How I clean my makeup Brushes

Good Afternoon internet, Recently I decided that it was finally time that I cleaned some of my makeup brushes. A task that I had been putting off for a while. So for today's post I thought that I would share with you how I did it. I hope you enjoy reading this blog post.

The above pictures show my brushes before I washed them, as you can see there is more product on some brushes than others. I found that the brushes that had concealer and foundation on them were the hardest to clean, they also still had a bit of product on them after. However the brushes with non liquid makeup on them cleaned very well and I am happy with how they turned out.

To clean the brushes I used a small amount of soap. You could use, shampoo, shower gel, or hand soap. You can also get products designed specifically to clean makeup brushes. I don't have a special product so I just used shower gel. 

Firstly, I got the palm of my left hand wet and gently swirled the brush around on it. I then got a small amount of shower gel and again gently swirled the brush around. You should see the makeup coming off the brush by the colour on your hand. After doing this I put the cold water tap on to a very small amount and again swirled it around rinsing all the product away.

If you are washing a brush that has a lot of product on it (e.g foundation), then you could repeat this until you are satisfied that all the product has gone. Once I was happy that a brush was clean I would make sure that it was in it's shape as normal and place it on a table edge as shown in the picture below. 

This was how they looked after being cleaned, I also had no problems with anything breaking or coming off the brush due to the water/soap. I know that this may not be the perfect method but this is what I have been doing to clean my makeup brushes. If you have any tips please do share them below as they would be most appreciated.

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