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Makeup Sanitation
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I know a few young makeup artists are buying and using my makeup. That is great, but I want to address hygiene. This is especially important for eye makeup and really important when you are working on different subjects. It would be bad for your business if your practices caused an infection in one of your customers. So don't get caught off-gaurd, learn these techiniques and stay informed on this topic.
Bacteria and molds travel from one person to another via your makeup and tools. The best technique is your eliminating the possiblity of cross-contamination. If your makeup gets contaminated, you run the risk of infecting everyone you work on in the future. The same is true for brushes. Brushes can be cleaned, but your makeup pots or pans can not be cleaned. So the rule is - your brushes can not touch your source makeup or its container.
To eliminate contaminating your pot or pan of makeup, use seperate dishes and a clean pallete knife or spatula to move the makeup from the pot to the dish. This technique works for pressed powder, creams, lip stick, lip gloss, liquid foundations and almost everything. For loose powders, just tap the powder out of the container and onto the dish. Sometimes the inside, top of a compact works, but beware of seams that can trap powder. If the inside of the powder container gets contaminated, your whole supply is in jeporady. Some liquid foundations can be poured, and some come with a 'spatula' to scoop the foundation. A seamless glass or metal dish is best, and they can be cleaned easily.
Shampoo does a good job of cleaning brushes, but a real brush cleaner contains anti-bacterials and other germ killing ingredients. Wash your brushes with brush cleaner between every subject.
Mascara is higher risk and the container is difficult to deal with. There are three methods of dealing with mascara. If you are working for portfolios, you could have the subject bring their own. That probably won't work for a paying client; so either, use disposable wands, or give the subject the tube of mascara to keep. When the person brings their own, or you give them a new tube, you completly eliminate the risk. For disposable wands, you have to take it one step further. Anytime you need to load the wand, use a new one. With these techniques, your makeup never gets contaminated.
One more important point - Wash your hands and don't use salivia. Seems obvious, but I have seen younger girls working on their friends or family use their tounge to add moisture. Use clean hands and water. You might get a surprising reaction if you use salivia on the wrong person.
Well, let's get back to the fun, just be aware and safe.
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