Happy Throwback Thursday — The perfect day to revisit even more news about dirty, bacteria-filled makeup brushes! After the news about an Australian Mom being paralyzed by the bacteria from a dirty makeup brush, a group of reporters and anchors at a CBS affiliate in Richmond, Va., thought it would be a fun idea to […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Bacteria’ category
Disabled by a Dirty Makeup Brush! Seriously!
A 27-year-old mum in Australia thinks that the staph infection she’s been fighting for THREE MONTHS now with super-strong antibiotics was caused by, yes, a dirty makeup brush, according to this story in The Independent. The woman is now *in a wheelchair* after the infection attacked her spine and left her in pain, her local […] Read more…
How to Clean Your Makeup Brushes
First off: Yes, dirty makeup brushes do, indeed, cause and aggravate acne. Just ask any dermatologist. But while there is broad agreement that brushes should be washed regularly to remove bacteria, there is a lot of conflicting advice about how regularly brushes need to be washed and what is the best way to wash them. Washing […] Read more…
My Story
MY STORY Necessity (Really) is the Mother of Invention Hi! My name is Sarah Webster, and I’m the inventor of My Brush Betty’s premium makeup brush cleaning kit and line of products. Like many inventions, this one happened sort of by accident. But as the old saying goes: Necessity is the mother of invention. Back […] Read more…