How often do you wash your brushes?

[AJL]

Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Never?

What do you clean them with?

[secretlyevil]

Daily brush spray: Half rubbing alcohol / half distilled water solution.

[shopmore]

I try to do it weekly. I wish I had one of those drying trees as it irks me when I let them dry on their sides.


To clean them I use the solid Beauty Blender cleanser.  I tried the olive oil thing, but it was more complicated.

[litebright]

It used to be never.   

A few things got me started washing them more regularly: 1) Starting to use BM foundation, which meant I had & used more brushes and 2) buying my first palette (N3) and not wanting all the colors to pile up on the brushes and mingle whenever I used them and 3) actually buying nicer brushes that I care about, lol. 

I try to do weekly, and often it's more like bi-weekly. I use baby shampoo. 

[sporky]

every two to three weeks with purity facial cleanser

[irishbride2]

Probably monthly.

Although this reminded me that we moved 7 weeks ago and I know I haven't' done it since we moved. Oops.

[bania]

Monthly...ish. I need to wash more regularly. I use Dr Bronners in Lavender.

[runaways]

Once every week to two weeks depending on my eyeshadowing for the week. I mix baby shampoo with a little water in a jar and swirl the brushes.

[shopmore]

Mar 31, 2015 20:38:54 GMT -5 bania said:

Monthly...ish. I need to wash more regularly. I use Dr Bronners in Lavender.

I bought that Dr. bronners and am waiting until my other one runs out.

[nsl]

I wash my powder brushes every week or two, but anything that touches a liquid or cream product gets washed immediately.

[bania]

Mar 31, 2015 21:03:50 GMT -5 shopmore said:

Mar 31, 2015 20:38:54 GMT -5 bania said:

Monthly...ish. I need to wash more regularly. I use Dr Bronners in Lavender.

I bought that Dr. bronners and am waiting until my other one runs out.

I wash my beauty blender with it daily and it smells so good when I use it on my face. The other brushes don't really smell like the soap when they dry.

[heyjude]

I think I have washed my brushes 4 times since MUT 1.

[cjeanette]

I wipe them with baby wipes after each use. Actual cleaning is maybe twice a year :/

[polarbearfans]

Fountain brush weekly or every few days, everything else maybe monthly?

[ESF]

Mar 31, 2015 21:16:21 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I think I have washed my brushes 4 times since MUT 1.

Yeah. I started out strong, washing often, maybe every week or two at the beginning. I was spraying my stippling brush. With alcohol and rinsing every few days when I was using it to apply foundation every day, but now I use my fingers for that, so it falls in the gross category now.

Then regular cleaning faded out.

I'm pretty sure I've washed my Sigma brushes once, well, the ones I got in October. I don't think I've washed the Christmas ones.

Is this gross? Probably. It is a pain. And they take forever to dry though, sometimes longer than a day.

[MauMau]

Twice a month. I use Dr Bronner's. But I bought the bar soap and cut it. Placed it in a short twist top jar. And then I can swirl the brush on top of the soap.

[heyjude]

Mar 31, 2015 22:23:07 GMT -5 ESF said:

Mar 31, 2015 21:16:21 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I think I have washed my brushes 4 times since MUT 1.

Yeah. I started out strong, washing often, maybe every week or two at the beginning. I was spraying my stippling brush. With alcohol and rinsing every few days when I was using it to apply foundation every day, but now I use my fingers for that, so it falls in the gross category now.

Then regular cleaning faded out.

I'm pretty sure I've washed my Sigma brushes once, well, the ones I got in October. I don't think I've washed the Christmas ones.

Is this gross? Probably. It is a pain. And they take forever to dry though, sometimes longer than a day.

Pre MUT I maybe washed my brushes once a year? Maybe less. So post MUT me is actually doing better. Ha. Hey I even bought a brush cleaner and everything.

I actually washed mine today. They were pretty grody.

[PandaPear]

Not as much as I should. I use the ELF brush wash, but it isn't very good.

[ESF]

Mar 31, 2015 23:29:15 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Mar 31, 2015 22:23:07 GMT -5 ESF said:

Yeah. I started out strong, washing often, maybe every week or two at the beginning. I was spraying my stippling brush. With alcohol and rinsing every few days when I was using it to apply foundation every day, but now I use my fingers for that, so it falls in the gross category now.

Then regular cleaning faded out.

I'm pretty sure I've washed my Sigma brushes once, well, the ones I got in October. I don't think I've washed the Christmas ones.

Is this gross? Probably. It is a pain. And they take forever to dry though, sometimes longer than a day.

Pre MUT I maybe washed my brushes once a year? Maybe less. So post MUT me is actually doing better. Ha. Hey I even bought a brush cleaner and everything.

I actually washed mine today. They were pretty grody.

I didn't have brushes to wash pre-MUT. I used either my fingers or the things that came with the junk from CVS that I was buying.

[IIOY]

Probably once every two weeks, although since I work with a lot of bright/dark colors on my eyes, I wind up washing my blending brushes more often just because they get dirty so quickly.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I wash my foundation brush daily, but the others... almost never. I was using the elf brush spray, but it smells awful. I need to more often, because the amount of gunk that comes out of them when I do get around to washing is appalling.

[Bernadine]

Definitely not often enough, and I just use my hand soap.

[kittycatlove]

It depends on the brush. Most of my eye brushes I'll wash every two weeks. Foundation and concealer every week. Powder and blush, probably not often enough.

I use a Neutrogena face wash.

[zoomzoom]

I have Sephora's daily spray and their monthly wash. I don't use the daily spray but maybe once a week. I do try to wash all brushes at least once every couple of months. I like both products.

[rageragerage]

I wash my eyeliner and foundation brushes daily after I use them with either Bare Minerals brush cleaner, or the hand soap I have on the counter. The powder brushes are more like once a month.

[mdgirl]

The only brush I use every day is a short angled brush on my brows (I apply everything else with my fingers), so I really only use brushes when I'm going out. Since it's not too often I wash them after every use. I use Dr. Bronners, but I got the Beauty Blender bar soap when it was a point perk at Sephora and I've been using that lately. I put it in an old cap of a moisturizer jar, which makes it a lot easier to use. On trips I've used face cleanser wipes.

[sitnspin]

I am gross and will admit....maybe once every 3 months or so.    I wash them with my makeup remover and some hand soap.  Probably also a big no-no.

[stephm0188]

Typically after each use. I use BB Solid cleanser.

[polarbearfans]

Apr 3, 2015 19:23:40 GMT -5 peachy said:

Maybe every other month. I can't really tell a difference honestly.

Really? Clean brushes are the best feeling in the world

[grace]

Pretty often- every week or every other week. I use the Beauty Blender solid cleaner for my blender, but I usually just use my face wash for my other brushes because it's cheaper.

I got this brush egg from Amazon for $5 and it's a life changer for me. It makes it super easy and fast.