Fani is a freelance London-based journalist hailing from Greece, writing mostly beauty, skincare and lifestyle content. She has an MA in fashion journalism from Central Saint Martins and a BA in journalism and psychology at City University, and has written for Dazed, British Glamour, Byrdie and Eco-Age among others.
HuffPost spoke to six makeup artists to determine which habits are unhygienic and even potentially dangerous during your makeup routine.All makeup artists agreed that the most unhygienic thing people do with their makeup is, unsurprisingly, not washing their brushes and sponges enough, and often not washing them properly.
As a general rule of thumb, anything directly applied to the face using an applicator shouldn’t be shared with others, such as mascaras, lip glosses, eyeliners and makeup brushes. “Products like lipliners and lipsticks are easy enough to wipe off or even spritz with alcohol in order to share them. Whereas a lip gloss where the wand goes back into the vial is impossible to truly sanitize,” Davy told HuffPost.“When shopping for makeup, do not ever put tester products on your eyes or lips. So many people’s grubby fingers have touched those! It’s germ city.
And a classic move we see people do online and IRL: “Don’t blow on your brushes — just tap off any excess!” Ferrari said. “I love doing this. You gotta do what you gotta do!” Davy said. “Just keep a hand sanitizer in your makeup bag and use it before and after you do your makeup. There’s no shame in subway makeup! Be careful not to pull your eyelashes out though when curling them — my hand slipped on my curler once and I ripped out half my lashes!”Don’t keep your mascara after its expiration date, and throw it out any time you get an eye infection, to avoid it from spreading — yes, even if it’s brand new.
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