You can clean your brushes as often as you like to remove bacteria and product. Keeping your brushes clean will also help preserve them.

I'm really really lazy about washing my brushes. The last time I cleaned this brush was... three months ago. Seriously. My skin is perfectly happy to break out at any opportunity, but not cleaning this brush hasn't caused me any problems, and I use it daily. That said, cleaning your brush once a week with shampoo (for natural bristles) or brush cleaner is standard practice. Hope that helps!

I clean mine with the brush shampoo about twice a week maybe. Sometimes for a quick wash I just put some witch hazel astringent on it and it kills the bacteria and cleans it. Works wonders.

It's probably at your discretion, but I would recommend rinsing it after every use at the very least. I clean it after every use with soap and water. Perhaps we aren't supposed to wash them that much, but I've yet to have any issues, and I escape the paranoia of thinking about bacteria that may have accumulated from leaving make-up on/in the brush.

Bottom line, I would rather pay to replace my brushes after they wear out from too much cleaning than have to correct my skin or eyes if a dirty brush led to some undesirable issues.

I don't use my brush every single day, but still clean it at least once a week with Sephora brand cleaner. They also make a shampoo for more powerful cleanings. It's not to be confused with regular shampoo for your hair though. I am a little acne prone, so I prefer to keep everything as sterile as possible. You will know how often you need to clean your brush. I also spritz a little cleaner on a paper towel and use it to clean my eyelash curler often.

This brush is for applying liquid foundation. Any brush used to apply a liquid product should be cleaned after every use. You can use a daily cleanser daily and baby shampoo to deep clean once or twice a week. Liquid products are prone to cultivate bacteria so using a dirty brush will increase the chance for developing breakouts.

Clean this brush and all brushes about once every month or two. They sell brush cleaners in the store but I just use a small squirt of dishwashing liquid (Palmolive or whatever), put it in a mug and drop all the brushes in to soak for a few hours. Then, rub the bristles with your fingers to wash, rinse with cold water and allow to air dry. It's that simple!

I clean once weekly with baby shampoo.

I clean my brushes every week. If you tend to use more make up or apply more often, try twice a week. Since this is a SYNTHETIC brush you can just use a little alcohol to clean it. Two parts alcohol to one part water will do just swish it around in your solution and to get really in there try to press it against a a towel and do back and forth motions. Rinse. press dry in a towel, or leave brush hanging if you can; or lay them over the towel to dry. You dont want to put them in a cup facing down or up because if you leave them bristles down the brush might warp, and if you leave it up the inner part of the brush can stay wet making bacteria. If you have brushes which aren't synthetic try using baby shampoo. with the same steps. best of luck.

After each use wipe it on a moist cloth and every week or so clean it with sephora makeup brush cleaner

You should clean this brush everyday because if you dont you willl only smudge bacteria all over our face. To wash it use a dab of shampoo and wet ur brush. The rub it in a circular motion on ur hand until thr foam comming out of it turns white. Afterwards set it to dry :) hope it halped xoxox

Nope--use rubbing alcohol and then wipe it with a tissue.

I often find when cleaning my brushes that brush cleaner is a bit too harsh and dries the bristles out.
Instead, you can use a baby shampoo, or my favorite, a vegan shampoo and conditioner that is all-natural and won't harm your brushes, especially the natural fibered bristles.
Remember to rub with the cuticle, not against it, or it will also ruin the integrity of your brush.
For hard to remove makeup like cream concealer, I find using a gentle antibacterial soap before the shampoo and conditioner works a treat :)

I clean my brush with my face cleanser...it's gentle but effectively removes the makeup without drying out the brush.

You can get Sephora brush cleaner (works great) I use that and after each application I wipe it off on a wet cloth

I recommend using ur hair shampoo and rubbing it in a circular motion on your hand until the foam (comming out of your brush) turns white. Do not use a brush cleaner because it dries and dammages the hair on ur brush

I use Sonia Kashuk brush cleanser, you just spray a few times and rub the bristles with your fingers to lather it up and the product comes right out.

