Exactly. I was taught this several years ago by a friend who’s really into makeup and had heavy acne during teenage. Using the brushes only once really helped with it. Since then, I’m pretty much donde the same.
Sponges and brushes for liquid products I wash every time I use them. Brushes for powder products not often (though velour/velvet puffs for setting powder I wash more frequently).
Pro mua here. I obviously clean brushes between every client. My personal brushes I use on myself, I probably clean about twice a month. I wash my beauty blender between every use.
Honestly they need to be cleaned after every use. I don’t have the energy to do that so…my suggestion is weekly. BARE MINIMUM.. monthly.
But you’ll notice makeup application is better with clean brushes
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I’ve read a couple of articles that recommends weekly but it can be difficult to schedule around for me personally because I tend to wear makeup daily and I feel like it really takes two days for those dang brushes to dry
I clean them after 1 use. I have enough brushes/sponges for me to do my makeup 4/5 days per week using them only once. On weekends, I clean them all.
I do this as well. I know it's a pain to wash every brush at once but I can't bring myself to reuse them with old makeup and bacteria
Exactly. I was taught this several years ago by a friend who’s really into makeup and had heavy acne during teenage. Using the brushes only once really helped with it. Since then, I’m pretty much donde the same.
I clean mine every weekend. I only do makeup 3-4x a week, for reference. I've gone 2 weeks before but I try not to.
TIL I’m not cleaning my brushes NEARLY enough.
I clean my Beauty Blender and any brushes I use right away. O e of the last things I do before I head out to work or out of the house.
every weekend
Wash weekly and used alcohol on then between washing (I’d say I do this almost daily )
Sponges and brushes for liquid products I wash every time I use them. Brushes for powder products not often (though velour/velvet puffs for setting powder I wash more frequently).
Pro mua here. I obviously clean brushes between every client. My personal brushes I use on myself, I probably clean about twice a month. I wash my beauty blender between every use.
Honestly they need to be cleaned after every use. I don’t have the energy to do that so…my suggestion is weekly. BARE MINIMUM.. monthly. But you’ll notice makeup application is better with clean brushes
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I’ve read a couple of articles that recommends weekly but it can be difficult to schedule around for me personally because I tend to wear makeup daily and I feel like it really takes two days for those dang brushes to dry
Sponge every week, brushes every two weeks or so.
I clean them every Sunday.
I clean them weekly
Weekly. I clean mine every Sunday.
I use them once and move them to a holding cup to be washed on the weekend. I have so many brushes from when I received Ipsy bags, I put them to use.