If I Lost ALL MY MAKEUP BRUSHES *these* are the ones I would buy ASAP!
IT Cosmetics$28.00- “This is very dense. It is also quite flat, and the top has a little bit of a wispiness”▶ 1:23
- “Even the most watery, liquidy formula foundation is not going to seep into the brush”▶ 1:34
- “I love the fact that with this, I can really take those thinner formulas and pat them on and apply them in layers”▶ 1:51
- “It makes it really easy to add thin layers to the face to really customize that coverage”▶ 1:59
- “I also find that this works well for more full coverage foundations as well”▶ 2:17
- “Because it has that flat top, I just feel like it makes it really easy to get that coverage where you need it”▶ 2:25
BK Beauty$33- “BK Beauty is one of my favorite makeup brush brands. I feel like their shapes are very thoughtful, and their fibers are synthetic and incredibly soft”▶ 2:39
- “These brushes perfectly hug the face. They're beautifully dense and soft, perfect for foundation”▶ 3:12
- “I like the 115 better than the 101, or I tend to use it a little bit more because I think the smaller size is a bit more versatile”▶ 3:20
- “I think that I can be more precise with the placement of my foundation, so I don't have to apply too much to my face because, especially as we get older, less is more”▶ 3:27
- “I also think that the 115 is a bit more multi-purpose because I feel like I can use this for cream bronzer. I can also use it for cream contour. I can also use it for cream blush or or liquid blush or liquid bronzer”▶ 3:36
- “If I had to choose, I usually reach for this one over the 101 just because I can do like half my face, you know, just using this one brush”▶ 3:58
BK Beauty$32- “I find that this one is considerably smaller than the 115. This is definitely something that I use to blend out my under eye concealer, any kind of concealer on the face”▶ 4:45
- “It basically has the same shape, but it's not quite as dense. It's a little bit more delicate, which I think makes it really great for blending out concealer and product under the eyes”▶ 4:58
- “I also have heard from many of my subscribers that they like to use this for cream blush”▶ 5:07
- “I also think that this is fantastic for cream or liquid highlighter”▶ 5:30
- “this is perfect for blending all of those out”▶ 5:51
Hourglass$60.00- “I don't use this for foundation. I find this to be a little bit small and narrow. But what I do think that this is good for is basically the same stuff as the 109”
- “I just really appreciate this more narrow shape for kind of really getting in there under the eye”▶ 6:16
- “It's a little bit denser. So, if you find that maybe some of your cream products are a little bit hard to pick up out of the pan, I would go in with this”
- “I love the fact because it is dense, I can almost use this as like a powder puff. I'll dip this into some powder, and then I'll kind of just like pat the powder onto my nose”▶ 6:34
Rephr$24- “This is a great detail concealer brush”▶ 8:08
- “If you want to apply concealer just where you need it. If you're trying to avoid any fine lines, any creasing that you have around the eyes”▶ 8:11
- “This is how you're going to be super precise to avoid getting product into those areas”▶ 8:26
- “You can really just cover up, you know, what might be dark circles, redness, hyperpigmentation. You can use this all over the face”▶ 8:31
- “It has that little like, you know, finger shape, so it's kind of mimicking the effect that you would get from a finger with no streaks”▶ 8:41
e.l.f. Cosmetics$5.00- “I live for this brush”
- “This is the bittiest, tiniest little finger shape brush that you can use for any kind of detail work”▶ 9:10
- “Boom, pop a little eye brightener on that, and it is camouflage”▶ 9:19
- “You can use it for concealer. You can use it on your complexion, but you can also use this as an eye shadow brush”▶ 9:29
- “You can use this for cream eye shadow. For anything that's like kind of creamy or liquidy, this is great for”▶ 9:36
- “Any kind of shimmer that you need to like pat onto the eye, this is going to be so precise. It's going to give you that professional look without any fallout”
- “You really can use this all over the face. It is a fantastic brush”▶ 9:55
BK Beauty$65- “Without a doubt, the bronzer brush that I've been using the most over the past year is this big boy from BK Beauty”▶ 10:03
- “I find that I can just dip this into my bronzer and it will pick up because it is so dense, it will pick up any kind of baked formula”▶ 10:27
- “If you have bronzers where you're like, Oh, I'm having trouble picking it up off the pan. Or I get hard pan a lot. This is going to pick it up so easily because it's so dense”▶ 10:40
- “And then you almost can use it as like a powder puff. Like I pop it onto the face just like that. And it kind of just like sets my makeup and bronzes my face all in one”
- “I just find it so quick and easy to slap my bronzer on when I am in a rush”▶ 11:06
