I have too many eyeshadows and eyeshadow palettes but I've never had a powder eyeshadow turn on me. I've been using the same NARS blush from 2006 or so. I've hit pan but it hasn't gone bad yet... I guess I'm gross. Cream items are another story though, but I haven't had one turn on me either (probably preservatives).
Not gross, the shelf-life info is only recommended. Most important thing is to wash brushes, all else is to make us buy more products.
I think eyeshadow is my downfall. For work I have no time to even use anymore than one, if any.
I didn't have many eyeshadow palettes until a few years ago. I think I had FOMO over the UD Naked craze so eventually I bought the Essential all-matte version
and for
no good reason at all, also bought the all-metallic (Heavy Metals?) at the same time and on sale Lovely colours but lots of sparkle to get through.
So there I was, happy with my:
1 Neutral mattes &
2 Large palate of sparkly neural and colourful shades
Then Chanel came up with an everyday Ltd Ed small 9 pan, not sorry, great neutral shades, handy for travelling.
3 Travel palette of neutral shades in mixed formulas/finishes
Then a Charlotte Tilbury came up with a palette with Bowie-esque packaging. Also useful for travelling, small but 12 shades. I probably didn't need another shimmer palette at this point.
4. Travel palette of neutral/fairly wearable colour satiny-shimmery shades
THEN late to the party, I finally pulled the trigger on my first Pat McGrath Mothership 10 pan (always was going to get one, just didn't know which one and had to wait till they sold them where I could try)
THEN the coordinating 6 pan on line (Subliminal) Not sorry,
but they're all-but-one dark so will take a long time to get through, probably didn't need this but didn't know I'd have more.
Then someone bought me another PMcG Ltd ED Mothership 4 pan. LOVE this, very party colours, look great layered too.
and finally DH bought me
2 more P McG Motherships (Rose Devine 1 & 2) buying himself out of a 'situation' LOL. That's a lot of pink eyeshadow
5 The 10 pan Mothership in cool tone neutrals &
6. The 6 pan extension of the above Mothership, all shimmer neutrals but mostly dark &
7. Party palette of 4 pan peacock colours &
8 Mothership Devine Rose &
9 Mothership Devine Rose II
I think that is too much. Certainly I will try to use them all as much as possible and resist anything more.