How to Clean Your Make-up Brushes

Do you wash your make-up brushes regularly? I know, time consuming and most of the time we get lazy to do this. But did you know how filthy our brushes can get?

Look at all those gunk! 

Our make-up brushes are home to a lot of eew-ness. First off, our make-up. (The foundation brushes could be the nastiest one since we use it with liquid or cream products.) Dirty brushes traps all the bacterias, body oils and dried skin after every use. Don't forget the dust and whatnots in your room. So yes, it's filthy! And you wouldn't want to re-apply that on your face.

Not washing our face is the equivalent of not washing your brushes. Today, I'll share how I clean and disinfect my make-up brushes.  

You can purchase brush cleaners on your favorite cosmetic stores but they could be pricey specially if you're going to use it everyday. You can also see tutorials online on how to do this but they use shampoos instead. That could work. But the thing is, shampoos doesn't disinfect. So here's how you clean your brushes the inexpensive way. Let's get started!

What you'll need:

• Any anti-bacterial dish washing liquid
• Extra virgin olive oil
• a plate

Procedure:

• With the brush side down, wet your brushes under the faucet. Depending on the number of brushes that you'll be washing, squeeze the dish washing soap into the plate. Using this soap alone would dry and damage the brushes so we'll add a little olive oil on the plate. The olive oil will help recondition the brushes.

      (Say you'll pour about 1/2 cup of soap, add 1/4 cup of olive oil)

• Now dip your brush and stir it in circular motion on the plate. Then wipe it back and forth on the palm of your hands

• Set it aside on a paper towel. Repeat the procedure until you finish washing all your remaining brushes.

• Once you're done, again, with the brush side down, rinse it on running water. Wash it gently and squeeze until the water runs clear. DO NOT USE HOT WATER. Hot water will damage your brushes.

• With a regular towel, wipe your cleaned brushes dry. Blot out the excess water with a paper towel.

• Using a brush guard, place your brushes bristle side down on a glass, letting the excess water drip down. Bristle side down always because the water will seep in and loosen the glue on the base that holds the brush together and then the hair would eventually fall out.

• if you don't have a brush guard, tilt your brushes on a plate with a paper towel. Do not use those flat plates because laying your brush flat would also let the water seep in. Make sure that the brushes are tilted but not deformed.

• Let it dry for a few hours

There you go, squeeky clean brushes! Make sure you do this regularly to avoid breakouts and other skin infections.