How to clean make up brushes..

Make up brushes can harbor lots of bacteria and dirt, so it's necessary to keep your brushes clean. It would be perfect if you clean your brushes after the usage. Unfortunately  we often don't have time for it. 

You should properly clean your brushes once per week and use the make up brush cleanser daily. 

The 5 steps of cleaning: 

1. Run the bristles of the makeup brush under warm running water.
2. Apply a small amount of shampoo for brushes to bristles and work into a light lather (you can also use a regular but quality hair shampoo).
3. Rinse bristles thoroughly under running water. You will notice that the water leaving the brush is tinted from old makeup.
4. Continue rinsing until no color leaves the brush.
5. Allow it to air-dry.

I suggest you to check Elf cosmetics brush shampoo because is cheaper but great. Here is the picture of it 

Elf Brush Shampoo

For the daily brush cleanser I suggest you to use the brush cleanser from Mac. I'm using it too and all I can say is that I absolutely love this product! Here is the picture of it.

 

You can also use Mac Brush Cleaner to quickly remove the makeup from your brush so you can use a different makeup color. Simply pour a small amount of brush cleaner into a paper towel and rub the bristles of your makeup brush gently on the damp paper towel. You will see the color come off onto the towel. Let your brush dry for a few minutes and then it will be ready to use with a different makeup color.

The make up tools..

Without quality tools and products you won't be able to get a nice make up. The right tools and applicators are much more helpful for a perfect make up results. Unfortunately, the good brushes & make up are pretty expensive. There's no need to go out & buy everything all at once. There will always be things that you don't need or that you don't like. The best way is to accumulate them over the time.

After 4 years dedicated to make up there are still many things I don't have & that I want & need. Every month I buy something new and this is great because a new brush or lipstick, for example, inspire you to do a new make up.

Unfortunately, when it comes to make up tools you need at least a small set to get started(By scrolling down you are able to see the pictures of my favorite brushes sets). If you don't want to get a brush set you can buy the brushes separately - which is definitely better but more expensive. The 9 brushes you need are: a large powder brush, a medium blush & powder brush, a small contour brush, 2 eyeshadow brushes, a blending brush, a lip brush, a small eyeshadow brush (which is also good for defining eyebrows) & an eyebrow brush.

Here are the pictures of the brushes I use..

Screenface Large Powder Brush 

Screenface blush brush

Mac contour brush 168

Kryolan eyeshadow brush

Mac fluffy eyeshdow brush (one of my favorite ones)

Mac blending brush 217

Mac Lip brush

Kryolan angle eyeshadow brush (which can be used as a eyebrow brush)

Kryolan eyebrow brush

I put the pictures of the brushes I use. Those are my favorite brushes & I hope you'll like them as much as I do.

The small brush sets I suggest are:

Estee Lauder brush set (this is the one I'm planning to buy) which you can find on Ebay

Screenface brush set (which is a good starting set; when I first started with make up I bought their make up set & I really like it)

Mac Hello kitty brush set which I got for personal use (it's great for traveling). I love Hello Kitty and I love mac so I just had to buy them. Hello kitty was a limited edition from mac so you can find the brushes only on Ebay 

Getting started..

Hello everybody, 

my name is Roberta & I'm a freelance make up artist. My mission on this is blog is to help women take over the world with compassion, love & perseverance. The main reason why I have decided to start blogging are all the smiles I got from women after seeing their faces in the mirror. 

When I first started to make up I didn't even know how to apply the mascara on my model, actually I thought it was the hardest thing to do. After years of practice make up started be easier but I always say I still  have a lot to learn. I learn something every day & get inspired by the new faces I see on the street. 

I hope all of you will learn something useful from me. Xx