Spring Cleaning: Brushes

Ladies!

It's time to spring clean your brushes! Yep, brushes! Now your probably thinking why the hell would I do that? Well here's a few reasons... 

*With lots of build up your brushes become scratchy, and will pick up less product

*Inside your innocent and clean looking brush that never gets a good cleaning (ew by the way) is dirt, debris, dead skin, oil, bacteria... Yummy right?? 

*All of the yumminess mentioned above means one thing for your skin: breakouts! (Don't say I didn't warn you!) 

This may seem like a harsh reality check but friends... Seriously not washing your brushes is like using the same cloth every single day to wash your dishes and counters... Would you eat food off of your counter then? Didn't think so... 

Think of the disgusting possibilities there... Is washing your brushes sounding more appealing now?? Let's get to it! 

Now that you know WHY to wash them you can go about it a few different ways... But you need to know a few tips before you start: 

*Never get the whole handle of your brush wet... You don't want the glue to melt between the bristles and handle

*Always be gentle with your brushes!! Swish them side to side don't scrub the junk out of them or consider them garbage. Brushes are an investment and when they are taken cAre of they can last years! 

*Reshape them and lay them flat to dry so the water doesn't drip into the handle causing the hair or brush to become loose! 

Now you can use a spray... Usually these have alcohol in them and are good to use day to day...but IT DOES NOT COUNT AS A DEEP CLEAN! 

You can use your regular face wash , or baby shampoo!

Or you can use a professional deep cleaning solution ( pictured below... This is really easy and costs less than $10... At Sally's Beauty Supply, No excuses!!!) just add a bit of this to water and swish the brushes around. 

Or for you natural kids out there you can use hot water and vinegar and you are good! 

Enjoy the cleanliness ladies! And btw you should be deep cleaning at least every two weeks, and spot cleaning in between... Otherwise you are now aware of what could happen😊

Xoxo