Hi there
I have a few questions in regard to brushes, i.e. on how and when to clean them. They tend to be rather expensive and not being a professional MUA I don't have that many of them either, so I would like to keep them in the best possible shape.
I have brush cleaner from a theater makeup store, and also from MAC, but I'm not quite certain how to best use the cleaner, especially when cleaning more than one brush.
What I do know is that one's not supposed to use water to clean them (or at least use the cleaner and nothing afterwards), and they are not supposed to be dried standing up, but that's about as far as it goes.
1. How much of the cleaner do I use, can I add water to thin the cleaner?
2. Do I clean all of the brushes in the same cleaning liquid? It tends to smudge badly after the first brush, usually ... so would it be ok to clean the brush unter runnging water first, then use the cleaner?
3. How about putting on eyeshadow etc. with "just" 3 brushes.... is it enough to wipe the brushes clean when changing eyeshadow color? how can I avoid unwanted blending?
4. Is there any difference between cleaning up eyeshadow/foundation/blush brushes?
Any advice or ideas would be highly appreciated