Did You Know Theres A Shampoo For Your Makeup Brushes? Clean Them!

Makeup brushes get dirty super fast... you would be surprised. Think about it: you're reusing the makeup brush everyday and it collects dirt, oil, and makeup every time you use it. Just like we wash our hair, pillow covers, and face towels, it's important to clean your brushes. In college, it is harder for me to clean my brushes regularly compared to when I did it at home almost religiously. "Religiously" as in once every two weeks. If you do it too often, you may dry out the makeup brush bristles and they can wear out quicker. If you do it every now and then (when you notice them getting dirty) your face will benefit from it and you won't ruin your brushes. That is... if you clean them the correct way, of course!

I love my Brush Shampoo from e.l.f. It's only $3 and really cleans all that makeup and dirt out of those brushes. If you don't want to use store bought shampoo, you can make your own at home. You can use baby shampoo, for example. It's gentle enough to not dry out the brush. 

My brush cleaning ritual: First, make sure your sink is clean. Next, lay out all your brushes on top of a towel. Fill up your sink halfway with warmish-lukewarm water. Next, pour some of the brush shampoo into the water (a dime sized amount) and mix it around with your hand. Put your first makeup brush in there (I like to do this one at a time), applying a little more shampoo on the brush before (only a pea size amount). Put it in the water and gently squeeze the brush so all the makeup comes out of it. I like to gently twist the brush head against the bottom of the sink because it opens up the brush and gets excess dirt and makeup out of it. After most of the makeup has come out, turn on the water and rinse the brush one last final time to make sure all of the dirt and soap has come out. Then you can finally apply it on the towel to dry. Here's a tip: I like to open up some of the brush with my fingers when it's out to dry so air can get inside the brush. Make sure to drain the sink water in between each brush cleansing because the water can get really dirty. You don't want to put a new brush to clean in dirty water. Bad.

Hopefully this was not too complicated. I know there are many ways to properly clean makeup brushes, but this is my way that works just fabulously. Clean brushes feel good against the skin and can prevent future breakouts. Prevent, prevent, prevent!

Have fun cleaning!
-Daniela