How To Wash & Disinfect Makeup Brushes Using Inexpensive Products

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Hello loves!

So for my first post I thought I'd talk you all through something that I get a lot of questions on, and that's how I clean my makeup brushes. This is 100% the burden of my life but it's something that has to be done regularly to make sure bacteria doesn't build up in the brushes and cause issue for your skin! I'm also going to show you my own SECRET (shh) on how to make the brushes last longer. 

NOTE - You should wash your face brushes at least once a week (I'm often guilty of being lazy and washing them less) and wash your eye brushes every three weeks or when you feel you need to, for example if you do a colourful look!



So the first thing I'll say is that you do not need to buy expensive brush cleaner from MAC or any other brands to get a good clean for your brushes, it costs a lot of money and is pretty unnecessary when other household products do the job! I use either fairy liquid (dish wash soap) or baby shampoo. Fairy liquid is probably better, as it will really disinfect your brushes and get a good deep clean, so that is what I used today!

Step 1:Pour some of your fairy liquid into a dish and get the tap running so that the water is warm but not too hot. You then want to take your first brush and run it under the water before dipping it into the fair liquid directly. If you want, you can pour the product on to the brush head and not use a dish, but for me that's more time consuming! 




Step 2:
Work the soap into the bristles of the brush by using circular motions, swirling it against your hand. You want the soap to form a lather and for the whole brush to be cleaned super deep (finding this hard to explain but I'm sure you get the idea!) You want to do this at a downward angle to stop any water or soap getting into the handle of the brush and loosening the glue!


Step 3: Rinse the brush under the tap until all the soap is gone (you'll be able to tell when there are no bubbles running through the water)


NOW FOR THE SECRET! To help your brushes last longer and to stop them from falling apart, you can use a couple of flannels or towels to create a place for your brushes to dry! I use one as the base and then wrap two others into a sort of cylinder shape for my brushes to rest on. As mentioned before, by keeping your brushes at a downward angle, it prevents any water moving up into the handle of the brush and loosening the glue that holds it together! This is super important, especially if you have inexpensive brushes, for example my ELF brushes often fall apart when I wash them because they're not made as well as some of my others!




You then want to leave them to dry overnight, so it's usually best to wash them at the end of the day when you won't need to use them! I hope this has helped some of you who often ask for a video on washing makeup brushes, pop any of your tips/secrets down in the comments for us all to try too!

Love Han xo




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17 comments:

  1. Han this was SO helpful thankyou!! am so happy you made this blog X

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    1. Yay I'm glad you found it useful! Thank you for following!x

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  2. Loved this hannah I can't wait for the rest love you 💖

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  3. thanks so much for this as i hate cleaning my brushes as I've never know how to do it! i love that your doing this blog! x

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  4. Love this han, what template did you us xx

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    1. Thank you! I'm not sure my dad found it!xx

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  5. I'm so happy you've started a blog! I love running one personally and I hope you enjoy yours!

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  6. I'm so happy that you have started a blog, I am a massive fan of your youtube and was one of the first people the subscribe! This post was so useful, I wash my brushes with a really cheap shampoo but might try using fairy liquid. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts on here
    Ottilie xx

    www.oisforottilie.blogspot.co.uk

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  7. This post was so helpful!! I'm usually pretty lazy when it comes to cleaning my brushes too, but after reading this I'm going to go and give them a good clean, haha. Also, I'm so glad your blogging now x

    blushhx.blogspot.co.uk

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  8. This was so helpful Hannah thank you! I'm definitely going to start doing this x

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  9. Thank you so much that was really helpful
    I use soap and olive oil to clean my brushes x

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  10. This post has literally saved my own and my makeup brushes lives! Thankyou! xx

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  11. Where did you find the brush holders??

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  12. Thank you so much for this tips, i got many tips and advice about cleaning makeup brushes using inexpensive products..Thanl you so much!

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