Which brushes are best for makeup?

Refined, sophisticated makeup is difficult to reproduce without a set of brushes that will evenly and correctly shade all the colors, like an artist. Very often, girls save on good brushes, limiting themselves to using applicators that come with various cosmetics sets. But the “morning masterpiece” can be performed not only by makeup artists, but also by ordinary beauties, having high-quality cosmetics and brushes on hand.

"Golden" rules of choice

The cosmetic accessories market offers a legion of brands of this type of product and a lot of different brushes, each of which is used to apply only one type of cosmetics.

1. For powder. This category includes large round and very soft natural bristle brushes for mineral loose powder. Larger brushes are for bronzer. Small round brushes - for blending blush. Brushes with two-color bristles (artificial and natural) are used for cosmetics with a liquid consistency. And the whisk brush removes excess powder from the face well.
2. For the base. These are brushes with synthetic bristles that are easy to apply foundation with. Round, short handle, shaped like a heel, ideal for loose mineral powder.
3. For shadows. This type of brush is divided into 3 subtypes: large ones for applying the base under the shadows, with bristles of different lengths - for decorative shadows with different shades, which are applied to the corners of the eyes. For shading, brushes with short soft bristles are used. It is easiest to draw the crease of the eyelid with a small brush, and to shade the boundaries between different shades - with a dense one.
4. For blush. These brushes can be round or angled. Their flatness helps to beautifully blend the blush to highlight the cheekbones most naturally.
5. For eyeliner. Brushes with stiff synthetic bristles and a curved thin tip. They are easy to “stuff” neat dots into your eyeliner.
6. For eyebrow makeup. Brushes made of hard natural or synthetic bristles, similar to eyeliner brushes. They can be used to tint eyebrows or cover them with wax.
7. Small corrector brushes made of synthetic materials easily mask skin imperfections with foundation.
8. For lips. These brushes are shaped like a cat's tongue so that lipstick can be applied neatly. They can also create an even lip contour.

This essential minimum must be purchased so that your makeup is no worse than that of Hollywood makeup artists!

And now you need to choose the right material for the bristles... How to determine which brushes are better for makeup: artificial or natural? What should be their size and the relative rigidity of the product?

Depending on the composition of the cosmetics you use, makeup artists advise choosing natural hairs for dry and loose cosmetics (powder, blush or dry eye shadow), and artificial hairs for liquid types of decorative cosmetics (foundation, foundation), since synthetics do not absorb product.

The following types of pile are used from natural materials for makeup:

• Sable and kolonok have elastic hairs of a golden brown hue. When applying the shadows, they perfectly outline the eyelids, while being very soft and gentle to the touch.
• Squirrel – squirrel brushes are soft and smooth, do not scratch the delicate skin of the eyelids and perfectly shade the edges of shadows.
• Pony has dense and smooth brown fur. Good for applying make-up to the eyes and face.
• Goat has slightly wavy, voluminous and slightly harsh black fur. Covers the face well and evenly with powder.

Size and hardness of brushes

For any part of the face on which we will apply makeup, you can choose the appropriate brush size. The brush should lie freely in your hand; the bristles must be flexible, but not rough or hard, so as not to injure the skin. Using the recommendations described above and our contours of the eyes and face, we will determine the sizes and types of brushes.

Choosing brushes

• For shadows, this is the main brush that allows you to create even multi-layered, sophisticated makeup.
• Shading – masterfully performs high-quality color transitions of shadows. If your makeup requires many shades and play of colors, then you need to purchase several pieces of these “craftsmen”.
• Combined brushes for eyebrows and eyelashes. They visually make these contours thicker and more voluminous.
• The brow brush helps you gently apply smoothing products for “emotional touches.”
• The heel brush applies and smoothly blends highlighter - sparkling powder, shimmer with glitter on the cheekbones for evening makeup or bronzer. The bristle of such a brush is like a powder puff: it can only be surprisingly soft!
• Even experienced makeup artists argue about sponges. Some are categorically against their use, while others consider it appropriate to apply liquid cosmetics with them.
• For lip makeup, a brush is used to apply lipstick, gloss and create a smooth contour.

Makeup artists advise using at least seven professional tools even when applying everyday makeup, since, firstly, they absorb the absolute minimum of cosmetics; and secondly, they are not only more convenient to work with, but also faster. If you need to apply makeup with regular brushes within five or ten minutes, then master brushes will do it in a couple of seconds! Moreover, the quality of this makeup will be several orders of magnitude higher! Isn’t this what every beauty wants when she goes out?

Video

The following video will tell you about the most necessary makeup brushes and how to use them: