Hello Loves
Come spend your morning with me and see how I keep all my make-up looking clean and tidy! We all have those products: especially Nars and Elf that seem to like to attract particles from all your other makeup and make the packaging look...rather yucky. Plus, there's nothing worse than picking up your eyeshadow palette and getting old powder foundation all over your fingers: today I will show how to stop this from happening. Keep your make-up looking nice and new and grime-free.
What you will need:
*Baby Oil
*Daily Brush Cleaner
*A clean handtowel
*Tissues
*Cotton Balls
*...some dirty makeup!
*Daily Brush Cleaner
*A clean handtowel
*Tissues
*Cotton Balls
*...some dirty makeup!
As you can see from my "before" images, these compacts definitely look less-than-stellar. I will show you step-by-step how to get them looking new again!
Step 1: Turn on your favorite music: this process can take long and requires you to sit still.
Step 2: Collect all your makeup you wish to polish up. Lay it all out on either a clean towel or tissues.
Step 3: Apply some baby oil to a cotton ball or tissue. Use a cotton ball for removing powders or other grime, use a tissue if your compacts are sticky: a sticky compact will cause the cotton ball to stick to it and will result in fuzz stuck to your compact..ew!
Step 1: Turn on your favorite music: this process can take long and requires you to sit still.
Step 2: Collect all your makeup you wish to polish up. Lay it all out on either a clean towel or tissues.
Step 3: Apply some baby oil to a cotton ball or tissue. Use a cotton ball for removing powders or other grime, use a tissue if your compacts are sticky: a sticky compact will cause the cotton ball to stick to it and will result in fuzz stuck to your compact..ew!
Step 4: using your oiled-up cotton ball, polish your compact. You will see it look good as new almost right away! (look closely at the photo)
Step 5: using a clean handtowel, wipe off all of the oil. I personally like to use a white towel so I can see all the grime that comes off! Viola, you have good-as-new make up compacts, bottles, lipsticks, ect. This technique can work on ANY makeup, I just used my Nars collection because they were the dirtiest.
Step 5: using a clean handtowel, wipe off all of the oil. I personally like to use a white towel so I can see all the grime that comes off! Viola, you have good-as-new make up compacts, bottles, lipsticks, ect. This technique can work on ANY makeup, I just used my Nars collection because they were the dirtiest.
While we're at it, let's clean brushes!
As an artist, we know how important it is to keep your brushes clean. What happens if we don't get all the old paint off our bristles? The paint dries and the brushes can not be used anymore. It is the same concept with makeup brushes: if you go too long without cleaning them, the bristles can permanently become stained or ruined.
What you will need...
* Elf Daily Brush Cleaner, $4, drugstores
*tissues
*glass of fresh water
*...some dirty brushes!
I find that many girls make wayy too big of a deal cleaning their brushes. I see other bloggers making washboards, special brush shampoo, ect. Truth is, you really don't need all that. Actually, rubbing and scrubbing your brushes can really cause them harm, especially if you are a brush snob like me and use the real boar bristle ones. Soap, water, and scrubbing can make the hairs fall out. All you need is a good sanitizer and some warm water
Look how gross my brushes were before I cleaned them: All you have do is spray them (well!) with your brush cleaner, let it sit for a couple minutes, and then dip your tissue in water, and gently wipe off the sanitizer and excess make-up. Store upright to dry. That's it!
It is recommended that you do this every 3 months, or as needed. I also like to do this after I travel because you never know what could be hiding in your brushes. It is a simple step that takes maybe 15 minutes, but it can save your face from breakouts, dryness, or accidentally having bronzer on a brush and you use it on yourself and end up with a big streak! (because yes, this has happened to me)
I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial about make-up health. Let me know if you know any other useful tips and tricks for a clean, sparkling make-up vanity!
I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial about make-up health. Let me know if you know any other useful tips and tricks for a clean, sparkling make-up vanity!
xoxo
-A
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