This is Part II in our Spring Cleaning series. If you're just catching upwards, exist certain to check out Part I where we teach y'all to Marie Kondo your makeup bag.

And then y'all've gone through and ditched your expired, passé and incommunicable makeup, leaving only the most beautiful goodness. Feeling meliorate? We certain are. Merely your spring cleaning work isn't quite finished. Today we're hither to tackle maintenance: how to accept care of the beauties that were worth holding on to, ensuring the best results, and a clean, happy face. You practise know to clean your makeup brushes regularly, right…?

BRUSH Intendance Basics

One of the reasons we dear dearest dear (and strongly abet) using brushes is that information technology'southward more hygienic than dipping your fingers directly into a product over and over again. But that's simply if you're cleaning those brushes on a regular footing. We'd recommend a shampooing every 1-iv weeks, depending how often you apply the brush.

How to Clean Makeup Brushes

You should wash a brush like you wash your hair: soak the fibers first, and then lather it in a mild shampoo and rinse, pointing the brush downward and keeping all the bristles in one management so the paint runs out and the fibers don't tangle.

To dry out your makeup brush, press the water out, reshape it and lay it off the edge of your sink or on a towel so it regains its natural shape. Visual learner? Check out the video of this technique on our Brushes folio.

Tin can you use dish soap to launder a makeup brush?

Nope—you wouldn't go that stuff nigh your own hair, so please keep it off your brushes besides.

Tin you utilize facial cleanser to wash a makeup castor?

Certain, if it'southward skilful at removing the makeup from your face. If you use a very balmy cleanser postal service-face wipe (or three), it'southward not a expert choice. A good brush shampoo lathers well and is only lightly conditioning, so if you love our PURE Costly or PURENESS cleansers, get for it. On the other manus, OIL OBSESSED (which is amazing at removing makeup from peel) shouldn't be used on your tools — it contains moisturizing essential oils that are so great for your face up, non so slap-up for your brushes.

Daily Cleaning Tips

If yous're a fan of the smoky eye or accept been working on your contouring skills, you probably learned this i the difficult way: y'all should clean a brush every time you use it for a new colour. Those gorgeous shades become grayness if you mix them together, so be sure to use a quick change brush cleaner between every shade: spray a tissue until it is slightly damp and rub it lightly into the bristles — you lot should never spray a brush directly. If you find yourself smashing the castor into your clammy tissue, it's time for a good quondam brush shampooing (see above).

What Not to Do

Delight don't soak your brushes (if you desire them to last). We recommend pointing the brush down when you rinse information technology to keep water from penetrating and disintegrating the glue that'south holding it together.

MAKEUP CARE Basics

Your favorite makeup gets you through dream-task interviews, terrible dates, unexpected breakouts … time to give it a fiddling TLC in return.

Caring for Loose Mineral Makeup

Our minerals need to stay dry to last, but nosotros know that swirling in the cap of products similar ORIGINAL Foundation tin can cause discoloration over time. Get that pristine, fresh-from-the-box look by wiping the inside of the cap (NEVER the top of pot) with a tissue spritzed with alcohol. Rubbing alcohol works well — brand sure information technology'south over 70% alcohol to disinfect equally you make clean, and wait until it dries fully earlier closing the product.

Caring for Compact Powders

Go on. Them. Dry. This is absolutely key, but if you detect your compact has changed color, you lot spill a different product on it, or otherwise feel compelled to clean, spritz a tissue with alcohol and remove the upper flick to uncover new product.

Caring for Eye & Lip Liners

Keeping pencils sharp prevents them from falling apart. Simply when you lot fish out your sharpener, simply sharpen the pencil tip to about 90%. Otherwise, yup, you're dorsum to increasing the risk the tip volition break off. If this sounds weirdly high-maintenance, don't worry — if you lot apply your liner by gliding information technology at an bending, you'll naturally maintain a gentle betoken. Simply sharpen a lilliputian bit when you need to expose more product — which sounds/is way more manageable.

Caring for Creams

Wet products tend to expire faster, and the best way to dull this progress is to spiral the cap on fully after every single utilise (no matter how late you are).

What Non to Do

Cleansing wipes tin can take makeup off your face, simply you don't desire to use them on your dazzler products. Not only are they very wet (without the fast evaporating quality of booze), only they contain humectants for retaining moisture, and you certainly don't need to moisturize your makeup.

Happy cleaning!