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Mascara and Your Eye Health

By Stacya | Published February 24, 2010

Mascara, according to the FDA website, should be tossed between 2 and 4 months. Beauty Alert! says 3 months, because a medical journal* that published test results gives the actual levels of bacteria in a controlled test, and 3 seems to be the number. I have a client who gets a new mascara every month, [...]

Posted in HEALTH & BEAUTY NEWS, SPOILER ALERT! | Also tagged 3 months life of mascara, bacteria and your eyes, Beauty alert! in the LA Times, eye doctors, eye health and mascara, eye infections, eye safety, Inventors of Beauty Alert!, loss of eyelashes, Mascara goes bad, mascara life once opened, old make-up, pink eye, trash your old cosmetics, when to toss mascara Leave a comment

The Knack

By Stacya | Published February 22, 2010

I love it that Beauty Alert! got written up (“Beauty Alert Stickers Are a Lifesaver!”) on a blog called Got The Knack! What a great name. Check out this blog, she has a great look. Tonight, I celebrated with fellow aquarius folks at a great new bar called Flow. They need a better French red [...]

Posted in BEAUTY ALERT! IN THE MEDIA, PEOPLE & PLACES WE LIKE | Also tagged aquarians unite, Cosmetic labels, cosmetics, Etiquette labels, Expired Make-up, Extreme Meetings, Flow Bar on Queen Anne, http://gottheknack.blogspot.com, inventors of labels for cosmetic expiration dates, Ken Boynton, label your cosmetics, Stacya And Alissa invent system for keeping track of how old your make-up is, your make-up expires 1 Comment

Eye and Lip Pencils

By Stacya | Published February 18, 2010

Eye and lip pencils must be kept sharp. I keep seeing things online that give a “use by date” for pencils, and the truth is, if you keep them sharp and sharpen them each time you use them, it is a good guideline for keeping them clean and fresh. Also, you can clean your pencil [...]

Posted in HEALTH & BEAUTY NEWS | Also tagged Beauty Alert recommended by doctors, beauty labels, Beauty stickers, common sense make-up guidelines, cosmetics, eye pencils, Inventors of Beauty Alert!, keep eye pencils sharp, life span of cosmetics, lip pencils. beauty alerts!, Make-up, make-up bloggers, rules of thumb for life of cosmetics, sharpen pencils, Stacya and Alissa invent beauty expiration date labels 1 Comment

I Love Beauty Bloggers

By Stacya | Published February 16, 2010

Blaq Vixen Beauty – Young, Fresh & New: Be on Your Guard with Beauty Alert! Check out this great blog!!! I love beauty bloggers! http://www.blaqvixenbeauty.com/VIX-FIX-Your-Guard-Beauty-Alert-3355691

Posted in PEOPLE & PLACES WE LIKE | Also tagged Alissa Schoenfeld, beauty alert stickers, beauty bloggers, Blaq Vixen, blog about our labels, expiration dates for cosmetics, http://www.blaqvixenbeauty.com/VIX-FIX-Your-Guard-Beauty-Alert-3355691, Inventors of Beauty Alert!, labels, make-up expires, Stacya Silverman Leave a comment

Flash Back

By Stacya | Published February 15, 2010

This is a photograph of my father’s ex-wife. She was an actress in New York, and this is a picture that was taken at a photo shoot for an audition. It was a test to see who would be the print model for a large cosmetics company. I don’t think she got the job, but [...]

Posted in IN STACYA'S WORDS | Also tagged Alix Taran, Alix Titerenko, Beauty expiration date labels, beauty labels, cosmetics, Cosmetics expire, Dick Shepard, Elizabeth Arden, Floyd Riley Shepard, inventors of Beauty Alert! labels, label your cosmetics, label your make-up, Make-up, Panda Lab, quality labels for cosmetics, Richard Shepard, Riley Shepard, Riley Shepard cowboy songs, Shepard's of North Carolina, Stacya Shepard Silverman, woman owned business 2 Comments

Old Sunscreen

By Stacya | Published February 12, 2010

Sometimes people go on sunny trips and cover up with sunscreen, and yet still get sunburned. There are a few reasons for why this might happen. One reason is your sunscreen does not have a high enough SPF, or not enough “re-applying” every so often. Another reason is that since the last sunny vacation three [...]

Posted in SPOILER ALERT! | Also tagged Alissa Schoenfeld, beauty alert labels, creators of beauty expiration date labels, David Hiller, expiration date labels, lotions expire, once opened products, separated and oily creams, stacy shepard, Stacya Silverman, sunny vacations, sunscreen, sunscreen expires, travel jars, travel size, trips Leave a comment

Face Powders

By Stacya | Published February 10, 2010

Today I did a photo shoot with David Hiller, photographer to the stars. He is as good shooting product as shooting Robert Downey Jr., and all the other cool people he has photographed over the years. While we were doing our Beauty Alert! photo shoot today, he admitted to me that he had powder in [...]

Posted in PRODUCTS WE LIKE | Also tagged Alissa Schoenfeld, bacteria, David Hiller, Davidhiller.com, dirty powder, How Long Does Powder Last?, joe blasco, label your make-up, old cosmetics, old make-up, once opened cosmetic shelf life, Robert Downey Jr., Stacya Silverman, when to toss old powder 3 Comments

Time to Throw Out My Mascara

By Stacya | Published February 5, 2010

Alissa and I came up with this program to help people realize when it is time to throw away old make-up. The thing is, I realize that changing human habits and behavior is so hard on many levels. For instance, I know it is time to throw out my tube of Christian Dior Show. I [...]

Posted in SPOILER ALERT! | Also tagged bacteria levels in old mascara, Christian Dior Gift Set, Christian Dior Iconic, Christian Dior Show, expiration dates, Giorgio Armani, Jane Iredale, labels, Nordstrom, old mascara, pubmed, Sephora, Time to throw away old cosmetics, toss your old make-up 1 Comment

Keeping Make-up Fresh For Travel

By Stacya | Published January 30, 2010

One of the things I love to do is buy little travel jars and transfer a little bit of my favorite foundation into them. They are 1/2 ounce, plastic jars that you can clean out and re-use, and a handy way to take make-up with you on short trips without taking the whole huge 2 [...]

Posted in HEALTH & BEAUTY NEWS, IN STACYA'S WORDS | Also tagged Bobbie Brown, containers, keep make-up fresh, liquid Foundation, make-up expiration dates, travel size Leave a comment

Hoarding Lipsticks

By Stacya | Published January 28, 2010

Over the years, I have heard about women (and maybe some men, too, who knows?) who hoard a certain color of lipstick because they are afraid the color will be discontinued. They will buy five or six lipsticks or glosses in the same exact shade or more than that. Since we probably can’t use up [...]

Posted in SPOILER ALERT! | Also tagged Chanel, cosmetics, fear, hoarding, lip gloss, lipstick, mold in make-up, old make-up, preservatives in cosmetics, rancid oil, Spark 2 Comments

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"A recommended way of keeping track of exactly how long any product with a shelf life has been opened. Waiting until something smells or separates might be past the time when harmful bacteria is present."
Dr. Jennifer L. Melville, M.D., M.P.H.

"A great idea to keep track of how long products have been opened, including personal products and feminine products."
Dr. Dorcas McLennan, M.D.

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