Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner. A simple, natural, and affordable makeup brush cleaner! This brush cleaner can be used daily or weekly to clean makeup brushes and break the cycle of bacteria and breakouts.

Confession: I've been making a large beauty fault and didn't even know it.

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner. A simple, natural, and affordable makeup brush cleaner! This brush cleaner can be used daily or weekly to clean makeup brushes and break the cycle of bacteria and breakouts.

Last month, while visiting one of my favorite natural shops (essential oils, herbs, organic makeup–information technology's a "crunchy mama" utopia) I overheard the herbalist on duty talking to a young man customer about breakouts–the fiddling unwanted guests that randomly pop-up on the confront. The conversation instantly defenseless my attending. I chop-chop and very politely jumped in, "I'chiliad not sure why my skin still breaks out at the almost random moments. My nutrition is super clean, I drink a ton of h2o and make my own bootleg products. Whatsoever tips?" The herbalist looked at me and asked a unproblematic, yet skin-irresolute question, "Do you lot clean your makeup brushes?"

Lightbulb moment!

I'm embarrassed to admit that I'd never thought most cleaning my makeup brushes. Big mistake.  As it turns out, cleaning makeup brushes is a pretty of import task that tin can prevent leaner from spreading on the skin.

Bacteria = breakouts.

Breakouts = makeup brush contamination.

Makeup brush contamination = more than breakouts.

It'southward a nasty bicycle.

My search for the ultimate brush cleaner began.

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner. A simple, natural, and affordable makeup brush cleaner! This brush cleaner can be used daily or weekly to clean makeup brushes and break the cycle of bacteria and breakouts.

There are a number of store-bought castor cleaner options, and there are also a number of DIY tutorials on Pinterest. Most of the ingredients used in both the store-bought and "homemade" versions are far from natural, in my stance. I decided to create my own homemade brush cleaner. Take that Pinterest– PS: I yet beloved you lot! With a few bones ingredients, which I already had on hand for DIY beauty products, I was able to hands whip up a natural solution.

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner. A simple, natural, and affordable makeup brush cleaner! This brush cleaner can be used daily or weekly to clean makeup brushes and break the cycle of bacteria and breakouts.

The moment of truth came as I dipped my foundation powder brush into the solution. You guys, the resulting liquid was icky–oil, clay, months worth of makeup! To say that I'm now a castor cleaning advocate is an understatement.  Trust me, just try it once–dip your makeup castor in a few simple ingredients–your dazzler routine will forever be changed.

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner. A simple, natural, and affordable makeup brush cleaner! This brush cleaner can be used daily or weekly to clean makeup brushes and break the cycle of bacteria and breakouts.

From what I've read, most makeup professionals recommend cleaning brushes daily, particularly the ones used for foundation and blush. Daily feels a flake overwhelming and far from "elementary," so I'm practicing a twice a week system. Baby steps! Some cleaning at this point is much better than no cleaning at all. I'm now going on 4 weeks of this routine. My makeup brushes are incredibly soft and my skin feels clean. Lesser line: Do information technology! Make clean your brushes. ASAP.

My homemade brush cleaner recipe works for whatsoever cleaning schedule since it makes enough solution for soaking sessions (my preferred method of cleaning) or daily spraying. Whichever method you cull, go with something that'southward doable for you.

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner. A simple, natural, and affordable makeup brush cleaner! This brush cleaner can be used daily or weekly to clean makeup brushes and break the cycle of bacteria and breakouts.

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner. A simple, natural, and affordable makeup brush cleaner! This brush cleaner can be used daily or weekly to clean makeup brushes and break the cycle of bacteria and breakouts.

Happy Cleaning!

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Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner

My homemade brush cleaner recipe works for whatsoever cleaning schedule since it makes enough solution for soaking sessions (my preferred method of cleaning) or daily spraying. Whichever method you lot cull, go with something that's doable for you lot.

Prep Time 5 mins

Total Time 5 mins

Form DIY

Cuisine Cleaning

  • 1/two cup witch hazel
  • 2 tsp baby mild castile soap
  • 1 tsp skin-nourishing oil like almond or olive oil, optional
  • i cup distilled water

  • In a bottle or mason jar, combine all the ingredients in the guild listed (the recipe). Shake the bottle. This solution may be used multiple times to clean brushes. Store the mixture in the fridge.

  • Combine equally much of the mixture needed in a bowl. Add your makeup brushes to the mixture. I like to classy the brushes back in along in the mixture and then let them soak for a few minutes. The mixture will go from clear to a dirty makeup mixture speedily. After a few minutes, remove the brushes, dump the solution, and rinse the brushes nether the h2o.

  • Let the brushes rest on a towel to dry. Repeat weekly or twice a calendar month to keep your brushes clean.

If you'd prefer to make just enough for a old solution, here's what I recommend:

ane/8 cup witch hazel
1/two tsp baby balmy castile soap
1/4 cup distilled h2o
(optional) i/four tsp carrier oil, similar grapeseed or olive oil

Let me know how it was!

When you introduce water into a product without a preservative you always run the take chances of introducing bacteria, then use water-based products quickly.

Homemade Natural Makeup Brush Cleaner. A simple, natural, and affordable makeup brush cleaner! This brush cleaner can be used daily or weekly to clean makeup brushes and break the cycle of bacteria and breakouts.

Kristin Marr

Kristin is the creator and editor-in-primary of Live Simply. Kristin is married to her high school sweetheart, Dustin, and is the mom to ii kids and 2 free-roam (litterbox-trained) bunnies, Leo and Estela. Kristin started Live But in 2013 to share her passion for real food and natural living.