How to store face cream

Store face cream is necessary according to certain rules. Any cosmetics has an expiration date, its use after the expiration of a certain period of time is fraught with such consequences: rash, redness and peeling. Also the shelf life is affected by the method and place of storage of any cosmetic product.

Face creams vary in composition - depends on the shelf life. They are moisturizing, nourishing, corrective or anti-aging. All of them have their own subtleties of use, application and storage.

Preservatives, depending on the temperature, can behave differently.: some oxidize, others secrete active substances and this overlaps the beneficial properties, and still others show activity, due to which the cream may have a foreign smell.

Not the best place to save your cosmetics at home - bathroom (although it is she who is used most often). Humidity, high temperatures allow harmful bacteria to multiply in the composition, even taking into account preservative additives. It is better to allocate a special place in the locker. - it is darkness and even temperature that contributes to the preservation of trace elements in the composition.

As soon as summer comes, you can think about the refrigerator. In the hot period, creams, even with a long shelf life, may not withstand indicators of thirty degrees of heat.

On how to store the cream in the bathroom you can learn from the video below.

Because of the heat and sun, cosmetic products deteriorate several times faster.

Depending on the destination, the shelf life may be less or more. A composition can tell about where the cream is best stored and how to apply.

• Fully natural products should be stored in a cool place, and even better - in the refrigerator. Natural components are not able to be stored for a long time - a maximum of 5-6 months. If the cream is prepared on its own, then the shelf life on the strength of a week.

• Moisturizing and nutritional creams can be stored for longer - about 12 months, and their components are stable to temperature and contact with air. The main ingredients of caring cosmetics - fats, glycerin inclusions and acids - easily contact with oxygen. In this lies the ability to store cosmetics in a dresser or bedside table.

• Vitamins in the composition of facial care products are not able to be stored for a long time. A large number of trace elements are also present in anti-aging creams. They are quickly oxidized when used improperly or in contact with air, due to which they are destroyed.

• Not observing the elementary rules of storage, vitamins A, E and C lose their beneficial properties. So, if you can detect tocopherol, retinol or vitamin C in the composition, then the cream should be stored carefully, without overheating, quenching or keeping it from exposure to sunlight.

• Acids, fruit compounds, zinc and various extracts are also rapidly oxidized. These ingredients manufacturers add to creams for problem skin.

Best for storage to use special trays or compartments in the bedside table. - so the creams can be quickly obtained, they are protected from moisture and rising temperatures in the room. After opening, no means should be left in the open air or with the lid open. It should be carefully closed and protect from the light of all cosmetics: from tonal compositions to the caring foundations.

When using creams it is better to use a special spatula or spoon. It is not recommended to collect the product with your fingers - you can add dust, dirt or microbes to the consistency.

Most of the girls are divided on the forums with different examples of the correct and effective way of storing cosmetics: someone advises not to remove all funds in the refrigerator, someone says that the best place to store is the wardrobe. However, the girls agree: the cream can not be stored in the bathroom.

Some say that the preparations on a natural basis deteriorated in a few weeks when stored in the bathroom: a specific odor appeared, sometimes the texture of the creams changed. Of course, this speaks of the depravity of the product. In this case, it was only thrown out.

The consequences of the use of expired products are described as follows: rashes and allergies, sometimes minor burns. Therefore, observing simple, but effective precautions, it is possible to preserve all the nutrients, and most importantly - to protect your skin from adverse reactions.