If you are going to be investing $100.00- $250.00 in supplies, business cards, flyers and such to start up your face painting business, you need to think about how to best take care of your kit so that it lasts as long as possible, and always looks neat and clean to your customers. Here are some good tips for taking care of brushes, water containers, and a few of the more basic supplies: The secret to keeping our water container clean is buying more brushes. Use a brush for each range of colors. You can get through a boat load of painting with about 15 brushes. If your brushes are falling apart you are probably abusing your brushes. Hi quality synthetic brushes can take a great deal of abuse and still last for many years. Try these brush tips. 1) Buy good quality brushes (SNAZAROO makes 9 different brushes) -- buy synthetic 2) buy enough (when you can afford it) for one of your favorite brushes for each color range (reds, blues, black, white etc.) 3) buy a plastic brush holder to allow them to be stored bristle up between uses. don't rinse during the work day (it is not needed) 4) if you use only SNAZAROO paint, you can wash your brushes in hot water only 5) when cleaning your brushes swish them around in the water don't pound them 6) don't let your brushes sit in water bristle down for long periods of time 7) store bristle up 8) buy bristles that are high quality groomed synthetic 9) when the handles start showing paint build up use a sos pad to clean them up 10) if you get "wild hairs" it is usually caused by storing them improperly 11) cut out "wild hairs" because it is practically impossible to fix 12) buy stiffer bristles (pony hair and goat bristle don't work too well) sable is to expensive and hard to clean 13) only put your brush (or sponge) in the water to obtain water to mix to moisten the paint. There isn't a need to dab your brush at the bottom or side of the water container 14) if your sponge gets too wet swap out sponges don't squeeze it out in your water container 15) carry extra sponges and brushes 16) after cleaning allow your brushes and sponges dry fully before packing them away 17) don't store wet brushes or sponges in a poly bag. It encourages germs to grow. *****A quality brush when cared for even with high use should last for many years. ***** ********************************************* REACH US BY EMAIL AT purcifuls@yahoo.com OR BY PHONE AT (806) 239 2927 during business hours. IF YOU DON'T GET A LIVE PERSON -- JUST KEEP TRYING! THIS TIME OF YEAR WE TAKE LOTS OF CALLS!! ********************************************************* BE SURE TO CLICK THE GLOBE ICON AND GO TO OUR FRONT PAGE FOR CURRENT SPECIAL OFFERS AND COUPONS!!! ********************************************************* FOR COMPLETE SHIPPING DETAILS (what kinds are offered, how long it takes, how to choose etc....) CLICK THE "SHIPPING INFO" BUTTON on the left side of any page. ********************************************************* To find out about Purciful's Policies -- privacy, shipping, security, returns, placing orders by mail and phone, or just about us -- go to the ABOUT PURCIFUL'S AND POLICIES link -- it's in the column of purple buttons on the left side of every shopping page!