How Many Makeup Brushes do you have? Longish
Blushun
wondered how many makeup brushes you have, who they're made by and what you
use them for. Do you have a large collection but really only use a few?
What are your favourites? My collection is large but that's really only
'cause of my job. I've had some of them for so long the numbers (and in
some cases the brushes) don't exist anymore or have worn off! Here's my
list with my favourites marked with a * .
MAC #136 Powder
MAC Pro#156 Powder*
Faces #11 Bronzer
Faces #110 Blush*
MAC #135 Blush
Faces #102 Contour*
MAC #168 Contour
Medium, fluffy artist brush used to powder eye area *
MAC #6 Lg. Eye Shadow*
Faces #103 eye lid
MAC #21 eye lid (now #213)*
MAC #29 to create a hard crease
MAC # 4 square bristle for contouring nose, highlighting, and soft, defined
crease*
MAC #33 (now #221) soft, defined crease
MAC #224 tapered blending*
MAC #219 pencil
MAC #9 (now 228) for cream shadows
MAC Pro #269 lg.angle liner*
MAC #266 sm. angle liner
Faces #109 liquid/cake liner/concealer
Body Shop Sponge tip for cream shadows/concealer
Makeup Art Touch Up for concealer*
Visiora Large concealer
MAC #204 lash/brow
Grumbacher #2 artist brush (cut on an angle) for brows
MAC #316 covered lip x 2
Cargo #13 lip
Blushun
sk wilson
have a mercier concealer brush and her eyebrow/lash comb/brush
trish powder and liner brush as well as concealer
a TON of Paula Dorf brushes.... these are totally cool
some cinema secret brushes for shadows
a couple no name blending blush brushes
sephora spiral lash brush
lip brush from who knows where.
Cargo travel brushes
reflect.com travel lip brush
Tina Earnshaw necessities eye crease brush.
gosh I must have over 25 brushes
oh my
Stevie
"Blushun" <dianac...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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jedbird
>
>I was thinking about brushes the other day when replying to a post and
>wondered how many makeup brushes you have, who they're made by and what you
>use them for. Do you have a large collection but really only use a few?
>What are your favourites? My collection is large but that's really only
>'cause of my job. I've had some of them for so long the numbers (and in
>some cases the brushes) don't exist anymore or have worn off! Here's my
>list with my favourites marked with a * .
>
>
My list, without the numbers unfortunately, but using your same (*) method for
favorites:
Stila big powder brush *
Stila concealer brush
Stila eyeliner brush *
MAC concealer/paint brush (puffier and denser than the Stila brush)
MAC angled liner brush
GB broad, flat shadow brush *
Nat Robbins shadow brush *
angled art supply brush for brows/liner
MAC travel brush kit: powder #129SE, fluffy shadow #224SE *, flat shadow #242SE
and angled liner #266SE brushes
TBS retractable lip brush
Trish retractable powder/blush brush
There are others, but they obviously can't matter that much to me!
The Stila powder brush was ~$50, but my other favorites were cheap - I think the
GB brush was $5, and the Nat Robbins brush, which I have had for probably 15
years, was maybe $2 and is still in marvelous shape.
I'm fanatic about keeping brushes clean because I *will* break out from even a
slightly dirty brush. I used to use a brush cleaner but now I just use whatever
shampoo I'm using for my hair.
I have had plenty of other brushes that I paid a great deal of money for that
were rough or fell apart, and I'm just hoping I can get another 10-15 years out
of my Nat Robbins brush before I have to try to find a decent replacement. It
was a fluke brush, I know - I've tried other NR brushes over the years and they
have consistently been garbage.
I have two concealer brushes because I had a Stila makeover and a MAC makeover
where they were used and I guess I liked how it felt...The MA used the MAC brush
to put paint on my eyelids but I just use my fingers. I do use the Stila one
more than the MAC.
The Stila liner (a tiny, pointed oval shape) is used wet with powder and the
angled brushes get used (usually) dry with powder. I use the big powder brushes
for both powder and blush.
Jeanine
AJ
up.
