Deep Clean

The other day I finally bit the bullet and give my makeup brushes a good deep clean. This is a task I have been putting off for far too long. I normally pride myself on having a very rigorous cleaning routine at home, and am normally pretty strict when I have used a brush it goes in the ‘used’ pile (or pot) but lately things have gotten a bit all over the place. A mixture of not leaving the house and therefore not needing makeup on and also pure laziness!!!

So I spent a good portion of my Saturday night sorting, cleaning, conditioning, sterilising and reshaping my makeup brushes…as well as disposing of a few that have seen their best days. then I left them overnight on towels to dry. ready to be organised and placed into their rightful home. I love my My Kit Co Brush Caddy for storing my brushes and keeping them organised on my makeup station, both at home an at work. I could do with another one and at the minute I’m trying to decide between the Big one that I have or the Small one.

But anyway here’s my favourite brush cleaners from Beauty Bay:

I almost always forget about my Beauty Blenders, Probably because they’re so much effort but using this Beauty Blender Liquid Blender Cleanser makes that task so much easier. Simply get your blenders together, dampen with warm water and rub this in. It has a ‘low-sud’ formula so you don’t spend all day rinsing out the bubbles!

I think I should definitely invest in the Sigma Beauty Spa Brush Cleaner to save my poor wee hands from drying out. Instead of swirling the brushes around the palm of my hands this bad boy sticks to the sink with its handy suckers and has a few different ridges for different brushes. It’s probably a bit more hygienic too.

In between deep cleans a quick clean with something like the Cinema Secrets Professional Brush Cleaner is ideal. not only does it dry quickly, It is also super easy to use. Either pop a bit on some kitchen roll and wipe the brush bristles in the solution and then on a towel. Or pop some in a shallow dish and dip your brush bristles in quickly and then clean off on some kitchen roll or a towel.

But for a big deep clean I love using a solid bar like the Juno & Co. Clean up your act Solid Cleansing Bar for my makeup brushes. Simply wet your brush bristles and swirl in the bar, then use your hand (or the Sigma brush cleaner from above) to swirl your brushes around, Rinse, and repeat until you’ve got them bad boys nice and sparkly and clean.

Another thing on my wish list is the Sigma Beauty Dry’n Shape Spa! It’ll definitely save me so much drying space in the future. You can use the barrel for washing and then it has slots to pop your brushes so they take up less room and dry quicker. Win win!!

Happy Cleaning you guys!!

xoxo OfficialJudeMitch

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Why Norwex?

What’s Norwex you might ask? Well while half the country has been making chemical cocktails and spending all their hard earned dosh on half of the cleaning isle I’ve been making a conscious effort to reduce the amount of chemicals I use in my home and on my body…… pfffft well if you believe that you’ll believe anything! I actually don’t give a monkeys about chemicals in the air or whatever! But I do care about cleaning my house in the quickest and easiest way possible! Also if I can save some money while I’m at it it’s a win win!! 

And if you haven’t heard of Norwex it it’s basically cleaning products that are going to CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!

I know they have changed mine!
I went along to my first ever Norwex party more so to get out of the house one night, and I give myself a £20 budget for the party!
Well I was blown away! The products looked amazing! And after a few demos I knew I had to get my hands on them! It was about a month before we moved into our new house and I thought what better way to start off the new house than with some nice new cleaning cloths! I probably spent around £60 on my bag of tricks and I haven’t looked back since! I’ve basically cut out almost all the cleaning products I would have been buying on a regular basis. Because you just don’t need them!

I still like bleach in the toilets and a bit of Zoflora down the sinks every now and again but that’s slowly dying

So here’s a run through of some of the products I tried first!
First off there was an Enviro Cloth this is a miracle microfibre cloth and I’ve been using it all over the house, from windows to worktops to the kitchen chairs and I’ve even been knows to get down and get a stubborn mark off the floor that my mop has failed to get! What’s even more exciting you can pair the enviro cloth perfectly with the  Window Cloth for the most amazingly streak free windows and mirrors, using get this….. ONLY WARM WATER, you can see the two together in the Basic Package here.

Another of my favourite products is the Optic Scarf. You probably need one Of these for every hand bag you own and spares. This bad boy has been a hit with everyone I meet! I love it for cleaning not only my glasses, but my phone screen and camera lenses. You can achieve a streak free screen in SECONDS! Using just the cloth! And It has a handy clip to attach onto your bag making it the ultimate multifunction accessory.

I’m having a Norwex party in a few weeks and I’ve a few things I’ve been meaning to try and first on my hit list is the Laundry Detergent, for numerous reasons, my mum (and anyone who has tried it) raves about it for a start and you use so little of it, there’s no smell just a clean scent! And the more I hear about the nasty chemicals and added bulking agents in other detergents the more I want it, especially with a little one on the way!

Obviously that means I’ll have to try some of the baby items out, and knowing what my skin is like I’m so nervous about baby wipes, even the water ones. Enter Norwex and their Baby Body Pack aka reusable baby wipes. I’ve already started stock piling these bad boys! And if they’re anything like the Adult Body Packs I know I’ll love them!

Then off course there’s the Baby Hooded Towel Set I just think it’s soooo cute and feels amazingly soft!

Since I’ve been introduced to Norwex I’ve been slowly but surely building up my haul, and so far I’ve loved everything I’ve tried. And I can honestly say it’s saved me a bucket load on cleaning products because I just don’t feel the need to even walk down the cleaning products isle any more!

If you wanna check out the whole catalogue just Click here!

http://leannejenkinson.norwex.co.uk/en_GB/customer/party/165807

Xoxo OfficialJudeMitch