MAC Brush Cleanser
Love this!
This stuff is great it cleanses fast and dries fast. I don't use it to soak my brushes, instead it's a quick cleaner for in between deep cleanings (using special soap and water). I can see how this would be super expensive to use as a deep cleaner, you could even go through a half a bottle cleaning all your brushes using it that way! Personally wouldn't recommend doing it that way but to each their own.
This thing needs a pump though, I don't really know why MAC wouldn't do that in the first place. I used a pump from a previous brush cleanser and twisted it onto my MAC bottle so I now use it as a spray which makes things easier. You could also buy a spray bottle from Sally's etc and pour this in their to make your own spray cleanser as well.
It is pricey ($15 a bottle I think) I have PRO discount which brings it too $7 something but one benefit is that the bottles are BACK2MAC approved so don't throw them away!
Best stuff ever
Ive been using this for a good while and it last me longer then most. Ladies a helpful hint.. Dilute it with water with a ratio of 1:1. I bought some small travel spray bottles from Walmart and I placed the mixed solution in the bottles and I spray my brushes with a few pumps. Works very well and helps dry a lot faster instead of soaking ur brushes in the solution.
Only brush cleaner I will ever use!
Cleans brushes really nice, AND the brushes don't take forever to dry! (Which is great for makeup artists on location!) The only thing I will say against this is..Whenever I set this down after I've used it, it will leak from under the cap. I've had multiple bottles do this, and it's just kinda annoying. (Like someone else said, a pump would indeed make this easier. You could just get a bottle with a pump and pour this into that and BAM, problem solved.)
Needs a pump!
Its a great cleaner for a quick clean! however the bottle does drip a lot and it causes a bigger mess along with wasting the product. The bottle does say to wet the brushes prior to cleaning which if you have time it does help cleaning them thoroughly. But if I need them right there on the spot i put some in a bathroom cup...and dip the brush in then swirl the brushes on a makeup pad (mine are cotton I believe)
At first i hated this, because the instructions said you had to wet brushes before using this and the website it said it was a quick drying process... which it wasn'tand i needed it as a quick clean in and out of customers. But then i just started putting it on a cotton pad and cleaning my dry brushes and it still worked just as good. So now i approve of it! but i do have quite a large amount of brushes and i've went through 3 of these through probably a month so it's not really pocket friendly...
It needs a spray nozzle!
It's not a bad brush cleaner for spot jobs. However, I don't like the flip top; I wish it came with a spray nozzle instead. (I lucked out because the spray nozzle that came with my old brush cleaner fit the MAC bottle perfectly so was able to swap them out. That said, I shouldn't have to do that!)
i like this brush cleaner but i dont think its the best bottle for it! alot of it spills dwn the sides of the bottle when pouring it out and i think most of the product is lost because of this.
Not my favorite brush cleanser.
I like this cleanser, but it's not the best. I wish it had a pump or spray nozzle -- I feel like a lot of product gets wasted. It doesn't leave any residue if rinsed properly, but I've had just as much ease using dish soap and olive oil (given I don't get carried away with the oil). Since I have it, I'll use it but I don't think I'll be going to the MAC counter specifically for it.
It's great, the price isn't
Truth is, I would rather spend my money on actual MAC cosmetics than the brush cleaner! They have these available everywhere, and most are a lot cheaper than this one! To me, all brush cleaners work the same! You can even make your own and be able to spend your money on something else!
Wasn't Impressed
I bought this because I didn't know what else to buy and I had seen videos where other girls used this cleanser. I wasn't happy with this, especially with the price. My bottle leaked no matter what I did. As for the cleaning power it was ok but I found cheaper brush cleaners that do the same job. I did not repurchase this and I don't think I ever will.
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