5 Incentives To Wash Your Makeup Brushes

Prevent Acne & Breakouts

Every time you use your makeup brushes, you're picking up all the dirt that's previously been on your face. Oil, dead skin cells, dust, you name it, it's been on your face and it all gets transferred to your brushes. Combined, it makes for the ultimate concoction of bacteria that can cause Acne and break outs, often due to blocked pores. If you've suddenly discovered more facial spots than usual, perhaps take a moment to think about the state of your makeup brushes and the impact it could be having on your skin.

Improved Colour Application

Believe it or not, but dirty brushes can have an effect on colour application. Having old makeup caked on brushes can have an impact on the precision of your makeup application, as well as picking up the right colours. If you've got eye shadow brushes caked in shades from your creation of a smoky eye on Saturday night, then come Monday, you want a natural look for work, have fun using that same brush for lighter colours and blending them as well.

Not only this, but you can end up transferring colours from palette to palette or pan to pan. For example, you could apply a dark brown from a palette using one brush, and with the same brush want a lighter shade, then you could contaminate that lighter shade with the dark one you applied previously. So you're not only looking after your brushes and colour pay off, but your makeup products as well. 

Ensure Brushes Stay Soft

Dirty brushes can be quite abrasive to our facial skin, which is often more sensitive than the skin that covers the rest of our bodies. They can dry up and become clogged with old makeup, making them crusty and powdery. This can quite easily irritate your skin. Giving your brushes a regular clean can help prevent this, keeping the brushes soft and flexible, mitigating the negative impact it can have on your face.

Avoid Germs

Dirty brushes are a breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria. Imagine taking all of those germs and wiping them all over your face? It can be detrimental to the health of your skin. Not only are the germs going on your face, you're also smearing them into the products themselves. Have a dirty blusher brush? You're putting the dirt back onto your face and then back into the blush you're applying. Gross right?

Elongate the Lifespan of your Brushes

Every time you clean your brushes, you're preserving them. The more you clean them, the longer your brushes will last. Just keep in mind that this can depend on the quality of your brushes and the glue that's used to hold the bristles together.

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How often do you clean your brushes? Have you ever? What technique do you use? Makeup brushes are important so lets take care of them! I hope you enjoyed and I will see you again really soon!

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