​The coronavirus pandemic is affecting people across the globe. To help prevent spreading the virus further, washing your hands and cleaning your tools has become a major priority.

But while many people wipe down their phones and furniture, you might want to consider devoting the same attention to cleaning your beauty products. Here's why: 

According to a report from the National Institute of Health (NIH), the virus can live for up to four hours on copper, up to a day on cardboard, and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel. These lengths are also affected by temperature and humidity. Because some makeup tools, palettes, compacts, and even brush handles can be made from those materials, it's safe to assume they could become infected if used by an ill individual.

We at MarloHaus will be taking every precaution possible and going above and beyond to be safe for ourselves and our clients.

At this stage, its less clear if the virus can live on actual makeup itself. One recommendation we found is to throw away any makeup that has come into contact with virus as a precaution.  At a minimum, its recommended to spray all pressed powder products with rubbing alcohol, and discard any personal liquid products such as gloss and mascaras.

* Toni Tip: For hard to clean brushes that have cream or gel in them use dish soap and then follow with sanitizing anti-bacterial soap. Dish Soap can dry out natural hair brushes so best to use on synthetic and only when needed. Many foundation brushes are made with synthetic fibers.

Our recommended steps: 
1) Lay a clean towel next to the sink

2) Get your brushes wet first and then dip each brush into cleaning solution. Swirl the brush under clean running warm water until brush is clean. We recommend using a makeup remover solution first followed by an ancleaning solution

* Toni Tip: Be mindful of the shape of your brush. cleaning against the natural shape or smashing your brush can misshapen it over time

3) Squeeze all the water out of the brush shaping it in it natural shape laying flat on the towel to dry overnight.

* Toni Tip: Don't place wet brushes in a cup upright and don’t soak upside down in a cup. The water will get into the base of the hair loosening the glue overtime.

Remember, your brushes will only remain clean if you have clean hands too, so keep up on the handwashing, especially before sitting down to start makeup.

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It can be complicated figuring out what skin type you have plus it can change depending on seasons of the year, life stages and hormones. Everyone needs moisture of some kind. Even if you have oily skin and especially if your skin is combination or dry.

Basic ingredients you need for hydration include ceramides (plumps skin and helps retain moisture), hyaluronic acid/sodium hyaluronate (attracts water to your skin, replenishes moisture and gives you a youthful glow) and glycerin (humectant that prevents moisture loss). PLEASE STOP USING COCONUT OIL (or any other oil) ALONE AND THINKING ITS ALL YOU NEED. You are missing some serious hydration. Your skin will thank you.

Think you just need a good face scrub? Not exactly. You have to hydrate your skin to help the dead skin cells release. If you skin is not well moisturized when you use a face scrub then you're only irritating your skin. Great ingredients for exfoliating include alpha hydroxy, lactic acid and fruit acids. These give your skin a beautiful glow and are more beneficial than using a scratchy paste that can be irritating and cause tiny cuts in your skin. 

Lastly, a lot of people have acne and it can occur at any age and within any skin type. We'll only focus on that a little with the products as acne can be caused by so many different things. Generally a great night cream with retinol is very helpful for someone dealing with acne. You definitely have to be careful not to over-dry the skin as many acne products do. We'll expand this topic in a future post but you are always welcome to contact us with any questions!

This was one of those weddings that took our breath away! Every detail was perfection. Jessica's vision for her wedding day was awe inspiring and everyone involved did an outstanding job! We are so excited that we got to design the makeup looks for Jessica's special day at Southwind Hills!

All images shown are from The Tarnos Photography www.thetarnos.com 
​Floral Designs by Southwind Hills Florist
Makeup Design by MarloHaus Artist Krystal McKinley
Hair Design by Salon Zen Artist Brittainy Campbell

Southwind Hills is by far the BEST catering and venue experience I have had in a while. Super top notch professional staff and I even got talked into taking a couple minutes to sample their brunch menu. Let me tell you it was divine. I can't wait to come back to Southwind Hills again! - Krystal

We were so lucky to have such a wonderful bride and bridal party this last weekend! Now don't get us wrong we love doing weddings at Gaillardia BUT the bridal/locker room has terrible lighting. I mean terrible! Luckily Toni recently purchased two makeup lights so we could see in full brilliance just what we were doing. By the way for any pro artists reading The Makeup Light (TML Brand) is incredible. 

Never before have we had such perfect lighting to create the perfect look for all of our beautiful bridal party members! Our clients can now rest easy knowing that wherever we go they will be made into their most beautiful selves while basking in the glow of perfect lighting!!  Ok, slightly dramatic but completely warranted. Please take a minute to check out our work from Patricia's special day and thank you for following our blog! 

​We also planned out our day with multiple artists to give each person a fully customized look without being rushed.