Covid Special
Five Tips For Deep Cleaning
Your Beauty Routine
Spring is in the air, and it’s time to take a step back
and look at your beauty routine. Not only is it the
perfect opportunity to rid yourself of any expired
cosmetics, but it’s an ideal time to take a look at
the other areas of your beauty routine that can use
some cleaning and care. Particularly now, with the
need for cleanliness in all areas much more critical,
adding some extra steps to your process is a fantastic
idea. To help get you ready for spring, we’re putting
together a series of steps for how to step up your
sanitation standards!
1. Clean Out Your Makeup
We all know how important it is to keep an eye on
the expiration dates on our makeup, but all too often,
we find ourselves getting lax. We get it; it’s hard to
throw out a half-used expensive mascara! Unfortu-
nately, following expiration dates is incredibly im-
portant, especially when it comes to your eye-make-
up. With other areas of your makeup, you can give
yourself some leeway. With compact makeup like
eyeshadow palettes, you can keep them clean and
give them a longer lifespan by occasionally sanitiz-
ing them and practicing good brush cleaning habits.
Other items like liquid lipsticks and glosses should
only be used until a best by date as they can quickly
become breeding grounds for bacteria.
2. Keep Your Brushes Clean
When was the last time you gave all your makeup
brushes a thorough cleaning? Now is the perfect
time to catch up! With so many of us at home for
the foreseeable future, it’s the ideal time to get those
brushes cleaned up. There are tons of tools on the
market that help make cleaning your makeup brushes
easier, but often all you need is a gentle soap and a
place to let them dry. Before cleaning your brushes,
check to see if there are any cleaning recommenda-
tions. Some brushes can be cleaned with standard
dish soap or Castile soap; others may need something
more gentle.
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3. Clean Anything That Touches Your Face
In the past, we might leave our advice to making sure
you’re washing your pillowcases every few nights
to improve your skincare. Today, our advice also
pertains to fabric masks, bandanas, and anything you
use as a protective face covering. In many states and
public centers wearing a face mask has become a
matter of both law and public safety. Even outside of
a public health crisis like we’re having now, we hope
the US begins to normalize mask-wearing in public,
as its a great way to help public health all the time.
That said, most of us are now learning that wearing
masks has side effects. For one, masks need to be
cleaned routinely both to keep them sanitary and to
keep them from causing breakouts. When cleaning
masks, make sure to use soaps meant for sensitive
skin, which are preferably unscented. While harsher
laundry detergents may not cause any issues with
healthy skin, many find that they cause more delicate
facial skin to react with irritation or rashes.