{"id":1139,"date":"2019-09-16T14:36:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T14:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2020-07-29T16:40:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T16:40:55","slug":"1796971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/makeup\/1796971","title":{"rendered":"Washing Makeup Brushes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"612\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.2.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.2-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Washing my makeup brushes is one of those chores I dread, like getting ready for school on a Sunday night \u2013 I have quite a few makeup brushes so it always seems to take forever, especially if boyfriend isn\u2019t around to help (step one: rope in your poor boyfriend\/flatmate to help). I\u2019m fond of really dense buffing brushes too, and they\u2019re an absolute killer to clean, but I have a speedy routine in place that I\u2019ve been doing for years so I guess I can\u2019t really complain\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve tried quite a lot of options for deep cleaning my brushes, which I try to do as often as possible \u2013 usually after every second use for most of my everyday brushes \u2013 but I always come back to the old favourite, Simple soap. As it\u2019s quite delicate, it doesn\u2019t ruin makeup brushes \u2013 I know this as my makeup brushes are still in new condition after years of use and regular washings. I tend to turn the tap on to warm, never hot as this apparently melts the glue, and then wet my brush and bar of soap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"612\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.3.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.3-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, I really rub the bristles in the bar \u2013 this helps to really deep clean the brushes. The Sigma brushes are notoriously hard to clean, but they\u2019re my favourites for applying makeup so I need to clean them all the time, and this method gets right in there! I just lather them up with lots of soap and rinse \u2013 if the white at the top of the bristles comes away clean and white, I keep rinsing and massaging water in to the bristles to flush out the soap. If not, I lather the brush up in the soap again, concentrating on any tell-tale orange areas until we\u2019re good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once I think I\u2019ve rinsed the brush enough, I give it a good squeeze to see if any soap is going to come out. I kind of stick my finger in the bristles a little to see if they feel soapy, and if not I just grab a clean towel and gently dry the brush. I try not to turn the brush up at any point during the washing and drying process, so no water runs in to the handle and ruins the brush. I then reshape the brush and lay it down on another clean towel to dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"612\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.4.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WASHING-MAKEUP-BRUSHES.4-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the eyeshadow and lip brushes etc. I don\u2019t spend as much time doing this as they\u2019re so much easier to clean than those damn Sigma brushes, but I still do the same method. It sounds like it would take ages, but it takes just minutes once you get the hang of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My brushes are always super fluffy and have lasted me years and years, so I know it\u2019s a great method and I find that the soap doesn\u2019t break me out \u2013 I know it sounds weird, but I\u2019m sure when I\u2019ve tried other soaps in the past, the perfume has lingered and caused my skin to react, so I\u2019ll be sticking to the bars of Simple soap! Plus you can stockpile packs of four in Savers for a quid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have you tried a similar technique?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washing my makeup brushes is one of those chores I dread, like getting ready for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}