FOUNDATION BRUSH: Art Supply VS. Department Store?
halfdusthalfdeity
top line brands (Paula Dorf, Perscriptives, MAC, Trish) are any
better/different than a Taklon brush from an art supply store??
P.S. I'm using liquid foundation (LM oil-free and Lancome
Photogenic)... THANKS!
kisses,
Christina
bobby lee
(halfdusthalfdeity) wrote:
>I'm looking into trying a foundation brush... can anyone tell me if
>top line brands (Paula Dorf, Perscriptives, MAC, Trish) are any
>better/different than a Taklon brush from an art supply store??
>
I looked at the Px one - it's definitely different from my art supply
brush (American Painter #1 wash - from another helpful AFer). It's
made of different material and the bristles are graduated - I'm sure
I'm not using correct brush terminology but I hope you get the idea.
I can't tell you as far as application goes, however - I haven't used
my art supply brush much (I, like I suspect many others, just like to
accumulate AF purchases). But I do like my brush, and it was MUCH
cheaper (than the Px brush I didn't buy).
HTH
Bobby
fig
> (halfdusthalfdeity) wrote:
>
> >I'm looking into trying a foundation brush... can anyone tell me if
> >top line brands (Paula Dorf, Perscriptives, MAC, Trish) are any
> >better/different than a Taklon brush from an art supply store??
> >
I haven't looked at art store brushes so I can't say whether or not
there's a good foundation brush option. Keep in mind that taklon and
other synthetic bristles come in various grades and thicknesses. Look
for one that's about an inch wide with firm but soft bristles, about 1to
1.5 inches long. Brush it on your face (I assume you'll have to do this
while no one's looking!) to be sure it's not scratchy. I'm sure there
are some lovely art brushes that will be just fine for makeup
application. My brush supplier made art brushes for decades before
starting on cosmetic brushes.
fig
--
Who's The Fairest?
http://www.whosthefairest.com
Erica Bial
who's the fairest?
I have one and I love it.
erica
halfdusthalfdeity <halfdust...@hotmail.com> wrote:
: I'm looking into trying a foundation brush... can anyone tell me if
: kisses,
: Christina
--
"Chicken doesn't cause violence... Chicken is a tasty treat!"
-Anthony Clark
Linda
I just wanted to say that the Paula Dorf MA sold me the
foundation brush along with their Perfect Glo foundation,
and I hated it - the bristles left little tracks. I found
a makeup sponge or even my fingertips did a better blending
job.
Maybe it would work for a more liquidy foundation. I'll
give it another try now that you mentioned it. But I think
you could find one just as good at an art supply store that
has a good selection. All art supply stores aren't equal.
Good luck.
Linda
Stevie
well I have looked at art supply brushes and tried to do this.. for taklon,
get the smallest head and the finest taklon that your face and wallet can
stand. if there are no graduated bristles then you can trim one out
yourself.
not the easiest thing to do and considering that you can get the px one for
less and even the Dorf one isnt' that expensive plus you can check out ebay
for some as well. worth the effort. I used mine today!
;-)
Stevie
"fig" <figfu...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3C78378E...@earthlink.net...
Maladicta1
>well I have looked at art supply brushes and tried to do this.. f
I was going to suggest an art supply brush but the one I bought off ebay for
$5.95 actually retails for $41.00 although some places have it way cheaper. I
think it's perfection. If you see it on ebay, it's the one-inch size, oval wash
style of Robert Simmons Sapphire range. It's a blend of kolinsky and taklon.
Here's a picture.
http://www.paintinfools.com/cgi-bin/list_brushes.pl?rs_saph:S52:0.60:
beigetoo
<quirk...@mac.com> wrote:
> MAC recently put out a foundation brush which is a blend of natural and
> synthetic hairs. An MA used this on me to apply cream blush and it worked
> really well. The difference, between it and my art supply brushes, was
> significant enough for me to consider purchasing. I'll post my results if I
> take the plunge.
the MAC #190 brush is easily the best foundation brush I've used yet,
and I've used many. I normally apply either Illuminare or Facefinity,
then use it to put MAC Cheekhue on my cheeks, and it's fabulous.
bt
Sheellah
used for brushes for facial use. Also the quality of the hair would be better,
as it's more important in a brush for facial use. I think you might be OK with
the Taklon synthetic brushes for use on the face, but I would be wary of some
art store natural hair brushes.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to
accept God's final word on where your lips end."
--Jerry Seinfeld
Maladicta1
>be
>used for brushes for facial use. Also the quality of the hair would be
>better,
>as it's more important in a brush for facial use. I think you might be OK
>with
>the Taklon synthetic brushes for use on the face, but I would be wary of some
>art store natural hair brushes.
I think they put a light fixative on brushes initially to preserve the point
but it washes right out. I always shampoo and condition art store brushes
before I use them. My squirrel, goat and kolinsky brushes are absolutely fine
and indistinguishable from department store lines.
I think what you have to be wary of is what you're actually getting. "Camel
hair" is supposedly whatever they have lying around. Red sable isn't sable at
all. Nor is black sable.
halfdusthalfdeity
broke down and bought the MAC foundation brush (the curiosity was
killing me!).
Result: Liquid makeup went on very evenly. I prefer this to using my
fingers because I feel that my fingers pull my skin too much.
However, the result was a little too even and unnatural-looking for
daytime (although maybe I just used too much foundation?).
Thanks for the advice, ladies!!
Christina
ASTROL1032
Before my art store got them in the right size I bought a wonderful Taklon one
from WTF! terrific!
you might want to consider that
hth
carol