Makeup info Tuesday. How clean is your makeup?

Sometimes we do not have enough time in the morning to clean every inch of our area where we apply makeup or our brushes and/or our makeup. Clean our makeup?! how do we do that?! do we need to do that?! these are questions I have asked myself many times. You hear about the dreaded Pink Eye and other gross germs being passed through makeup between friends, or if you do makeup for a living pass germs between clients. Yes you can clean your makeup and protect yourself and whoever uses your eye makeup and powders. Think of it like this, when you open your eyeshadow, mascara, foundation or powders and touch them to see the color or your first application you just started the clock of its expiration and for germs to sit in it.  There are a few steps you can take to protect yourself from germs that pile up on your make up or your brushes.

Go through your makeup look through them and see which ones do not smell or look like they should. Most press powders are easy to see bacteria on them, if there is an oily or wet look around the edge of the press powder or on the powder that means the oils and bacteria is sitting on it. Any products that have missing caps or broken container just toss it, the makeup has been oxidizing and bacteria has been growing specially if its liquid and has moisture. Weekly maintenance is easier then semiannuale up keeping.

Cleaning your brushes is very important, I like to spot clean my brushes after use then deep cleaning them at least once a week. I refuse to be the MUA that gave a client pink eye! Good brushes can last your several years. A lot of brush cleaners out there help spot clean and extend the life of your brushes. Brush cleaners are solutions that can be sprayed on the hairs of your brushes and clean them off, also many if not all bush cleaners are anti-bacterial. To deep clean brushes I like to do a few things, I first cleanse ONLY THE TIPS OF MY BRUSHES, if you get water or any solution in the metal piece that hold the brush hairs and the wood part together it can loosen your tips and erode your brushes, I cleanse first with Extra Virgin Olive oil and then rinse with baby shampoo until product is washed off, last step is spray brush cleanser on my brushes and let them fully dry.  You don't have to deep clean if it seems too much but it will benefit your makeup kit to do so. At lease purchase a brush cleaner, I like MAC brush cleanser. Do your research you can go to target and get Sonia Kashuk brush cleanser, try and see which one will work for you.

When it comes to your eye shadows and powders you can clean them off with simply putting sanitizer on a tissue and clean off the top of your makeup. What i have purchased is a product called "BEAUTY SO CLEAN" and its basically a sanitizer for any makeup product. it comes in wipes and a spray bottle. I LOVE THIS PRODUCT! Whenever Im done with a makeup application i hold my bottle 6 inches away from the makeup that was used and pray once and on to the next product. Fast spot cleaner for makeup. You can purchase this on a website called www.frendsbeautysupply.com and search beauty so clean.

You should get rid of any makeup that's past its expiration date. How do you know when its past expiration date? here is a time line to look for:

Liquid/cream foundation- 2years
Concealer- 2 years
Powder- 2 years
Mascara- 6 months
Lipstick- 12 months or a little past 12 months
Lip/eye pencils- 12 months or a little past 12 months
Eye shadow- 2 years
Powder blush- 2 years
Cream blush- 2 years

Face/ skin products: Always look on the bottle or product for an expiration date!!! very important. for make up they do not put an expiration date but for face/skin products have expiration dates on them

Moisturizer- 2 years or look on the bottle for an expiration date.
Eye cream- 6 months or look on the bottle for an expiration date.
Sunscreen- 2 years or look on the bottle or an expiration date.
Face creams- 2 years or look on the bottle for an expiration date.

Just some information I wanted to share to help keep your makeup as clean as you can keep it. Your eyes and face is very easy to protect and very easy to infect at the same time. If you keep wondering why your breaking out or having irritation on your face, elimination process should be done. Eliminate makeup for a couple days see if thats the problem and if it is most likely its your brushes that need to bee cleaned. Look at your face products see if what's in it and if its expired because maybe just maybe your skin is telling you STOP USING THIS! Clean your makeup and see if it makes a difference. Go through your face products and see what and what doesnt work for you and what you should throw out. Do not be afraid to throw out your makeup and face product because its better to throw them out then keep using them if they are irritating and infectious to your skin. Beauty is pain but not infectious germs! Do what i do when i throw out makeup and face products, its an excuse to buy more makeup!! :)