- “It does it in a way that doesn't disturb even like the dewiest foundation underneath. It's a really special brush”▶ 11:14
- “This does fit inside the Guerlain Meteorites”▶ 11:20
Sonia G.$65- “My favorite brand for buffer brushes, hands down, is Sonia G”▶ 12:00
- “I just love how airy and wispy this brush is”▶ 12:38
- “There are two different layers of bristles. There are some that are a little bit longer that pick up the pigment and there's some that are a little bit shorter. They really help to give that manpower to buff out the pigment once the brush hits your face”▶ 12:45
- “This brush also has a mixture of both natural and synthetic fibers”▶ 13:02
- “This is really kind of like a do-everything type of brush”▶ 13:08
- “You can use this with both powder products, like a powder bronzer, but you can also use this with a cream bronzer. You can use this with a powder blush. You can also use it with a cream blush”▶ 13:18
- “Because it is so airy and wispy, it just lends itself to a beautifully diffused application”▶ 13:33
- “I have been really liking this buffer brush”▶ 14:04
- “It's a little bit shorter than the Sonia G one, so it's not as sort of airy, but it is fantastic, especially for cream blush, cream bronzer. Diffuses everything so, so nicely”▶ 14:14
- “I think you could also use this for foundation. I think this is solid”
- “They're very soft and they feel very high quality. So far, I'm very impressed”▶ 14:34
- “I've really been liking this one. Anisa is kind of a newer brand to me and so far, this is my favorite from them”▶ 15:09
- “I love, once again, that angled shape here, but this is fanned out and a lot fluffier”
- “It's great for all over powder, for bronzer. You could even use this for blush”
- “With the shape, it really splays out so nicely on the face. It's just a fantastic brush”▶ 15:34
- “These are super duper soft and very durable”▶ 15:41
Hourglass$68- “I love this. I think it's really great for travel”▶ 16:22
- “I'll use this for bronzer or any kind of powder and then I'll kind of use the little one if I need to set my under eyes, if I want to do a little highlight, a little blush, something like that”▶ 16:23
- “If you're trying to really be a minimalist here, this is definitely one that I have used for many years and I think it's a great brush”▶ 16:33
- “These powder brushes, not only do they have the beautiful handles, but the bristles as well are so soft and airy”▶ 17:18
- “These are going to be very premium, the softest that I'm talking about in this video for sure”▶ 17:28
- “It's a wonderful luxurious experience to just dust your bronzer, your powder, your blush on with these beautiful brushes”▶ 17:38
BK Beauty$28- “I really like brushes that have layered bristles of different lengths because it really helps to give you a more natural and diffused application. You don't pick up too much powder”▶ 18:50
- “This is so cute and petite and bitty. I will dip this into pressed or loose powder and it just fits perfectly under the eye area”▶ 19:01
- “A little trick that I like to do is I will actually roll the loose powder under the eye to set it so that I don't disturb any of the concealer that I laid on underneath”▶ 19:13
- “You can kind of like get in here around the nose. Again, just where I need it”▶ 19:22
Rephr$38- “This has that kind of angled, almost finger-like shape and it is very wispy with the layered bristles”▶ 19:39
- “This is what I would use if I just need to, I don't know, if I want something quicker, if I have a to set, this one is so good for that”▶ 19:47
- “This also can be used for blush”▶ 19:54
- “I would say I use this mostly for setting, for blending, and then for highlighter as well. It is beautiful”▶ 20:01
- “I just feel like this is the perfect size, shape, and fluffiness for any powder blush”▶ 20:22
- “This is my go-to. I have multiples of this. I have this in my little travel brush kit. It's iconic to me”▶ 20:34
- “This is one of their best brushes, hands down”
- “It fits into the pan of a lot of different products, like for instance those Hourglass Ambient Lighting palettes. This is going to fit into all of those little squares”▶ 20:42
- “You can use it for the bronzer, you can use it for the highlighter. This is also great for the Guerlain Meteorites”▶ 20:58
- “It's just a great standard powder brush that's this kind of mid-size shape”▶ 21:04
- “These bristles are layered in a way that makes the brush extremely fluffy and airy. And it's not just like two different layers, it's like so multi-layered that it just creates the most airy, fluffy brush”▶ 21:41
- “I think the Shodo 05 is their hardest brush for the artisans to make”▶ 21:59
- “You get something that looks wispier. It's also a little bit smaller. It is also more angled”▶ 22:07
- “I like to use the Shodo brushes when I want a more diffused look”▶ 22:23
- “If you have a blush that's like really pigmented, with this you don't have to worry too much about picking up too much and getting that like dreaded spot on your face”▶ 22:31
