Cleaning Your Makeup Brushes

Let's be honest, most of us probably say we clean our makeup brushes more than we actually do. Some of us may not even clean our makeup brushes at all! But cleaning your makeup brushes regularly is an essential thing to do for you makeup lovers who wear makeup daily and especially those with acne prone skin. 

Three Reasons to Wash Your Makeup Brushes

Old Makeup

Each day you add more product to those brushes. All of that old makeup builds up day after day and then you continue to rub those brushes onto your face which is a huge no-no.

Dead Skin Cells

As gross as it sounds, dead skin cells fall off your face each time you rub a brush onto your face. It is important to rid those skin cells off of your brushes.

Bacteria and Oil

Bacteria and Oil are huge factors in acne. Bacteria and oil can clog your pores causing you to get unwanted breakouts. Leaving your brushes sitting can cause bacteria to build up and oil is caused by the constant rubbing on your face.

How to Clean Your Makeup Brushes

What You Will Need

Water
Dish Soap
Olive Oil (optional)

Cleaning Process

Fill a bowl with room temperature water. Add a few drops of dish soap to the water. You can also add Olive Oil into the solution to condition your brushes as some believe the soap dries out the bristles, but that is completely optional. Mix the solution together until the soap has spread completely. Dip your makeup brush into the bowl and gently rub the bristles onto the palm of your hand. You will see that the product that was on your brush easily rubs off onto your hand! You can gently rinse the brush with clean water and then repeat the process until you feel your brush is as clean as you can get it. To dry, you can lay out a wash cloth and let your brushes sit and dry completely. It is important not to rub your brushes on the wash cloth as that can ruin the bristles. 

Purple Blue Eye Shadow Tutorial

I wanted to do a tutorial that is really out of my element! I am not one to usually wear crazy colors on my eye but I know that many people out there are interested in these looks. I created this beautiful look with a pretty blue that fades into a nice purple color. I used eye shadows from the brand Makeup Geek in this look today. Makeup Geek is an awesome brand for all types of products. I hope you enjoy it enough to want to recreate it!

I started off, of course, priming my eye lids with the Mac Paint Pot in the shade Soft Ocre. I then applied my transition shade onto my crease. The transition shade I used was Makeup Geek's Peach Smoothie.

To make the blue color pop, I applied a white base down to help bring out the color I put on top of it. I used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in the shade Milk.

I then applied Makeup Geeks Neptune onto my lid using a flat brush. I packed that on to make it as vibrant as possible.

I added Makeup Geeks Creme Brulee on top of my transition shade to help the shade I am about to apply to blend out even easier.

Here's my favorite part! I applied Makeup Geeks Masquerade onto my crease and slowly built up and blended using a fluffy brush. My camera flushed out some of the color but it was a lot more vibrant and bright in person.

I took some liquid eyeliner and made a small line on my upper lash line.

Here's my second favorite part! I put on my favorite lashes by Ardell. These are the Ardell 110 lashes.

For my lower lash line, I simply used a pencil brush to apply the shade Neptune and then blended that out using the Masquerade color very softly. I then took a black pencil eyeliner and applied on my lower water line for the finishing touch.