Disclaimer: I am a
makeup artist and when doing my personal makeup I usually just turn around and
look for the perfect brush to achieve a certain look (or a couple of looks as
the case maybe). This in no way affects my professionalism when working at a
job.
I absolutely cannot use ALL
the brushes I have and so from time to time I do have a small collection of
brushes I use to do my makeup every morning before running out. These are the
brushes that at any one time are used for my personal makeup. As you can probably
tell, they are borrowed from my pro kit for personal use and returned back
whenever I want to change them (One thing Lisa Eldridge and I have in common
*dancing* lol):
- Foundation Brush:
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| Real Techniques, Blush, Gifty's Daughter, A-design & Sedona Lace |
I
am a huge fan (and I am sure a lot of you are too) of liquid and crème
foundations. I very recently sojourned into the world of crème-to-powder
formulations and I am yet to be convinced about them.
So
for my daily foundation application which is more often than not made up of the
MaryKay crème foundations in 600 and 507, I use any one of these foundation
brushes. My absolute favourite method of application however is using a dry
sponge to buff the foundation into the skin after application with a brush.
This is a method I stumbled on about a week ago and it has practically
perfected my foundation routine.
Another
favourite method of mine is one used by the Pixiwoo sisters a lot and it works
perfectly well when using a buffing brush for foundation application. You use
this same brush to apply moisturizer right before foundation. The moisturizer
moistens the bristles and makes the foundation application much more softer and
almost natural looking.
- Concealer Brush:
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| Sigma & Sedona Lace |
There
are different types of concealer brushes the unifying factor being that they
are commonly made of synthetic fibre. However, it is not uncommon to see makeup
artists use natural fibre brushes for concealing too.
I
am not one to use concealer brushes often but there are some that have caught
my eye and which I reach for more often than not both for professional and
personal use. My absolute favourite is the Sedona Lace synthetic brush which
can be used for buffing concealer and also for blending eyeshadow edges and
applying colour to the eye crease (talk about multi-functionality).
- Powder brush:
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| When I do use a brush, I use these. Sedona Lace (1st 2) & Blush |
I
rarely use a powder brush except for touch-ups or large area applications during paid gigs eg.
Applying shimmer powder to the neck and chest; I also use them for touch ups.
I
use powder puffs most of the time due to the fact that I am now a fan of loose
powder and use them more often than compacts. Powder puffs help to press the
powder into the skin and really set the foundation/concealer.
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| my favourite powder puffs ever (believe when I say one of them costs less than a dollar. |
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| Tara, Mary Kay, Gifty's Daughter & Sedona Lace |
These
are the brushes I use more often than not. I really don’t know why but I tend
to use my blush brush to contour, highlight and apply blush to my face. Of
course this is just for personal use as I use the appropriate brushes when
working on a Client or model. Using one brush saves me having so many brushes
in my personal brush set for that period of time and also saves me the hassle
of looking for 3 different brushes when I can use 1 really well for 3 different
purposes ( I am in no way saying this is
the right thing to do. I am just saying how I do it personally and the
rationale behind it)
- Eye shadow brush:
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| Zaron, Blush, Sleek, Gifty's Daughter, Sedona Lace & Tara |
At
any time I have from one to 3 eye shadow brushes for my personal use - shader, crease & big shader. This is
because I really don’t use eye shadows everyday. Whenever I do, it is
usually a fluffy shader brush I use as it can apply shadow to my lid and
crease as well as blend the colours out and highlight my brow bone.
- Liner brush:
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| Blush, Tara & Maybelline (the brush that comes with the gel liners) |
This
is one of my favourites to have in my personal brush stash as I am a liner
person more than anything else. However, I have recently taken to using pencils
and relegated my cream and gel liners to my pro kit. I do however borrow them
every once in a while and when I do these are the brushes I use.
As
you will see, there is an angled brush in the picture, that is the brush I use
to brush powder on my brows as I am very wary of using pencil on them because
the end result is usually too dark or the fullness is exaggerated thus making
it obviously fake.
- Lip brush:
No I
never use lip brush (perhaps NEVER is a strong word, I will say rarely ever).
When I do however, I use one of the small synthetic brushes in the Zaron brush
set.
- Others:
- Others:
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| Real Techniques for contour only & my very first makeup brush which I use for blush and contour |
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| Zaron brushes which I use randomly for blending out the powders on my face, liner & lip |
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| IB fan brush for apply highlighter (which i rarely use because I use my blush brush to apply it now), my brow brush which is actually the wand from my old NYX mascara, scissor-tweezers & lash curler |
There, those are the brushes & tools that find their way into my
personal makeup stash every once in a while.
Do you have the same personal makeup habits I do ie. Using
one brush for multiple uses?
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