Trish powder brush
Sonia Kashuk powder brush
Lancome powder brush
Trish bounce blush brush
Stila blush brush
Lancome skunk blush brush
Clinique blush brush
Trish push eyeliner brush
Stila push eyeliner brush
Lancome push eyeliner brush
Stila eyeliner brush
Stila, Trish, SK lipliner brushes
Trish contour brush (which I've never used)
and many eyeshadow brushes:
Trish windshield wiper
Trish bounce e/s
small Stila e/s
small Mac e/s
slanted Mac e/s
small & medium Lancome e/s
small & medium SK e/s
Trish & Stila allover e/s
Trish concealer brush
This is really obscene. And there are probably more,
this is from memory. Hope rjudith and others of you
post, so I won't feel so bad!
--AJ
Scorpio00girl
picked up at Target (BTW I'm VERY imprssed with the quality!) and a couple of
"free with purchase" brushes that I've never used.
Mary in VA
I can't remember numbers, but at home, I have:
- Big Trish McEvoy powder
- Garden Botanika shadow blending
- Sonia Kashuk large and medium eyeshadow
- Who's the Fairest concealer
- Trish foundation
- Sonia spoolie (for lashes)
- Sephora brow
- Trish push eyeliner
- Trish small smudge
- Benefit crease blender
- Several Sonia two-part lip brushes
- Shu fine eyeliner
- Paula's Select large shadow
- Revlon Pro crease (windshield wiper type)
- Sephora lash/brow comb
There are probably more, but I don't remember.
In addition, I have a set of brushes just for travel. They all have shorter
handles than my regular brushes. It's great to just grab the bag and go
when I'm packing. It's REALLY hard to remember what all is in there, but it
includes:
- Trish mini 20 ("bounce" brush?)
- Trish mini push eyeliner
- Trish mini 10 (wide shadow for a wash of color)
- Bobbi Brown travel size brow
- Bobbi Brown travel size smudge
- Garden Botanika eye shadow
- Some cheap lash/brow comb
- WTF crease (windshield wiper)
- More Sonia two-part lip brushes
Of course neither of these lists include the very nice brushes that I got
in my Bobbi Brown and MAC eyeshadow palettes, and BB lipstick palettes.
--
-----[ Mary G. in VA ]-----
"My karma ran over my dogma."
E Adcock
> >
> >I was thinking about brushes the other day when replying to a post and
> >wondered how many makeup brushes you have, who they're made by and what
you
> >use them for
Use without fail...
Versace Powder Brush, fluffy and oh so soft.
MAC flat fibert brush #252, great for all over eye shadow wash.
MAC angle brush #266, for lining with eye shadow and for "Brushing" brow
hair into place.
Lancome skunk brush #3 for blush.
Who is the Fairest concealer brush, perfect for painting blemishes away.
Who is the Fairest Glide me up lip brush, perfection in a one piece silver
tube.
Use sometime...
Prescriptives foundation brush
Lancome eyelash brush/ comb
Lancome flat edge for lining (not much since getting the MAC 266)
MAC #224 windshield wripper brush for eye contour shadows
MAC Blush/powder brush
MAC #228 small flat eye shadow
Versace filibert flat eye shadow
Chanel Lip 2-part brush from 1984 when I first used Chanel (Sentimental
brush)
A complete set of Lancome black handled brushes that followed my first set
of
Lancome brushes that were gray pearl handled.
The big Lancome fluff brush.
Did have some other Chanel but sold on eBay.
Whew! I think that is it!
em
Charlottezweb
>
>>I was thinking about brushes the other day when replying to a post and
>>wondered how many makeup brushes you have, who they're made by and what
>>you use them for. Do you have a large collection but really only use a
>>few? What are your favourites? My collection is large but that's really
>>only 'cause of my job. I've had some of them for so long the numbers
>>(and in some cases the brushes) don't exist anymore or have worn off!
I don't have very many--I just never think about buying them. Let's see,
I have:
Px powder brush
Px blush brush
Px concealer x 2--use one for concealer and one for powder eyeliner
Px angled eyeshadow--very soft
Px eyeshadow--it's like a soft triangle, or a hard oval
Body Shop eyeshadow--wide and fairly flat
retractable lip brush
eyebrow brush/comb
I think that's it...
