How to get perfectly clean makeup brushes!

One of the most crucial and important chores to do as often as possible is cleaning those makeup brushes! 

One of the horrible things about brushes is that they accumulate so many horrible things after several uses. Dust, bacteria, oil, dead skin cells and old makeup are the nasty things you DO NOT want to spread all over your face.

Ugh just visualising that makes me recoil.

So here is how to clean them!

1) Take a bowl and pour in a good amount of antibacterial washing soap, the stuff you use for washing dishes in your sink. This will get rid of all of the nasty stuff mentioned above as it is a disinfectant.
2) Add in the bowl extra virgin olive oil, about half the amount of the soap you used. This is important as the oil moisturises the hairs and prevents them from being dry and brittle which happens if you only use soap.
3) Mix them together.
4) Dip your dirty brush in the mixture and rub in the palm of your hand in circular motions and sweeping motions to work the soap and oil into the brush. Yes it will look horrible but that means it is working!
5) Once you have done all your brushes wash out all the soap and oil from the brushes under WARM water. Don't use hot water as it will damage the brush hairs. 
6) Place on a paper towel (kitchen roll) and pat off the excess moisture being very gentle.
7) Place breathable brush guards on the brushes.
8) Place upside down in a glass making sure the brush is not squashed on the bottom as we want them to dry in shape. It is SO important that they are upside down (with the brush head facing downwards) otherwise the water will run into the handle loosening the glue that holds the hairs together and swelling the handle.
9) Leave until dry. Moisture will accumulate in the bottom of the glass and shouldn't touch the brush itself.
If you don't have brush guards then don't worry, just place the brushes on a long piece of tape and stick to a wall that you don't mind potentially being damaged (tape can be very mean) and hang them upside down. This has the same effect for frying them out.    

Make sure you wash your brushes regularly to avoid spot breakouts and rashes and things like that. 

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-Tasha