I'm going to run through each quickly so you can neurotically clean your belongings like I've been doing. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Ĭaroline Aghajanian: I tested three methods for cleaning your makeup brushes using just household items and had a lot of really great results.Ingredients like white vinegar and apple cider vinegar can help disinfect the makeup brushes.Many people claim that dish soap with extra virgin olive oil leaves their brushes clean and soft.Insider's Caroline Aghajanian is testing three DIY makeup brush cleaning solutions.