I would like to sanitize a used MSF. I've heard that alcohol shouldn't be used because the product is mineralized. Is this true? If so, what can I use instead?

Many thanks!

you should only use alcohol on creamy products, like lipsticks and eye pencils. spraying alcohol on a product can totally destroy the integrity of it, and with a baked (mineralized) product it could harden it up and render it useless.

to sanitize it, take a clean mascara wand and scrape off the top layer. Luckily, MSFs and other powder products don't harbor as much bacteria as a creamy product would, because there's nothing for the bacteria to thrive on.

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that is right. alcohol kills bacteria by dehydrating them. since powder product has very little water to begin with, whatever bacteria can survive living in powder product will survive in alcohol. (ironically, if you use the standard 70% alcohol, it will leave some water in your product after alcohol evaporates, which supports bacteria growth). if the MSF is used, the top layer may contain oil (due to contact with brushes/face). even if the water and alcohol does not damage your MSF, it may bring the oil down to the clean product in the lower layers and ruins it (oil also supports bacteria growth)

oh, and MSF are VERY fragile, so it may shatter if you get alcohol on it

yah, i think that's enough scaring so if you want to clean your MSF, just wipe down the top layer

My immediate thought was gently scraping off the top layer.. at least like another poster said, the powder products don't harbor bacteria like liquid-y products do.

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