PSA: Clean Your Make-Up Brushes.
I had a facial yesterday morning. I wanted to have some microdermafusion (which is where they sandblast your skin to remove the top later to make it softer), but I couldn't.
Since coming back from the Turks and Caicos, my skin has gone into some small breakouts in areas. If I wear make-up, you can't see it. But my facialist at Exhale didn't want to irritate the broken-out areas. So she recommended doing laser light therapy instead of the micro.
During the facial we tried to figure out what could have caused the breakout. She deduced that it may be my make-up brushes and their "lack of being cleansed on a regular basis."
It's true. I'm totally guilty. I have not cleaned my make-up brushes since I bought them last year. So my mission for the afternoon was to rectify the situation. I had to clean my brushes straight away!
But how does one do it? I had vaguely recalled seeing some "make-up brush cleanser" at Sephora once; but I had been bothered to really let it "sink" in when I saw it.
Off to Sephora I went... And I spotted a bottle near the Clinique section. I brought it home and pulled out my brushes. At first, it was a bit intimidating. Make-up brushes aren't cheap. And getting them wet and not drying them properly could ruin them. But the instructions on the bottle were easy to follow:
1. Spray the bristles as they point downwards.
2. Massage gently.
3. Rinse until the soap is out, with the bristles still pointing down.
4. Blot with tissues to get excess water out and dry while lying flat.
By this morning, my brushes were all clean and the bristles looked great. Now, hopefully I will have scared away any out breaks from them.
Since coming back from the Turks and Caicos, my skin has gone into some small breakouts in areas. If I wear make-up, you can't see it. But my facialist at Exhale didn't want to irritate the broken-out areas. So she recommended doing laser light therapy instead of the micro.
During the facial we tried to figure out what could have caused the breakout. She deduced that it may be my make-up brushes and their "lack of being cleansed on a regular basis."
It's true. I'm totally guilty. I have not cleaned my make-up brushes since I bought them last year. So my mission for the afternoon was to rectify the situation. I had to clean my brushes straight away!
But how does one do it? I had vaguely recalled seeing some "make-up brush cleanser" at Sephora once; but I had been bothered to really let it "sink" in when I saw it.
Off to Sephora I went... And I spotted a bottle near the Clinique section. I brought it home and pulled out my brushes. At first, it was a bit intimidating. Make-up brushes aren't cheap. And getting them wet and not drying them properly could ruin them. But the instructions on the bottle were easy to follow:
1. Spray the bristles as they point downwards.
2. Massage gently.
3. Rinse until the soap is out, with the bristles still pointing down.
4. Blot with tissues to get excess water out and dry while lying flat.
By this morning, my brushes were all clean and the bristles looked great. Now, hopefully I will have scared away any out breaks from them.
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