- “If you like a very natural look, you're really going to like the Shodo brushes from Rephr”
- “I also think that this brush is really good with all of the cream to powder blushes”▶ 22:57
- “These fibers that they use, they're very hearty, they wash very well. And I just feel like this brush does a great job of picking up those formulas and then blending them onto the face”▶ 23:15
- “This has been my favorite for all of those, and it's small enough to fit into the pans of many of those products”▶ 23:28
- “This is going to be a synthetic fiber brush. It is denser, and it also is very angled. So what this allows you to do is to get a very lifted and sculpted look to the cheeks”▶ 23:43
- “If you're really just trying to like lift up the face and get the blush on the higher points of the face, this is a great brush for that”▶ 23:54
- “Because it is synthetic and because it is a little bit denser, I do find that this brush, it does a great job at picking up blushes that might be a little bit harder to pick up with the natural hair ones”▶ 24:07
- “This one really grabs the pigment quite well, and then allows me to pat it onto the face”▶ 24:22
- “If you're having trouble with any baked formulas or even cream formulas that you find are just a little bit hard to grab, try this”▶ 24:29
- “I love to use these with those um Gucci glow blushes or even some of the YSL blushes”▶ 24:36
- “Anytime I have issues with picking up blush or if it has like a creamier formula as well, I find that this one really does the trick”▶ 24:41
- no stillBK Beauty$25
- “The BK Beauty brush soap, it's like so good at getting out foundation or any any type of liquid product that's kind of like gunked onto the top of your brush”
- “I just find that those two soaps, they're so good. And yes, I could use dish soap, I suppose, but I don't know. They last me a long time. I feel like it's a good investment, and I love those products”
Rephr$10- “I like to use my Rephr brush soap for my natural hair brushes”▶ 28:50
- “I find that the Rephr brush soap, it really helps to keep those natural bristles moisturized. If they get dried out, that's when you start to have like shedding, and they're not as soft anymore. You want to sort of condition those natural hairs”▶ 28:55
- “I just find that those two soaps, they're so good. And yes, I could use dish soap, I suppose, but I don't know. They last me a long time. I feel like it's a good investment, and I love those products”▶ 29:26
- “Without a doubt my favorite one and done eye brush that you're even just to start the look out with one shade all over the lid is this one from Sonia G”▶ 30:17
- “It's actually just like a big old chunky chunk shader brush. And because it's so chunky, again, like it's just perfect for slapping on a one and done type of shade”▶ 30:34
- “It's so jumbo that it takes up like most of my eyelid and you can see right there just how easy it is to get it all over the lid”▶ 30:47
- “It is such a beautiful soft brush”
Rephr$24.00- “This is definitely their most multi-purpose eye brush. This was designed to be able to do an entire eye look with just one brush”▶ 31:10
- “It's going to be fluffier and a bit flatter than the Sonia G and because of that, you can basically turn it on its side and you can lay down the shadow all over the lid and then you can turn it this way and you can use it as a crease brush”▶ 31:19
- “It's just a great fluffy little brush for slapping that color on if you are in a rush or if you just like to do very simple looks”▶ 31:44
BK Beauty$18- “These are going to be denser. They're going to be more precise. These are going to be better for packing on the color and they're also going to be useful for both creamier formulations, but also drier formulations”▶ 31:57
- “They're good for applying any kind of shadow, but because they're a little bit shorter and denser, they're going to really help to pack on the color if you want to get more pigmentation”▶ 32:30
- “If you're having trouble picking up the shadow, this is going to be a lot easier than that refer brush that I just showed you a second ago, which is so soft and wispy”▶ 32:43
- “These are really going to scoop that product out of the pan and allow you to apply it in a very precise and detailed way”▶ 33:00
- “These work beautifully with formulas like the Byredo eye shadows, which are very creamy, as are the Prada eye shadows”▶ 33:30
BK Beauty$16- “They're essentially the same brush except one is smaller than the other. And if you go a little bit smaller, it just means that it's going to be more precise or it means it's going to be better if you have a smaller lid or smaller eye shape”▶ 33:23
- “Usually what I will do is I'll use the bigger one on, you know, the main part of the lid and then I take the smaller one, the 209. And this is great for kind of, you know, highlighting the inner corner or getting another little color in there on the inner half of the eye”▶ 33:08
