{"id":39892,"date":"2020-01-17T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qcmakeupacademy.com\/?p=39892"},"modified":"2020-01-17T07:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T12:00:29","slug":"are-your-makeup-products-bathing-in-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qcmakeupacademy.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/are-your-makeup-products-bathing-in-bacteria","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Makeup Products Bathing in Bacteria?"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]We apologize in advance, but you\u2019re about to learn some pretty disturbing information about your makeup tools. If you\u2019re an MUA, the contents of this article are crucial to your career. Nothing will tank <a href=\"\/2018\/05\/top-7-articles-for-starting-your-makeup-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">your makeup business<\/a> faster than using dirty products, spreading harmful bacteria onto your client, and potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seventeen.com\/beauty\/a12054228\/this-girl-almost-died-because-she-didnt-wash-her-makeup-brushes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">getting her sick<\/a>!\n<h3>That being said, this is directed just as much at all our fellow makeup lovers out there, too. Being aware of the potential health risks posed by dirty cosmetic products can help assure that you take all the necessary precautions for your health. Your health, at the end of the day, is what matters most.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;Full Width Line&#8221; line_thickness=&#8221;1&#8243; divider_color=&#8221;accent-color&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;75&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;39908&#8243; 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custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]Yes, you heard us right. It\u2019s horrifying, but it\u2019s true. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theladders.com\/career-advice\/turns-out-your-makeup-bag-is-crawling-with-superbugs-and-bacteria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A recent study<\/a> at Birmingham\u2019s Aston University took a close look at 497 makeup products, made up of the following:\n<ul>\n \t<li>96 lipsticks<\/li>\n \t<li>92 eyeliners<\/li>\n \t<li>107 lip glosses<\/li>\n \t<li>79 blender sponges<\/li>\n \t<li>93 mascaras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe results of the study were shocking: of the 497 cosmetics, 70% to 90% were contaminated in some way![\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beauty_bacteria\"><\/span>Beauty bacteria<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]In order for any approved makeup product to be sold to the public, it absolutely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/your-makeup-is-probably-crawling-with-bacteria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CANNOT\u00a0contain any pathogenic organisms<\/a> &#8211; that is, any organism capable of causing diseases in a person. It\u2019s primarily through <em>how <\/em>the product is used by people that exposes it to these bad organisms. The most common superbugs known to contaminate makeup tools are:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Staphylococci aureus<\/li>\n \t<li>Salmonella and Citrobacter freundii<\/li>\n \t<li>Pseudomonas Aeruginosa<\/li>\n \t<li>Escherichia coli \u2013 a.k.a. E. coli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIn case you didn\u2019t know, that least one is linked directly to fecal contamination. We\u2019ll give you a moment to wrap your head around that one. (We definitely needed it.)\n\nIf not properly used, washed, and taken care of, these are the types of germs we\u2019re coating on our skin, packing into our pores, putting on our eyes, and even getting into our mouths. Gross![\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;39907&#8243; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_makeup_product_is_the_worst_for_bacteria\"><\/span>Which makeup product is the worst for bacteria?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"\/2019\/12\/5-useless-items-you-dont-need-in-your-professional-makeup-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beauty blenders<\/a> win this by a landslide, unfortunately. The egg-shaped sponges \u2013 known for applying and smoothing out foundations and powders \u2013 are by far the dirtiest tool of them all. In the UK study, 26% of them even had traces of <em>f<\/em><em>ecal matter<\/em> found on them!\n\nFollowing behind beauty blenders, the other products with the highest bacteria concentration are eyeliner, lipstick, and mascara.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_the_results_are_so_bad\"><\/span>Why the results are so bad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]Obviously the natural question following this study is: <em>Why? <\/em>What\u2019s the reason behind all of this bacteria making a home on our cosmetics? What are <em>we <\/em>doing when handling our makeup that\u2019s so problematic?[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Never cleaning your products<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]In the Aston University research study, a whopping 94% of beauty blenders had <em>never <\/em>been cleaned before. Not once! There were similar results in a 2013 study of 44 students in Brazil. There, 93% of the students had also never washed their blender, but continued to use it regularly.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Using a product after it\u2019s been dropped<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]If you can believe it, it gets worse. What\u2019s worse than never washing your products is dropping them on the floor, not cleaning it, and then continuing to use it anyway! Of that Brazil study group, over half of the students admitted they were guilty of doing this. The results of the Aston University study were startlingly similar, with approximately 50% of the beauty blenders having been dropped and reused, without being washed.\n\nThis is highly unsanitary, and opens you up to an army of germs![\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;39910&#8243; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Ignoring the expiry date<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]Did you know that the lifespan of a beauty blender is only 3 months? Makeup products have <a href=\"\/2015\/09\/infographic-makeup-expiry-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an expiration date<\/a> for a reason. If you use them past that point, you\u2019re putting you and\/or your client\u2019s health at risk. Once it\u2019s reached its shelf life, throw it away![\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Bodily fluids<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]Ever coughed or accidentally sneezed while working on a client? Well, there\u2019s a chance that contaminates just got all over the tool and product you\u2019re using. If you don\u2019t take the time to clean or sanitize your tools\/products, you\u2019ve likely just transferred bacteria, viruses, and other contaminates onto your client\u2019s skin, eyes, or mouth.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Lipstick touchups<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]Whether it\u2019s you or your client re-applying some lipstick, stain, or gloss, <a href=\"https:\/\/beautysoclean.com\/health-safety\/bacteria-your-makeup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make sure nothing\u2019s been eaten<\/a> right beforehand. Otherwise, food particles can get onto the product. That alone is enough to get the ball rolling for all sorts of nasty superbugs! If you\u2019ve just eaten and need to freshen up your pout, make sure to wash your hands and brush your teeth first.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Not cleaning your products <em>properly<\/em><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text]Research shows that the higher the water content on the product, the better the chances are of it becoming contaminated. I know what you\u2019re thinking: \u201c<em>But\u2026 don\u2019t I NEED water to be able to clean a lot of my products?\u201d<\/em>\n\nYep, water and soap. But the third and final step to the cleaning process is often times <em>drying <\/em>the product, which a lot of people forget to do. This means bad news bears for beauty blenders especially. If you clean your beauty blender with soap and water, and then leave it on its own to dry, you may as well throw it back on the floor.\n\nWhen air-drying your beauty products, in order to ensure it&#8217;s not at risk of germs, try to let the item dry somewhere well-ventilated, on a clean surface, and where it isn&#8217;t exposed to or touching anything else. 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