Charlotte
Sandy
<dianac...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>I was thinking about brushes the other day when replying to a post and
>wondered how many makeup brushes you have, who they're made by and what you
>use them for. Do you have a large collection but really only use a few?
>What are your favourites? My collection is large but that's really only
>'cause of my job. I've had some of them for so long the numbers (and in
>some cases the brushes) don't exist anymore or have worn off! Here's my
>list with my favourites marked with a * .
- WTF? foundation brush
- Sonia Kashuk powder
- Sonia Kashuk blush
- Lancome fiberoptic skunk blush *
- Stila #13 push eyeliner *
- Stila #16 (comes in 8 pan, w/ small e/s and push liner) *
- generic Target brand large eyeshadow (surprisingly good!)
- Sonia Kashuk large eyeshadow *
- Sonia Kashuk small eyeshadow
- Sonia Kashuk smudge
- set of Lancome 4 gift brushes w/ clear pink handles... hairs fall
out, but I like the small e/s brush for blending
- generic Target brand eyebrow/lash brush/comb
- Sonia Kashuk lip brush *
- Shu Uemura eyelash curler *
Hoping to add Blushun's eyebrow brush (art brushes on sale 50% at my
store!), a straight/thin e/liner brush (suggestions? I'll watch the
thread for the most popular), a luxurious powder brush (versace
perhaps?) Ooo also a blending brush for e/s, perhaps MAC... and prob
gonna pick up some more SK lip brushes.
Tho... now that I push eyeline, I don't see myself going back to
sweeping... what do you guys think?
sandy
asian light brown eyed warm Stila 'c' or 'd'
half-time resident of both SF and LA
Hateithere
Trish, with a couple of Versace and Chantecaille brushes thrown in, one MAC
brush (the one that looks like a barber's shaving brush that I use for powder
foundations) and one Clarins (the most perfect eyeliner brush ever made *G*)
Dana in DE
Hateithere
Origins lipbrush...never use concealer but I thought I might in the future!
Dana in DE
ronda
trish powder
trish blush
trish all over eyeshadow
trish crease
trish eyeliner
bobbi brown all over eye shader
bb eyeshadow
bb concealor
bb eyeliner
laura mercier crease
mac blush
px crease
el all over eyeshadow
a no name (at least I don't remember) lipbrush
stila powder
stila all over eyeshadow
and some various mac and stila that I gave my mom...
I think/hope that's all!
ronda
Audra Dean
>I don't have very many--I just never think about buying them.
I don't have very many either, but I am noticing the benefits of using
specific brushes for specific tasks, and I sense a new need daily! I
have:
Shu Uemura set (eyeshadow brush and cotton applicator, blush, and lip)
Mac Concealer brush
Benefit Brow/Liner Angled brush
Sephora lip brush
I think that's it...
xoxo,
Audra
Sylvie
-LM crease
-LM angled eye colour
-Px foundation
-Lise Watier big powder brush
-Lise Watier blush
-Lancôme Skunk
-MAC 129
-MAC lip brush
-NARS concealor
-Red Earth eyebrow #7 for lining eyes
-Red Earth contour #4 for glittery eyeshadow
Sylvie
Annette
>>I was thinking about brushes the other day when replying to a post and
>>wondered how many makeup brushes you have, who they're made by and what
>>you use them for. Do you have a large collection but really only use a
>>few? What are your favourites?
I have one brush for each job I need a brush for, and I like them all,
so no real favourites :) Most of my brushes were in a MAC brush roll
which was a gift from my boy, before I got these I was using assorted
cheapies I've now thrown away.
I have:
MAC 129 (powder)
MAC 316 (lip, handle removes to become case)
MAC 224 (crease)
MAC 242 (flat eyeshadow, I use it for creams)
MAC 213 (fluffy eyeshadow, for powders)
MAC 266 (angle, for smoky lining)
art store size 000 (for sharp lining)
art store small pointy (concealer)
- Annette
kayper
come across one I really like I will generally buy one or two more "just
in case...."
