{"id":1505,"date":"2017-08-09T23:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T23:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2017-08-09T23:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T23:00:40","slug":"brush-cleaner-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/brush-cleaner-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Brush Cleaner Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1506 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rouge-brush-2092439_1920-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rouge-brush-2092439_1920-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rouge-brush-2092439_1920-768x551.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rouge-brush-2092439_1920-1024x735.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rouge-brush-2092439_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>One question everyone seems to ask is: What kind of Brush Cleaner should I use for my makeup brushes?\u00a0 It\u2019s a legitimate question.\u00a0 I mean you could spend a fortune trying all the ones out there on the market.<\/p>\n<p>There are definitely good cleaners out there on the market, cleaners that will remove the makeup, sanitize and condition your brushes without ruining them.\u00a0 But then there are others that have a high level of Isopropyl Alcohol in them which can ruin any brush by drying out the cuticles and causing them to fray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maccosmetics.com\/product\/135\/307\/Brush-Cleanser\/index.tmpl\">MAC Cosmetics<\/a> has a decent one, though it doesn\u2019t dry as quickly as they promise and even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sephora.com\/browse\/product.jhtml;jsessionid=ITMI1DF002GWCCV0KRRRHOQ?id=P208010&amp;categoryId=S4905&amp;shouldPaginate=true\">Sephora\u2019s Daily Brush Cleaner<\/a> is good.\u00a0 But if I had to choose one out of all of them it would be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemasecrets.com\/store\/professional-cosmetics,-special-fx-makeup-&amp;-more\/brushes-&amp;-brush-cleaner\/brush-cleaner-&amp;-accessories\/professional-brush-cleaner,-4-oz.\">Cinema Secrets Professional Brush Cleaner<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s blue and smells like yellow cake, breaks down makeup &amp; oils like magic and conditions your brushes at the same time.\u00a0 Simply love this stuff!<\/p>\n<p>None of these brushes however are quick dry, so use sparingly when cleaning your brushes on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if you are on a tight budget and even $13 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemasecrets.com\/store\/professional-cosmetics,-special-fx-makeup-&amp;-more\/brushes-&amp;-brush-cleaner\/brush-cleaner-&amp;-accessories\/professional-brush-cleaner,-4-oz.\">Cinema Secrets Professional Brush Cleaner 4oz Bottle<\/a> is $13) seems like a little too much to spend, you can get your brushes sparkly clean and conditioned for pennies with a little product I like to call <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn-dish.com\/en_US\/home.do\">Dawn Dish Soap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you heard me right!\u00a0 Dawn Dish Soap is a miracle cleaner.\u00a0 Its gentle formula will quickly break down the oils in the brush without stripping them and ruining them.\u00a0 Works great with synthetic as well as natural hair brushes.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re using the Dawn Dish Soap method you can give your natural hair brushes a nice deep conditioning treatment by using your hair conditioner.\u00a0 I know, sounds funny to hear me telling you to use dish soap and hair conditioner but it\u2019s true.\u00a0 They work great for those of us on a more restrained budget.<\/p>\n<p>Well I hope this gives you some food for thought and an idea of what you should be using to clean your makeup brushes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Method Makeup Academy, Seattle&#8217;s Makeup School<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One question everyone seems to ask is: What kind of Brush Cleaner should I use for my makeup brushes?\u00a0 It\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[118,117,12,36,15,3],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-method-makeup-academy","tag-method-makeup-school","tag-seattle-makeup-academy","tag-seattle-makeup-artist","tag-seattle-makeup-class","tag-seattle-makeup-school"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1507,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions\/1507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}