Cleaning Your Brushes

Cleaning your brushes is actually important. Your makeup brushes are full of old makeup and dead skin cells. And, when you think about it, do you really want to put that onto the sensitive skin on your face? It just sounds gross lol.

I know of two different ways to clean your brushes without having to buy the solution. These are easy to do with products that everyone has around the house.

1. Is by mixing a small bit of Olive Oil and Anti-Bacterial Soap.

Dip the tip of your brush in it and gently wash your brush in warm water until the water is clean.

2. Use your shampoo and conditioner. And just do as I wrote above to wash.

I clean my brushes twice a month. But apparently it should be more than that. For hygienic reasons. And it also depends on how often you use your brushes, I tend to use my hands more often. So you're the best person to judge how often they need to be cleaned.

**On a side note: sometimes brushes don't have what they're supposed to be used for. My first brushes didn't and I was so lost. The easiest thing to do is to take a sharpie and label away!

And then in the future, buy brushes that say what they're for lol.

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Cucumber and Oatmeal

Cucumbers are always so refreshing. Just thinking about them quenches my thirst.

We all know of the classic skin care use for a cucumber is to place slices over your eyes to help with the dark circles.

There is a reason for that!

Cucumbers, because of their wealth in water, vitamin E and natural fats, are one of the best remedies for the external care of skin. They contribute with all their fats and water to soften and hydrate your epidermis. They return all the freshness and texture that your skin has been losing as a consequences of the environmental aggressions caused by the action of free radicals.

Being chalk full of antioxidants, they are wonderful for skin that’s suffered the consequences of a prolonged exposure to the sun, or in case of frostbite. They can help with skin types suffering from blemishes, oily skin, dermatitis, rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis, or fire burns.

Cucumbers can also help fight against acne. The use of these fruits can even out the skin tone, and reduce the appearance of wrinkles better than any expensive creams that’re on the market.

Below is only one of the many cucumber masks that I’m aware of.

Ingredients:

1 Small Cucumber

1 Cup of Oatmeal

1 Teaspoon Yogurt (IF you have oily skin) OR 1 Teaspoon Milk (IF you have dry skin)

You’ll also need a Blender.

Steps:

Blend the cucumber until it has a smooth consistency.

Mix the Cup of Oatmeal with the Cucumber until it forms a paste.

Mix ONE TEASPOON of paste with the one teaspoon of Yogurt OR milk.

Put evenly onto face.

Leave on for 30 minutes.

Rinse with cool water, and put on moisturizer.

**The Oatmeal/ Cucumber combo can be left in a container in your pantry for a few days. Do NOT refrigerate.

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