Many people don't realize how crucial it is to wash makeup bushes regularly. If not remembering to wash every so often, best once or twice weekly depending on how much you use your brushes, could have its side effects. This includes acne, or breakouts since the leftover product that stays on the bristles gathers bacteria and when applying more product on the brush and then applying to the face, problems arise. There's many other problems that can be faced when not cleaning your brushes, but I'll save that for another blog. This blog will be focused on an effective, simple, budgeted way to clean your makeup tools.
The simplest and I would say easiest, but effective way requires just three items, which you probably already have at home. You would need any anti-bacterial soap, warm water, and a towel to dry the brushes on. What you would do is take your brushes and the bristles, try to avoid holding the brushes directly up because then the water gets in between the hairs and brush, which loosens the glue and causes the brush to fall apart quicker. Start by holding the brush under the water, like in a sink, horizontally, and ensure all bristles are soaked. Then put a pump of soap on your hand and take the brush and move the bristles against the soap. You'll probably notice that the soap is turning a muddy color. This means the hair had a lot of product, so you want to then keep stroking the brush on your hand under the water, once the soap once the soap has pretty much turned to foam. And then keep repeating this process with other brushes, or the same brush until the soap comes clean, as in won't discolor. This will ensure the bristles are free of any product. Then place the brushes horizontally on the towel to dry, it is best to keep the brushes to dry horizontally, so that any water that was trapped can dry out on the towel, which is another thing to keep in mind, to make the brush not fall apart for longer.
This is a good way to clean brushes for those who don't necessarily want to spend their money on cleansers, or any products actually designed to clean brushes, since they can be expensive, or if someone is somewhere where they don't have a brush cleanser with them, this is a useful way that gets the job done.
The simplest and I would say easiest, but effective way requires just three items, which you probably already have at home. You would need any anti-bacterial soap, warm water, and a towel to dry the brushes on. What you would do is take your brushes and the bristles, try to avoid holding the brushes directly up because then the water gets in between the hairs and brush, which loosens the glue and causes the brush to fall apart quicker. Start by holding the brush under the water, like in a sink, horizontally, and ensure all bristles are soaked. Then put a pump of soap on your hand and take the brush and move the bristles against the soap. You'll probably notice that the soap is turning a muddy color. This means the hair had a lot of product, so you want to then keep stroking the brush on your hand under the water, once the soap once the soap has pretty much turned to foam. And then keep repeating this process with other brushes, or the same brush until the soap comes clean, as in won't discolor. This will ensure the bristles are free of any product. Then place the brushes horizontally on the towel to dry, it is best to keep the brushes to dry horizontally, so that any water that was trapped can dry out on the towel, which is another thing to keep in mind, to make the brush not fall apart for longer.
This is a good way to clean brushes for those who don't necessarily want to spend their money on cleansers, or any products actually designed to clean brushes, since they can be expensive, or if someone is somewhere where they don't have a brush cleanser with them, this is a useful way that gets the job done.