How do I clean my Makeup brushes in affordable way at home?

 

I always clean my makeup brushes every month. Unhygienic/ dirty makeup brushes are number one cause for acne and germs.

Be in a habit of cleaning your brushes frequently without fail. I have even set a reminder in my phone to clean brushes every last Saturday of the month, so that they are dry and ready to use on Monday morning.

I use only three ingredients to clean my makeup brushes, I know many people use so many high-end products to clean their makeup brushes, but I am going to show you here how to clean your brushes in a inexpensive and affordable way. You can use any brand ingredients, whichever suits your pocket.

What you need:-

1. Extra Virgin Olive Oil for moisturizing effect, leaves your brushes so soft. I used Walmart brand, but you can use any brand
2. A tear free baby shampoo, I have used Parents Choice, with natural lavender (smells so good) but you can use any brand
3. A dishwasher soap (mild one) I have used Dawn with Olay, but you can use any brand
4. A clean towel.
5. A disposable bowl/ plate to mix all ingredients
6. Water
7. Antibacterial clean wipes.
8. And dirty Makeup Brushes

   

Steps:-

1. In a mixing bowl add 1 tbsp of olive oil, baby shampoo and dishwasher soap.
2. Clean your brushes one by one under Luke warm water. Wash only brush area not the handle.
3. Then dip the brush and swirl around the bowl one time, take it out and keep on swirling around in your palm/hand.
4. Keep it doing till you feel your brush is clean and wash it off under running luke warm water. If you feel you brush is still not clean dip in mixture again and wash it off.
5. For Beauty Blender after washing take another bowl, add water and keep the beauty blender in it and microwave it for 30 seconds, it will take off the bacteria from beauty blender.
6. Make sure you clean your eye lash curler also, it has germs too.
7. Eye brushes are washed at least twice as they have tons of products.
8. Keep them laying on a clean towel like shown in picture and keep on turning every 1 hour and reshape them with your hand.
9. It will take at least 24 hours to air dry them, do not use heat to dry them.
10. Before using just wipe the handles with antibacterial, clean wipes.

I don’t have many brushes, but still I do take care of them regularly, and by doing this your brushes are squeeky clean no germs, no acne, all set…..girls

Other products on which I have read good reviews on, are, I have never used them , please let me know if you have tried it.:-

1. Dove Soaps
2. Trader Joe’s Dr. Bronner’s soap

 

xoxo

Chitra

Valentine Gradient with Stamping Nail Art

 

Hi girls, this is my first post for this blog, and I thought why not start with month of love.

This design is inspired by many YouTube nail tutorials and Pinterest. This is my version of Valentine’s Gradient Nails.

Nail Polishes used:-

1. Pure Ice – 1067 Bottom Line Base Coat
2. L.A. Colors – NP393 Cotton Candy
3. NYC 131 – Big Apple Red Crème
4. Wet n Wild – 232C FuchsiaRama
5. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – 401 Perky Pink
6. Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Fast Dry – Clearly Quick top coat
7. Sally Hansen – Nail art Pen White/Blanc
8. Konad Double Side Stamp Set
9. Shany Cosmetics Nail Art Plates – SH17
10. Equate Makeup Wedges Sponges – from Walmart
11. Q-tips and Nail polish remover

Step by Step Directions with Images:-

1. Pick any red and pink nail polishes of your choice. I used NYC and Wet n Wild. You can choose any other colors also, like orange, white etc.
2. Always protect your nails with base coat.
3. After the base coat dries, paint your nails as light pink or white color nail polishes, here I painted my nails with light pink Sally Hansen and let it dry, before you do gradient effect.
4. Then on a makeup sponge or a wedge paint pink and red color and start pressing it down on your nails as shown in the picture. I have put red in top part and pink in between the light pink and red, just to give a gradient effect from light to dark color. Please put the nail polish with every other nail, or each nail if it is drying in between.
5. After the coat dries, you can actually stop here and use a glittery top coat, but I went ahead and did little stamping on my accent nails. I used Nail art plate SH 17 with the heart shapes.
6. Apply the white nail polish to the desired design and then scrape across plate with the scarper to remove excess polish.
7. Immediately press the stamp with gentle rolling motion to pick up the design.
8. Stamp the image onto your nail with a gentle rolling motion.
9. Now with the help of nail art pen, I drew the little heart shape design, its very easy, just draw two small diagonal lines and cross each other in the end. You can also use toothpick and white polish to draw these hearts or just skip this portion, if you d not want hearts on all your nails.
10. For lasting wear, apply a glittery nail polish or clear / fast drying top coat.
11. Remove the excess nail polish on your fingers or around nails with Q tip and nail polish remover.

Share your photos with me if you try them, on my social media linked on my blog.

 

- xoxo Chitra