{"id":14858,"date":"2014-10-13T08:30:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T00:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=14858"},"modified":"2015-04-14T15:17:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T07:17:48","slug":"save-splurge-daiso-dupes-brush-egg-sigma-brush-glove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2014\/10\/save-splurge-daiso-dupes-brush-egg-sigma-brush-glove\/","title":{"rendered":"Save & Splurge: Daiso Dupes for the Brush Egg and Sigma Brush Glove"},"content":{"rendered":"

Confession – I had no idea what I was going to blog for today. I’ve got\u00a0a crap-load of stuff to get through but I didn’t feel like really talking about makeup which regulars might notice is how I usually kick off the week. We all need something pretty to start the week with right? \ud83d\ude42 But I’m wallowing in a rut so I was going to take the day off, when the weekend brought a fortuitous blog post idea – Brush Cleaning Tools<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Huh? I can almost hear some of you think. Do you need tools for cleaning your makeup brushes? Isn’t it just soap and water? Well, the trend sort of started out with Sigma who came up with their Spa Brush Glove – basically a silicone glove with raised dots, that was supposed to help you speed up the cleaning process of your brushes. It also cost US$35 (RM115) *choke*<\/p>\n

I wasn’t going to spend that sort of money on what was basically a non-slip silicone oven glove (which you can get from any kitchen shop at less than Sigma’s price if you really want a glove for washing your brushes) but I was curious as to how it worked. So one day while at that paradise of all things cheap, cute and tacky i.e. Daiso I picked up something I thought would do the trick.<\/p>\n

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When I posted about it on Instagram<\/a>, @Jeninec commented that I could find a dupe of the Brush Egg (another popular brush cleaning tool, it seems!) at Daiso too! So off I went again to Daiso to pick it up and here we are! Let’s talk brush cleaning tools, how it works and why you can easily save on them rather than splurging \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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The science behind makeup brush cleaning tools<\/h3>\n

Well ok that sounded serious, but it isn’t really. The real science behind makeup brush cleaning tools like the Sigma Spa Brush Glove or the Brush Egg or any other tool out there is similar to that of a laundry washboard. Those of you who have never seen one thanks to having washing machines at home may not quite get it, but essentially, it’s a board with raised lines that allows you to scrub dirty clothes against it. What this does is agitate and loosen the dirt from clothes more quickly than scrubbing them by hand.<\/p>\n

Transfer that simple technology to makeup brushes and you have the idea. I used to wash my dirty makeup brushes by wetting them in a solution with brush cleaner<\/a> or by just using soap<\/a>\u00a0and then swirling the brush against my palm. This helps get the dirt out but it can be a slow process especially when dealing with very dense brushes<\/a>\u00a0or in my case, very dirty brushes.<\/p>\n

When you brush your dirty brushes against a rough surface, the dirt is dislodged more quickly and you get the brushes clean faster and using less cleaner as well. If you see my white Hakuhodo brush above, it was stained pink before (it’s a blush brush) and I got it white in just under a minute after brushing it against the waffle print of the pot holder. So in gist, here’s how to use one of these products:-<\/p>\n