make-up brushes from an art supply store?

[Maria Yang]

I've read that an inexpensive way to buy high quality make-up brushes is
to raid art stores for artist's paintbrushes. It seems like a good idea,
although it seems like paintbrush handles might be a bit long. Has
anyone had good luck with paintbrushes? Are there easy ways of figuring
out what # or type of brushes are good for particular parts of the face,
i. e., what brush would work for lips or brows, etc.?

--Maria

[EMiriamD]

>I've read that an inexpensive way to buy high quality make-up brushes is
>to raid art stores for artist's paintbrushes.

I've gotten some brushes at an art supply store; some work, some don't. I have
couple of synthetic ("taklon") brushes that are good for applying concealer. I
got a brush that looked like it would be good as a "crease" brush for
eyeshadow, but it turned out to be too soft. There are many fan brushes that
are good for a variety of purposes, i.e. brushing away excess powder. Benefit
sells a fan brush for use with their loose blush, but you can get a cheaper one
at the art store.

Hope this helps.

BTW, many of the handles are very long; I read a suggestion about putting the
handle in a pencil sharpener (!) to get it down to the length you want. I
suppose that would work, if you sandpaper down the pointy end before using ;-)

EMiriamD

"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions."
Lillian Hellman to House Un-American Activities Committee (1952)

[Laylablues]

In article <199803201353...@ladder03.news.aol.com>, emir...@aol.com
(EMiriamD) writes:

> Benefit
>sells a fan brush for use with their loose blush, but you can get a cheaper
>one
>at the art store.

The fan brush comes with the loose blushes...Lynne

[bluekat]

Maria Yang wrote:
>
> I've read that an inexpensive way to buy high quality make-up brushes is

> to raid art stores for artist's paintbrushes. It seems like a good idea,
> although it seems like paintbrush handles might be a bit long. Has
> anyone had good luck with paintbrushes? Are there easy ways of figuring
> out what # or type of brushes are good for particular parts of the face,
> i. e., what brush would work for lips or brows, etc.?
>
> --Maria

I have several brushes from the art store and I like them as much as the
dept. store ones. Knowing the shape you are looking for beforehand
helps. Go to the MAC and Trish counters to look at the brush shapes you
might like and also you can compare the quality to the art store
brushes. Some of the handles are really too long but there is still a
lot to choose from in the shorter handles at the art store. One of my
favorites is really dense flat square brush I use for my eyebrows, only
$4!

- Kim

[Natalia]

I was looking in vain at dept. stores for a good lipstick brush but most were
too soft or too full. I found the perfect ones in an art supply store and
can't live without them. However, you can't find blush or powder brushes in
art supply stores.

Natalia
Please remove "noe." for my correct address.

[Kris Dow]

In article <199803201353...@ladder03.news.aol.com>, EMiriamD wrote:
>
>BTW, many of the handles are very long; I read a suggestion about putting the
>handle in a pencil sharpener (!) to get it down to the length you want. I
>suppose that would work, if you sandpaper down the pointy end before using ;-)
>

Handle length partially depends on what paint the brush is for,
ime. So if you look around you might be able to find something with
handles in a different length. (I know I've gotten some for painting which
had massively long handles, and others which are exactly the same with
shorter handles.) So look around a bit. :)

-Kris