Tips for Cleaning Your Makeup Brushes!

Hey Guys!

It’s Tuesday, hope you’re all having a good week. The weather has been beautiful here!! 70′s and sunny.

I received a question asking me “how I clean my makeup brushes?” Or, “do I have any tips to share for cleaning makeup brushes.” So, I wanted to explain my method. Many of you may already know how to clean your brushes, but for those of you who don’t, here are my tips and ideas.

First, the things you need are:

• your dirty brushes
• sink (warm running water)
• paper towels
• baby shampoo or general gentle shampoo (dish soap if you don’t have a gentle shampoo)
• makeup brush spot cleaner ( MAC has a good one, Parian Spirit is my favorite, and I currently found one my Sonia Kashuk at Target)  This is only for spot cleaning.

To “lightly clean” and not “deep clean” your brushes in between uses, all you need is some makeup brush cleaner as I mentioned above and paper towels. Spray or pour a bit of the solution on a paper towel and the run your makeup brush back and forth over the cleaner until you see most of the product come out of the brush , onto the paper towel. Lay flat to dry on paper towel and you can pick up and use about 10 minutes later.

To deep clean I first run all my brushes through warm running water (avoiding getting the handle wet.) If you continuously get the entire brush wet, it can loosen the glue that bonds the brush together. You want tojust focus on running the bristles of the brush under water and not the entire brush).

Then I pour a little bit of the either baby shampoo or dish soap (If I use dish soap I use a pea size amount) into my hand and take one or two brushes and swirl them around in the soap in my hand.

Next, I rinse the brush under warm water until I see just about all of the bubbles, soap and product come out of the bristles into the sink, you can gently squeeze the bristles to get all of the soap out.

Finally, I lay the brush flat on a paper towel and on the counter to dry. I usually let my brushes dry overnight.

Repeat with all your brushes! 

Check out Parian Spirit for their brush cleaner! It smells like citrus and is absolutely amazing.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to e-mail me at Lauren@lovelobeauty.com

LOVE, Lauren

The Importance of a Good Eye Shadow Base/Primer- My Favorite Choice!

To me- applying an eye shadow base before applying make up is like brushing your teeth. It’s absolutely necessary and NEEDS TO BE DONE!!

I am surprised at how many people never use eye shadow primers. A good primer makes all the difference in the world when you want to create a really beautiful professional looking eye look. It helps your eye make  up last longer, prevents it from creasing, 

brings out the depth of the colors and makes your lid look more even and perfected. 

My favorite is “Painterly” Paint Pot from MAC Cosmetics. This is something I really don’t go a day without. I have tried dozens of eye shadow primers and I’m still addicted to my Painterly. 

Please watch my short video I made talking about this  WONDERFUL product!

Run don’t walk to get this for your lovely lids if you don’t have it already. If you’re going to a local MAC store (in the Twin Cities) , feel free to reach out to me for some other product recommendations and I can let the amazing girls that work there that you’re coming in.  

LOVE, LAUREN

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Beauty Brands Supporting World AIDS Day & GO NAILS WINNER

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Hey Guys!

I have a winner for the GO nails natural growth formula. That is….DONNA who commented and said, “I am thankful for my God, family and our health.”  Congratulations Donna! Please e-mail me, leolucky777@yahoo.com,  your mailing address so myself and GO NAILS can get your product shipped to you!

Don’t be bummed if you didn’t win this time! I have more giveaways coming up. Thank you to all who entered.

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I moved into a new place. This has nothing to do with beauty…but it is a reason why I’ve been kinda slow in posting beauty blogs. If you want to see more photos, find me on facebook: leolucky777@yahoo.com

Many of you may know, today is WORLD AIDS DAY. A few beauty companies that help support and raise awareness for Aids are the following.

MAC COSMETICS. All year round at MAC stop in and take a look at the collection of Viva Glam Lipsticks and Glosses priced at $14.50 US. All of the selling price goes to the MAC AIDS FUND. Yes. I said ALL of the selling price. MAC has been a supporter of the AIDS foundation for years and has raised well over 100 million dollars  selling lipsticks and lipglosses alone!!! Another AWESOME item to check out in MAC stores near you are the VIVA GLAM holiday sets.

Barielle. The company about nails and toes will be giving 10 % of their proceeds today to the National Aids trust. Barielle has a fantastic Intensive Hand Treatment Cream that restores dry , thirsty hands overnight while you sleep! They also have new holiday nail colors. Check them out at www.barielle.com

Kiehls. Kiehls makes a hand lotion called, Hand Care for a Cure Hand Salve ($12.50). All of the profits from this lotion go to  amfAR, an AIDS research charity. Check out Kiehls at http://www.kiehls.com/

That’s all I know of guys! I’m sure there are many more beauty brands that support World AIDS Day. If YOU know of any , leave a comment and let me know below.

Have a wonderful day everyone! If you enjoy reading my beauty posts and want to be automatically entered into all of my giveaways go to the top right and subscribe!

Thanks xoxoxo LOVELO