SPRING CLEANING WHEN IT COMES TO MAKEUP BAG
By BhawnaSpring is the perfect time to clean. It is a season of lovely warm weather. It signifies new beginnings. Spring is a time of renewal. It is a season of revival. Each season has its own beauty but spring is the best. Spring brings happiness. It carries the wind of change. Spring adds beauty and life to all. In this article, we will see how spring cleaning has its own meaning with regard to the makeup bag.
What is Spring Cleaning all about?
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Spring cleaning means cleaning the house in the springtime. This practice is especially prevalent in cold climates. The term is also used metaphorically. Spring cleaning also means cleaning out the emotional closets that we have been a part of over the years. It also means to break out of the confines. All the things that have been taking physical space like too many clothes, a shoe collection, or too much furniture- create clutter not just physically but psychologically too. It is to break out of that clutter and overwhelmness. The history of spring cleaning is all about the Persian New Year that falls on the first day of spring. There are many benefits of spring cleaning like it is good for the immune system, it improves mental health, and it is good for productivity.
How is it related to Makeup Bag?
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Spring cleaning applies to more than just cleaning your home. It entails many other things. When it comes to the makeup bag, it means how to spring clean your makeup bag and how to organize it better. Your makeup bag might have collected so many products. So, spring is the time to declutter it.
Clean your makeup brushes
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Out of all the other steps that you can take to spring clean your makeup bag, one of them is to clean your makeup brushes. This is essential because it cleans out the excess makeup that got accumulated over it. It also cleans out the bacteria that might get onto your skin. There are many products available in the market to clean makeup brushes. You can use them. You can also use shampoo to clean your makeup brushes. You should clean your brushes once a week.
Empty your bag out
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Find a place like a table, or any other surface to empty out your bag. Don’t use the bed for this. Emptying out your bag out will allow you to make wise decisions as to whether you need a particular product or not. You can decide as to whether you need to swap any products with new ones, or whether you need to clean your makeup brushes or other products. It will also make you know whether you need any product or whether it’s just occupying all the more in your makeup bag.
Throw out the makeup that has exhausted
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Spring is the perfect time to clean your makeup bag for any old and expired products. These are like hard decisions but as you try them, they become easy. Mascara should have a creamy feel and should be thrown away when it becomes thick. Lipstick and lip gloss should be thrown away when they start to smell. You should also throw away disposable makeup sponges after a few uses. Another thing is to toss the makeup that you probably didn’t use. Then, get away with the duplicates. If you have the same or similar products, then you should part with them.
Time duration of the makeup products to be kept in the makeup bag
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Mascara should be kept for three months. Lip gloss should be kept for one year. Eye shadow should be kept for two years. Lipstick should be kept for two years.
Cleaning the inside of the makeup bag and the makeup bag itself
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Use the brush cleaning spray to clean the inside of the makeup bag. Then wipe with a paper towel. You also should wipe the lining of the makeup bag. This is essential because all makeup, and all the bacteria fall there. If the bag is made up of cloth, you can clean it with the washing machine. Clean the outside of the makeup bag too to remove the dirt. Don’t forget to dry your makeup bag. Cleaning the makeup bag also involves cleaning out the drawers. If your bag doesn’t have drawers then you would need to buy a new one or you can clean the old one.
Swap your old makeup products with new advanced products
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You should part with those makeup products that are old and not prime. Swap your old foundation, lipstick and powders with those that are new. There are certain makeup products that have a long life like blush, bronzers, and some face powders. Check the expiry date of the products to see when you should be swapping them with new ones.
Use multipurpose products
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It is truly a challenge to fit all the makeup products into one bag. To save money and space, you can use multipurpose products. Multipurpose products save not only the space in the bag but also money. Some multipurpose products include tinted serums, shadow sticks, milky gloss, and some lipsticks also.
Get spring-trendy
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So, it’s time to be spring-trendy with all of those products that are trending in the season. You can check out social media to see which of the products are trending and becoming popular. You should fill your newly spring-cleaned bag with trending beauty products ASAP.
Sort the makeup
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You can make sections in your makeup bag like lipsticks in the first drawer, then skin products in the second one, and so on and so forth. Sorting your bag this way can make it super easy for you to locate things in the bag. And you become more organized. And being organized is good for your productivity too.
Conclusion
Spring is a season meant to enjoy and also give some space to renewal. Spring cleaning has both psychological and physical connotations. Physically, it means to clean out the spaces. This is linked to psychological reasons to reduce clutter and overwhelmness. The makeup bag is a messy arena. It is always full of mess. So, in spring you got to organize it better. You can use the above mentioned ways to organize it and feel more calm and productive.