Today’s post is inspired by one I saw on laurenconrad.comwhen I needed to clean my makeup brushes was sure how. There are WAY over 645k pages out there on the internet about how to clean your brushes, but as a beauty beginner I’d feel pretty weird if I didn’t share how I first cleaned my brushes, especially as I view this blog as my “understanding beauty and hair” journey. I was very surprised by my results, and I think you might be too when you read on and see some of the pictures.
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| you can’t really see it so well, but the tips of my brushes are brown |
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| looks like I’ve finally found a use for shampoo |
First thing’s first, you want to make sure you’ve wet your brushes. When I first run my brushes under the tap, I didn’t see any running makeup…
…it wasn’t until I added the shampoo that I got the shock of my life. I put a small bit of shampoo in the palm of my hand and basically just swirled the brushes around in the shampoo, massaging the soft bristles.
I then rinsed some of the shampoo out before repeating the step again and allowing the shampoo to lather.
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| this makes me think I wear too much makeup… thoughts? |
Once the brushes were completely covered in bubbles, I rinsed them thoroughly and admired (totally surprised) just how clean and new my brushes looked.
Then, me being me, I decided to repeat the shampoo step twice more just to make sure all the makeup had been properly removed from my brushes.
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| finally clean again |
When I was satisfied with my brushes, I rolled them up in a towel…
…and left them out to dry.
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| wooooooo look at how clean and brand new they look |
So there you have it, just look at how clean my brushes are. To be completely honest, I’d forgotten the original colour of my brushes so I was more than pleased to see what they were like when I first bought them. Make sure you check out how Team LC recommends cleaning your brushes, and let me know if you used my method.
alice
xo
