Today we have to discus about cleaning your brushes and sponges!

We all know that out brushes get dirty really quick, but do you know why is important to clean them?

The importance of cleaning your brushes:

You will have a clean makeup as well: Having dirty brushes will make your makeup look muddy. Ex.: Imagine you have some black on your brush and you want to put some brown on your eyes.. well it will not look good honey!

You will preserve your brushes more: If you leave products in your brushes, this will only damage the natural hair in it and break.Imagine your brushes is your hair… you need to keep it clean so they remain intact and heathy. Your foundation can dry into your bristles and make them hard and eventually break.

Bacteria: Cleaning your brushes will get rid of the bacteria in it. This bacteria can come from the air, cause they were exposed to an open space or from your products. the bacteria can self develop into the bristles.

Acne: If you have acne prone skin, using the same brush over and over again without cleaning it, will only spread out your acne!

How to wash your brushes:

1. Buy a special detergent from your drugstore, that is made for cleaning your brushes. Harsh detergents will dry out the bristles and make them more stiff. Imagine you are taking care of your hair, you do not want cheap shampoo in your hair that will make it fall. You can also use “johnson’s baby shampoo“. I find “johnson’s baby” to be perfect cause it cleans so good and it is very gentle and a little hydrating to.



2. Pur a tiny amount in your hand, wet the brush and start cleaning it into your palm doing gentle circular motions.Do this until the foam that you create become clear.



3. Rinse very well everything off your brushes. Be sure you are left with no detergent in your bristles!

4. Moisture: Take a leave in conditioner (spray) and spray a tiny bit on them from a distance. I know it sounds weird, but it does help!

5. Dry them in a vertical position, with the bristles facing down! Why? Cause the excess water has to fall of the brushes, otherwise it will damage the glue and your brushes will have fallout.



This is everything you need to know about deep cleaning your brushes. I would say do this every 2 weeks, or depending on how much makeup you use, if you consider you need to do it once a week. This is ofcorse in case you use these brushes on yourself; If you use them on someone else be sure they are clean before and after you apply the makeup on someone else.



Quick cleaning: If you are in a rush, or you want to be sure you just disinfected them a little bit before applying makeup, there a a lot of spray, with alcohol that will disinfect the brushes.

Spray a little on the brush and then on a cloth, do circular motion. This will remove the extra product and bacteria.

These kind of sprays can be used to spray on your eyeshadow pallet so you can kill the bacteria that may live on your eyeshadows.

This is a step that every makeup artist does, so he can have clean brushes and pallets all the time. After every client, he/she sprays some product on the brushes and pallets.

I hope you enjoyed this post, and that you learned something today! If you have questions, please leave them in the comments bellow!

Stay beautiful,

George