DIY Quickie: Drying Your Makeup Brushes

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Thursday October 18, 2012 by Alexandra C.

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Not too long ago, I confessed my worst beauty secret: I almost never clean my brushes. However, I recently invested in a stippling brush for my foundation, so I've been trying to take better care of my brushes. Instead of just purchasing cheapies upon cheapies and tossing them when they're dirty, I am trying to buy one and clean it on a regular basis. As I've mentioned before, this is also good skincare for avoiding acne.

In fact, I just washed my brushes last weekend! Yay me! When it came time to dry my brushes, I knew that you aren't supposed to dry your brushes with the fluffy side up because water seeps down into the wood, ruining your brush. However, putting them in fluffy head first into a container can mean that it takes them far longer to dry. I decided to lay my brushes out on a towel on a flat surface. I figured this was as good as it was going to get.

Then I came across a nifty little DIY trick that helps keep your brushes in top top shape and also helps them dry quite fast. Plus, it's convenient and space efficient.

This is what you'll need for this quick DIY brush dryer:

1. Brushes (obvi!)
2. Masking or Painter's Tape
3. Pants Hanger

First, take a strip of the masking tape, sticky side up and place all the brush handles on it. Next, take another strip of masking tape, and stick this on top, securing all the brush handles. Take this strip and clip it to the pants hanger. Use a hook, nail etc. to hang up your brush hanger and let them dry! This is great because you can dry all your brushes (no matter what size) in one place and it doesn't take very long.

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	on Nov 04, 2012 improperganda 612 said: I use a multi rack pants hanger and just clip the bottoms to it. I do it at night so in the morning they are dry.
	on Oct 26, 2012 shanaz 4,123 said: This is an excellent idea! Thank you :)
	on Oct 26, 2012 bluesparkles 545 said: That's a good idea ! Why haven't I tried it yet? haha..thanks!
	on Oct 24, 2012 LyrissaSmillie 8,542 said: ahhh you just made my day!! been needing an idea like this thank you
	on Oct 24, 2012 rose333 349 said: Nice tip--gotta use it!
	on Oct 24, 2012 Charmheart16 2,419 said: That's exactly how I dry my brushes - using pant hangers. :)
	on Oct 24, 2012 Judy LaBarge said: I do something very similar to this,great idea and works good.
	on Oct 23, 2012 annmarie 4,020 said: fab idea!
	on Oct 23, 2012 cutie_marlena 2,487 said: I usually lay mine out to dry over night, but this idea is awesome! Very smart!
	on Oct 21, 2012 adft 997 said: Great idea (: I lay mine over the side of the counter and use a dehumidifier. Dry in no time.