Deep Cleaning Beauty Blenders and Brushes
Monday, October 23, 2017
Another not
so obvious tip to clear skin is making sure that anything that touches your
skin is clean, this including makeup appliances; beauty blenders and makeup
brushes. What you apply your makeup with can quite literally make or break your
skin. It’s often overlooked just how much bacteria can build up on beauty
blenders and makeup brushes. If you think about it, you’re getting makeup in/on
them near enough every day, of course there is going to be some kind of build
up unless you thoroughly wash them after every single use.
I for one,
always forget to wash my brushes, then complain about how bad my skin is.
However, I’m making a pact with myself to clean my brushes at least once a week
depending on how much I use them. I’ve started not wearing makeup a lot of the
time, partially because, who has time for makeup when you could spend extra time in bed? I’d prefer the
extra hour in bed.
Cleaning
makeup brushes and beauty blenders can easily be forgotten. It seems like such
a tedious job, especially when it comes to deep cleaning them. As well as
expensive, there are so many solutions that deep clean your BB and makeup
brushes, but cost an arm and a leg to buy. So I thought I’d put together few
tips to deep cleaning your BB and makeup brushes inexpensively.
1.
Shampoo/Shower gel
I’m sure
you’ve seen tons of advertisements for specific Beauty Blender and makeup brush
solutions for cleaning them. You don’t need them. Simply grab some shampoo to
clean your brushes or even hand wash to clean your beauty blender. It’s as
simple as that. As long as you have warm water and shampoo or shower gel you’re
set to go. I’ve seen tons of posts about using washing up liquid but it’s
something I wouldn’t recommend. Washing up liquid contains chemicals to break
down oils, sure that’d be good to clean makeup, but if there’s any traces left
on your brushes or BB and that is then touching your skin, it can be really
harsh on your skin, causing you to break out or have some kind of irritation.
So, try sticking to solutions you’d already use on your skin as they’re made
using ingredients less likely to irritate your skin.
2.
Technique
When cleaning
your brushes, you want to make sure you have a bumpy surface in order to get
deep inside the brush. The cheapest way to do this is by laying your hand flat,
palm up and running your brush in a circle on the bumps of your fingers. This
way, the surface is rigid and the brush is getting cleaned deeper. I used to do
this but wanted to cleanse the brushes even better so I ordered a SiliconeCleaning Glove. This is basically something you put on your fingers and use as
a scrubber to clean the brushes against. I definitely recommend getting one as
it works so much better than your hand and is a lot quicker. It’s also very
inexpensive at only £1.45 – that is for a small one which is perfect for eye
brushes and works fine for face brushes. For deep cleaning your brushes, the
technique used is essential to ensure that you get all the old makeup out of
the brush that could potential transfer more bacteria onto your skin. Along
with this, don’t be too rough with your brush when washing it. Being rough will
cause the brush to shed and the hairs to fall out, leaving you with not much of
a brush left.
3.
Position
When cleaning your brushes, it is important to hold them
downwards. Holding them downwards will prevent water from running down the
brush and into where the glue attaches the head to where you hold the brush.
When water gets in there it can make your brushes break as the glue gets wet
and no longer sticks. Therefore, just keep the head of the brush pointing
downwards.
4.
Conditioner
Normally
after washing my brushes, they feel a bit dense and rough. Obviously, I don’t
want them to be rough as I will be using them on my skin and my skin can become
irritated and sensitive quickly. To avoid this, I’ll simply go in with the same
technique straight after shampoo but using conditioner. This will soften the
bristles, as it would soften your hair after a wash.
5.
Drying your brushes
After washing
your brushes, it can take quite some time to dry them. It is usually good to
clean them at night as they will more than likely be dry by the morning. After
you’ve washed the brushes, pat them on a piece of tissue to get rid of any
excess water. This will help them dry faster and lessen the chances of you
using a damp brush the next day. Along with this, to dry your brushes, grab a
towel and roll it up so that half of it is rolled up and half of it flat. Prop
the brushes up so again, the head of the brush is downwards, with the bristles
on the flat part of the towel. This will allow the water to drip down and the
brushes to dry quicker than if you immediately put them back into a brush
holder.
So there you
have it, a few tips to cleaning your makeup brushes and beauty blenders. It
really is that simple and inexpensive yet has a huge impact on your skin care.
Hope you
enjoyed reading! If you have any recommendations or tips you’d like to share,
comment below!
Thanks
Phoebe
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