky, and those products can expire much sooner. Products like Babor’s Intelli-zyme and even sunscreens are much more delicate. Click here if you want to read our previous post about how to tell if your sunscreen’s gone bad.

http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/06/06/4-ways-to-tell-if-your-cosmetic-has-expired/

enjoys freebies · Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:57 pm Quote

samsam wrote:

I cannot find any information about the expiry date on "Too Faced" products. Also I found out the style of codes are different in e/s and primer. I wondered one of them is fake.
Is there anyone can help me???

Where did you get them from? Have you contacted the vendor?

Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:42 pm Quote

Thank you. But still worry about the fake product. Because these products are bought from foreign countries, I think it's difficult to find out the answer without knowing the meaning of the code. Whatever, thank you^^

enjoys freebies · Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:13 am Quote

I have never seen fake TOO FACED products before, since this brand is not famous enough for others to produce fake ones.
Makeup can not be used after three years since the producing date, and you'd better use up them since the first time that you open it.

enjoys freebies · Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:29 am Quote

You could contact Too Faced and give them the #'s. They will be able to tell you when it was produced.

Sometimes kits are made same colors from the regular line but with different #'s.

enjoys freebies · Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:15 pm Quote

The above information is very useful for me .Thanks for sharing.

Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:33 am Quote

where did you get it?

samsam wrote:

I cannot find any information about the expiry date on "Too Faced" products. Also I found out the style of codes are different in e/s and primer. I wondered one of them is fake.
Is there anyone can help me???

enjoys freebies · Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:28 pm Quote

I email the tooface official website. the custom service ppl gave me an explanation. sorry, i cannot find that email now.

Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:03 am Quote

I have the same question about cosmetics expiry date. Not only in Too Faced, but also other brands.
Does anybody know it?

Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:53 am Quote

better not use them...
expiration dates is a must that a product should possess...
they may be fake...
be careful.

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