


My breakouts were actually one of the many reasons I’ve, quite literally, devoted my life to writing about beauty (it’s all about the sacrifices, people). But in retrospect, the fact that my dirty brushes were caked in years’ worth of foundation, skin oils, and bacteria-yum!-was absolutely not helping my skin issues. I blamed everything under the sun for the frustrating whiteheads that cropped up by the end of each day-including (but certainly not limited to) school assignments, high school ~romance~, and cheese.

This is painful to admit, but there was a time in my life when I didn’t clean my makeup brushes, and god, did my skin hate me.
