Cleaning Meh Brushes

There comes a time in make up people's lives when...

THE BRUSHES MUST BE CLEANED 

(and other items)

and that's what I did today.

Get some alcohol

 this kind not the drinking kind although if you wanna drink and clean brushes I don't see why not

 I got baby shampoo because its gentle and it cleans. I forgot about Dr. Bronner's for a brief moment and went with this stuff.

This is a bowl for water.

 See the water and soap bubbles?

I let the brushes soak in the water for a few minutes and then rinsed them, but decided that wasn't the best way to go as rinsing them used a lot of water. 

Look at all the make up that came off the brushes! 

I put some soap in my hand dabbed each brush through the soap as if it were make up I was about to use. I gently lathered the brushes in an effort to NOT lose bristles. Then I rinsed them under a small trickle of water until the water was clear. 

After the cleansing it was time to disinfect them and that's where the alcohol came in.

30 second dips in the alcohol. I mixed in a little bit of water.

Squeeze excess off by squishing brush against the glass

wipe dry on paper towel

 Sometimes more make up would come off into the alcohol so I would change it. It kind of made me question my cleaning method. This happened with the brushes I used more often. Maybe next time I'll wash them twice.

These tools were interesting to clean 

 wasn't sure how to do that

I ended up dipping the brushes in the alcohol and the sponge was soaked in a water/alcohol mix.

you can't see the alcohol but its there.

I practically squished it to death to make sure the alcohol soaked all the way through. I also had to rinse it thoroughly to make sure the alcohol wasn't in it when the sponge dried. I've seen people clean brushes but haven't seen them clean sponges so I was worried about ruining it. It looks perfectly fine though.

 I also disinfected the brush covers

 They had more of a wading pool experience.

I rinsed them out with water one last time and then lay them out to dry.

Cleaning brushes is important because it takes off all make up that will build up on and hinder the performance of the brushes. It keeps germs from spreading from face to face. It minimizes facial oil and bacteria from getting into the make up-which should also be sprayed with alcohol; A LIGHT SPRITZ-I didn't get around to that today. If you don't clean the brushes the germs will just continue to multiply happily on the bristles.