Beauty

[LuluOnBeauty]

Anything you use on your body or hair will work just fine. If you have a face cleanser you didn't like, use it up on your brushes.

Wet your brush, put a little liquid soap or cleanser in your hand, swirl the brush around, quick rinse under water, swirl again in your palm, rinse thoroughly, squeeze dry, set down horizontally to dry.

If you are a germaphobe, you can also put a bit of rubbing alcohol in a small bowl or dixie cup, you can dip the brush in the alcohol after you squeeze dried it or even after it has air dried and the let it redry from the alcohol which is fast since alcohol evaporates quickly.

If the time comes that you amass quite a few brushes, it gets to be a pain to swirl them all in your hands plus more dense brushes used for foundation are harder to clean. I have a video on brush cleaning that is super easy for heavy duty or high volume brush cleaning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YM3Tc5eD1s

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[NickNack]

On 6/13/2014 ChynnaBlue said:

Here's my favorite tutorial on drying bushes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3lwBfyV_OE

I did this until I bought Brush Guards, which do basically the same thing but don't dry the brushes as quickly.

Thanks for posting this. That was a great tutorial. I've never heard of doing that. I'm going to start drying them that way.

[soonersis]

On 6/13/2014 Andreatoo said:

I did just get a Beautylish email selling brush trees! According to the email brushes, after washing, should be hung up brush side down. Don't lay them down and don't hang them brush side up. If there is any validity to these tips I do not know....but I do see where the 'don't lay them down' makes some sense..

for the record I wipe my brushes with a tissue after each use; I wash much less often

I've heard from many reliable sources not to lay brushes flat or the brush side up as that can allow the water to get to where the glue is to hold the brush in the handle. That makes sense to me. I don't have anything special to hang my brushes on when I wash them. I just put the end of the handle on something so the brush is lower than the end of the handle.

[kabella]

I use to lay my brushes on a dish towel flat, sqeezed them from the base & they were just fine. Since then I have gotten 2 brush trees, one for larger brushes, the other for smaller.

[kabella]

On 6/13/2014 soonersis said:

On 6/13/2014 Andreatoo said:

I did just get a Beautylish email selling brush trees! According to the email brushes, after washing, should be hung up brush side down. Don't lay them down and don't hang them brush side up. If there is any validity to these tips I do not know....but I do see where the 'don't lay them down' makes some sense..

for the record I wipe my brushes with a tissue after each use; I wash much less often

I've heard from many reliable sources not to lay brushes flat or the brush side up as that can allow the water to get to where the glue is to hold the brush in the handle. That makes sense to me. I don't have anything special to hang my brushes on when I wash them. I just put the end of the handle on something so the brush is lower than the end of the handle.

What you can do is get 2 dish towels, lay one flat, with the other towel, roll the edges then lay the brushes slated down. If you don't have a large selection of brushes, that works well if you have concerns about laying them flat.

[soonersis]

Kabella, that's a great idea.

[viva923]

I use brushes daily.

I wash them using Bare Minerals brush wash. I have been using this for several years now.

I wash all my brushes I use every Saturday, set them on my kitchen window sill to dry overnight.

[Katcat1]

Baby shampoo or a gentle soap. Elf has a spray cleaner for in between washings. I believe it's $3. I wash my brushes every week or two.

[Jayjay]

Thanks everyone....appreciate all your suggestions and all the info given. I was drying my brushes with the brush up so now I will change that.

[Wackers3]

I think brush cleansers are great for quick clean-ups then every 1 to 2 weeks or so (depending on the makeup they are used for) a more thorough cleaning can be done. I always let my brushes air dry hanging over a ledge to that air circulates 360 degrees around them. They dry within 30 minutes or so here because the air is so dry, even my thick powder brushes. One advantage to living in a dry climate is that everything dries really fast - from self tanners and creams to clothing, m/u brushes, overall household cleaning (wet floors) and everything in-between.

I use Mac's cleanser more frequently and it's super easy. Just pour a little Mac into my palm, swish the brush and towel off - don't really need water with that type of cleanser.