If you’ve ever confused your kabuki brush with your foundation brush, or you just don’t know what to use when it comes to mastering that smokey eye, check out our fave makeup brushes to blend and beautify as well as expert advice for keeping them in top condition.
by Anna McDougall
Lloyd Simmonds, Creative Director Makeup Yves Saint Laurent, gives us these expert tips for applying and taking care of our makeup brushes:
– Keep your brushes wrapped in a pouch or cloth to preserve them
– Wash your brushes once weekly in warm water with light shampoo or soap
– Dry in the open air lying flat
– For your eye makeup brushes, use the flat of the brush to apply and the tip to blend
– Lightly tap them on the back of your hand before application
– Avoid pressing, bending and pulling on the brushes
Fluid Foundation Brush:
Rescu. Loves the YSL No 1 Pinceau Fond de Teint Foundation Brush made from synthetic fibers to perfect your liquid foundation application. It’s also ideal for applying creams, serums but we love it for blending the YSL Touche Éclat.
RRP: $75 available from Myer, David Jones and Mecca Maxima
Powder Brush:
The Chanel Retractable Kabuki Brush is a natural hair bristle brush to evenly blend all your powder products with the added bonus of sculpting your cheekbones to modelesque proportions and deepen colour where needed.
RRP: $68 available from Chanel Fragrance and beauty boutiques, department stores (available 12th May 2013)
Blush Brush:
For that flirty flush and perfectly rosy cheeks, the Estée Lauder Blush Brush applies colour evenly to cheekbones and blends blush flawlessly.
RRP: $70 available from Myer, David Jones
Bronzer Brush:
The perfect sized brush to distribute your bronzer evenly and flawlessly for the year round summer complexion is with ModelCo BRUSH 05. The all-purpose brush can also be used to apply your face powder and blush.
RRP: $48 www.modelco.com.au
Eye Shadow Brush:
For colour anywhere on your eyelids the CLINIQUE Eye Shadow Brush is your one stop shop for creating runway ready beauty looks for day or night. It’s shape and size make it perfect for highlighting just under brow bones too.
RRP: $31 available from Myer, David Jones
Eye Blender Brush:
For a naturally sculpted eye blended with the utmost precision, the Mirabella hand sculpted Signature Eye Blender Brush is your little fluffy friend for the perfect smokey eye. Its tapered domed shape provides flawless and easy application.
RRP: $38.50 available at professional salons & spas nationwide.
Eye Liner Brush:
To create that swingin’ sixties cat eye, the MAC Precise Eye Liner Brush 210 has a finely pointed, tapered tip that allows for controlled, fine and precise application of any powder, liquid or cream-based eye liner.
$37 www.maccosmetics.com.au
Eye Brow Brush:
For salon worthy eyebrow shapes and defined natural-looking brows, the angled head of the Bobbi Brown Brow Brush will get you through any hairy situations.
RRP: $45 available from David Jones
