Properly Cleaning Your Cosmetic Brushes Will Make Them Last Longer
Besides letting your brushes last longer (very important if you're going to buy
more expensive, smoother brushes), if you know how to clean your make up
brushes, you can minimize skin problems such as breakouts from accumulated oils
or eye infections from mascara brushes. Hygiene is one reason that experts say
never to share your makeup with a friend: you can transmit bacteria on the
applicators. Cold sores, acne, rashes and staph germs can move easily from one
makeup brush to another, so never borrow someone else's brush or powder puff. In
fact, for people who apply makeup using their fingers, it's not even a good idea
to wipe your fingers across someone else's blusher or eye shadow, because you're
picking up bacteria from their fingers and skin.