The following brands have been added: Kanebo, Makeup Factory.
Manufacture date calculation updated according the latest information for the following brands: Neutrogena, Payot.
Minor changes in batch code reading: Paul Mitchell.
Now general shelf life information is displayed along with production date for better usability.
We’re glad to inform you that Cosmetic Calculator has been updated.
Added ability to calculate shelf life and determine production date by a batch code for the following cosmetics: Benefit Cosmetics, Burberry, Cetaphil, Coppertone, DHC, Dove, Missha, Talika.
Shiseido production date and general shelf life calculation has been extended.
Added different batch codes support for La Prairie, Anna Sui and Borghese cosmetics.
Minor fixes for Oriflame, Kenzo, Bvlgari, Revlon.
Starting from today, you can find production date and and general shelf life period for even more cosmetic brands: The Face Shop, Laneige, Skin79, Olay, SK-II, Mentholatum, Charmzone, NARS and others!
We also updated production date calculation for the following cosmetic brands: Christian Dior, Benefit Cosmetics, Burberry, Clinique, Kenzo.
Thank you for visiting this website, and we hope this service will be helpful.
How do you know if your cosmetics have expired? What is the final date for expired cosmetics? Production date and general shelf life period can be calculated from the batch code (small stamped or printed code on product package), and our aim is helping you to get approximate information until you’ll get an exact answer from customers care.
We are pleased to inform you that we added batch code calculation support for even more brands: Christina Aguilera Perfumes, Davidoff, Dolce & Gabbana, Dr.Jart+, Gucci, Herbacin, Hugo Boss, MAKE UP FOR EVER (MUFE), Naomi Campbell and Yves Rocher.
When is it time to toss Cosmetics? Can expired cosmetics harm you? We hope this website will help you to get answers.
Support for the following brands has been added:
Axe, Aussie, Brylcreem, Clairol Professional, DDF, Fekkai, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Kose, Lacoste, Lux, Natural Instincts, Nice ‘n Easy, Nioxin, Nu Skin, Pantene, Pert, Pond’s, Puma, Radox, Rejoice, Safeguard, Sebastian Professional, Simple, St Ives, TRESemme, Vidal Sassoon, Wella.
Special thanks to Aivaras Raišutis!
Has your makeup expired? Try to find this out. Get approximate information until you’ll get an answer from customer care.
We added support for more brands: Christina and Tony Moly.
For the following brands the routines have been updated, corrected and extended: Clean & Clear, Kose, Pupa, Burt’s bees, Too Faced, Fresh.
Thanks to all who helps us helping others.
We would like to thank everybody for the help and inform about an update.
Makeup batch code conversion corrected and updated for the following brands: Avon, Borghese, Elizabeth Arden, Mary Kay, Nu Skin.
We got new information related to Shiseido batch codes format and need some time to process it. We also found several inconsistencies between new data and information we already have. Such way, we decided to stop Shiseido support temporary until we can get the full picture.
Sorry for inconvenience.
If you have information about Shiseido batch codes, please don’t hesitate to share it.
Added:
Bruno Banani, Jane Iredale, John Masters Organics.
Limited support:
Calvin Klein, Versace, Shiseido.
Corrections:
Cetaphil, Chanel, Herbacin, Kose, L’Oreal, Missha, Neutrogena, Pupa, Skinfood.
Unfortunately we had to remove several brands support due to Copyright Owner’s requests. Some of them consider batch number information as a completely internal, some mentioned that data is incomplete and must be removed.
Thanks to everybody who helped us in finding and verifying the information.
We’re working on extending the list of supported brands. Added today:
Antonio Banderas Fragrances, Argital, Thierry Mugler.
Plus several minor corrections to existing routines.
Many thanks to everybody who help us!
We are glad to inform you that the website has been updated. Several issues have been corrected, and supported brands list has been extended as well.
Added support for: Dr.Hauschka, Venus, Mary Cohr.
Minor updates and corrections were made to the information related to the following brands: Anna Sui, Burberry, Collistar, Elizabeth Arden, Missha, Nars, Shiseido, Revlon, Neutrogena, Mavala.
