When and how to properly clean your makeup brushes?
Cleaning your makeup brushes is often a step that we neglect. However, it is essential and ensures that you get the most out of your makeup.
Cleaning your makeup brushes is not necessarily a habit that everyone has. Nevertheless, this step remains essential for the health of your skin. But how often should you clean your makeup accessories? And how do you go about it? Discover our best tips for properly maintaining your beauty tools.
Why is it important to clean your makeup brushes regularly?
Washing your brushes regularly is a makeup step that should not be neglected.
Maintaining the hygiene of your skin
If you neglect to clean your brushes, bacteria may develop in the fibers of your accessories. These bacteria will then settle on your skin with each new application of makeup. This can eventually cause allergies or irritations. To avoid all these inconveniences, it is therefore essential to clean your brushes properly.
Obtain a precise and clean result
By neglecting to clean your beauty accessories, you risk getting a less satisfactory result when applying your makeup. The shades risk mixing and unsightly traces can tarnish the uniformity of your complexion. Using clean brushes is therefore essential to achieve precise and harmonious makeup. Even if it is often forgotten, the brush of your eyebrow mascara must also be cleaned regularly to avoid clumps and to facilitate the application of your makeup.
How often should you wash your makeup accessories?
Washing your accessories is essential, but the frequency varies depending on how you use your brushes.
Eye Makeup Brushes
This type of brush must be particularly clean, because they can easily come into contact with the mucous membrane of the eyes. They must therefore be cleaned regularly. Almost systematically for eyeliner brushes and at least once every two weeks for eyeshadow brushes.
Of course, if you need to reuse the same brush for a different shade, you will need to wash the brush after each use, otherwise you risk dirtying your palette and mixing the colors.
Accessories for applying powder or foundation
The brushes you use to apply your foundation must be clean. Otherwise, you risk applying germs and other impurities to the surface of your skin, which will cause more or less unpleasant skin problems. The ideal is to wash your foundation brushes at least once a week.
When to change makeup utensils?
Finally, even if you wash your brushes often, it can be difficult to get them completely clean. That's why experts recommend changing your eyebrow and eye makeup brushes and other tools at least once a year, or more frequently if your brushes are dirty or their fibers start to lose their shape.
How to properly clean your makeup brushes?
Here are our tips for properly cleaning your makeup brushes.
Special cleaners for makeup brushes
In stores, it is possible to find brush cleaners for a quick and effective result. This can come in the form of a spray or a liquid in which the brushes must be left to sit for a few minutes.
Please note, however, that this type of cleaning does not usually clean your brushes thoroughly, so it is important to plan for a more thorough cleaning using soap and warm water.
Marseille soap
Marseille soap can be a great way to clean your makeup brushes. This technique allows for a complete cleaning of the fibers and eliminates all makeup residue and bacteria that may have lodged in your brush.
The essential steps for cleaning your makeup brushes
Here are the main steps to follow to wash your makeup accessories with soap for a deep clean:
- Dampen your brushes.
- Gently rub the fibers of your brushes directly on the surface of the soap. Use your fingers to work up a lather so that the soap can clean all of the fibers of your brushes. You can do the same thing if you want to clean a beauty blender or a foundation sponge.
- Then rinse with clean water. The result will be more effective if you use lukewarm water.
- Finally, let your brushes air dry. Preferably, let them dry on a flat surface so the fibers maintain a straight shape.
Just like makeup brushes, your tweezers should be cleaned and disinfected regularly to prevent any pimples or ingrown hairs. To do this, simply wipe your tweezers with a cloth soaked in rubbing alcohol.
