Not only in times of Corona(COVID-19 Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2) should be paid attention to the reduction of germs, bacteria and viruses. Especially in makeup, children's makeup and body painting, the MakeUp Artist bears the responsibility for his customers.
While thorough washing with soap and water is usually sufficient for the hands, a little more care is required for brushes and the workplace.
What is the difference between bacteria and viruses?
Bacteria and viruses can both make you sick and are invisible to the human eye. They do not have much more in common than that.
Bacteria are visible under a classic microscope. Viruses are almost one hundred times smaller and can only be seen under an electron microscope.
Bacteria have a cell wall and cell structure in which metabolic processes take place. They reproduce independently by cell division.
Viruses do not reproduce independently. They need a foreign cell to do so.
Thus, they are not independent living organisms, like bacteria.
What does this mean for us now?
Viruses are dangerously contagious but die after some time without a host cell.
Bacteria continue to multiply happily on brushes and sponges if you have enough food. And the skin scales of a human being are a special delicacy...
So hands, brushes, make-up colors and workplace always keep nice and clean and regularly disinfect!
What is disinfection?
Disinfection means to make something germ-free or to reduce germs considerably. In this way, viruses and bacteria are rendered harmless and inactive.
How does a disinfectant work?
The mode of action of disinfectants cannot be generalized. Depending on the agents used and their area of application, the effects vary.
In the case of enveloped viruses, such as Corona, for example, the protein envelope of the viruses is dissolved by the alcohol.
To disinfect against bacteria or fungal spores, the disinfectant / alcohol must remain on the object for some time in order to kill the bacteria / spores.
What disinfectants are available?
Roughly speaking, we use for our work when dealing with customers for make-up, face painting children make-up, etc.. Means for surface disinfection, for hand disinfection and for brush / tool disinfection.
Overall, we distinguish between the following impact classes:
bactericidal: against bacteria
fungicidal: against fungi
limited virucidal: against enveloped viruses (HIV, hepatitis B/C viruses, ...)
virucidal: against enveloped and non-enveloped viruses (e.g. Noro viruses, Corona...)
Since we have to deal with bacteria the most in our work, the focus is therefore primarily on bactericidal disinfection.
Therefore, ethanol and isopropanol-containing agents are the best choice for us.
We offer these here directly in the store. Special combinations of active ingredients are available in specialized stores and pharmacies.
What is surface disinfection?
During surface disinfection, e.g. ethanol 70% is applied to a large area before and after work at the make-up area and removed after an exposure time of about 3 minutes.
Any residues of pathogenic bacteria, spores or viruses are then removed and guarantee hygienic work.
There are also numerous broad-spectrum agents, but these are more likely to be of interest to clinics and laboratories.
How long do you have to disinfect your hands?
By disinfecting the hands, I reduce the number of germs and thus the risk of transmission.
Approx. 3ml disinfectant is applied to the hand and thoroughly distributed. Do not forget the palms, back of the hand and also the spaces between the fingers and the fingernails. Approx. 30sec. are sufficient.
Since the skin is dried out during disinfection, skin protection is incorporated in special hand disinfection. Nevertheless, the hands should be well creamed after use, because the skin is attacked by the alcohol used.
In most cases, proper hand washing is sufficient.
How do I wash my hands properly?
I can generally already clean hands very well with water and soap . The surfactants already destroy a large number of dangerous pathogens.
Soap thoroughly, palms, backs of hands and also the spaces between the fingers and fingernails. Allow about 30sec. for this. Then rinse thoroughly and dry well.
Even enveloped viruses, such as Corona, cannot tolerate the mixture of water and soap for long. The lye attacks the envelope of the viruses and causes them to burst open.
What is an isopropanol?
Isopropanol is known by many names. We use other names here, such as isopropyl alcohol, IPA or 2-propanol. isopropyl alcohol is obtained chemically by hydration of propene or catalytic hydrogenation of acetone.
Disinfection effects from Isopronanol in relation to concentration:
from 13 % microbiostatic
over 30 % microbiocidal
from 80-90 % against noroviruses
With us you canbuy cosmetic Isopropanol in the following containers :
100ml, 250ml and in the 1.000ml bottle.
What is ethanol?
Ethanol is obtained by alcoholic fermentation from biomass or chemical synthesis from water and ethene.
It is used for technical purposes, e.g. for cleaning.
Disinfection effects of Ethanol in relation to concentration:
from 10 % microbiostatic
above 30 % microbiocidal
70 and 80 % against bacteria
With us you canbuy cosmetic ethanol in the following containers :
250ml (96%) and in the 75ml hand spray bottle (70%)
