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Keep Your Makeup Brushes Polished with These 9 Cleansers & Cleaners

Cleaning your brushes give you clean & long-lasting brushes. Here're good makeup brush cleaners for all makeup brushes including kabuki & eyeshadow brushes.


Editor · Updated 3 Jan 2019

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Keep Your Makeup Brushes Polished with These 9 Cleansers & Cleaners

There are a few reasons as to why you need to clean your makeup brushes. Firstly, it keeps away germs and bacteria growth. Next, without cleaning your brushes, you will be transferring bacteria from the brushes to your face, which will cause acne production. Lastly, no one is willing to spend hundreds of ringgit on new brushes every few weeks.

Cleaning your brushes often will also give you soft, clean and long lasting brushes. But, cleaning our your brushes require special tools. Here are some makeup brush cleaners we've found which come in quite handy.

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Best drugstore makeup brush cleanser
Best affordable makeup brush cleanser 1 of 9
DAISO Make Up Brush Cleaner
Partnership with DAISO
From RM7.50
See price at Shopee Malaysia

The cheapest makeup brush cleanser ever existed - you can get it online, or you can visit the nearest Daiso store if you are looking for something that will not break the bank. It makes an excellent gift for someone who cleans their makeup brushes daily.

Best makeup brush spray for makeup sets
Best makeup brush cleanser spray for makeup sets 2 of 9
MAKE UP FOREVER Instant Brush Cleanser
Partnership with MAKE UP FOREVER
From RM94
See price at Zalora Malaysia

Make Up Forever offers an alcohol-free instant brush cleanser. Hooray! Its spray and dry on the spot formula are useful for someone who is always on the go and who owns just a few brushes. Spray the cleanser on a tissue and clean the brushes to remove residue. After that, use a dry tissue to dry your brushes, and they're all good to go.

Best cleaning glove for eyeshadow brushes 3 of 9
SIGMA BEAUTY Sigma Spa® Express Brush Cleaning Glove
Partnership with SIGMA BEAUTY
From RM102
See price at Sephora Malaysia

A little something to clean your eyeshadow brushes with; it’s small and takes minimal storage space, you can even bring it with you during your travels. This cleanser has seven patented textures to wash your brushes. It is also built with a strap around the hand for vigorous cleaning, and it is designed for both right and left-handed people!

Best for liquid foundation, concealer and stippling brushes
Best for liquid foundation, concealer and stippling brushes 4 of 9
MAC COSMETICS Brush Cleanser
Partnership with MAC COSMETICS
From RM61
See price at Shopee Malaysia

MAC is a big name in the makeup industry, and they have produced a brush cleanser to disinfect and clean your brushes. It leaves your brushes with a pleasant and fresh smell upon cleaning, and it also has a short drying time.

Best for synthetic and bamboo makeup brushes
Best for synthetic and bamboo makeup brushes 5 of 9
Kicho Argan Brush Cleanser
Partnership with
From RM72
See price at Hermo Malaysia

Synthetic brushes are pricey, but they offer the best makeup application. Therefore, it is crucial to clean them thoroughly. From its name, you can guess that the main ingredient is Argan and its oil removes stubborn products, dirt and makeup residue in a blink of an eye. With Broccoli and Grapefruit extracts present, they strengthen the fibres of the makeup brushes as well.

Best for lip and eyebrow brushes
Best for lip and eyebrow brushes 6 of 9
Clinique Makeup Brush Cleanser
Partnership with
From RM84
See price at Lazada Malaysia

For some, lip and eyebrow brushes are used daily. Sometimes, we do not have the time to clean and wait for it to air dry, which could take hours. But Clinique has it all figured out and has come up with a brush cleanser that will not only cleanse, but also dry quickly. This way, you can use it immediately after you wipe the excess water off.

Best cleanser for makeup sponge
Best cleanser for makeup sponge 7 of 9
BEAUTYBLENDER Solid Cleanser
Partnership with BEAUTYBLENDER
From RM87
See price at Sephora Malaysia

The Beauty Blender is a ‘makeup artist approved’ blending sponge as it gives you a flawless finish to your concealer and foundation. Caring for and cleaning your Beauty Blender is effortless with this solid cleanser. With its textured silicone pad, it breaks up the most stubborn stains and grime from Beauty Blender sponges.

Best silicone brush glove for powder, bronzer and kabuki brushes 8 of 9
SIGMA BEAUTY 2X Sigma Spa® Brush Cleaning Glove
Partnership with SIGMA BEAUTY
From RM161
See price at Sephora Malaysia

This is the latest upgraded version of the Sigma original silicone glove – it has an added thumb compartment for added comfort. It claims to clean brushes faster with its advanced cleaning textures – Refined Plus Face and Refined Plus Eyes. These are newly added textures for more effective and deeper cleaning.

Best for sensitive skin and acne prone skin
Best for sensitive and acne-prone skin 9 of 9
IT COSMETICS It's Your Brush Love
Partnership with IT COSMETICS
From RM84
See price at Sephora Malaysia

Those with acne-prone and sensitive skin have to be careful when it comes to picking not only skincare products but brush cleansers as well. IT Cosmetics brush cleanser is an alcohol-free brush cleaner infused with vitamins and antioxidants. It's ideal for even the most sensitive skin. Just spritz, wipe and air dry.

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