WTF? Big powder brush, 2 (only use 1)
Sonia Kushak powder, 2 (only use 1)
WTF? blush,
Maybeline e/s brushes, 2
philosophy e/s, 3 (only use 1)
Px e/s, 2 (only use 1)
Sonia Kushak e/s, 3 (only use 1)
WTF? push eyeliner, 2 (only use 1)
And various and sundry others I don't remember ATM that sit in dark
corners of my various makeup stashes. kayper
Naztazia
These are my "beauty" ones - I have a ton from theatre makeup as well (not
listed).
2 Px foundation brushes (for applying cream-based foundation)
MAC #217 (to blend foundation colors)
MAC #129 (big powder brush - for dusting off excess powder/blush/pigments)
Px buff brush (for bronzers and dusting off powders/blush/pigments, etc.)
MAC #168 (angled brush for cream and powder blushes and foundation contour)
MAC #116 (round brush for powder blushes)
Px angled blush brush (for powder blushes - very soft!)
Revlon twist-up blush brush (not bad for drugstore)
Px concealer brush (for concealer & cream shadows)
Px eye paint brush (for concealer & cream shadows)
MAC #242 (for cream shadows)
MAC #252 (to blend cream shadows)
Benefit's get bent brush (for cream/liquid eyeliners)
Estee Lauder flat eyeliner brush (for cream/liquid eyeliners)
MAC #311 (really a lipliner brush, but great w/cream & liquid eyeliners)
Revlon plastic last/brow brush (allergic to the nice metal ones)
Px soft shadow brush (for powder e/s - which I only use for special occasions,
since powder e/s irritates my eyes)
Px eye shaper brush (angled powder e/s brush - nice in crease and "V")
MAC #316 (covered lip brush)
MAC #316SE (lipbrush w/holiday lip palette)
Other important items: Tweezerman brow tweezers, MAC lipmix palette, 6 clear
lip gloss containers, Tweezerman lash curler & 6 glass condiment dishes (for
mixing foundations, lipsticks, pigments, etc.)
- Naz
AW Thorn
TRISH BRUSHES (don't recall the numbers)
- Small crease brush *
- Large crease brush *
- Smaller blush brush
- Larger blush brush *
- Large powder brush *
- Three shadow brushes
- Concealor brush
MAC
- Lipbrush *
- Powder brush *
- Small blush brush... used mainly for highlighting the cheekbone area
STILA
- Lipbrush
- Concealor brush*
THE BODY SHOP
- Eyeliner brush
- Lip liner brush
--
"Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living
in it, or profit." ~Josh Billings
Blushun wrote in message ...
:I was thinking about brushes the other day when replying to a post and
:
:
:
~gwyn
- "Wow - my stuff is looking crappy!" ;-)
*Alchemy powder brush - this I will replace as soon as I can't take it
anymore - it sheds and is not so soft.
*Paula's choice blush - nice and soft but picks up alot of pigment...
I have to be careful
* Sonia K e/s - med I think - love it
* mac 224 for crease
* mac 213 for small areas and lid
* mac 311 for lining
* art store 1/3 rg 160 ??? small, slant - works great for my brows
* art store synthetic #2, flat for concealer
* art store "spotter" - small for lining eyes
* art store #2 filbert - for lips
* rinsed/cleaned old mascara wands for brows and lashes
* GB blender
* GB shadow
I want to get a *fabulous* powder brush but ... I think I need to find
a job first... ;-)
~gwyn
You're so chic
Painted like a candy clown
-- Reverend Horton Heat
Leilani
My regulars:
*MAC #148 (angled contour)
*MAC #36 (crease)
*Trish #37 (domed powder/blush)
*Trish #20 (flat top, "bounce" blush)
*Trish #43 (foundation)
*Trish #32 (eyebrow)
*Bobbi Brown Eye Shader
The rest of the collection:
*MAC travel set (in the brush roll case)
*MAC #101 (powder)
*MAC #135 (blush)
*MAC #107 (flat for all over lid)
*MAC #141 (angled shadow)
*MAC #239 (small shadow)
*MAC #17 (lip brush)
*MAC #117 (retractable lip)
*MAC #25 (liquid eyeliner)
*MAC #266 (eyebrow)
*Bobbi Brown Blush
*Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow
*Trish #31 (angled contour)
*Trish #10 (flat, "paintbrush" all over shadow)
*Trish #25 (rounded top shadow)
*Trish #23 (eye shadow blender)
*Trish #42 (flat top small shadow)
*Trish #11 (flat eyeliner)
*Trish #9 (domed eyeliner)
*Sonia Kashuk travel set
*Sonia Kashuk #01 (powder)
*Sonia Kashuk #03 (large shadow)
*Sonia Kashuk #04 (small shadow)
*Sonia Kashuk #05 (liquid eyeliner)
*Urban Decay Powder
*Prescriptives Buff Brush
*Paula Dorf Angled Cheek Brush
*Lancome Fiber Optic ("skunk") brush
*Chantecaille Eye Emphasizer
*Philosophy Pocketbook and Coloring Book brushes
WHEW!
