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How to Clean Your Makeup Brushes

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Makeup brushes are your tools to creating that perfect look — you have brushes for eyeshadow, for your foundation, contouring, and more. With the right tools, you can do almost anything! But makeup brushes need to be cleaned or else they can collect dirt/bacteria which can affect your skin.

muffinchanel-clean-makeup-brushes-mac-sephora-978x1024How to clean your makeup brushes

*Always hold your brush with the bristles pointing down during the cleaning process — if water seeps into the base of the bristles, it can break down the glue and destroy your brush. Quality makeup brushes can be expensive; you’ll want to be careful when cleaning them to protect your investment*

  • Run your brush under warm water to break up any surface makeup.
  • Squeeze a small amount of the Mac brush cleanser or Philosophy’s Purity Made Simple into the palm of your hand. (You can use baby shampoo or even olive oil as well).
  • Swirl the brush into the cleanser of your choice and rinse under warm water.
  • Repeat cleansing and rinsing until water runs clear.
  • Reshape your brush.
  • Set brush on an incline on a towel until brush is dry.




muffinchanel-clean-makeup-brushes-mac-sephora-wet11-1024x672This is a pretty deep-cleansing method and it will take a while for your brushes to dry. So make sure you apply your makeup before cleansing your brushes.

It’s up to you how often you want to clean your makeup brushes. If you’re looking for a faster clean, however, Sephora has a spray on brush cleaner for more of everyday use.

How often do you clean your make up brushes?



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Skincare Haul

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I got a bunch of awesome skincare items that I’m excited to start incorporating into my regimen. A lot of anti-aging and preventative treatments — never too soon to start!

Above:

NIA 24 – Gentle Cleansing Cream

MD Formulations – Facial Cleanser

Thalgo – Bio Protective Cream

Decleor – Total Anti-Aging Night Cream

Ole Henriksen – Truth Creme Advanced Hydration

Priori – CoffeeBerry Revitalizing Cleanser

Peter Thomas Roth – Glycolic Acid Facial Wash

muffinchanel ddf eye erase gel neostrata cellular restoration serious skin are pure-pep peptides skinceuticalsI also got these serums as well:

DDF – Erase Eye Gel

NeoStrata – Cellular Restoration

Serious Skincare – Pure Pep: Innovations

SkinCeuticals – C E Ferulic: Prevent

I’m super excited to try everything out. Have you tried any of these products? What did you think?

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Night Time Skin Care Routine

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The Clarisonic Mia is my favorite skincare tool! I love it. The Mia is perfect for travel and everyday use because of its size — it’s Clarisonic’s smallest skin cleansing system. The Mia runs for one minute on one setting. I’ll use it twice — once for my face and once for my neck & décolleté.

bluemiamed-new2I use my Clarisonic with Philosophy’s Purity Made Simple cleanser. This cleanser is so gentle, yet it is strong enough to remove all of my makeup. With purity and the Clarisonic, I know I am removing all of the impurities from my skin.

s407304-main-heroAfter my skin is clean, I’ll apply Lancome’s Advanced Génifique serum.  3605533117217_1-7oz_advancedgenifiqueI love this because it absorbs quickly into my face, neck and décolleté. My skin looks youthful and radiant after using this serum and I feel that it preps my face well for the final step to my night time skin care routine, Lancome’s Visionnaire 

screen-shot-2013-05-27-at-1-44-46-pmThis cream has a pleasant smell and is essentially, a skin corrector. It fixes visible pores, wrinkles, discoloration, and makes your skin feel soft and healthy.

See my UPDATED night time skin care routine here. 🙂