Cheek Breakouts and the Blush Brush Conundrum
Have you ever experienced breakouts along your cheekbones that just don’t go away no matter what you do? While there are several possibilities that could explain this annoying problem, my first go-to in diagnosing the problem is to look at your blush and bronzer. You may have also come to a similar thought, but from a different angle. After asking at Sephora, or perusing Pinterest , there's no doubt that you've come across the advice to wash your makeup brushes. It only seems to make sense that your dirty makeup brushes would cause breakouts, right? No, actually. As I always tell my clients, " It's not the brush, it's the blush ! " Consider this: The bacteria that fall on your brushes are the same bacteria that fall on your face all day. The acidity level of the oil of our skin protects us from bacterial invasion, because so much of the bacteria that fall on our faces can’t survive the acidic environment. If breakouts were associated with bacteri