To me, the lipstick seems to be a dark red with a touch of brown, the liner could be some taupe tone. This would be great for me because I don"t use black liner.
Just have a look, it is a public profile: https://www.facebook.com/keeleyelemis/ You may want to check the posting from February 10th and the comments, but the "old stock" topic is also mentioned in the other, more recent postings/comments.
In Germany, all the organic skincare has to have a best-before-date on the product and packaging. I would very much appreciate the same for Elemis & Co.
Apparently QVC are aware of the shelf life issue as someone on Facebook wrote Keeley said on TV "3 years from date of manufacture but always a minimum of 1 year" (it is under the posting with the picture of the bed https://www.facebook.com/keeleyelemis/ )
That should be next month like the years before when the cieansing balm was product of the month.
By the way, the serenity option is on advanced orders now.
Turn the products upside down, the balms have it printed in small black letters on the outside of the bottom. It is very small and you might need a magnifying glass.
The important point here is the following: This is a moisturiser which contains an SPF, it is n o t a sunscreen you would use when you are on holiday and exposed to the sun on the beach etc. You would never reach the SPF 30 on your skin when you use the "a little goes a long way" PCMC SPF 30. So...
That may be the case, but two years ago is not, by any means, "freshly produced and packaged". And well, still haven't decided on the TSVs but as Veepee have a Philosophy sale at the moment, I fell for some of the fragraces in the EdP version and the Amazing Grace collection containing of nearly...
Have you read the reviews of the TSV? It seems Elemis are selling "old stock" again with this collection (one year or older). I returned a set years ago because of that.
Still not sure, I only want the balms and cannot understand why a skincare company like Elemis puts an SPF into a cream and sells it in a jar. Things like that belong into a pump dispenser to protect the SPF from degrading.