(unpaid/sample) If you’re anything like me, cleaning your makeup brush just doesn’t happen as often as it should. Professional makeup artists are meticulous about cleaning their tools properly to avoid any contamination, but most of them use brushes that would make them spin :-).

This is a very handy set to put in your teen’s stocking as well as have one on hand for your own brushes. You simply wet your brush, swirl it over the carbon soap, and brush off excess product onto the noble matte, which folds up to fit in the same box as the soap.

It makes sense to do everything you can to prevent the growth of germs, and they are known to enjoy living on makeup brushes.

A good tip is not to get your brush too wet – you don’t want the soap to become too watery. I used this over the sink, but I was trying to be careful to turn off the faucet instead of leaving it running. After you get the activated charcoal soap (to increase absorbency) onto your brush by swirling it over the cleansing mat until you get a good lather, then rinse it off quickly with warm water and let it dry flat. I put mine on a towel. Isoclean has it HERE for £12.50 but you might find a better price if you google it.