Leilani
WiggliGirl
I use most:
Versace powder brush
Shu angled blush brush ( 20H?)
Shu concealer brush - this may actually be a long handled lip brush, but it
works perfectly
Lancome skunk brush
Bobbi Brown eyebrow brush
PX cream eyeshadow brush
Trish push brush
Versace eyeshadow brush that comes to a point - no number on this, but it's
great
MAC slant & crease brushes
Several shu shadow brushes in various shapes - love them all
BB eyeliner brush
Mac lip brush
As usual, not terribly line loyal. Although if I had to pick one line for
brushes, it would be Shu because they see to last forever.
wiggli
george wehrenberg
My fave is still the Trish 11
A very nice powder brush came with the Mojave Magic complexion perfection
powder and concealer.
I'd like to have the money represented by your collection - I could probably
pay my real estate taxes for the quarter.
Val
Laurie0512
I should invest in more. :)
*Bobbi Brown eyeliner brush (This is my favorite..can't live without it!)
*Sonia Kashuk #02 (blush brush)
*Sonia Kashuk #04 (small e/s)
*Sonia Kashuk #08 (lip brush) I have two of these..one is for my purse.
*Trish #40 (my favorite e/s brush)
*Trish #46 (Foundation brush)
*Trish #11 (push eyeliner brush)
*MAC #117 (lip brush) I like SK's better.
*MAC #36 (A versatile brush that I use all over, just in crease, etc.)
*BBW large powder brush
*Lancome powder brush with a short handle
*WTF? brow brush
Laurie
Linda
also have one or two each from Paula Dorf, EJ, and Lancome (skunk brush). On a
daily basis I use 3 brushes:
eyeshadow
crease
blush
Sometimes I use the push brush for eyeliner, sometimes I use a lip brush, and
occasionally I rotate the ones I use for the 3 basics. The one brush that
received a lot of raves here about 2 years ago that I was disappointed in is
the Trish push brush for blush.
Linda
rjk
won't feel so bad!
> up.
I fear that I have more brushes than in my old age I can count.....
I have all the Chanel brushes, all Versace, all Tony & Tina, all Bobbi
Brown, all Lancome including 3 skunks and all Sonia K - at least 3 sets.
Many MAC and Px (like their concealer and foundation brush), many Shu, Jeni
Lee, some Paula Dorf, Exclusively Jo Ann and a great foundation brush from
WTF and I am sure there are more. To me brushes are like undies and when I
am busy I do not wash them out every week - need at least a month's supply.
BTW I have had relatively bad luck with Trish brushes falling apart and have
not replaced them. rjudith
rjk
Book brushes
Oh I forgot them - they are OK but in my travel case. Overall I like most
brushes but was not impressed with Stila and Nars. rjudith
Naztazia
the brands, what is your favorite: 1) blush
brush 2) powder brush 3) lip brush 4) eye-
liner brush 5) shadow brushes
TIA ! - Naz
Tracy Cramer
* Cover Girl powder brush: stubby, thick handle, flat brush -- picked it up
as a quicky replacement for another brush and still really like it for
blush, not powder.
* GB shadow
* Sonia K. eyeliner
That's it!
Tracy
--
"I have magical powers. I can predict the future. I'm a psycho."
