DIY Brush Cleaner Spray

Clean brushes are essential to getting the makeup look and colour pay off you want but cleaning your brushes is no fun. Even more importantly, dirty brushes lead to break outs and blackheads so deep cleaning your brushes is necessary. Sometimes, a quicker solution is necessary - Enter brush cleaner spray. It's a quickie way of cleaning your brushes. Just spray, wipe & dry.

 I did some research and some experimenting and what I've listed below is the best DIY brush cleaner solution that I've found. It didn't irritate my skin or leave behind residue on my brush or leave a film in the product I was using. 

You will need:

1 Cup of filtered room temperature water
1/4 Cup Isopropyl Alcohol (The kind you use to clean piercings. Remember you are trying to kill bacteria here)
1Teaspoon Hand Soap/Liquid Soap (try to use something unscented and clear it will have less irritants)
1 Teaspoon Baby Shampoo I recommend using baby shampoo if possible.
1 Tablespoon Conditioner
1 Empty Clean Spray Bottle 

Method

1. Pour all the ingredients into a glass or ceramic bowl making sure to pour in the alcohol last
2. Mix together making sure everything is now liquid. The conditioner may be lumpy so make sure to whisk to get it out
3. Pour into the empty spray bottle and shake up really hard.
4. Do a test spray onto your wrist. If no lumps come out then your good to go. If lumps come out then stick into the microwave and nuke for 15 seconds and shake again. You should be fine then

Use

1. Spray the solution onto a paper towel or a clean dry wash cloth 
2. Rub the brush back and forth until all the colour disappears.
3. Wipe the brush firmly with a dry cloth and voila you have a clean brush again!

Shelf life

This can last for up to three months. After this, I would recommend you rinse out the spray bottle and the nozzle with warm water and make a fresh batch.

If you prefer the factory-made kind, MAC and Cinema Secrets and said to be the best in the business right now. You can pick up a bottle here.

Will you be trying this? Let me know how it works out for you.

Till later,

*Jane