Review (2/5): My $2 Rubber, handheld brush cleaner works better
I want to preface this by saying, the product functioned well. In the cleaning of the brushes, not well. Yes, it spins away surface makeup, but, it doesn't NOT clean the brush. After cleaning 3 dozen brushes of all shapes and sizes, I got to my shadow brushes. Now, these shadow brushes have white bristles. So, I do about three and my brushes don't look like anything was done to them. Please keep in mind that I did change the water and shampoo/bodywash several times in between (water was colored, but not dark as it should be if the brushes were cleaned). So before I went through another 2 dozen brushes--yes, I love brushes--I pulled out my $2 trusty rubber, handheld makeup brush cleaner and scrubbed the white bristle brushes that I had spun-clean. Lo and behold, they still had 90 of the shadow on them before I started and now were again white. So I effectively had to go back and clean ALL 4 or 5 dozen brushes with my 2-dollar rubber mat and they were pristine. I will say in favor of the spinner cleaner, that the spin-dry was a game changer. So, I suggest cleaning your brushes the old-fashioned way and spin them dry. This was a waste of my time and money. Also, be careful spinning your brushes. Natural brushes-- if spun too long--will look like a bad hair day in the middle of a New Orleans summer!