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DIY Makeup Brush Cleaner Recipe

DIY Makeup Brush Cleaner Recipe

As you probably already know, I kind of dig household hacks. You may have also noticed that I love beauty products. I've recently taken to putting on my liquid foundation with a brush, which by the way adds a ton of coverage if you haven't tried it yet. Yeah because all of a sudden I really need it! This is a sponsored post by Lunchbox, all opinions are my own.

One thing that I hadn't really mapped out is how to clean my brushes properly.  I figure that I could use the nice makeup remover that I bought that costs nearly thirty bucks a bottle, or I could try this sweet shortcut featured over at Walmart.com with 25 Ways to Use Palmolive.  You can find all kinds of nifty do it yourself cleaning recipes and some pretty fun activities too!

Use these common household products to clean your makeup brushes. awesome.

Makeup Brush Cleaner with Household Products

I'm just loving this easy and highly effective recipe to make your own makeup brush cleaner with things you probably have on hand at home.  In minutes, you can have refreshed cosmetic brushes!

Ingredients: 

  • Palmolive Dish Soap
  • Paper Towels
  • Clean Damp Sponge
  • Warm Water

clean dirty makeup brushes with common household items

DIRECTIONS:

Step One:  Add a dab or two of Palmolive to a clean, damp sponge.

Step Two: Wet your dirty makeup brush

Step Three: Rub the brush back and forth on the surface of the sponge.

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Final Step: When you’re done cleaning, rinse the brush with warm water and lightly dry on a paper towel.

Repeat as necessary. For my most filthy and icky brush, I repeated the steps three times.

 

This DIY makeup brush cleaner worked like a charm, now my makeup brushes literally look brand new again. I'm seriously excited!

Use these common household products to clean your makeup brushes. awesome.

Have you tried using dish soap to do something unique or unusual? Share your hacks!

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Sarah Lehan

Sunday 31st of August 2014

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A2Z Health

Saturday 30th of August 2014

magnificent publish, very informative. I'm wondering why the opposite specialists of this sector don't understand this. You should continue your writing. I'm sure, you've a huge readers' base already!

kymi a

Thursday 28th of August 2014

Wow I'm really amazed at all the things you can with Palmolive, I have a few I really need to try and make up brush cleaner is a favorite, so long dirty brushes! :)) Thank you for sharing.

Dawn Lopez

Thursday 28th of August 2014

Isn't it great? I had no idea either, but I have to say that I'm impressed. Plus, the scent of original Palmolive takes me back to my childhood - total bonus! Hope you like this recipe, let me know ;) Thanks bunches for stopping by! Totally happy to see you here!

Cyndi @ MrsWrightWrites

Tuesday 19th of August 2014

Nice! I soo need to clean my brushes. Like...yesterday. I probably would have went out and bought some expensive combination of toxins and God knows what else to clean them with, had I not read this first! Perfect timing.

Liz Mays

Tuesday 19th of August 2014

You have no idea how badly I need to clean my makeup brushes. I literally can't even remember when they were last cleaned. Must bet the Palmolive out!

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