How to distinguish the quality of makeup brushes?

How to distinguish the quality of makeup brushes?

Makeup brushes are divided into blush brushes, eye shadow brushes, powder brushes, eyebrow brushes and lip brushes, etc. You can distinguish the quality of a makeup brush by the touch and gloss of the bristles, as well as the handle and aluminum tube of the brush. Avoid buying counterfeit products.

1. Bristles

Bristles are the most important part of cosmetic brushes. Generally, the bristles of cosmetic brushes are made of animal hair or artificial fiber hair. When identifying the bristles, you can try to touch them with your hands first, and gently comb the brush with your fingers to see Whether the bristles will lose a lot of hair, if there is a phenomenon of hair loss, it means that the quality of the brush is unqualified. Among them, the fur of animals is not easy to shed, and it has nothing to do with the quality. Looking at it with the eyes, the bristles of good quality are relatively smooth and shiny, while the bristles of fake and inferior ones are dull and dull. You can also smell it with your nose. After opening the package, the inferior bristles will have a strong smell of paint, and the high-quality bristles will have no smell.

2. Ferrule

You can also identify the quality of the makeup brush by looking at the thickness of the ferrule. If the material is thicker, it is of better quality. If the material is light and thin, the quality is not very good.

3. Brush handle

The brush handle is also the most important part of the makeup brush. It is generally divided into two materials, wooden handle paint material and electroplated plastic material. Fake and inferior brush handles are easy to peel and peel off the paint.

Do new makeup brushes need to be cleaned?

To be on the safe side, it is best to clean the newly bought makeup brushes first. Because the makeup brushes may have some floating hairs left in the process of making them, you should wash them first when you buy them, not only to clean the makeup brushes, but also to wash off the floating hairs on the makeup brushes together. You can clean the newly bought lotion without a special makeup brush cleaner, because the function of the makeup brush cleaner is to clean the makeup residue on the makeup brush, but there is no makeup on the makeup brush you just bought, you can use makeup brush cleaning soap to clean it. cleaning.

1. Wet the makeup brush completely with water, then take a small amount of the above cleaning agent and wash it in circles.
2. During the cleaning process, the bristles of the makeup brush should face down as much as possible to prevent water from flowing back into the handle of the makeup brush.
3. During the rinsing process, try to keep the bristles facing down as much as possible, and squeeze while rinsing until it is completely rinsed.
4. After washing, use a brush with good water absorption to absorb the water on the makeup brush until it is half dry, then put the brush bristles down and dry in the shade.