- “If you have smaller eyes, then the smaller brushes, this might be your all over the lid shade”▶ 33:24
- “Hands down my favorite crease brush is the Rephr 16”▶ 34:07
- “This is just the perfect big fluffy dome shape to create that depth in the crease”▶ 34:10
- “You have these natural hair fibers. It's super soft. It really blends out the shadows very well”▶ 34:18
- “I have a lot of lid space, so this is the crease brush that works the best for my eye shape”▶ 34:25
Rephr$24.99- “This for me would be more of like a detail crease brush. So I might go in first with the 16 to apply the color and then go in with the 14 to layer in a little bit more depth just where I need it”▶ 34:43
- “Depending on your eye shape, this might be your primary crease brush”▶ 34:55
- “I also really like to use these smaller crease brushes for blending around the look”▶ 35:00
- “I dip into a pressed powder and I gently blend around the perimeter of the eye look and that creates a very diffused, professional look”▶ 35:13
- “If you put a little bit too much eye shadow on, go in with a clean one, blend it out, you know, just where you need it and that's going to help you sheer out that mistake”▶ 35:30
Rephr$43- “I highly recommend these. I highly, highly recommend these, especially if you like more natural makeup, if you struggle to blend your eye shadow”▶ 35:47
- “These are going to have those layered bristles that make it so that you don't pick up too much product and they really help you blend and diffuse even the deepest and most colorful pigmented eye shadows”▶ 36:18
- “If you're a little bit nervous of like that bright shade in the palette or the dark shade in the palette or you're nervous about making the look too smoky or heavy, cuz I don't want my look to be too heavy either. I would highly take a look at these”▶ 36:34
- “They come in a variety of sizes. A lot of times they come in a set, which is typically a better value. Highly recommend that”▶ 36:46
- “The first one that I would 100% pick up immediately is the Rephr number 23”▶ 37:41
- “This is the tiniest, bittiest little pencil brush that is perfect for the lower lash line, especially when you want to get so close to the lashes”▶ 38:26
- “I really love using this little brush to get super close, to get that very diffused type of look without having it be too heavy”▶ 38:55
- “I'm sure you could use this like in the inner corner as well, but I really use this on the lower lash line. That is where this brush shines”▶ 39:06
BK Beauty$19.20- “This is the N22, and you can see right there, it's basically shaped like a pencil or like a paintbrush, right? So, what are you going to do with the pencil? You're going to draw the shadow exactly where you want it”▶ 40:46
- “This is what I use when I want to create and draw that depth in the outer corner”▶ 41:00
- “I just find that this is the perfect shape, the perfect size to be very precise, pack on the shadow, but to almost draw it exactly where you want it that it doesn't get all, you know, gross and messy on the outer corner of the eye, especially when you are working with those darker pigments”
BK Beauty$15- “I think is the most underrated BK Beauty brush. I feel like more people need to talk about this”▶ 41:47
- “Whenever I use this brush, I'm always getting people in the comments asking me, What is that brush?”▶ 41:55
- “This is the tiniest, cutest, most precise eyeliner brush that I have in my collection”▶ 42:09
- “It's also like very soft and has a nice bend to it, so it doesn't flick the pigment all over my face when I go in. It's not scratchy like some of the others that I've tried in the past”▶ 42:19
- “I just find that you can create the most precise little baby wing”▶ 42:31
- “This is going to be so, so precise”
- “I also love that I can like really get in to the corner of the eye if I want to build up a little bit more depth on the lower lash line as well”▶ 42:49
- “This is the Surratt Perfectionist complexion brush. I think I have like three or four of these”▶ 43:19
- “This is a flat brush, but it has a little point to it. It's very precise. This is what I use to clean up my brows to get this snatched look”▶ 43:34
- “This is what I use to clean up my eye looks if I really want to snatch that eyeliner and get a very crisp line”▶ 43:43
- “If I want to kind of lift the eye by removing any little bit of pigment that may have gotten right here along the corner of the eye”
- “If I have a bright pigmented lipstick, and I want to like really get a crisp line here. If there's any little mistake on my face, I am using this brush”▶ 44:01
- “This is just my little detail fixer, picker upper. It is just a do-it-all little brush”
- “I have multiples of this. It is really what I'm doing behind the scenes to get everything to look very crisp and perfect”▶ 44:32
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