Bratty Angelica, Rugrats
maidm
Smashbox Russian Blue Squirrel something or other powder brush
UD powder brush
Blush:
Lancome skunk brush
Eyeshadow:
Sephora brand angled fluff brush
Bobbi Brown eyeshadow brush
TBS wide eyeshadow brush for blending
Concealer:
TBS wood handled lip brush
Lips:
Shiseido spring loaded travel lip brush
Drugstore.com free lip brush
Liner:
Bobbi Brown angled liner brush
Brandon (beauty supply store brand) angled liner brush
Have but don't use:
TBS sponge tipped brush, bought this to use with Smashbox cream shadows but
it's much easier to just use fingers
I-Wei
Blushun
listed over and over ie: Lancomes 'Skunk Brush' so I'll have to give 'em a
try.
Blushun
Trilby
Chantecaille, my fave
am thinking of getting the Meteorites brush to keep the pearly powder
out of my regular brush
>Blush:
Lancome skunk brush for intense shades
Chanel (don't like this one--it's not soft enough and I'd like one
that was larger)
MAC powder or blush brush that I got in a swap--use it interchangeably
for either product. It's nice and soft.
>Eyeshadow:
TBS wide flat synthetic brush for light shades all over
and I also use just the edge dipped into dark shades to smudge on
as liner
TBS sponge smudger for softening pencil or cake liner
Chanel which is only OK and which I rarely use
Trish push brush which I never use because it's too stiff and hurts!
>Lips:
Bobbi Brown from a lip palette--I hate it. Brush head is too small,
I dislike the stiffness of the bristles, and the handle is too short
some random gold metal retractable from Bravco
a 20 year old long handled one from Ultima II
Sonia Kushak--my fave
I also like the brush that comes with the Chanel lip pencil
>Liner:
some incredibly cheap thing from Walgreen's or the brush that comes
with my Cinique cake liner--both are fine.
Priscilla
--
ps...@midway.uchicago.edu "Here comes the most beautiful woman in puppetland!"
Trilby
>Trilby <ps...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>>Powder:
>>Chantecaille, my fave
>>am thinking of getting the Meteorites brush to keep the pearly powder
>> out of my regular brush
>
>section. I don't work for them or anything, just thought you might be
>interested!
>
> Alice the Enabler
Wow, that's great!
Hey, maybe that's why I named my daughter Alice--so I could have an
enabler right here in my own house.
Thanks for the lead!
Priscilla off to visit Strawberrynet.com
rjk
and over ie: Lancomes 'Skunk Brush'
The skunk brush, actually called the fibreoptic brush, was highlighted
several years ago with Lancôme's Rouge collection. Its merit lies in that
you can you a bright or dark blush lightly with it. rjudith
Michelle Reed
#3 Fiber Optic-Star Product brush (blush/highlighting powder)
Vincent Longo:
#18 (small shadow/crease brush)
#22 (large rounded shadow brush)
MAC:
#13 (fan brush)
#17/316 (lip brush in case, 2)
#24 (eyebrow brush/mascara wand)
Trish McEvoy:
2B (traditional tapered blush brush - blue squirrel)
#6 (small crease brush - blue squirrel)
#10 (wide blunt crease brush - blue squirrel)
#11 (eyeliner brush, 2 - synthetic)
#20 (blunt-cut blush brush/"bounce" brush - blue squirrel)
#21 (rounded shadow brush - sable)
#23 (intense color crease brush - blue squirrel)
#29 (soft crease brush/"windshield wiper" brush, 2 - blue squirrel)
#32 (brow powder brush - badger)
#39 (large square concealer brush - sable)
#41 (smokey liner brush, 2 - blue squirrel)
#42 (small "bounce" crease brush - blue squirrel)
#43 (foundation brush - nylon)
Laura Mercier:
Secret Camouflage (concealer brush)
Stila:
#4 (precision eyeliner brush)
#5 (large eyeshadow brush)
#15 (combination small eyeshadow/browbone/crease and soft eyeliner brush)
Versace:
powder brush
Philosophy:
brushes in Coloring Book (Blush, Shadow, Blending, Angle, Brow, Liner, Lip)
Michelle
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