What should I do with my old mascara?

Question

I just recently bought a new mascara (Maybelline Define a Lash) & it works wonders. =) but anyway, I have this other mascara (CoverGirl Lash Exact) & it just doesn't do the job, but I don't want to throw it away in the trash. What should I do with it? Use it when I'm at home & not really trying?

Answer 1

Well you will have to throw it away soon, once it starts smelling trash it. You can save it for an emergency, in case you can't find your new mascara. It is useless just keeping it because you will eventually will have to throw it away without even using it... so it is kinda pointless.

Answer 2

i have a ton of old mascaras and i save them for times when maybe i leave my main mascara at a friends house or if i run out of it or something.  just makesure that you do throw it away sometime because they start to smell and it is not good for your eyes after a year or so.

Answer 3

Throw it away, better waste the mascara than to waste the money for trip to the doctor's. Should discard any mascara after 3 months(that what I've read in the mags) after opening. This is to reduce you from getting eye/bacteria infection.

Answer 4

hmm good question. you could put it in your purse if you ever need to touch up?  

Answer 5

It doesn't matter just to have it around. I guess when you don't wanna waste the Maybelline mascara you can use the CoverGirl kind(like if you're going to the supermarket, doing some errands around town, etc.).

Answer 6

THROW IT AWAY..

once it gets old it gets germs in it which then get into ur eye....

Answer 7

Put it on ebay

Give it to your dog

Give it to your father

Hold a bakesale and sell it

See which othere places you can use macaseea

Answer 8

you're supposed to throw out mascara after a certain time period anyway to avoid bacterial growth... what you COULD do though is wash the brushes really really well and use it as a lash comb =)

Answer 9

Toss it out. You won't end up using it anyway, and it will just take up room.

Answer 10

Mascara's start to grow bacteria after 3 months, so you should be buying new mascara every 3 months anyway.

Throw it out, or wash the brush and use it to comb your lashes as suggested.