Help! Your make-up kit is a disaster!

Wash your makeup brushes and tools once a week in order to keep it clean and eliminate bacteria.

Spring cleaning is about garbage and dust the living rooms. Tidy home, could use a good wash, easy to wash and a little attention in general beauty products.

"You have all your washing brushes - such as sponges and rollers - Tools weeks and tools in the vicinity of the eye -. as eyeliner and concealer - and lips could wash more often, "says Sonia Kashuk, makeup artist and founder of Sonia Kashuk Beauty . "If you are prone to acne, wash sponges, brushes and brush Concealer Foundation , every day. Otherwise you will not feed the problem to clarify the skin ".

Before pulling the applicators and buy a new set of hair (or invent) brush, consider these tips for cleaning. Our experts Gong tools such as the care and preservation of beauty sets free from bacteria.

Hair Brushes
Size, or a solution (in this case) does not fit all - especially when it comes to cleaning tools to unravel braids. To / flat paddle brush , a pen or pencil draw in her hair in the middle of the brush and upward. Use scissors to cut hair caught in the middle. "Use your hands to loosen the hair," advises Rodney Cutler , owner and chief designer at Cutler Salons / Redken. At the end / hair brushes, Cutler said, "Use a toothbrush to brush and remove excess hair."

Irons
Even if you do not look dirty hair product residues will probably lurk in the flat and curling . Cutler suggests cleaning tools with a cloth or a damp cloth, which takes less than 5 minutes. "Pull the iron and clean when it comes to a little heat, Cutler said." Only water is enough - no alcohol, which attracts the protective layer of iron, so that you can heat more prone to hair ".

Blender Sponge
As the name suggests, sponges (all types) tend to enjoy in all - like bacteria - even if the intention just to mix. "To clean, moisten the beauty blender and rub the soap on them to produce a foam. Rinse and repeat if necessary," said Gita low , single member of the Advisory Board and celebrity makeup artist, the sponge washed each use. "They should be placed on a clean surface to dry."

Corrector Pen / applicators
Covering uneven skin tone has become even easier and thus maintaining the health applicators. Pens and Yves Saint Laurent Beauté Touche Eclat ($ 42) can be cleaned with a cotton swab and alcohol, said Dell Ashley , art director of Yves Saint Laurent Beauté makeup. Take a few minutes to absorb the pad and pen clean product residue from the brush away. The roof is to be left to stand overnight to allow the brush to dry.

Make-up brushes
Outbreaks of bacterial brush disappeared! Prevent hair back acne inducing glasses wipe with a sulfate shampoo. Lisa Goldfaden , co-founder of Goldfaden Skincare MD , advises put some shampoo in the palm of your hand, turn the brush in the shampoo and adding little water. "Rinse until all the colors of the foundation to grow from car washes, and the water tap and brush, "he said. Finally, place the brush on the side on a dry towel overnight cool tool to be used in the morning!

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