'Brilliant' and easy trick removes make-up stains from clothes in seconds

04 February 2024 , 08:00

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A make-up artist has come up with a 'brilliant' tip to get rid of make-up stains on jacket collars (Image: laurab_mua/Tiktok)

A woman has shared a genius trick for removing stubborn make-up marks from clothing "so easily".

Cleaning your make-up brushes is one of those tasks on our to-do lists that we tend to dread; it takes a lot of effort. But, every make-up artist or skin care expert will tell you that it is a crucial task for making brushes, beauty blenders, and sponges last longer, as well as keeping away bacteria and germs from our face.

One make-up artist has shared the ultimate way to utilise your make-up brush cleaner - by getting rid of stains off your favourite pieces of clothing. There's nothing worse than putting on a fresh crisp shirt and looking down to see there is a make-up mark on it.

Irish woman Laura Broderick, who loves sharing cooking tips and beauty hacks on her TikTok page, has come up with a "brilliant" way to banish harsh make-up stains. If you are in a rush or on-the-go and notice a stain, it will be "completely gone" in seconds.

Laura demonstrated how she uses the Ella and Jo 'squeaky clean brush cleaner' - priced at £20 on the company's website and sold in a number of pharmacies around Ireland and Northern Ireland - as well as a cotton pad for her trick. Any other brush cleaner should do the job. She showed how one of her coats had foundation marks on it, so she dabs a few drops of the brush cleaner solution onto the coat, before wiping it off with the cotton pad.

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Laura said: "This is just a reminder that if you have makeup on your jacket then it is so easy to remove with a bit of your brush cleaner - squeaky clean brush cleaner - watch this. It just removes it so easily. Completely gone."

Make-up artist Laura uses a cleaning solution and a cotton pad (laurab_mua/Tiktok)

Laura uses a £20 make-up brush cleaner from Ella and Jo (laurab_mua/Tiktok)

A number of people rushed to applaud the hack on TikTok. "Such a great tip, definitely needed," one said. "Handy tip," added another.

Another commented: "Thank you I always get annoyed that I get make up on my jacket now this is life saver." One other wrote: "OK I have this actual brush cleaner and a coat collar caked. Coming across this has made my day."

A number of people also suggested using micellar water or hairspray to remove make-up stains too. "If you spray hair spray on the collar of jackets or jumpers before you wear them it stops make up transferring on to it," one advised.

Have you tried the hack? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Lucy Marshall