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Every artist has their weapon. A painter with a palette, a sculptor with a chisel, photographers with a camera, and makeup artists with brushes. The right tools used in combination with the artist’s skills can create masterpieces that exceed all expectations. For makeup artists, their weapon of choice will affect the end result in application. The entire makeup process hinders on the quality of the brush used, so choose your weapons wisely.
“The worst of” makeup brushes will produce fall out of eyeshadows, absorb your foundation without properly distributing the product, and make blending look sloppy, creating an uneven gradient. The best, however, can spread foundation seamlessly, pack on pigments of eyeshadow, and blend smoothly. Here’s our guide to the best brushes for your everyday makeup look.
Tom Ford Foundation Brush: The hairs on this brush are synthetic, differential than most natural haired brushes, meaning that the product won’t be absorbed into the bristles. The absorption process eats away at the product, trapping it within the brush’s center. However, the synthetic hairs on this Tom Ford brush are plastic-esque, meaning liquid and cream foundations will actually be applied to your face, not muddled into the brush’s core, ultimately eliminating any chance of streaking.
Sigma – E40 Tapered Blending: This brush sweeps eyeshadow across your lid without flaking, making it the perfect tool for crease work. The tapered tip works to keep shadows more concentrated to the crease without moving the product down to the lid. Color diffusion is this brush’s specialty, especially if you’re looking for tool that helps you build your transitional colors.
Estée Lauder Concealer Brush: For those pesky dark circles for all the insomniacs out there, this brush can conceal away the proof of your restless nights. Use the brush’s tip to pat in your product allowing it to melt into your skin. For the best results, apply concealer after foundation, a common mistake that most make is doing it inversely.
Yves Saint Laurent Eyeliner Brush: Made of synthetic fibers, this eyeliner brush ensures the perfect cat-eye because the creaminess of your gel liner will glide on, rather than gathering at the core. Gel liner can tend to get clumpy, which makes for a bad and bumpy application. Alternately, this multipurpose brush can double up as an eyebrow brush.
Remember: Brushes accumulate bacteria after prolonged use, so wash them once a week. After, hang them upside down, with the hairs facing downwards so they can air dry. Hanging them with the hairs upward, runs the risk of accumulating mold because you don’t let the water evaporate completely at the core.
Making makeup application a sensation, these brushes should be staple tools in every artists collection.
-By Yasmine Rimawi