10.25.2010 Beauty Review

This is unconventional. This is a review of my own brush cleanser. When I had the idea of posting my product, I was really just excited to posting anything. And then I put the disclaimer saying that I haven't used it yet, which I've thought about it and realized I'm going to try not to do that again. I'll at least use it first next time. So then I finally had time to use it when I was switching between brushes. The oil makes it look like a lava lamp when shaken loosely. But then when heavily shaken, looks like the bubbles in a glass of champagne. I sprayed it onto a thick napkin and used it especially for my brushes with darker colors to see how it'll clean the colors off. And you know, it smells a little like acetone, but the results do it justice. It does the work, the bristles aren't ruined. And in fact the feel is just as soft. I think it has to do with the oil. My favorite part most of all is the aftersmell. It's really subtle. You can tell it's clean, and the acetone smell is gone. It kinda reminds me of Caudalie which smells really off and strong at first but goes away quickly and later smells really lovely.

10.19.2010 Project Time: Experimenting Spot Cleaning

Another project I have planned. Although this is beauty related. I'm supposed to clean my brushes soon which I'll probably do after this post. I'm looking at them now, and they need a deep cleansing. I'll really only clean them with Dial Antibacterial Hand Soap, but this entry has to do with Spot Cleaning by makeup brushes.

I had a container from a room deodorizer spray that I finally finished. I love it when I finish products to the last drop. Then I started thinking about buying a brush cleaner and realized I would have an empty bottle leftover because of what it already comes in. Hmm. So then I thought to make my own and went researching immediately. I was watching How-To videos on Youtube, but found that I liked this recipe I saw on ehow: http://www.ehow.com/how_4779487_make-makeup-brush-cleaner.html.

So I'm changing the recipe a little and making it my own. I'm lucky I have a mom who doesn't like some of the extras her hair dye comes with. I have so many of these Garnier Nutrisse Fruit Oil Concentrates that I'm going to use in this recipe.

Makeup Brush Cleaner:

1 c. Distilled Water

2 tbsp. Rubbing Alcohol

1 tbsp. Dial Antibacterial Hand Soap

1 package of Garnier fruit oil concentrate from Garnier Hair dye package (optional) and only use as much as you like, because the smell is very aromatic and the more you use, the more oily the solution gets.

Like on the site mentioned above, take a glass bowl and mix water with alcohol, stir.

Then combine the soap and lightly stir till the solution has mixed in well and has not created any suds. Add the fruit oil concentrate and mix till well blended. Pour into empty spray bottle.

**Warning!! I haven't tried this out yet because I just cleaned my brushes. Also when I made this, I noticed the alcohol I used made the smell a lot more pungent than the oil concentrate. So I used the entire contents of one oil concentrate. And because oil and water don't mix, I plan on shaking this every time I use it. So far right now, it looks exactly like the last picture. The oil is hardly separating, and its smell is in-between smelling like fruit oil and alcohol.