Friday 31 May 2013

How to: Clean Makeup Brushes


So today's post I have seen over a dozen times on other peoples blogs but I just thought why not do one for my own blog. 

Cleaning my makeup brushes is something I cannot stand. It always takes so much time even though my brush collection is so small. Am I the only person that feels that way? 

Anyway to clean my brushes I start off with a bowl of water, some baby shampoo, a rubber glove and a towel. You don't have to use a rubber glove, I just don't like cleaning them without one. I dip my brush into the water, add a small amount of baby shampoo to the brush and rub with my fingers. I do this until it seems clean, dip it into the water again and ta-da a clean brush. Repeat this with all the brushes and let them dry on a towel. 

The reason I use baby shampoo is because I think it cleans the brushes better than just water and in my opinion it's softer on the bristles of the brush. 
So that's pretty much all it takes to cleaning my brushes. 

Let me know in the comments if you do anything differently when cleaning your makeup brushes.



8 comments:

  1. How long do yours take to dry?
    Estelle x
    letmegoxo.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Usually I'd leave the over night and there dry by morning :) x

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  2. What I don't like about cleaning my brushes is that after they dry they have weird shapes and the bristles are messed up. Also, although I too use baby shampoo, they feel harder than before when I use them :(

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    1. Oh really? :( Have you tried anything else on them? :/

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    3. I have used hair conditioner a couple of times haha! The bristles were definitely softer but the brush was totally messed up :(

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    4. Oh no thats so bad. :( I have no idea why my bristles are ok when I use shampoo :/

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    5. I don't know! Maybe it has something to do with the brush or the water? I have heard the same problem from other girls too...

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