Cleaning your makeup brushes thoroughly and frequently is essential if you hope to create perfect, flawless beauty looks and keep your skin clear and radiant.
The importance of cleansing your makeup brushes cannot be emphasised enough. Packed with left over product and impurities, a brush that has not been cleansed properly in an extended period of time can harbour bacteria which can negatively effect on your skin, leading to blemishes and imperfections.
Makeup artists and skin experts alike recommend that we should be cleaning our makeup brushes at least once a week in order to keep our skin clear and enhance the performance of our brushes.
Whether you’re new to cleaning your makeup brushes or need a few tips and tricks, we’ve compiled a step by step guide to help you keep your brushes thoroughly clean and in top condition.
How to clean makeup brushes: Step by step
Step 1: Wet your brushes
First of all, the first step in most cleaning routines, run your brushes under lukewarm water, facing the head of the brush downwards. This will loosen the dirt and impurities and preps your brushes for the next step.
Step 2: Pick a makeup brush cleaner
With many products now on the market specifically for cleaning brushes, there’s no need to resort to concoctions of dish soap and vinegar that you may have previously heard. ISOCLEAN offer a range of expertly formulated anti-bacterial brush cleansers that are easy to use and leave your brushes soft and clean.