Hello beauties, happy thursday! Today I want to talk about some of the brush cleaners that I have tried in the past and compare them so that you have a rough idea in case you are not sure which one to go for.
First up it's my all time favourite brush cleaner from MAC. It is a spot cleaner where you just pour a small amount on a kitchen towel and swirl your brushes a few time and that's it. It is great for makeup artist on the go as well as someone who doesn't have time to deep clean their brushes. I have featured this in my last empties blogpost so click here if you fancy giving it a read.
This MAC brush cleaner is the most effective spot cleanser I have ever tried. It comes in a plastic bottle of 235ml product and it costs around 12 euros. It just gets off every single bit of colour and dirt on the brush and it disinfects as well because of the alcohol content, but the only downside is that the bottle leaks sometimes so what I do is depot a little in a small bottle and if I need more I'll just add more in it.
Next up is a recent discovery. I ordered it from beautybay and it is ahh-amazing. It's the ever-so-famous Blendercleaner by Beautyblender, the solid version.
I think everybody should have this. It is just so effective as far as deep cleaning makeup brushes as well as sponges, plus it smells incredible, kind of minty and herbal scented. It is easy to use as well, just wet your brush and swirl on the soap surface till the dirt and colours are all gone. It comes in this very compact plastic case which contains 1 oz of the product. Can you imagine how handy it would be if you travel with it?! It also comes with a drainer so that the soap doesn't mix with the water which is just genius. This is now my HG deep brush cleaner that I cannot live without. It just leaves my brushes so clean, soft and smells amazing. Highly highly recommend!
Moving on to another spot brush cleaner, and it's the Daily Makeup Brush Cleaner by Sephora. FYI this is the old bottle, the new one now is all black. I actually went through 2 of these and I can tell you that this is probably the worst in the bunch. It comes in a spray bottle which is cool but it doesn't clean my brushes well. It leaves colour residue and it smells nothing but alcohol and I just didn't care for it. It costs 8 euros for 60ml and for me it is just not worth the money, and let's be honest if I put another 4 euros I could get a bottle of MAC cleaner for more than triple the amount. Disappointing! So if you are thinking of getting a bottle of this, well DON'T!
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Lastly I want to show you this spot brush cleaner by Make Up For Ever. I, for some reason, couldn't find this green bottle anymore they might have changed the packaging just FYI. Now I had thrown away the bottle so I can't show you mine unfortunately please excuse me for that. This is very comparable to the MAC one and they cost pretty much the same as well. It smells very pleasant sort of like cucumber. This comes in a spray bottle unlike the MAC one so if you are a fan of spray bottle then go for this of course but if you don't care then I would suggest the MAC one because it just cleanses a tad better.
There you have it guys, so if you are thinking of getting a brush cleaner either deep clean or spot clean I hope this is somewhat helpful. Let me know if you like this kind of "showdown" blogpost where I compare products from different brands, and if you do then please let me know either commenting down below or tweeting/instagramming me @eflicciardello and I'll make sure to do it more often. Thank you so much for reading and see you soon! Muahh!
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