Cross-contamination & double dipping
Infection and disease caused by poor hygiene and cross-contamination within the beauty and cosmetics industries is an issue that is often ignored and simply dismissed.
Doctors, hospitals, dentist and the entire healthcare sector use medical disposables to reduce the risks of infection together with a stringent hygiene code of practice and it would simply be impossible to imagine a patient not expecting or demanding the highest hygiene standards whenever under the care of a medical professional.
A stringent hygienic customer service and product-use methodology is applied within these industries, so whey not in the makeup and beauty world?
Cross-contamination starts at the moment when bacteria is transferred from the hands or skin to facial or other body areas. The same process happens when a brush or tool is placed into a product container and then used on the skin or body, again transferring bacteria both ways, and dipped back into the same container, or even worse a second container.
Even if the tool is used by only one person, there is still bacteria transfer and growth. The same problem is multiplied when the same tools and containers are used on several people, whether applied by one person or several, professional or not.
The right way – decrease cross-contamination
Removing product from the original container either onto a metal palette or into individual pots and containers and using disposable and single use application tools in conjunction with a strict personal hygiene programme will decrease the probability of cross-contamination.
Currently, the use of disposables and single use brushes and applicators to avoid double dipping and cross-contamination, together with the adherence to an adequate hygiene process, is erratically applied at individual, company and educative level in the makeup industry.
Infection and disease caused by cross-contamination within the makeup and beauty industry is an issue that is usually overlooked, ignored or dismissed by artists and other professionals, many of whom are oblivious to the problem and to its potential legal consequences.
Clean hands, clean tools and clean products
Although to many, these two points might seem obvious, but in practice and under pressure, a major cause of passing on viruses and germs.
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