Sunscreen is so expensive I hate throwing it away! But I've read sunscreen is only guaranteed effective for a year. Do you go by that rule? Do you toss them after a season?
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@winniebee: No I keep them until they run out! But we do use sunscreen most of the year so I don't really keep track of which one I bought when. I am sure for grownup sunscreen I have used it for more than a year and it still worked!
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I go by the expiration date. We have some I bought this summer that say 2017 so I'm gonna keep using them.
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Yikes. I have some pretty old ones for DH and myself. I suppose the kids ones are not as old. It's so expensive!
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I go by the expiration date. We use a lot, so normally it's never an issue. The only ones we have a hard time using up are our face sunscreens or our super-high SPF we use for all-day hiking. I know what "they" say about high SPFs, but here in AZ.... lather up!
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If I opened and used it, I toss it out. If I buy it the end of season on sell, I just make sure the expiration date is good until the end of the following summer and store them in a closet.
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I save it for the next summer but try to use it up early in the season, unless it looks weird. Dh saves his forever. I only get mineral stuff for me and LO and Dh likes the chemical stuff and thinks it's fine I keep it.
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I go by expiration date
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I use it until it's gone. Never had a problem with it!
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I keep them until they are empty. If they don't work, I'll toss them then.
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I also go by expiration date.
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Expiration date.
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We use it pretty frequently in FL so it is almost always gone within 5-6 months
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We use them until they run out, which isn't usually too long. We've occasionally found some we forgot about and tossed because it was so past the expiration date.
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I use them until they run out, they are expensive!
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We only use them a few months out of the year here so I buy new ones yearly but keep the old ones in diaper bags as back up. My Daycare usually give back last year's and ask us to bring new ones in.
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Yikes, I hope ours don't expire by next summer! It was so expensive for a little tube for DD!
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I buy new every year. But we do use it a lot, so there isn't a ton left over. If it was left out in the heat, I would definitely replace it.
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