We have earlier decided that there will not really be any form of getaway this school holidays.
I was adverse to the idea initially - I mean , what are holidays without getting out of Singapore? With the recent incident, all the more I felt I need fresh non-Sg air.
But he has been really nice and we have had good times lazying around at home or window-shopping trips (I think I lost my shopping touch - we were in Orchard for 5 hours and all I bought was a dust cap for my phone!) . I watched more DVDs than I have ever done in this short period of time and hey, my home is very neat most of the time now! :P
I went back to work this recent week. It felt a little funny because I had been away for almost a month and everyone I met was expressing their concern and sympathy. It was tough not to break down again.
But anyway , the day before I started work, I was alone at home for almost the whole day so I decided to wash my make-up brushes.
We are supposed to wash our make-up brushes every week or at least, fortnightly. But SERIOUSLY, does anyone do it weekly?
It is such a chore - wash , shampoo, condition , dry (just like for hair) - and if you have more than 10 brushes, it will feel forever. Or rather, that's what the lazy me will feel. But I found this method to shorten the whole ordeal by more than half!
It is the M.A.C Brush CLeanser !
I read about it online somewhere (cannot remember where) and think this is the solution to my lazy-to-wash-brushes days! :P Everything is easy-peasy and takes very little time... oh and if I may add, pretty fun as well.
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| These were the brushes that needed a quick bath. There were six more but I was too lazy to take them out. ..hahha....As you can see, I am not particularly loyal to any brands when it comes to brushes. From left to right: 1) Lip / Concealer Brush from E.L.F 2) Lip brush from The Face Shop 3) Blusher / Powder brush from O2Skin 4) Eyeshadow brush from Cyber Colours 5) Blusher (use this for shading as well) brush from KROBI @ Cosmoprof. I love this a lot! 6) Concealer brush and foundation brush from ECO , bought from Watsons. Super cheap but good! 7) Eyeshadow brush from MAC 8) The whole red range from MAC 9) Eyeshadow blending brush from Body Shop |
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| This is the brush cleanser from MAC. I am not sure of the price in SGD but I bought it for RM 45 when I was in KL. |
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| Oh, u need tissues as well! You may want to use a face towel but I feel that using tissue is more efficient in taking away the colours from the brushes. You also do not have to deal with the washing afterwards. |
Easy peasy steps to cleaning your make up brushes.
Step 1: Press out some of the liquid cleanser onto a piece of tissue - the size of a 20-cent coin. I folded the tissue into half , then half again for better absorption.
Step 2: Dab the hair of your brush onto that same spot. Continue dabbing , you will see the colour coming off the brush and onto the tissue. Stop when no more colour comes off.
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| From all those pink and coral blushers |
Step 3: Proceed with all your other brushes. It doesn't take a long time because the cleanser makes the colours come off pretty fast. It is pretty fun, too!
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| One of my eye-shadow brushes. I am a heavy user of pink , brown, beige and coral colours , as you can see. |
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| Overly used lip brush but seldom washed. Hehehe.... |
This is definitely an efficient way of cleaning your make-up brushes if you are always chasing after time to do this menial but important task. Of course, if you have all the time in the world, the traditional shampoo-and-conditioner method works better as that would be a more thorough cleansing.
As for me, I am lazy like that (haha!) and I really cannot be bothered to take a long time to wash them and then wait an even longer time for them to dry.
I took a photo of my 'work' and I think it looks pretty artistic, no?
Ironically, after all this, husby bought for me the new brush set from MAC (with pink hair! LOVE!) and I just remembered that bestie got me a set from Sephora as well.
So another way to get clean brushes is......... to just buy new ones! :P
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