Flower Time!

What better way to bring spring inside than FLOWERS!! I don't think there is one!!

The spring cleaning challenge continues with 4 new plants and cleaning.

There were four new additions to our apartment family today in the form of plants.

After deciding that just re-potting flowers and planting some new plants out side in the window box was not enough for today I moved on to one my least favorite tasks. Cleaning my make up brushes. I have been avoiding this for so long I have 22 that were in dire need of cleaning today.

With brushes being so expensive you really should do this pretty often to help extend the life of you brushes. Because let's face it no one wants to be buying them all that often. By cleaning your brushes you are removing the:

• old make up
• dirt
• bacteria (cut down the number of break outs you have)
• oils
• old skin cells

GROSS!!

It also keeps your brushes REALLY SOFT!!

How often should you clean your brushes? I the perfect world everyday. But who really has time to do that. So here is a good base on how often you should:

• Foundation Brushes- once a week
• Finishing powders or bronzers- once a week
• Eyeshadows- every 2-3 days
• Eyeliner- after every use especially if you use a eyeliner sealant
• Blush- once a week

How to clean your brushes:

1. Rinse your brush. Always remember to keep your brush angled down to avoid the water getting in to the handle and affecting the glue holding the hairs. While rinseing try to work out as much of the loose dirt as possible.
2.  Next you will want to use a small amount of cleanser to clean your brush. I use Well-Cared For by Bare Minerals for my brushes. Baby shampoo and the Mac Brush cleaner also work very well. I have also heard that a small amount of dish soap, olive oil, and water mixed works well expecially with natural hair brushes. Once you have add a small amount of soap the the palm of you hand begin to work it in to your brush rinsing of and on until the water coming out of your brush is clear.
3. Last you will want to push as much water out of your brush as you can and shape the brisles. Lay them hanging over the edge of the counter over night to dry. You do not want to leave them laying on a towel because your could end up with a brush that grows mold because of lack of air cerculation. You will need to leave them to dry over night.
4. DO NOT USE YOUR BRUSH WET. You need to wait until that are completely dry to use again.

Their is a new product by Sigma that will help your brushes dry faster. They say within 4-6 hours instead of over night. Here is a link to a review video by a girl that does some good make up reviews.

I am going to share some links to good tutorials on how to wash the brushes so that you can see how that work the soap in to the brush. 
With Cleaner.
With Homemade mixture.

Happy Crafting
Katie<3