How to Clean Your Makeup Brushes

Happy Fresh Faced Friday!

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Ahhh yay! Okay moving on...

With our newly written post finally out and circulating on my DIY Makeup Removing Wipes (which my skin felt seriously amazing when I woke up this morning), it seemed only reasonable that we take this whole sanitary and keeping our skin happy to the next level. Yes, we clean and scrub and exfoliate our luscious epidermis on the reg, but how many of us take the time to make sure we're taking care of our skin BEFORE we lather on all of that makeup?? It all starts with those makeup brushes, friends! I undoubtedly am one of the makeup lovers in the world that sadly does this less often than necessary - I'm pretty sure I have a gnome living in my blush brush. So let's take a day together to clean all of those little babies, shall we?! Time to gather up those necessities!

I used:
- 2 Pumps Blue Dawn Dish Soap
- 1/2 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 Cup Warmest Water
- 1 Bowl for Cold Water
- 1 Towel for Drying

First thing's first, take a bowl, or in my case a Mason Jar and add the blue dawn. I personally like the mason jar because the high edges make for less mess and spills.

Now add your ACV and hottest water your tap will give you. You can mix these together before you begin if you wish, but I didn't even bother since it would take care of itself as soon as I started cleaning the first brush.

Take all of those nasty, haven't-been-cleaned-in-ages, why-am-I-still-putting-this-on-my-face brushes, grab your first one, and begin swirling those beauties into your cleaning concoction.

Yuck! Step 2... Take your bowl/jar/cup/glass/whatever you used to put your colder water in, and swirl swirl swirl to enter in our first round of rinsing.

After you have finished making your water twister, now it's time to complete the rinse! Easy peasy, take your recently makeup-laden brushes that are now sparkly and new, and run cool water through them to get off any remaining residue.

So much better! When you're all finished, your water concoction probably looks more like chocolate milk... and to think you've been using that on your face! If you have a lot of brushes, I suggest switching out your water and bowls halfway through.

Almost there! GENTLY squeeze off the excess water. Fluff the heads of each of your brushes out. Lay them out to dry on your nifty towel! Bam!! You now have beautiful brushes that are clean and ready to be used... and your skin will surely thank you!