hi everyone this video is going to show
you how to properly clean your brushes
and stay too near the end of the video
to see how you can win a free brush card
not washing your brushes is like the
equivalent of not washing your face
washing your brushes is so important
because you have all of the old makeup
the sebum the oil the dirt it's all
trapped on an unclean brush the next day
of your applying it on your face again
you're applying all of that germ and all
of that bacteria back on your face and
you can actually break out from that so
washing your brushes is extremely
important I cannot emphasize how
important it is so not only am I going
to show you how to properly wash and
care for your brushes but I'm going to
show you how to disinfect it too I know
there's a lot of people who show you how
to use brush cleaners how to use baby
shampoo how to use facial cleansers to
clean the brushes but this is actually a
technique that I learned from oil
painting class and it works extremely
well it always works for me
and I'm also going to show you guys how
to properly store your brushes because
storing your brushes is just as
important as washing your brushes too
the supplies are super easy and
extremely inexpensive I'm going to use
an antibacterial dishwashing soap and
this will actually remove every single
thing on your brush it removes the
pigments it removes oil it removes it
dirt and it also kills the bacteria so
it does all of that in one the thing is
using dishwashing soap it's gonna strip
the hairs of its natural oils and it's
going to dry out the hair so you want to
recondition your brush and that's where
extra virgin olive oil comes in so I'm
going to show you guys how you can
combine these two to make the ultimate
brush cleaner the reason why I don't use
baby shampoo is because I need it to
disinfect the brush and the reason why I
don't buy those brush cleansers is
because they're usually expensive
and I'm actually watching my brushes
every day so it adds up when you're
constantly using a brush cleansers so
this method is actually more inexpensive
all right so I'm just going to take one
plate like this pour the dishwashing
soap on the plate like so so much ease
enough and you want to pour just a
little bit of extra-virgin olive oil so
this is what I have right here so I'm
going to start off with an eye shadow
brush and this one actually has a lot of
pigments in it what I'm going to do is
I'm going to stir it up like this and
then just wipe it back and forth on your
head this is actually how oil painters
clean their brushes they just wipe it
back and forth on their hands and you're
removing all of the pigments and you're
actually killing the bacteria so I'm
just gonna leave the brush on a paper
towel I'm going to clean the rest of my
brushes the extra-virgin olive oil is
going to help recondition the brushes
you don't want to dry out your brushes
because that's going to ruin them see
how dirty this brushes
you see how it's removing all of this
stuff it's amazing so like this so now
you want to rinse your brushes and I
don't recommend using hot water warm
water is okay but make sure you don't
need hot water because that's going to
damage your brushes and just see this
how clean it looks just how clean this
is
look at all of these clean brushes okay
so now that your brushes are nice and
clean you just want to wipe them dry and
just take like a regular paper towel and
blot out the excess water okay so this
is the important part you want to
properly store your brushes I've noticed
that some people they make this mistake
where they're actually drying the brush
with the brush hair standing up that's
not the best way to dry your brushes
because the water is going to drip back
down and it's going to loosen up the
glue that's holding the hairs together
and what happens is that once that
starts loosening up the brush hairs are
going to start falling out and it's
going to ruin the brushes so you're
going to be spending so much money
ruining a perfectly good brush so very
important make sure you don't dry your
brushes like this you want to dry it
upside down where the water is going to
come out and another reason why you
don't want to dry it like this is
because bacteria and dirt is going to
fall back on top of the brushes so if
you have it exposed and just standing up
like this it's going to get contaminated
again and you want to hold it upside
down hang it upside down like this and
you want to use the brush guard this is
why I use this take the brush guard loop
it in and it's going to store it like
this it's going to keep the shape it's
going to keep it covered so that dirt
and bacteria and dust is not going to
settle back on the brushes now you're
probably wondering how can I hang it
upside down see I found a way to do this
remember it's extremely important to not
let your brushes dry on its side like
this because you see the water can still
