Does face masks expire

[kash11415]

I’ve had the boscia charcoal pore pudding for over a year. I haven’t reached for it in quite a while but tonight I thought I’d try it. The consistency of it still has moisture but it’s a little thicker than I remember. Is it expired? Will it be bad for my skin if it is expired? (I already put it on) so far I’m not getting any negative reactions to it. 

[DianaHuynh]

On the back there should be a mini jar sign. that tells you the date from opening. I would look up the manufacturing code. Usually if it smells bad or the consistency changes it's either old/improperly stored/expired. EDIT: in a rush didn't see someone had mentioned the jar sign.

[TrysBeautyItems]

@kash11415 The website Check Cosmetics dot net gives an idea if expired or not from inputting the manufacturer code.

[quspork]

@kash11415   Yes, all skincare eventually expires. Check the bottle. Most items have an icon that looks something like this:

 In this example, the product expires 12 months after opening. For others it might be 3 months or 6 months, etc. 

[kash11415]

Yeah for some reason I can’t find a symbol that says that. That’s the first thing I looked for before I put it on but it didn’t have one 

[EmmyG93]

That's because those symbols only started getting printed on all products in 2018. 

[TrysBeautyItems]

The US FDA doesn't require expiration symbols and has a write up from 2018, so it's not on all products.