I’ll level with you; until a few months ago I hardly ever
cleaned my make-up brushes. Okay never, I never cleaned them. As a bid to be
good and encourage myself to look after my brushes I bought myself the Real
Techniques Core Collection. They are an absolute game changer and I’m still
obsessed with them months on. AND I’ve even been keeping up with cleaning them.
Usually. Especially as I now know why you actually do need to clean them.
Brushes collect make-up, oils, bacteria, dead skin cells
(yeah gross) so quickly. This bacteria can spread to other brushes it’s in
contact with and before you know it you have a massive breakout on your hands –
urm – face. In some respects not cleaning your brushes is worse than not
washing your face. You clean your face and then cover it with bacteria again.
Obviously you don’t need to wash your brushes daily, your face can take a bit
of days-old foundation. Some say you can go for a month without cleaning them,
others say every week is necessary. I guess it depends how often you use said
brushes but I try to wash them every week or two. This also improves their
performance – is there any greater feeling than using freshly washed make up
brushes? Yes, okay point taken. And your brushes will last much longer if you
look after them, there’s no reason they can’t last years.
So there you have it. Looking after your make up brushes is
all part of looking after your skin and getting the best out of them. If you
fancy a post on how I clean my brushes then comment/save/g+1 (does anyone even
know what that means?) this post!
H XX
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