Try not to use too harsh of a cleanser for your sponges as they are more delicate than your brushes.
Repeat until the sponge is spot free and bouncy and let it air dry. To cleanse your beauty sponge, massage your cleanser into the sponge until it lathers. Lay the brushes flat, on a clean towel and allow to air dry. Swirl the brush in the palm of your hand with the olive oil and shampoo until it foams, and the water runs clear. My personal favorite way to clean my brushes is by using baby shampoo, it’s unscented and hypoallergenic and a little olive oil. HOW DO YOU CLEAN MAKEUP BRUSHES AND SPONGES? There are many products in the stores that you can purchase to clean your brushes or you can use some products that you already have at home. Unless you use your eyeshadow brushes daily, those can be washed a couple times a month. Liquid products can be soaked off of the brush first before washing to make sure the product between the bristles is removed. Ideally, you should wash your face makeup brushes and sponges weekly to remove any excess foundation and concealer. We don’t usually get both of those at once.Your Ultimate Guide to Cleaning Your Makeup Brushes HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU WASH YOUR MAKEUP BRUSHES? Rarely have I been so thrilled with the results of a good clean. So I was curious to see if this concoction would work, even for that.Īnd I’ll be damned right to hell if it didn’t. Lipstick sure as hell will not stay on your lips if you so much as delicately sip your champagne, but it’ll stay in your lipstick brush, all fossilized and slimy, until the day you get grossed out enough to throw it away. You can’t really tell from the picture, but these fuckers get super disgusting, even though I wash them with hand soap after every use. I washed my second string brushes and paid extra careful attention to the lipstick brushes. I was wiping that on my face twice a week. I was grossed out enough by the result of cleaning only the first string brushes that I decided to get a fresh batch of cleaner for the second string brushes. My only working theory is that the red/pink in the foundation mixed with the blue dish soap and made it look purple… Well, browny purple. I mean, I do have purple lipstick and eye shadow, but holy wow, it was purple. I have no idea where the purple came from, guys. This happened right away, even when I’d only washed my foundation brush. I decided to wash the first string brushes first, theory being that they are probably the dirtiest and needed the most cleaning power.Īs I was cleaning, I immediately noticed the water turning this sort of brownish shade of purple. Except, by that token, I should be awesomely good at dieting and working out, too. Maybe because I’ve been trying to impress guys with my face since I was 14, but only with my cooking since… well, never, to be honest.
Why am I like this with make-up and not, say, cooking? I don’t know. This happens, like, only if I am meeting the President for dinner… or I really want to get laid. (I’m a blogger, so this happens maybe twice a week.) The second string brushes are for special stuff, like if I decide to HAC or wear lipstick that requires a brush. I use the first string brushes every time I wear make-up. Thus, I have a “first string” and “second string” set of brushes. As with most things that are not crafting, I am super organized– nearly to the point of mental illness– about my make-up brushes.