Beauty blenders, we ALL have them but how do we clean them?? Over time, from being thrown in your bag to being shoved in drawers beauty blenders will carry germs and bacteria. You’re in the right place to learn more about cleaning your beauty blender effectively!
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Why do I need to clean my beauty blender?
It’s no surprise but over time your beauty blenders and makeup brushes will accumulate germs and bacteria. From being shoved in bags, to stuffed in drawers, falling on the floor, plus being used almost every day there will be germs!
Keeping in mind to clean your beauty blenders is important to prevent getting acne or irritated skin from them.
If it’s been over a year, throw it out!
Recently, I discovered that if your beauty blender is too dirty and overused it’s best to throw it out. Think you can save your beauty blender? Then try out this recipe!
The reason why is that sometimes in the middle of your beauty blender there could be bugs. Most likely the reason for these bugs is because of all the built-up bacteria. I know… I was shocked too! I had no idea bugs could be in my beauty blender.
Materials
- Elf Makeup Brush Cleaner
- Spoon (Optional)
- Bowl
- Water
- Beauty Blenders
Recipe
- Grab your beauty blenders and start running them over some lukewarm water until they’re completely wet. Before doing this, make sure to squeeze the beauty blender as much as you can to get rid of any access makeup.
- Now, grab a bowl and add some of the Cleaner into the bowl before filling it up. Use lukewarm water to fill it up. Once full add a little more of the cleaner and plop the beauty blenders into the bowl.
- To get the process started quicker, with your spoon or hands poke the beauty blender and you’ll notice that makeup already starts to come out of the beauty blender!
- Set a timer, and let the beauty blenders sit in the water for 30 minutes!
- Once the thirty minutes is up drain the water from the bowl and rinse your beauty blenders till when you squeeze you see absolutely no makeup coming out of them. It may take you a minute!
- If you’ve been washing out the makeup, but still notice that there’s still on it still grab the makeup remover and put it onto the beauty blender. And rinse, till done.
- Finally, Let air dry overnight and bam! You’ve got yourself a clean beauty blender!!
- Need more help? Check the video tutorial below!
Video Tutorial For Cleaning Beauty Blenders
How Often Do I Repeat this process?
Keeping up with having clean makeup products is super important, so follow up with this every week in order to prevent germs and bacteria from getting onto the beauty blender.
Commonly Asked Questions
Can I clean my Beautyblender with micellar water?
Yes!! Feel free to try out this recipe with micellar water too, if you don’t have the makeup cleaner.
Do you need to wash Beautyblender after every use?
Yes, but not like this! Make sure to run it under some cold water and rinse till you see no makeup.
What is the best thing to clean makeup sponges with?
Micellar water and the brush cleaner will be the safest for your skin.
How long does it take for a Beautyblender to dry?
It will take a few hours, so I’d say wait overnight!
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