Cleaning makeup brushes

You eat healthily, drink plenty of water, exercise regularly, cleanse your skin properly and moisturize, but no matter what you do, it seems your skin is still experiencing breakouts.

While you may think you’re doing everything right, there is one important step you may be missing, as many women don’t even think about it: dirty makeup brushes. Those brushes could very well be the root of your problem, as they can harbor all sorts of gross stuff, from toxins in sweat and bacteria to oil, dirt, grime, dead skin cells, old makeup residue, germs and more. If you don’t clean them regularly, just imagine what they might hold? Yuck!

When you dip your brushes in powder and then swipe them across your face time and time again, it pretty much guarantees that they’ll pick up unwanted gunk. Over time, the bacteria multiply too. Ewww! And, if that wasn’t bad enough, everytime you use that makeup brush, you’re wiping that bacteria back onto your face. The probable result? Breakouts. If your brushes are caked with makeup, especially liquid or cream products, they end up getting stiff pretty quickly too. Even rinsing the makeup out with water isn’t totally effective, and when you use a stiff brush on your face, it irritates skin. Combined with all of that bacteria, it’s a perfect recipe for a skin disaster, and ultimately, acne.