My Daily Brush Cleaning...
Hi everyone!Something that always seems to pop up on the Twitter #bbloggers chats on a Wednesday and Sunday are questions about how people clean their make up brushes and as i'm a naturally nosy soul I do like a little insight into other peoples little regimes so I thought i'd throw my own into the mix! I've recently had a bit of a jiggle round of my dressing table and bought some new storage for my many many brushes which I do like to keep super clean. If you're a germaphobe like me, the horror stories of bacteria from your face on your make up brushes just fills me with utter dread and I can't bear the thought of it, so a quick daily clean is essential for me on top of a weekly deep clean of every brush. I also think that it's an essential step for your skin regime, as obviously no matter how thorough your regime is, the moment you use unclean brushes you're just transferring day to day bacteria back to your skin... it's just good sense!
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If you've seen my Products of the Blogosphere video (if you haven't, you can take a peek here) you'll know that I use a combination of the Mac Brush Cleanser and ordinary household washing up liquid or baby shampoo to really get every last bit of product off. For day to day though, it's really not practical to sit by the sink painstakingly washing every single brush and i've been on the hunt for a speedier solution to this other than popping some brush cleanser on a cotton pad and giving them a slightly half hearted wipe!
As you all know I love Benefit make up and something that i've noticed over my many visits to the counters is the fact that their antibacterial brush cleanser, used after every customer, is in spray form, i'm not sure if other brands do this but it's something i've noticed in particular with them. This means that just a quick spritz and a wipe with a cotton pad leaves germ and product free brushes which dry quickly. Though they don't sell their own brand of brush cleanser, I thought this would be a fab idea for my own dressing table. I popped into Boots and bought one of their travel spray bottles for £1.55 and just poured some of my MAC brush cleanser in.
Now, after every use, I quickly spritz and wipe my brushes to remove any excess product, while the antibacterial ingredients work their magic to make sure any germs are well and truly dealt with. It stops me going through the cleanser quite as quickly as you use much less product in a spritz than you would by pouring it directly onto the brushes and it also keeps my brushes nice and squeaky clean. It also means that you aren't waiting for your damp brushes to dry which for someone like me that likes to reapply if i'm going out or going to work is absolutely fab as they're clean, dry and ready to go each time. It's also a fab idea if, like me, you spend time traveling. I always forget to take my brush cleanser with me to my boyfriends house but having it in this little bottle is going to make life so much easier!
It's a simple thing, and so cheap to do especially with a homemade brush cleanser (if anyone has any tutorials for these i'd be super interested!). Let me know your brush cleaning regimes, i'd be really interested!
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