Cleaning makeup brushes

Franklinbell · ‎01-04-2015

Hello! I am curious... how do you ladies clean your makeup brushes? I have a nice collection and I want to keep them! They are not cheap! Thanks!

spent2much · ‎03-10-2010

I wash them with dish soap and a little water in the bathroom sink. Then rinse well!

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On It · ‎03-15-2021

@Franklinbell A make up artist told me to use shampoo, but I use Woolite. Just a few swishes in a bowl of diluted Woolite, and they are as clean as a whistle. I have not tried Dawn, but if it is safe enough for oil-covered wildlife, it should be safe on brushes.

Edited to add: Rinse thoroughly. I let mine air dry on a towel.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@Franklinbell The brushes I use for foundations or other cream products, I temporarily clean with IT's spray cleaner sprayed on a paper towel each time. All brushes are washed once a week with a gentle cleanser like a baby wash.

I dry them on the edge of the counter so both sides are exposed to the air.

LilLadyNJ · ‎06-27-2017

I clean my brushes with baby shampoo. Brushes used for cream and liquids are cleaned after each use. Brushes used for powders are wash3d after two uses. I wash mine and lay them to dry on a towel. I have had brushes that have lasted me for years.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

After I wash mine in a Dawn bath, I hang them in my bathroom on the towel rod like this using rubber bands.

Wash with one of these mini silicone washboard eggs:

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Hang dry after blotting.

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JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

Dawn dish detergent for me too, but in between washings I use Cinema Secrets Brush Cleaner.

Genius hanging tricky, @SilleeMee!

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

@SilleeMee - I love your hanging to dry solution!

@Franklinbell - I wash mine with the liquid face cleaner I use. I lay them over the Kleenex box to dry- so the ends are over the edge.

SurferWife · ‎12-12-2010

@Franklinbell

I use a squirt of Dawn liquid detergent and my Sigma brush cleaning pad. Dawn works great for the little duckies & our make-up brushes! For daily cleaning I use a make-up remover wipe.

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