I need to clean my brushes...Help.

Mar 3, 2013

Jody T.

I want to clean my brushes really bad how do I clean them and what cleaner is the best to clean them with?

Mar 3, 2013

Kimberly S.

You can find an antibacterial brush cleanser gel/soap pretty much anywhere brushes are sold. I got mine from sephora. You basically wet the brush, apply the gel/soap to the brush, swirl in your clean hand for a few seconds or a minute, then rinse and allow to dry. There are pretty cool YouTube videos to teach you better than I. I hear you can also use regular soap however I think the best is something antibacterial.

Mar 3, 2013

Ria G.

I use baby shampoo on all my mac brushes... I firstly rinse the brush with tapered water (don't wet the handles) and the put shampoo in my palm and lather into my brushes till you see no more makeup dirt then rinse and let dry... Simple

Mar 3, 2013

Melissa R.

Baby shampoo

Mar 3, 2013

Alli Rose G.

Shampoo and olive oil with wash and condition your brushes. You need an antibacterial cleaner. You can go to Target and Sonya Kashuk makes a cheap antibacterial spray.

Mar 3, 2013

Inge P.

I use brush cleansers but I heard a colleague mua using razor foam...

Mar 3, 2013

Megan M.

I just use my shampoo, wet the hairs and then swirl the brush around in the soap in your hand.

Mar 3, 2013

Nicole D.

I mix dawn dish soap and olive oil, and my brushes never had a problem with it :)

Mar 3, 2013

Jody T.

Thank you all so much. Now I can clean them:)

Mar 4, 2013

Amber H.

That's a good idea Stacy G.

Mar 7, 2013

Talia S.

Opinions on MAC brush cleaner? I bought a bottle because I heard it was really effective but am not so impressed... perhaps I am using it wrong...?

Mar 7, 2013

Antonio Z.

I am in love with this stuff (http://www.beautylish.com/be/parian-spirit) is just freaking awesome!
it takes care of any brushes that might be a bit dirty or extremely nasty, I even found it take care of all the stained brushes I had( Except for when I used my sugarpill love+ eyeshadow, because is crazy pigmented, it stained one or two brushes.)
anyway, if you want to deep clean them, I know Enkore from youtube has some soaps that help with that, or I make my own with some brush shmapoo I bought from crown brush and antibacterial soap(sometimes I add 99.00 % alcohol instead) and a very mild conditioner :-)

Mar 7, 2013

Sandy N.

Personally I would avoid overusing antibacterial soap. Regular soap is as effective and the excessive dependency on antibacterial products can allow for bacteria to grow resistances against them.