Did you know you could be causing more breakouts by not cleaning your make-up brushes? Make-up brushes harbor bacteria. Every time you use them they are potentially picking up toxins, dead skin cells, oils and bacteria that are sitting on your skin. If you are having active acne breakouts you are exposing other areas of the face with the bacteria from your brushes as well as cross contaminating your make-up palettes. Please do not share your make-up brushes you do not know how well they have cleaned or if they have cleaned their brushes. Anything that touches your face should be clean. Cleaning your brushes are not only getting rid of bacteria but also helping to extend the life of the brushes. We know that good make-up brushes are not cheap so for optimal skin health and good care practices I think you should clean your brushes at least once a week.
How to clean your brushes
1. Rinse your brushes with luke-warm water
2. Apply a dime size amount of gentle shampoo or antibacterial soap to your palm and gently wipe brushes back and forth until they are good and sudsy (may repeat if needed)
3. Rinse brushes until water runs clear from them
4. Press dry with a hand towel and reshape
5. Lay flat to dry * Another method would be to hang them from handle to dry
You can also purchase brush cleanser but this is just as effective.
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