Necessary Makeup Brushes
Ashy
I know the importance of having good tools when applying makeup, but
alas, I am only a high school student. So which makeup brushes do you
consider absolutely necessary for every day use? I would appreciate
specificity when talking about brushes--there are *so* many, I wish I
could go on a MAC brush bonanza, but I lack funds. So I thought it
would be a good idea to obtain some basic necessities, especially for
eyes. So far, I use a Bobbi Brown eyeliner brush (still mastering art
of lining eyes), my mom's Bloomingdale blush brush, and my mom's
BeneFit shadow blending brush, so it's difficult for me to do anything
with my eyes except for a basic wash of color and lining them. I want
to become a makeup expert. :)
Jules
gaud...@postmark.net (Ashy) wrote:
Good ideas thus far. I'd also add what Trish McEvoy calls a windshield
wiper brush, basically for applying shadow to the crease. It's an e.s
brush, kind of on the full side. You want one that's soft, but with a
little firmness to it, so it'll pick up the color. Chanel and Trish make
excellent ones.
For budget conscious brushes, try Maybelline's eyeshadow brushes. Better
than average quality (in fact, I like them more than some of my more
expensive ones) and you can't beat the price. Also, try experimenting
with shapes and textures with Sephora brushes. They're pretty cheap and
you might end up really liking them.
And I'm sure the more knowledgeable folks of AF will give you excellent
ideas too. Good luck!
jules
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Maladicta1
http://www.makeupmania.com/Details/ER-0008-04-010.cfm
I also second the motion on the windshield wiper.
Makeupmania has one for $15, which is about the cheapest I've seen.
http://www.makeupmania.com/Details/ER-0008-08-103.cfm
With these two brushes and the two you have, you should be able to do just
about any look. If you want an angle brush for brows or a synthetic brush for
cream shadows, try the art supply stores. They're very cheap there.
PS: My absolute favorite brush for sweeping on all-over color is the Kolinsky
sable chisel brush. They last forever if you take care of them. Makeupmania has
one for $22.
ThAnswr
consider absolutely necessary for every day use?<
MAC powder brush #129(not very poufy) and MAC blush brush #116. These will set
you back a few bucks, but they are worth it. I've had mine for at least 3
years and they're as if I bought them yesterday.
For other brushes such as eyeliner (flat and thin) and concealer, go to the
nearest Michael's store and either use their 40% off coupon or wait for a sale.
For a thin eyeliner brush, I use Loew-Cornell #7050 4/0 spotter. For a flat
eyeliner brush (push type), I use American Painter #4450 size 6. For a
concealer brush, I use American Painter #4500 size 6. If you wait for a sale
or use the coupon, all 3 of those brushes won't cost you more than $10-$12
total. The quality is as good as any cosmetic brush. I have a BB concealer
brush, and I find the American Painter one is better and 1/5 of the price of
the BB.
Hth.
*emailed and posted*
EXC JO ANN
blush brush - eyeshadow brush and eyeliner brush.
and many days lipstick brush.
Jo Ann @ Exclusively Jo Ann
http://www.exclusivelyjoann.com/
Kris in Philly
Get thee to a Target and check out the SK brushes. Inexpensive and
really nice. You might want to get a crease brush so you can do some,
well crease color. A smudge type brush so you can get a smokey look.
But in all honesty you don't need that many brushes.
Or you can go to a art supply store and check out the brushes there.
B&BW sells (not sure if they still do though?) brushes that are pretty
nice as well.
Lip brush, liner brush, all over fluff brush, crease brush and a
smaller tapered brush - those are the basic brushes that I use. It
varies of course, but for basic work it's a good start. IMO,
obviously.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kris in Philly
If people wore more leather maybe it would be a less stressed world.
Stevie
do some shopping for brushes and I keep going back there for great values on
good brushes!
;-)
Stevie
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A nice soft, fluffy brush for applying loose powder (or for swooshing over
the surface of pressed) is an absolute necessity for me - I get a much
more even, natural application of blush when I apply it over a light
floofing of powder. The new line of brushes at whosthefairest is gorgeous
- the fluffy powder brush has a great heft to it (which sounds weird or
anal or something, but I do think you can feel the difference between a
really nice brush & an "eh" brush in the balance & heft of it)(okay, so I
*am* anal, but there you go) & is wonderfully soft & lush feeling, & the
eyeshadow brush is a great, basic brush for doing a nice V of shadow on
the outer corner of the eye. The handles are also adorable & *very* not
run-of-the-mill - they're excellent, quality brushes & a serious bahgain.
I also swear by a taklon concealer brush, which makes a *world* of
difference in covering, ahem, flaws. (which, if you're one of those lucky
high schoolers blessed with flawless skin, may not be a necessity for
you!)
Erica Bial
get ye to Target! For only $14.99 full price (and they are probably on
sale now) you can get the Sonia Kashuk brush set. These are nice quality
and it is a versatile set.
I think the brushes that a gal who is into makeup really needs are:
-a large-ish fluffy roundish brush (loose powder, shimmer, bronzer, for
use on body)
-a smaller fluffy roundish brush (all of the above plus/or blush, can also
be used in a pinch for a soft wash over the eyes and if you are good at it
for shading/contour work to the face).
-a "spooly" masacra-style brush. for managing the ole brows and for
combing thru eyelashes if needed.
-a small angle or pointy brush (your preference) for lining eyes and
filling brows as needed. Can be used in a pinch for lining lips OR for
applying mascara/liquid liner as mascara.
