Cleaning your Makeup Brushes- Makeup Artist or not

Cleaning your Makeup Brushes- Makeup Artist or not

This post is all about the process of what I do to get my Makeup Brushes clean. Hygiene is absolutely essential for makeup artists but it is important that everybody cleans their brushes from time to time as a lot can travel through makeup. I will be explaining two processes in which everybody can use!

IPA (isopropyl alcohol)

IPA is a great brush cleaner especially for makeup artists, it is 99% alcohol and cleans cross contamination easily. Makeup artists mainly use this between clients as its easy and dries the brush quickly too which is helpful for in-between clients. You can buy this off Amazon for between £7-£10 for a 500ml bottle, I bought a smaller spray bottle with mine as it makes it a lot easier when carrying it around. Overall I would say this product is perfect for Makeup Artists but not essential for anybody not needing it for this purpose, unless you want a quick way of cleaning your brushes and want to make sure they are completely bacteria free!

Baby Shampoo

A cheap alternative is using baby shampoo on your brushes, I do this once a week to ensure all makeup is removed from my brushes and to keep my brushes in good condition. All you need to do is run hot water in your sink and scrub the head of your brushes with baby shampoo and then rinse, do not soak your brushes in the bowl of water as if any of your brushes have wooden handles it can make them more prone to cracking and also the head of the brush may slowly start to come away from the handle (depending on the quality). After this I leave my brushes on my window sill to dry overnight and they are clean by morning! This is more convenient for people just needing to clean their brushes now and again but can be more time consuming.

I hope this post gave you a good idea of how to clean your makeup brushes and how often to do them, just remember not cleaning your makeup brushes can be very dangerous as it can clog your pores from the bacteria and dirt on the makeup brushes, encourage cross contamination and your makeup will definitely not go on as smoothly due to the build up of makeup already on your brush. Either process or both processes will do the job, just pick which is more convenient for you!

Jae x