LOVE BELLEZZA: How to Clean Your Make-up Brushes

Saturday 7 February 2015

How to Clean Your Make-up Brushes

Make-up artists are not the only ones that should be cleaning their make-up brushes. We ALL should be. Dirty brushes collect dirt, oil and bacteria. Not only is this disgusting but it can be transferred onto your skin and cause breakouts. It can also limit the life of your make-up products if your dipping your dirty brushes in to pick up product. Eye brushes and lip brushes in particular need to be cleaned because they come into contact with your bodily fluids.

If you’re someone that wears make-up every day you should try and clean your brushes once a week. This helps to prolong the life of your brushes, keep them in good condition and allows them to pick up pigment from your make-up more effectively.

I thought I'd share with you how I clean my make-up brushes.

What You’ll Need:

* Access to warm water

* Baby Shampoo (I use Johnson's Baby Shampoo)

* Brush Sanitizer (I use Scotty's Brush Cleaner)

* Hand Towel

* Brush Guards

Instructions:

1. Wet the brush with warm water.

2. Apply a small amount of baby shampoo into the palm of your hand and massage the brush into your palm until it is nice and soapy. Rinse under the water and repeat until no more make-up comes out of the brush.

3. Spray on some brush sanitizer and wipe the brush on a hand-towel to soak up the excess moisture.

4. Place a brush guard over your larger brushes so that when they dry they keep their shape.

5. Lay the brushes down flat while they are drying so that the moisture does not run into the base of the brush and loosen the glue holding the brush together.

6. Place in a nice warm, sunny spot to dry (e.g. window sill).