Expired items
Yes, we know this is pretty broad, but when was the last time you thought about the expired items in your bathroom?
There are lots of items that you use on your body or that you take that have been living in your bathroom for way too long, and at this point, they are a bacteria haven or they can potentially be dangerous.
Take a trip down memory lane and look through everything in the bath!
Common things like makeup, lipstick, cleansers, toothpaste, sunscreen, and nail polish, just to name a few, have a very limited shelf life, and if you have opened them and not used them by the time they expire, you can end up with some pretty bad skin reactions.
To check if your toiletries are still in their best to-be-used date, look on the back of the products on the tiny container that will have a 3M, 6M, or 12M, etc., just to name a few on them.
Those are the months you should be using it; after that, the company does not guarantee it is still safe to use.
A good idea is to throw out anything you cannot remember when you purchased it or when you last used it. Especially medicine that is not kept in airtight containers or plasters.
You can easily ruin them.
And while you’re at it, if you have not changed your toothbrush in the last 3 months, upgrade it to a cleaning tool, and if you cannot remember when you bought your loofah, it is ready to go towards cleaning supplies as well.
Those are generally collecting germs over time, and you need to change them more often than you think.
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Wonderful tips! Thank you! I had a lot of little hand creams and lotions so I grabbed a large lotion pump container and emptied all my spare lotions into it.
What a space saver and didn’t waste a drop of my skin lotions. Aloha.
I do the same
This article appears to be written by a middle schooler.
Most of it is not practical. If there is space in your bathroom to keep cleaning supplies hidden and out of the way, that is exactly where they should be! Who wants to carry cleaning supplies around the house when irs more convenient to have them in the location in which they will be used.
And mold?? If your bathroom collects mold on everything, you have bigger problems! You need better ventilation. I store makeup in bathroom drawers just fine. You should never let mold or mildew gather on ANY surface in your home no matter what room. That is totally unsafe for living.
Didn’t see anything , not to store.
Maybe less chit chat, more to the point
I never saw the tips
What if you have a septic system?
I do not see any place the 5 items are listed.
wheremare themfivemthings you swhould have in bathrooms
I havent had a positive experience. It makes no difference on glass stove top, inside oven, or toilet bowl. Too bad. Still looking for a good solution to my cleaning problem.
What a frickin mess of adverstising! You cant even read the story
And what is the point of this? Did not find a list of what I should not store in my bathroom. You only what my visit to your sight for What $$$$$$$$$ no wonder I don’t open stuff
I am a retired nurse and my husband is a retired MD. We raised 3 girls and we always used expired medications in our home. No one ever died from their use, and we all got well. The bunk that tooth paste can expire is just bunk. Ask my dentist. We have always purchases items deeply discounted due to the fact that they were close to or past their expiration date. All 3 o9f our girls graduated w/ their BAs in 3 years and no debt as long as they did not marry. The best inheritance you can give your child is a paid for education that will allow them to make a living and live comfortably. And teach them to shop smart.
Agreed….. to all of it!!
Info blocked by too many adds!!
A lot of repetition and no information!!! What are the things that shouldn’t be stored in the bathroom???
That’s great I did very well and with flying colors.
I’m glad that shampoo doesn’t expire! I’m bald on the top of my head but have hair elsewhere so it doesn’t take much shampoo each time I wash my head (maybe about the size of a quarter). A bottle of shampoo last me about 8 or 9 years!
This is an absolutely stupid article.
Wow you should really mind your own
Business
Impossible to follow list = USELESS, waste of time.
lot of blaa blaaa without real informaton.
Ok I get that some things actually do expire, but come on nail polish?? Body soap? Shampoo & conditioner? That’s just ridiculous. That’s just the companies way of getting people to buy more product faster.
For the suggestion of storing the laundry basket in the closet — I agree this is a good idea as long as it is not my clothes closet. I disagree it is a good idea if it is my clothes closet because storing stinky dirty clothes in the small closet with my clean clothes is bad because clothes pickup smells so easily, and my clean clothes could pick up the dirty clothes odors.
What should I not store in my Bathroom
Does not tell what the items are.