Beauty shopper reveals how to clean your makeup brushes using common household products including olive oil
- A Sydney woman has revealed how she cleans her makeup brushes
- In a TikTok video she combined extra virgin olive oil with antibacterial soap
- While wearing a Kmart oven mitt she washes the brushes under warm water
- The soap removes any bacteria while the olive oil conditions the bristles
- The oven mitt also protects your hand while you clean the brushes
A beauty enthusiast has revealed a cheap and helpful way to clean makeup brushes using everyday products found around the house.
The Sydney woman shared a video on TikTok and combined extra virgin olive oil with antibacterial soap to form a smooth paste.
The makeup brushes looked badly stained with dark colours from overuse, but were transformed within seconds of using the homemade concoction, warm water and a rubber oven mitt from Kmart.
In the video the woman claims the olive oil conditions the bristles while the soap removes any unwanted bacteria.
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The Sydney woman shared a video on TikTok and combined extra virgin olive oil with antibacterial soap to form a smooth paste. While cleaning the brushes she wore a $6 oven mitt on one hand (left)
One by one the woman cleaned her entire collection of makeup brushes in the bathroom while wearing a $6 rubber oven mitt.
The oven mitt not only protected her hand from stains but the texture also cleaned the brushes thoroughly.
The clean brushes were laid slightly elevated with the bristles facing down on a towel in order to dry quickly.
Beauty experts recommend washing your makeup brushes after every use or at least once a week to avoid bacterial growth inside the brushes and prevent a spotty, uneven application.
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The beauty experts at Ipsy have also endorsed the cleaning method, explaining how soap alone should not be used as this can damage the bristles.
The TikTok video has since been viewed more than 59,000 with many TikTok users deeming the hack to be helpful.
'Omg I need to try that,' one person wrote, while another dubbed it to be 'genius'.
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