COVID-19 AND MAKEUP SANITATION

COVID-19 and Makeup Sanitation: Avoid These Red Flags

Makeup artists can’t work from home during the pandemic like many other professionals can.

You can’t use a computer to do your job. You have to get out there and create beautiful faces.

While the pandemic poses issues and possibly fewer clients, there are ways to create a safe

space for your clients.

Use these tips to keep you and your clients safe and hopefully your makeup business can stay in

full swing while the world figures out its new normal.

It’s a higher expense, but there is no reason to risk transmitting the COVID-19 virus on shared

sponges and wands. While sanitation is possible, we don’t know enough about the coronavirus

yet to know if using even sanitized sponges and wands on multiple clients is safe. Why take a

chance?

Use disposable eyeshadow applicators, mascara wands, and foundation sponges. Don’t share

anything and any brushes you must use, make sure you sanitize properly (more on that below).

Makeup products will get shared, otherwise, makeup artists couldn’t stay in business, it would

be too expensive. BUT, if any artist double dips into a makeup product, meaning he/she uses a

brush or sponge on a client and then dips the same sponge or brush back into the makeup, they

must throw the makeup out. The risk is very high of spreading the virus in shared makeup. Even

double dipping in your own makeup decreases its shelf life considerably because of the bacteria

in the makeup.

Don’t use just any brush cleanser, it must be antibacterial. As an extra precaution, use 70%

alcohol – not 99% alcohol. It’s too drying, which means there isn’t enough time to get all the

bacteria and viruses out of the brushes.

Don’t rely on hand sanitizer. While it’s effective for everyday use when you go to the store,

when you’re touching clients’ faces, only soap and water will do. Use warm water and

antibacterial soap, rubbing your hands together for at least 20 seconds to get rid of all the

germs.

Makeup artists should never use tube lipstick on a client. Instead, scrape some lipstick onto a

spatula and into a palette. Use a disposable applicator to apply the lipstick to the client’s lips.

Never use reusable brushes or applicators and/or share between clients.

Keeping you and your clients safe should be the number one priority. There are ways to keep

makeup application clean and safe, while still creating the beautiful faces you create with your

talent. Make sure your clients are comfortable with the procedures you have in place and of

course, implement any extra precautions you see necessary as we make our way through the

pandemic and our new normal.

Guest UserDecember 19, 2020