Your New Life Hack: Pool Noodles & Makeup Brushes

To ensure your makeup brushes keep their shape as they dry, one woman has come up with the solution … a pool noodle! Gail Sherman is the genius behind this…

Nicole Weaver

Published Jul 1, 2019 9:33 AM EDT

HONG KONG – JANUARY 15: A makeup artist lays out the tools of her trade, backstage ahead of the Angela Chung and Gregorius Vici show during Hong Kong Fall/Winter Fashion Week at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on January 15, 2014 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Gareth Gay/Getty Images)

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To ensure your makeup brushes keep their shape as they dry, one woman has come up with the solution ... a pool noodle!

Gail Sherman is the genius behind this idea and the picture makes it looks pretty easy. Just cut some slits in the pool noodle which will serve as the makeup brush holders. Sherman also adds an additional cut to the noodle to fit the edge of her counter...again, genius!