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Tuesday Brush Series... Highlighting, my favourite part!!

Happy Tuesday ladies…

So this week on the brush series I am going to look at my fave highlighting brushes.
I love highlighter! I think it can set off any look and make you look spectacular and for me, the brighter, the better. Just as a side note my fave highlighters to wear on a night out are… MAC Soft & Gentle, Inglot Sparkle Dust no.2 and Urban Decay Shimmer Block (this is so glittery it’s my go to at Christmas)

I don't tend to wear a strong highlight when I have my paler skin look going on but I am going to try out more liquid based highlighters for that look as I recently watched a youtube tutorial on vintage makeup and the girl had beautiful pale skin and used Benefits High Beam, I have a small jar of this from a set I got but also the Mememe Liquid Highlighters would be perfect

So onto the brushes, this little beauty I got years ago in a beauty box by no.7 one Christmas. I thought the set was fab but the makeup was contained in a drawer in the box so I never really used the shadows or lips colours, I did however always keep the brush and this little guy is so fluffy and small, it’s perfect for gliding along my cheekbone to really brighten up my face. If anyone knows if you can buy these as a little separate brush please do let me know.

The second brush I love now to use for my highlighter is a newbie to my collection and that is the Blank Canvas F40. I bought this brush after attending the Lauren Cleare masterclass in Dublin which was amazing. She is a very talented MUA and has a great love of Blank Canvas brushes. This brush again is super soft, it holds product well (because the last thing you want is a shimmer falling off the brush and landing half way down your face) and I find it works on the top of my cheekbone really well, as it I feel it fits my face shape. This is a totally multi tasker brush but over the last two weeks for sure I am cleaning this and putting it back into my travel makeup bag as my highlighter brush. This brush retails at €13.99 and can be bought HERE

I do hope this brush series is helping you get some ideas on what brushes they're are out there and what they can be used for. I have found in the almost year of starting the blog that I am now at the stage that I want to start doing makeups more often and I want to have my tools ready to go that I am 100% comfortable with. I think brands are important in a way but you will learn to get the feel of the brush, you'll know yourself if it's applying products the right way that you want them to so if you see discount codes or offers available, treat yourself and build your collection slowly, Rome wasn't built in a day after all :)

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Cleaning Your Brushes (An older post from my initial blog)

Cleaning Your Brushes.

Brushes are key to creating beautiful make up looks and I have mentioned a range of brushes in previous posts. My go to brushes are the real techniques brushes but also since my fantastic win from The Make Up Crew Dublin, I have been using my new brushes loads and I love them!

Before embarking on this blog, I have to admit I was very bad at taking care of my make up brushes. For the most part, my make up routine was so poor I rarely used brushes so now that I have them and want them to last, I am finally taking care of them like I should.

From reading posts from other bloggers, tweeting asking questions and also watching YouTube tutorials, you soon learn there are many ways to clean your brushes.

For me, I started to use baby shampoo and warm (not hot) water. The reason you do not want to use hot water on the brush is because you risk melting the glue which holds your brush together. You could end up with a brush in pieces and that’s a tragedy no girl wants to have.

So taking your brush, hold it upside-down with the bristles facing down into the sink and run the water on the brush hair only. Put some baby shampoo on your hand and swirl the brush around on your hand taking most of the makeup off it.

After this step rinse the brush again, squeezing out the excess make up.

Depending on which brush you are cleaning you may need to repeat the shampoo step.

Foundation brushes can sometimes be the hardest brushes to clean.

When you are sure the brush is now clean, squeeze out as much of the water as you can from the brush head but do take care not to pull hard on the brush as you may have loosened up some of the glue while cleaning.

Fold a towel into a third of its size so it creates a shelf for the brushes to dry on.

Taking your clean brush, dry it against the towel. You need to be very careful not to lose the shape of the brush so mould it with your hands before leaving it to dry.

*I recently saw on YouTube, you can buy mesh nets for drying brushes which hold their shape and still allow enough air through the hair to dry the brush properly. I have since found them on EBay for €2 so will be using them once they get here to save my brushes.*

The shelf that you have created with the towel will help stop the brushes drying with one flat side so place all your clean brushes with the hairs hanging off the edge of the towel, in a warm place overnight until they are fully dry. I left mine in my bedroom under the radiator so it was warm but not hot enough to melt the glue.

Do take care of your brushes ladies, they are a great investment and will last a lot longer if you take care of them.

If anyone has any other suggestions or advice on how to clean makeup brushes, I'd love to hear from you.

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