find its way to seep back into the
ferrule and this will spoil the glue and
make the
swell ruining the brushes so remember
you want to dry it like this this is
where the brush guard plays a really
important role take it like this and
insert the brush in like so and have
like half an inch of the brush guard
sticking out taking a glass any regular
glass is fine put the brush in upside
down gravity is going to pull moisture
away from the ferrule the glass is going
to collect the moisture keeping your
brush extremely dry and in perfect shape
the water drain out any moisture is
going to come out and it's not going to
go back inside and ruin the brush I like
about the brush guard is that it works
pretty much on every single brush if you
have like a tiny little eyeliner brush
like this you have a tiny brush guard
that comes along with it insert it in
like so it's gonna open up store it like
that usually you know if the brush guard
is too loose if you can tap it and it
moves around like this so store it like
this and it's going to help retain its
shape and it's going to keep the dirt
and the dust off of it you see how I
have this stippling brush insert it in
like this
see pushing hitting it ever so slightly
and you have it like this thank you you
want to keep this away from the Sun or
any heat let it dry indoors all right so
let's check how our brushes are doing
here we have a stippling brush let's see
how it looks very nice
alright let's see how this is a shadow
brush and of course the Kabuki brush
pushing it down this is pretty amazing
because it looks brand-new it looks like
you just bought this brush leftover
moisture from the brushes this could
have been inside your brushes but thanks
to gravity it pulled it right out I'd
recommend cleaning the foundation brush
daily so every time you use it
clean it because you're constantly using
it on your face you don't want to
reapply it back in your face if it's not
clean it's going to break you out it's
gonna put back all the dirt and all the
oil back in your face I recommend
cleaning an eyeshadow brush like this
maybe once every time you have to use a
new color you don't have to clean it as
much as the foundation brush because
this is going on your face this is going
on your eyes powder doesn't trap as much
bacteria as liquid that's why you want
to constantly clean the foundation brush
see when it comes with eyeliner brush
like this I clean it just as much as I
clean my foundation brush because
anything that's going to line the eye
and the waterline it's going to trap a
lot of bacteria you don't want to put
all that back on your eyes you want to
keep your eyeliner as clean as your
foundation brush so constantly clean
your eyeliner and your foundation brush
after every use this is how I clean the
brushes there's no right or wrong way on
how to clean the brushes I really
trust this method it works extremely
well and I hope you enjoyed this
tutorial
all right so here's the contest on how
to win a brush guard the one that I was
using in my tutorial and how I showed
how it was extremely important I like to
thank the brush guard for sponsoring
this contest thank you so much as you
can see you're going to be winning the
variety pack there's going to be five
winners and it's extremely easy to win
but I'm going to show you the prize
you're gonna get the cover for the eye
shadow brush a cover for the blush brush
a cover for a foundation brush and a
cover for a powder or cuckoo key brush
you're going to get six covers this is
the variety pack what makes it so unique
is that it's obviously made out of
plastic and it's breathable you can see
that there's holes in here you can move
it in and out it's kind of like a basket
weaving
it's stretchable you can clean this what
I do is that I just throw it in hot
water and soap and I just leave it there
for like five minutes
remove it rinse it off and I use it to
store my brushes and I've been using the
brush guard since early 2009 so it works
extremely well it's perfect for
traveling and storing your brushes you
want to preserve the shape and the
quality of your brushes and if you don't
want to enter the contest it's okay
because the brush guard is actually
extremely inexpensive it's five dollars
and fifty cents and you can get this
variety pack you can also get one that's
just for shadow and eyeliner you can get
the foundation pack and they're all five
dollars and fifty cents but if you do
want to enter the contest all you have
to do is say enter me it's extremely
easy I just want to make it easy into
the point and I'll randomly select the
five winners and I'll ship it out to you
this contest is open worldwide of course
the contest will last for one week
starting from now and I'll announce it
on my Twitter Facebook and I'll also
make another video just to quickly
announce the winners so I hope you guys
enjoyed this tutorial
and contest and I'll see you on the next
tour okay bye
you