-a medium sized SOFT eyeshadow fluff for applying shadows, eyelid contour,
and other soft focus detail work
-a retractble lipbrush [great if you are goingout - just load it up with
your lipstick and just take the brush! - or for getting a sheer even
application]
other brushes that I find useful but can easily do without:
a contour blush shader
a contour eyeshadow shader
a taklon foundation brush
a smaller taklon-like-but-nicer concealer brush
flat rubber sponges (for use with powder and liquids, can swipe, stipple,
blend, apply, remove, roll, or fluff with them in lieu of other tools)
a powder puff
other useful things:
your fingers,
Q-tips (you can always remove some of the cotton/moisten slightly the tp
for different shapes/control)
cotton balls
a clean new soft child's toothbrush (great for brows, lashes, removing dry
flakes from lips, dusting things through your hair, etc...)
a small but magnifying mirror
some mineral oil (eyemakeup remover)
a spritzer with fresh cool water in it
but what I really use (i.e. what I take with me when traveling)
liquid or powder-in-the-cap-pen-thing eyeshadow (no applicator)
powder foundation (compact has mirror and latex flat sponge)
a spooly brush (just swipe one from time to time at Sephora - they have
them there for testers)
lipstick from the tube
a brown eyeliner and a small eyepencil sharpener
eyelash curler (I like the Japonesque mini one, it is inexpensive and its
open cage design helps with my long eye shape - dying to try the LashPro
since the Japonesque can leave the lashes looking a little funny)
concealer that comes with a wand in it, I blend with fingers.
that's it.
sources I'd recommend:
target.com
whosthefairest.com (has the eyelash curler I like, nice brushes)
Sephora for the free tester brushes (sponge-tip and spooly - and hey, just
take one!)
I use a WnW eyeliner, I swear it is great.
I like the L'oreal pencil sharpener
Lorac brushes are fairly priced
check our art supply stores...
good luck!
erica
Ashy <gaud...@postmark.net> wrote:
: Hello,
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"born under Saturn, goest about to apply a moral medicine to a mortifying
mischief..."
-William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
Maladicta1
>- the fluffy powder brush has a great heft to it (which sounds weird or
>anal or something, but I do think you can feel the difference between a really
nice brush & an "eh" brush in the balance & heft of it)
Just checked them out. There are two lovely "bounce" blush brushes for $15 and
$20. Eat your heart out, Kevyn.
Heidi MacDonald
photo shoot, etc.) the makeup artist has ALWAYS used an eyelash curler, and has
mentioned it as an essential. So don't put it in the "luxury" column. A little
mascara (with curl) and lipstick will always do in a pinch.
Blushun
"Ashy" wrote > Hello,
> I know the importance of having good tools when applying makeup, but
> alas, I am only a high school student. So which makeup brushes do you
> consider absolutely necessary for every day use?
You've had some excellent suggestions already, but I thought I'd add my two
cents ;-)
These brushes can be viewed, as a guide, on the MAC site.
My 'basic' brush set would include:
For eyes:
213 Fluff
224 or 225 Tapered Blending
226 Small angle (though I prefer the Pro version of this)
Any decent quality lip brush (buy two and use one for concealer)
129 Powder/Blush Brush (save money on this dual purpose brush)
If you need a great brow brush, I recommend buying a Grumbacher #2 at any
art supply (around $1.99-$4.99) and cut on an angle.
hth!
Blushun
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"The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer." -
Marcus Aurelius
Maladicta1
>cents ;-)
>These brushes can be viewed, as a guide, on the MAC site.
>My 'basic' brush set would include:
>For eyes:
>213 Fluff
>224 or 225 Tapered Blending
>226 Small angle (though I prefer the Pro version of this)
>Any decent quality lip brush (buy two and use one for concealer)
>129 Powder/Blush Brush (save money on this dual purpose brush)
>If you need a great brow brush, I recommend buying a Grumbacher #2 at any
>art supply (around $1.99-$4.99) and cut on an angle.
>
>hth!
>
>Blushun
>--
>"The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer." -
>Marcus Aurelius
>
>
>
>
The 224 is the much beloved, aforementioned windshield wiper, I do believe.
Blushun, what's your favorite lip brush? I'm looking for a new one.
I hope our Original Poster gets the makeup brush set of her dreams for next
Xmas.
I gave my niece a set of Bobbi Brown brushes when she graduated high school and
it was a big hit.
Blushun
"Maladicta1" wrote
> The 224 is the much beloved, aforementioned windshield wiper, I do
believe.
Ahh....I didn't know this...thank you!
> Blushun, what's your favorite lip brush? I'm looking for a new one.
I have two types in my kit that I love to use. The Cargo #13 lip Taklon
brush and the MAC #316 covered lip. The MAC one is very handy while on set
because I can load it with colour, cover it and put it in my leather pouch
for touch ups and the Cargo is ideal for precise painting - great when I
have to do a perfect dark mouth for beauty.
> I hope our Original Poster gets the makeup brush set of her dreams for
next
> Xmas.
> I gave my niece a set of Bobbi Brown brushes when she graduated high
school and
> it was a big hit.
Perfect gift! I gave my sister a MAC brush set a long time ago and all are
still in excellent condition. Would you believe that I only have one
(personal) brush in the house and it's the one that came in a CK blush
that's in my kit? LOL!
Nella
Shu U. every time. And my goodness, although expensive they last
forever. (Checking numbers: The 12's the one does a lovely
whisper-soft job on lids, 14 in pony for shading brow-bone.)
Even had to invest in the larger brush (pony 20) because that's how i
do powder & there's nothing worse than those pesky hairs coming out
when you do powder blush or contouring. The blessed Chanel
powder-brush all bought in the set did that on me. I try a tug-test on
the hairs of many brands but none seem to stay put except Shu's.
The other one i've had for yonks and always use is the Mac blunt-ended
eye-shadow brush, for smudging under the eyes (says 29).
nelly
downriver rat
Although I've only tried low or medium end makeup brushes. :O)
Bethany
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