We’d like to point your attention to a typical problem regarding which we got some complains: perfume produced in 1992 is determined as produced in 2012, or perfume produced in 2001 considered as produced in 2011.
Unfortunately this problem can’t be easily solved, but have quite simple explanation. In some batch codes only one digit is used to indicate the year of production. I.e. digit 2 can mean 2012, or 2002, or even 1992 etc. Such batch codes are reused each ten years.
Finally, thank you all who helped with this update and participated in it directly or indirectly. Many thanks to all who reported problems and shared information.
We encountered a problem with the last update. Thank you all for your reports which allowed localizing and solving the problem.
Sorry for inconvenience.
If you think you found an error, or having problem accessing the website, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
The following brands have been added:
Amway, Anna Lotan, Chicco, Juvena, Kenzoki, OPI, Tigi, Uriage
Please notice, that several digits prefixed with “EMB” on L’Oreal products are not batch codes, but reference numbers.
Such reference number could not be used to identify the production date.
Example of such reference number: EMB99127
Basic differences between reference number and batch code:
Please do not use reference numbers for calculation; this will lead to completely wrong and unexpected results.
Get a closer look at your product and find the batch code.
Most of latest L’Oreal batch codes have 6 alphanumeric characters without “EMB” prefix, for example: 44J500.
Added ability to read batch codes of the following brands: Crabtree & Evelyn, Dr.Ci:Labo, It Cosmetics, Rimmel, Schwarzkopf, Smashbox, Sleek Makeup, St Ives, Stila, Styx.
Production date calculation from a lot number has been updated and extended for the following brands: Burberry, Elizabeth Arden, Make Up For Ever, The Face Shop, Missha, NARS, NYX, Sephora, Shu Uemura, Too Faced, Kanebo.
Many thanks to all people who shared the information and participated in this update.
We couldn’t be happier to announce that cosmetic calculator received a number of updates to help you keeping your cosmetics fresh.
We’re introducing new and improved support for 26 additional brands:
We’ve also included the production date calculation updates for the following brands:
Unfortunately we had to disable support for Kanebo and Shiseido (temporary); sorry for inconvenience.
Finally, since the number of supported brands increases, we added brands quick search for your convenience.
Wondering when you should replace your cosmetics with new ones? We have a tool which may be helpful, and we’re constantly improving it. You could use the cosmetic calculator to find production or expiration date of your makeup by a lot number.
And today we would like to announce a new update for this tool, which brings support for the next brands:
We got unverified notice saying Shiseido does not include production date information into the batch codes anymore. Instead, they generate unique character sequence for each batch, and record correlation between production date and such batch code into the databases. If this information is correct, it’s possible to identify manufacturing date of a product only having an access to the company internal databases.
As previously mentioned, this information is unconfirmed. We’re trying to clarify and verify it. Until this will happen, support for Shiseido has been removed. We’re sorry for inconvenience.
Please contact us if you have any information regarding Shiseido batch codes.
From now, using cosmetic and perfume calculator you could identify the manufacturing date of vintage perfumes for several brands like Giorgio Armani, Guerlain, Hermes, Van Cleef & Arpels.
Unfortunately some brands having their batch codes repeated each ten years. Due to that fact, batch code could have multiple meanings. For example, the same batch code could be read as ‘manufactured in 1986’, ‘in 1996’ or ‘in 2006’. To determine exact production date, you have to look at other criteria, like presence of ingredients list on the package, production period of specific perfume, know when the brand was owned by different companies etc. You can find more detailed information in this blog.
As a part of this update, support for Lalique and Serge Lutens has been added.
Support for Kanebo has been returned back.
Many of our visitors asking why cosmetics and perfume do not have production and expiration date printed.
According to FDA: There are no regulations or requirements under current United States law that require cosmetic manufacturers to print expiration dates on the labels of cosmetic products… The European Union’s Cosmetic Directive, as amended in 1993, requires expiration dating only for products whose “minimum durability” is less than 30 months.
As a step forward in solving this problem, our service which is able to calculate production date of cosmetics or perfume by a lot number, has been extended. This update to Cosmetic and perfume production date calculator includes ability to read batch codes of the following brands: