So I’m starting this thing on my blog which I
called ‘Programmer to the rescue’. So it’s basically me sharing a tips and
tricks with you about beauty, skin care and let’s hope about fashion and organization as well. I think
I am going to do one post every two weeks if I don’t change my mind. Wish me
luck! :D
Cleaning
your makeup brushes
In order to achieve a perfect smooth
look and to get the best of your makeup you need the help of your makeup
brushes, which makes me totally stupid for doing a post on how to clean them
before doing a post about them. So before I tell you which makeup brushes you
need in your starter kit and how to choose them in some of my next posts, I will learn you how to
clean them.( How smart from my side?)
So first thing first please if you
apply foundation everyday use your clean hands to apply it and use your brush or
sponge only for special occasions when you want an air brushed look. Those babies
have a lot of bacteria on them which will stick on your face when applying your
foundation and probably cause your skin to break out. Another very important
thing is to wash your makeup brushes every time after you used them on another
person. The worst thing you can do is to use your makeup brushes on other people,
they are called your make up brushes for
a reason. Please don’t make the same mistake I did and use your makeup brushes
on your friends. I mean I washed mine brushes after I used them on my friends
but still the thought that they’ve been used on others will always be there
when I use them on my face and we all have different skin problems. So if you
are doing makeup as your job use different makeup brushes for yours makeup and
yours clients makeup and if you are good at makeup and your friends want you to
do their make up it’s fine to help them and make them look gorgeous, just ask
them to do it with their makeup tools. If you use your makeup brushes only for
doing your makeup try cleaning them once a week
So after our talk about what not to
use your makeup brushes for and how often to clean them lets talk about how to get
them clean after you used them. The most logical way that anybody can think of
is to use a makeup brushes cleaner. But the problem that I have which made me searching
for other way to clean my brushes is that as long as I’m informed they don’t
sell makeup brushes cleaners anywhere near me or maybe I just can’t find them.
Also I know that for some of you that can find them, the good ones are just too
expensive. So to help myself out and to also help all of you I’ve done a research
and I found the best way to get my brushes clean. The magical product that I
clean my makeup brushes with is the Johnson’s
baby shampoo (3$ I believe).
Here is the point- you want to clean your makeup brushes from all the dirt and
bacteria so baby shampoo is a great way to get them clean but it’s not harmful
and field with a lot of bad chemicals because is made for sensitive baby skin.
I know that there are people that clean them with shower gels, hand soaps or
even dishwashing soaps but if you ask me a baby shampoo is a much smarter
option. Also I know that some people are moisturizing their makeup brushes with
hair masks and conditioners which I don’t approve. You need to clean your
brushes from all the products, oils and bacteria not to apply on them products
that will help these things to stick on your brushes even more, plus
conditioners and hair masks have silicones, wax and a lot of other chemicals
which are supposed to make your hair softer, shinier etc. but are not meant and
won’t do any good for your face. Don’t forget that your makeup brushes hair at the
end is meant to be used on your face! So if you really think your brushes need moisture
try adding a bit of olive oil in your cleaning routine. I don’t do this but is
a much better option than hair masks and conditioners since is natural and not
bad for your skin. For those of you who work as makeup artist alcohol is a good
option for disinfection and I’ve heard it’s ok to use it to disinfect your
brushes just apply the alcohol on a tissue paper and go back and forth with the
brushes over the paper. After you disinfected them wait for the alcohol to
evaporate because you want your brushes to be alcohol free when using them on
your face and dabbing them in your products.
When it comes to the cleaning process
of my brushes, I do it by wetting my brush with cold water in my sink, putting one
drop of the shampoo on my hand and then move the brush on my hand with circular
motions. After that I rinse the shampoo from my brush and squish it to get all the
product out of it (I know squishing is not the best thing for my brush) and
than I put the brush on a clean towel to dry. But before I do that I bring all
the hairs together so the brush won’t lose its shape after it dries. Let your
brushes dry horizontally or vertically down so the water won’t enter in the
neck (the metal part of the brush) so you will provide the hairs from your
brush loosing up.
I hope that I helped you. So now go
and clean your makeup brushes. <3
So today I will share with you three different
uses of vaseline. I like using vaseline for two reasons: the first one is
because it’s cheap and the second one is because it can replace some essential
beauty products when you run out of them. Maybe most of you have already heard
about the first two uses but I don’t know if you are familiar with the third
one, so let’s start:
Have you ever heard about this
amazing uses of Vaseline or even tried them? What other uses of Vaseline do you
know? Let me know in the comments :*
