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Make-Up Brushes, Sponges, & Wands
Is hot water and hand/body soap enough to kill nasty bacteria living on my makeup brushes, sponges, and mascara wands? If not, does anyone have any suggestions on what IS good enough?
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Maybe give some free advice about: Cleaning?
First--You should be putting your makeup onto you face only when it's clean, therefore, you shouldn't have that much bacteria on your brushes to begin with. You only need to wash powder, blush and eyeshadow brushes every few weeks. Otherwise they will fall apart. Foundation, concealer and eyeliner brushes can be washed every 2 weeks or so, depending on how much build up you have on them.
If you have good makeup brushes I would invest a few bucks in some makeup brush cleaner. You can get it at a beauty supply store like Sally's if you're in the United States. It's cheap and it will really be a lot better than hand soap, which is not pH balanced for natural hair, which is what good brushes are made of.
Also, sponges are totally worthless. They suck up most of your liquid foundation so you end up wasting about 80% of it. They are Ok for cream foundations, and should be washed weekly.
You also don't have to wash mascara wands. Getting water in your mascara tube ruins it and you should only be keeping mascara for no more than 6 months anyway, although 3 months is really the longest you can hope for mascara to still look good.
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No it definitely is not. Your brushes and sponges should be replaced about once a month. Another thing you can do is place ur sponges in boiling water. But it's better if you replace them.
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Brushes can be cleaned with soap and water and they'll be fine. As for the other things, they're really not that expensive, you should probably throw them out. Especially mascara wands! If you've got any of those more than about six months old, get rid of them.
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I'd say it would be enough to clean them but as for removing bacteria you can buy make up applicator cleaners like this one by Estee Lauder:
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It sanitizes your brushes and you can buy it online. Otherwise just have a look in your local chemist and see what they have to offer.
Hope this helps
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