Looking after your Make- up Brushes

A question I am always getting asked is “how do I clean my brushes?”

Looking after your brushes is so important- it will add years onto their life if you take care of them. You will need to give them a good clean every couple of weeks if you are using them for personal use or daily if they are for professional use. When cleaning your brushes you should NEVER put them directly under the water flowing from the tap. If water repeatedly gets up the funnel of the brush it will weaken the glue holding it together and you brush will eventually break.

What you need to do is dampen the hair of the brush (I do this by swirling it around in a little bit of water in my hand), next take your brush cleaner (this can be a specific cleaner, shampoo,  face wash or something like fairy liquid). Put a pea sized amount of your product in the palm of your hand and swirl the brush, rinse in a little bowl of water and repeat this until the brush is completely make up free and the water is clean. When drying your bushes it is important never to do so with a hairdryer- this can burn the hairs and distort the shape of your brush. You need to lay the brushes flat on a counter surface with the head of the brush sitting out over the edge of the table- this allows plenty of air to get in around the hairs and make sure it dries out completely, also it will prevent any loss of shape that you would get if you just left them on a flat surface. Leave you brushes to dry (ideally overnight).
Simple as that!
Suzie :-)

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