Say goodbye to wasting time washing your sponge by hand, using up litres of water under a tap, waiting hours for them to soak in the sink, or risking damage to your sponge with a washing machine or microwave hack. The instructions do say that depending on the last time you cleaned your sponge, you may have to repeat the process a few times, so let's see if that helps at all. There are 8 silicone collars which have been especially designed to hold any brush handle between 5mm and 30mm in diameter.

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Lift the brush above the cleanser and spin dry for 10 seconds (please make sure you keep the brush inside the bowl when drying. It is amazing at cleaning my sponges and I no longer poke holes in it with my finger nails when trying to clean them. It's kind of hard to do because the sponge is obviously really slippery right now, and it doesn't want to be pressed.If we can wash our makeup sponges and prolong the amount of time before we bin them, we’d all be taking the right steps towards environmental change. If you are trying to remove oil-based makeup (liquid foundation, eye liner, lipstick) then the STYLPRO Vegan Cleanser is required. I think that if I would've taken the sponge out and changed its position and then done the spinny thing one more time that that would've helped, but I have to say, this looks like a pretty-close-to-brand-new sponge, so I'm happy with that. Tested makeup sponges had an average of 1 million bacteria colonies on each sponge – that’s 1000 times higher than the EU safety limit for beauty cosmetics!

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Please check you have removed the small, transparent battery tab, make sure the tab is fully removed before switching on the device. It's kind of weird because they say it'll only take a minute to clean your sponge, but then in the instructions, it says to leave it soaking in the liquid for a minute. They can lead to acne, skin infections, viral illnesses, and even harmful immune system issues like sepsis.Depending on how dirty the brush is and the last time the brush was cleaned, it may have to be cleaned more than once to remove all the makeup from the brush. The Sponge Sparkle Cleanser is registered by the Vegan society and is free from oil, fragrances, alcohol, paraben and sulphate. If you wish to use soap and water we advise you use a small amount of liquid soap into the bowl with a enough water to cover the tips of the bristles.