Makeup Brushes

  • NewsYahoo Canada Style

    This is how often you need to wash your makeup brushes (and beauty blender)

    When it comes to priorities, it’s probably safe to assume there are a few things that rank higher than cleaning your makeup brushes. The tedious task of digging out all of your tools and individually cleaning each one is often put off until it’s absolutely necessary.

  • NewsLaura Pearson-Smith, Style Blogger

    What Makeup Brushes Do You Actually Need?

    If you are on a budget or just getting into makeup, the world of makeup brushes can be confusing and expensive. I spoke to professional fashion, celebrity and editorial makeup artist Lynsey C Reilly, who has worked with the likes of Rita Ora, about what makeup brushes you actually need, her favourites and her tips on looking after them…

  • NewsLaura Pearson-Smith, Style Blogger

    Make-Up Brush Cleaning Tips, Tricks & Horror Stories

    Cleaning your makeup brushes isn’t just so you can switch eyeshadow shades neatly- there are hundreds of germs lurking in overused brushes that can have some surprising effects. The fungus, bacteria, dirt, oil and pollution on your brushes can cause you to break out in spots and they can cause wrinkles too- dirty brushes expose the skin to extra stress from free radicals (basically molecules from environmental pollution that are responsible for premature aging and tissue damage) and this can ca

  • NewsLaura Hollier

    5 makeup brushes you should invest in

    The bristle-packed design means the product is perfectly worked into the skin for a seamless look, plus you’ll use less product in the process! A buffing brush is also a useful tool to smooth in foundation as it gets the job done efficiently and quickly.  A big, fluffy powder brush  Nothing looks worse than caked-on make up. This brush prevents that for happening. The bigger the powder brush, the softer the application is which means that your powder will always look as natural as possible.  A

  • NewsNatalie KayO

    Dirty Make-Up Brushes Can Cause Nasty Infections – Here’s How To Clean Them

    The one thing we tend to forget to do on a regular basis is wash our make-up brushes.  You may not think it’s a big deal but we’re here to let you know that unclean brushes can pose real dangers but you can avoid all of this by spot cleaning or even using household items such as washing up liquid. Make-up brushes tend to harbour bacteria, oil and dirt if not cleaned on a regular basis this can lead to devastating effects as experienced by Jo Gilchrist last year who was paralysed after she contr