How to Clean Hair Brushes with Vinegar

It’s obvious that hair brushes are meant to attract all the nasty particles that end up ruining your hair. The story starts from dust particles from the environment and ends with dandruff from your scalp.

Cleaning the hairbrush is nothing but a hassle if you leave it there to keep on accumulating all the lint. So, if you don’t want that to happen, you will surely need a weapon that will brush off all the debris particles.

And that weapon is nothing but vinegar. It exists just to clean all the hairbrushes out there.

For this, we have come up with a technique that you can follow every other week to keep it clean and healthy.

Why vinegar?

Vinegar has high level of acidity that makes it a great remedy for dissolving filth and other kind of buildups. Since you will find it gentle, it will not ruin most of the type of materials easily. Plus, vinegar is also considered to be a smart substitute to chemical cleaning agents.

Moreover, vinegar has caustic characteristics that help in killing bacterial while loosening sticky residue caused by different makeup products, hairspray and other factors.

However, it is important that you think of wearing gloves while using vinegar. if you have sensitivities, they will protect your hands.

Now let’s start the procedure!

Step 1: Take the hair out of the brush

Prior to cleaning the brush, make sure you remove all the packed hair out of your brushes. This will make it easier to clean the brushes effortlessly. You can use a wide-tooth comb to run it between the bristles plus the ending, or you can use a tail of the comb to pull the hair out. Keep on doing the step until you have removed all the hair out of the hairbrushes.

Step 2: Clean with Vinegar or Apple Cider Vinegar

Here you will get two options to choose from when it comes to the vinegar. You can opt for plain white vinegar or you can pick apple cider vinegar. No matter what you go with, the method will be different. For your convenience, we have though to divide the process into two sections. Choosing one will absolutely depend on your preference since both the ingredients do the same job.

With Vinegar:

What you may need

• Plain vinegar
• Warm water
• Bowl
• Toothbrush

Sub-step 1: Fill the bowl with half a cup of water.

Sub-step 2: After that, add a cup of white vinegar to the bowl.

Sub-step 3: Then, dip the hairbrush into the bowl and soak it for 30 minutes. (Remember, this is legit not for wooden brush)

Sub-step 4: Repeat swishing the brushes with your hands and drench each bristle until the brush gets completely clean. If you want, you can use a clean toothbrush as well to do the job.

(Tip: Make sure you use plain vinegar. Malt or other types of vinegar do not have acidic contents, so they may not provide you with same result.)

With Apple Cider Vinegar:

What you may need

• Apple cider vinegar
• Dish soap
• Warm water
• Bowl
• Toothbrush

Sub-step 1: Fill the bowl with half a cup of water again.

Sub-step 2:Then, add 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to the bowl.

Sub-step 3:After that, add 1 tablespoon of dish soap to the bowl as well.

Sub-step 4: Then mix the solution.

Sub-step 5: Next, swish each bristle with your hands until the brush gets completely clean. You can also use a clean toothbrush for washing the brush properly.

Sub-step 6: After that, dip the brush and let it soak for about 10 minutes.

Step 3: Rinse thoroughly

After soaking the hairbrush in the solution, take the brush out and rinse it with cold water. Vinegar is such an ingredient that emits a strong odor. So, you will need to cleanse the brush as well to remove the odor from the brush.

Step 4: Dry the brush

After you are done rinsing the hairbrush, wrap it around with a clean towel. You can either leave it there to air dry the brush. Or you can use a hairdryer as well to dry the brush quickly.

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Maintenance:

If you do not want to work hard cleaning the brush and spending hours on it, then we would advise you to clean it once a week at least. Not only it will prevent the brush from accumulating dust and dandruff but also it will help keep your hair healthy and tangle-free. You may opt to use the makeup brush cleaner machines for making the brush cleaning process a fun task.

Issues with vinegar:

• Not for wooden brush: It has already been mentioned that if your brush is wooden, you cannot work it with vinegar to clean it. And soaking the wood brush in water will give you nothing but disastrous result.
• May not work properly with grease: If you hairbrush is filled with grease or natural oils from your hair, you may need to add some more products with the vinegar to clean the brush. Just vinegar may not clean the grease from the brush properly.
• Strong smell: Using the vinegar can be a little hassle since it has pretty strong odor. And you may not like the smell of the vinegar.
• Sensitivity: If you have sensitivity issues, you may need to use gloves to wash the brush with vinegar. Or else you may face inconvenience.
• Non-acidic vinegar: As it has been mentioned, non-acidic vinegar will not be effective in cleaning the brush. So, choose the type wisely.

Wrap-up:

Have you ever wondered how a plain liquid ingredient like vinegar has power to clean up the most stubborn debris from different hair brushes if you can learn how to clean your makeup brushes with it. Although, it may not be suitable for wooden material, but other than that, it is a great and safe cleaning agent to soften the debris and clean each part of the base. We would just encourage you to try it for once, we are sure that it will rather impress you and not let you down.