What brushes do you Recommend?

[user4]

217, 219, and 224 (great ones for blending)...

[Jennifer Mcfly]

272, great...actually Fabulous for the crease!

[caffn8me]

The 222 is my preferred blending brush and I love the 219 for intense colour application and defining the crease.

[Miss_Behave]

ok, so I need new brushes, well actually I want some more

I have:
- lancome foundation and concealor brush
- TBS small fluff brush
- sephora blush, crease, smudge and angled liner brush
- mac 212, 217, 219, 222
- BB blender brush

so what else should I get? of course the 187 is already on my wishlist, even tho I don't know if I need it, but I WANT IT

is there any other brush I'm really missing?

[Midgard]

I can't live without
239 - packes on e/s very dense
224 - blend e/s to the brow bone
266 - for my eye brows
The 187 is great as a foundation brush, makes a very smooth finish!

From face secrets (at sally's beauty supply) the smudge brush for lining my lower lashline and the big powder brush.

[Jennifer Mcfly]

I agree, the 224 and 239 are Must haves!!

[jess98765]

266 cos its versatile- you can use it for liners or for brows.
213 is a simple eyeshadow bursh if you need it

[fairytale22]

The 224 is my most used e/s brush, and the 109 is great for more precise blush application.

[GLOSSER]

What brushes do you consider to be a necessity?

[mrsroberson2007]

I cant live without #187, the stippling brush. Its really great to blend your foundation, a must have. Plus, i havent found one other brand that even makes a stippling brush!

[Isis]

For Eye:
209 Eye liner (for cream & liquid liners)
212 Flatliner (for lining with eye shadow)
219 Pencil Brush (small areas)
231 Small Shader (smudging)
239 Eye Shading Brush (all over color, or packing)
272 small Angled Shader (I love this for the crease)

For Face:
190 Foundation
116 Blush

I like to have something for everything
HTH some!

[mspixieears]

My Urban Decay slanted eyeliner/brow brush, along with UD's eye blender brush. My slanted brush makes fluidline application a breeze.

MAC ones, #228 for applying paints on lids (it's teensy and so am I & my features), and #242 which is pretty versatile.

And oh gosh how I want a #187 stippling, like everyone else. Great for pigmented blush, which I love (NARS) and it's apparently very versatile.

190 and 239

[caffn8me]

The brush set supplied on the M·A·C professional makeup artistry course I attended was designed to be enough to cover all requirements for someone starting out as a professional makeup artist. The set contains;

• 129 - Blush/Powder brush
• 192 - Face/Cheek/Foundation brush
• 217 - Blending brush
• 219 - Pencil brush
• 222 - Tapered blending
• 249 - Large shader
• 266 - Small angle
• 316 - Lip brush (also good for concealer)

Everything we did on the course was achieved with these brushes.

[Christina Victoria]

The 190, 180, and 187 are pretty much the only brushes that I use for an everyday casual look. 187 is perfect for applying most/any face products (Blush, Bronzer, MSFs, CCBs), 190 is wonderful for foundation/pressed powder, and the 180 is great for buffing and removing excess powder.

[sunwater83]

My faves and staples:

Face:
187 - Perfect for applying foundation, MSFs, CCBs, blush, bronzers, etc...
190 - Great for foundation and other cream makeup
168 - Perfect for contouring and applying powder blush

Eyes:
I love, love, love the white goat-haired brushes. I have several of each of the following:
217 - Perfect for blending and applying washes of color
219 - great for applying smudgy eyeliner and doing detail crease work
222 - this is a little more tapered than the 224 so if you have a smaller crease this works better
224 - great for blending
239 - the PERFECT brush for packing color onto the lid. It's short, stiff, and dense so it picks up the right amount of color. I use this for really bold looks.
And for eyeliner I like the 209. You can get a super thin line or a thicker line. I love this for the fluidlines, it's the only one I use.

[Isabel]

Hey Everyone... I'm asking for MAC brushes for Christmas and I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions of what I should get.

I already have these MAC brushes:
190
213
266
217
219

[caffn8me]

Take a look at the recent thread MAC Brushes?

Possibly a thread merge candidate?

[caffn8me]

You don't seem to have a powder/blush brush so a 129 would be a good idea perhaps as it's versatile and you don't have a lip brush - the 316 is very good.

[Midgard]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Isabel

Hey Everyone... I'm asking for MAC brushes for Christmas and I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions of what I should get.

I already have these MAC brushes:
190
213
266
217
219

I love:
239 - for dense application
222 - for crease work

239
318

[KJam]

180
187
224
239
272

[Sar]

I have never thought brushes could make much a difference to your make up and always used my fingers. Lately I have read so many people saying how much a difference they make so I have absoloutly no MAC brushes atall.

Im wanting one for foundation,a few for my eyes like blending smaller ones for eye liner..etc or any other brushes that might be usefull?? any suggestions..? xxx

[rouquinne]

in the General Makeup Discussion forum is a sticky at the top about makeup brushes.

i buy brushes at the art supply store - not from makeup companies!

[Sar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rouquinne

in the General Makeup Discussion forum is a sticky at the top about makeup brushes.

i buy brushes at the art supply store - not from makeup companies!

I looked there.. I meant more what sort of brush's shapes are best for which part of the face? Im not very good with these things. I know on the mac site it has these things but some might be better than others cause there is a few for the same sort of thing and are any essentials? I will probably go look at my local art supply shop though