Category: Haircolor and Makeup Advice

Clean Your Makeup Brushes

~ Joseph Kellner ~ Leave a comment

Why You Need To Clean Your Makeup Brushes NOW!

Makeup is designed to bind with your skin and if you’re not washing your brushes every day, you’re only allowing layer after  layer of makeup to glue to your bristles. Keep them clean. If not and you’re slathering it all over your face and not getting the true color you want to apply that day. And also if you do not clean then you will clog your pores.

Ever wondered why your skin always looks dry and dull and never dewy? Dirty makeup tools only mean dirty, splotchy, spotty, muddy makeup applications.

Ever wake up and wonder why your skin looks puffy and bloated? Again, another reason why you should grab your makeup brushes STAT and clean them. I like using baby shampoo and warm water. Apply some shampoo to your warm water and work the makeup out using downward strokes when cleaning blush, contour and foundation brushes. Towel dry and spray some alcohol on the brushes to sanitize them.

This will give you a truly clean makeup application and a lovely scent to your brushes. Also you brushes will be very soft also.  Most women are spending a significant amount on cosmetic brushes in order to achieve desired makeup looks, but they’re not protecting their investment or their skin by properly caring for these tools. Allowing dirt and oils to build up on your brushes only shortens their lifespan. And cause you to have infections especially lip brushes.

Jamaican Black Castor Oil Strengthen & Restore Styling Lotion

~ Joseph Kellner ~ Leave a comment

Trying new products for color treated hair is important to me. And keeping a revolving product line for my clients is also very important. Using the same products over and over at the salon or at home will leave a build-up on the scalp and hair. It is good to change all your hair care tools all the time.

I have since tried the Shea Moisture product line often on my clients and have found out it works beautifully for highlighted hair. Especially for fine to medium types of hair textures.  Styling lotions are important for the blow-out of hair styling for the client and I personally do not like to use a lot of products on the hair. I feel the hair design is very important.

So a month ago I tired the Shea Moisture Styling Lotion and it worked great for my clients.

This precious oil based lotion protects while restoring moisture and lustrous shine to dull, damaged or chemically processed hair. Nutrient-rich Jamaican Black Castor Oil, certified organic Shea Butter and invigorating Peppermint combine in an ultra-moisturizing formula to protect against the damaging effects of high heat styling, while increasing hair’s resistance to breakage.

I applied a quarter sized amount in my hands and applied it to my clients hair, and combed the product throughout with a wide tooth comb. I gave her a blow-out and curled the hair and it did a very good job. Leaving the hair very soft.

When you have clients with high-lift hair-color the hair is very fragile so protection is needed. Stay away from protein based styling products and shampoo’s and conditioners for the hair. It will make the hair fragile and dry. Use moisture based products. Give this product a try at home or recommend it to your stylist. Shea Moisture.