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Okay, so you want to clean your brushes. There's a couple of different ways. I'm going to first
use a professional brush cleaner. The benefit to the professional brush cleaner is that
it dries quickly so if you want your brushes to dry quicker like in between classes or
in between usages then it's the way to go. It comes in a spray so that you can spray
your bigger brushes and then simply just wipe them. Now I don't like to use the spray out
of this spray bottle. So I poor mine into another container because really all you have
to do is dip the brush in there, wipe it off and it's perfectly clean. It's as simple as
that. And you wipe off all of the makeup on there and you leave it to dry and you can
see there's no makeup on there, no makeup on there. That's all there is to it. Just
dip and wipe, dip and wipe, dip and wipe and you'll just let them dry. There's other brands
out there. My preferable is the Japonesque brush cleaner as far as professional bush
cleaners. Be careful because some of your professional brush cleaners can have too much
alcohol in them and I prefer to have less alcohol. I'm going to show you how to shampoo
the bigger brushes 'cause that's my preferable way to clean them. So when you're cleaning
bigger brushes with your blender cleanser, you can use shampoo and conditioner. A light
shampoo first and then conditioner. But when you're cleaning them with water or shampooing
them, remember you want the water to run down the brush. You do not want to do it like this
'cause then the water will go up to where the glue is. You want to make sure and get
it plenty wet. Take a little blender cleanser, and it could be shampoo, a gentle shampoo
and conditioner and you're just going to work it into it. And you're going to see the blender
cleanser start to turn colors. That means you're getting all that product out of there.
And then simply rinse it down to rinse out the blender cleanser. And you can see all
that color coming out. And don't be afraid if you think you need to do it twice, you
can do it again. Now it's important when you're done to really squeeze out that water to get
rid of it. Sometimes I'll squeeze it out and then redo it and then squeeze it out. And
you're going to lay it flat to dry. Okay, let's just do another one really quickly,
another shape. Remember getting it wet running the water down the brush. Putting a little
cleanser, working that cleanser into the brush. You'll see the cleanser starting to turn colors.
And then you're going to work it, rinsing it out of your hands. Squeeze it, I'll rinse
a little bit more. Rinsing it doing that same motion. Squeeze it. The tighter you squeeze
it the better it's going to dry 'cause then it will dry in it's natural shape. And then
you simply lay it to dry. It's really important to squeeze them tight to get them in their
right shape as they lay to dry. Tighter that you squeeze them together, the more tightly
the bristles will dry together. How often should you clean them? Your big fluffy brushes
like powder, cheek, mineral powder foundation all those should be cleansed please, once
a week. I'll settle for twice a month. Worst case scenario, once a month. Your eye brushes,
as long as you don't cross contaminate depth level, you have a highlight brush always,
a midtone brush always, a contour brush always, you could get away with twice a week or once
a week. Please twice. I would prefer after each use but you know it's up to you.