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Spring Board to Spring Cleaning
Every spring my Mother would clean the house from top to bottom. I was always extremely happy when she would get to my room because she would really clean it; throw away old stuff, clean out all the stuff from under my bed and organize my room beautifully. It would smell fresh and clean and almost look like a new room. No matter how hard I tried, I could never clean my room like my Mother when she was in spring cleaning mode.
Now that spring has sprung….it is time to put the old spring cleaning principle to work on our hair and make-up products and accessories. Make-up has a shelf life and spring is a great time to re-organize and clean out our stashes.
A great place to start is your make-up drawer. Be sure to recycle containers when you can.
- Discard any crumbling or hardened powdered eye shadows, blushes, foundations.
- Throw away any waxy or sour smelling lipsticks, cream foundations, eye shadows and blushes.
- Replace mascara after 3 months use.
- Wipe off the containers of any make-up that you are putting back into the drawer.
- Use drawer organizers to keep your make-up orderly and neat.
Wash* your make-up brushes with a conditioning shampoo. (This should be done 2 times per month at least.)
*How to wash your make-up brushes…….
Wet each brush and then swirl with a little shampoo and lather the bristles in the palm of your hand. Rinse the bristles until the water runs clean and squeeze out the excess. Lay the brush on a towel to dry.
Next is the hair drawer.
Wash your hair brushes and combs. A cleansing shampoo works fine. (Should be done at least bi-weekly)
Finally, let’s clean out our make-up bags….
- Start with a clean, new make-up bag, replacing your old bag at least yearly. As with the make-up drawer, discard any crumbling or hardened powdered eye shadows, blushes, foundations.
- Throw away any waxy or sour smelling lipsticks, cream foundations, eye shadows and blushes and replace with new make-up.
- Replace mascara after 3 months use.
- Wash* your make-up brushes with a conditioning shampoo. (This should be done 2 times per month at least.)
With clean brushes and make-up bags we have a good head start for a fabulous Spring. Cheers!
About the Author
Valerie currently is a freelance hair and make-up artist with over 20 years experience and has worked on many projects including “Deal or No Deal” for NBC and “Ten Years Younger” for TLC. She has magazine editorials from In Style, Malibu, First, Life and Style and many more. She continues to work on movie press junkets, video shoots, editorial photo shoots, and photo shoots for models, actors and musicians as well as advertising and commercial shoots, doing hair and make-up.
©2010 This article was excerpted with permission from Valerie Noble. Permission to reprint is granted by the author. All reprints must state, Reprinted with permission by Valerie Noble for www.valerienoble.com. Originally published in www.WomensOnlineMagazineLosAngeles.com, April 2010.
DISCLAIMER: The information and opinions reflected in this article are solely those of the author and do not reflect on the publisher, editor, or editorial staff of Women’s Online Magazine Los Angeles. This article has been written and reviewed by the author. Any errors should be brought to the attention of the author.
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