- Hi everyone, welcome back
to the Adore Beauty YouTube channel.
My name's Megan, I'm part of the social and content team,
but I'm also a professional makeup artist.
And today, I'm gonna run you through
my top 10 things that I would never do
after being a professional makeup artist.
Number one, I would never store my makeup brushes
on my bathroom vanity if the toilet
is in the same room as the bathroom.
Unless you are closing the lid on the toilet
every single time you flush, and that also includes
every single time someone else in the house flushes,
including visitors, then you could be getting microparticles
from the toilet flush onto your brushes.
Much safer to keep them stored away in a cupboard
or even a little container
where they are far away from poo microparticles.
Number two, I would never keep a mascara
for longer than three to six months.
It is a very wet formula and we know
that where wet formulas live, so does bacteria.
That is something that we don't want near our eyes,
so always swap out the mascara for a freshie.
Number three, I would never choose a foundation
based on my friend's favourite or my mum's favourite,
or an influencer's favourite foundation,
unless their skin type and skin concerns
are the exact same as my own.
If you go off someone else's recommendation,
let's just say they have super oily skin
and they like a matte finish, you might love a dewy finish
and you might have super dry skin.
That foundation that your friend loves
is probably not gonna be your holy grail.
Instead, work out your skin type,
your skin concerns, and then go from there.
Number four, I would never get a lash lift
before a special event
if I was wanting to get my makeup done.
And especially if I was wanting to get individual
or strip lashes applied to my eyelids.
The reason for this is a makeup artist finds it super,
super hard to apply either strip or individual lashes
when your natural lashes are super curled up.
You don't get that nice little seat
for the fake lash to sit on top of.
And they usually end up looking super vertical
and it doesn't look very natural.
Tints are totally fine if you just wanted to add
a little bit more pigment to your lashes,
but try and steer clear of the lifts
if you're looking to use individual or strip fake lashes.
Number five, I would never mix my SPF
into my foundation as an application method.
This actually inhibits the effectiveness of the SPF.
So instead, I would always apply my standalone SPF
and then go in with foundation.
Number six, I would never try to match my foundation shade
by swatching it on my hand or my wrist.
Always go for your jawline or your decolletage.
We're trying to create symmetry between your face
and your neck and your decolletage,
so swatching to your hand or your wrist won't really
give you an accurate representation of your true shade.
Number seven, I would never go to bed
without removing all of my makeup.
Your sleepy time is the time that your skin
can restore and repair.
If your leaving makeup on, you're more susceptible
to dryness, breakouts, and skin irritation.
On top of that, you're also
just gonna make your pillowcase super dirty.
Number eight, jumping back to the mascaras,
I would never share a friends or a family member's mascara.
It's just a little bit gross.
As we said, you have your individual lash bacteria,
you don't wanna be sharing that on the mascara wand.
Number nine, now I'm not gonna lie,
in the past I've definitely done this,
but try not to keep your makeup past it's use-by date
especially if it's a cream or liquid formula.
Bacteria can grow, they're really not meant to be used
past their use-by date.
So always look at the back of the bottle,
there will be a little month indicator of how long
you should keep that product past its opening date.
So just always be weary and let's stay safe out there.
And number 10, my lucky last,
I know that this one gets pushed to the wayside
but let's stick to it,
I would never not wash my brushes regularly.
Same thing goes, they're touching your face day in day out.
Or even if they're not touching your face day in day out,
they are still touching your face.
So I would say if you are a makeup wearer, let's just say,
four to five times a week,
I would be washing my brushes once a week,
even if it's a spot clean with something
like Cinema Secrets Brush Cleaner.
But I would give them a deep clean at least once a month.
So those are my rapid fire top 10 things that I wouldn't do
as a professional makeup artist.
If you have any questions at all,
just pop them in the comments.
If you're guilty of any of these, no judgement ,
we've all been there, but let us know in the comments
which one is your, I guess, peak offender.
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