I use the sephora brush cleaner after each use and once every week or two I use baby shampoo to get it truly clean. One thing I read which I follow is to always clean the brushes facing downward so water does not ruin the glue holding the hairs in place.

I use Johnson's BAby shampoo to clean brushes. I find that this is better than the cleaning products for brushes. It's very soft on the bristles and does the trick!

Sephora Makeup brush cleaner is the best to use

I'm using baby shampoo b/c it's cheaper than the commercial products for brush cleaning and works (in my opinion) just as well.

I personally don't use my brush cleaners for this brush because its synthetic just a simple rubbing alcohol will clean it. i do two parts alcohol to one part water. but if you are looking for a cleaner try cover FX cleaners.

Just rubbing alcohol since it is synthetic.

Sephora does have a daily brush cleanser. Just follow the instruction on the bottle. The daily cleanser is a daily quick clean product. Sephora does make a brush shampoo type of cleanser as well. This can be used to deep clean your brush once to twice a week in addition to the daily cleanser.

I use the sephora makeup brush cleaner

I use the Sephora brand brush shampoo. It works great and smells good too.

I clean my brush with basic warm water and soap. Perhaps there is a special cosmetic brush cleaner that I should be using, but I treat my cosmetic brushes the way I treat my paint brushes--I love them and they are my babies, BUT I feel if they are of good quality and meant to be a part of my arsenal, they should be able to last sans having to be babied in a special cleaning product.

I WASHED IT IN A BIT OF SHAMPOO & WATER,VERY EASY. I DO ONCE A WK. WASH

I use the Sephora brand brush cleaner. They also make a brush shampoo that is for heavier cleanings, but I am a light foundation wearer and find the regular cleaner does the job well. Just a few spritzes and a few wipes on a clean cloth or paper towel is all you need.

The woman who helped me said that I should clean it once a week with rubbing alcohol because it is synthetic.

since it is synthetic you would use the anti bacterial cleaner (sephora collection)for daily use..and the brush shampoo (sephora collection) once a week!hopes this helps:)

Yes! I have personally used this brush with powder and like the even coverage that it gives.

Yes, it does. :)

I personally would not use this brush with a powder. Powders are more for kabuki brushes. This brush, in my opinion, is more for liquid products.

No, definitely not for powder as the bristles are course to hold liquids not powder.

I wouldn't use it for powder. The bristles are smooth...better for liquid

Thats what i use it for!

I believe this is a liquid foundation brush. That's what a store associate told me and that is what I use it for...I think its perfect for applying liquid foundation.

Absolutely. However, sometimes you do need to blend foundations just a little with your finger after application to make sure it is not sitting on top of your skin. A brush uses quite a bit less foundation than a sponge. Never apply your foundation all over with your fingers. Do keep your brush clean from germs, etc by washing. Yeah, there's a product for that too.

ABSOLUTELY!

I use this with shiseido lifting foundation and it works perfectly!

This is not a foundation brush, this is more of a concealer brush. How I use this brush is in patting motions or stippling motions at an angle. If you want a foundation brush try Sephora's Professionnel Platinum Foundation Airbrush #55 and how you use it is in circular motions and holding the brush by the end to give you that air brushed look. and remember to get better coverage work on layers, don't just use a lot of product, it will make you look cake-y if you do. best of luck.

You should put the foundation on the back of your hand (to warm the foundation up and make it easier to spread) and then ay or dip a side of the brush into the foundation and lightly spread or you can dab the foundation around your face and then use the brush to blend this is best when you want to not use to much makeup

First of all, you should buy a pump for your foundation (lasts longer and is easier to apply when using a brush). You use one pump for 1/2 of your face. Just pump the foundation onto the brush and blend it in on your face as if you were coloring/painting and filling in a certain space. It seems awkward to think about if you've never tried it, but once you do, you will love it! Good luck!

yes, its comes with a plastic sleeve over the top

Not sure if this helps, but I bought the brush in a store about a month ago and it came with a cover, so perhaps it is only certain stores that have it with the tape instead of the sleeve.

No, the brush doesn't come with any real cover, just a disposable plastic cone type wrap.