How many brushes do you use for one m/u application?

[electrostars]

I use the 219, 239 & 272, and a face secrets brush for blush. XD

[Beachgrl07]

I use five for a typical application:

1. 217 Brush
2. 239 Brush
3. Foundation Brush
4. Eyeliner Brush
5. Clinique Blush Brush (gift w/purchase)

[duch3ss25]

eek, i never notice i use this many brushes at one time. no wonder my brother's always yelling when i'm getting ready to go out.

190 foundation
187 blend foundation/blush
194 concealer
242 e/s base/paint/ccb
213 and 239 lid (i use different brush for different e/s)
217 highlight
219 crease
224 outer v and for blending
209 eyeliner
205 mascara (my new fave!)
266 eyebrow
162 blush contour
168 blush
180 blot powder/msf
316 lips

[geeko]

Usually between 3 - 6 brushes:

On a lazy day:
1. 242 brush
2. 129 blush brush
3. Inuovi brush

More hardworking days (with foundation)
1. 187 brush
2. 242 brush
3. 209 brush
4. 212 brush
5. 129 blush brush
6. Inuov brush

[missymaricel]

I have a brush for every little detail I need done. I rarely ever use the same brush to perform multiple tasks.

Here are my eyeshadow brushes:

- Stiff Angled Brow Brush: to precisely apply powder color to my brows
- Medium Taklon Brush: to apply and blend cream-based products to my face such as concealer and cream eyeshadow
- Large Eyeshadow Brush: to apply eyeshadow "wash" all over my eyes
- Medium Eyeshadow Brush (MAC 239): to apply main eyeshadow color to my eyelids only
- Contour Crease Brush: to apply eyeshadow to my crease
- Small Eyeshadow Brush: to apply shimmer highlight eyeshadow to my browbone and inner corners of my eyes
- Pencil Brush: smudge my eyeliner for a softer look and to define my crease
- Flat Angled Brush: to apply eyeshadow to the outer "V" of my eyes
- Blending Brush: to blend out any harsh lines in my eyeshadow application... LINES IN EYESHADOW ARE A BIG NO-NO!!!
- Thin Eyeliner Brush: to apply liquid and gel eyeliner precisely to my eyes

That makes 10 brushes I use on my eyes alone!!!

[Showgirl]

I use the following:-

- Clinique foundation brush. Absolutely *wonderful* thing, it was almost as expensive as the MAC equivalent brush, and seems just as soft. I went for this over the MAC brush as it was Clinique superfit foundation I was using at the time (so figured it was a good idea to stick within the same brand), but I find it gives a wonderful result with all foundations. I'm pretty happy with this, but it wasn't cheap. I use it to blend concealer and my eyeshadow "basecoat" of MAC Paint too, I find it's really great at blending all fluid/cream-based products and sooooo soft. I'll probably get a seperate concealer brush at some point.

- A great big no-brand-name (but actually quite good) fluffy brush for blusher and powder.

- For eyeshadow application I use two body shop brushes - one angled, one straight - for most applications. Body shop brushes are pretty decent and have won awards from UK Beauty mags for best brushes, I will probably upgrade to MAC ones at some point in the future when cash allows, but for now, they're good enough. If I want to really pack colour on, I sometimes use (gasp in horror) a spongetipped applicator to get the colour on there really densely.

- My only MAC brush is a fluffy blending brush, which is absolutely LOVELY and makes SUCH a difference to the finish of the look. If I had to recommend someone on a limited budget (like me!) which brushes to splurge on, I would say "get a foundation brush, as it makes a HUGE difference, and the best quality fluffy blending brush you can afford".

- For fluidline, I use a Body Shop pointed tip lip brush, which I find works quite well - I like it better than the slanted brushes, which I just can't get to work right with fluidline. I'm probably going to upgrade to the Bobbi Brown liner brush soon, it's a fabulous little thing.

- I use the same Body Shop lipbrush to line lips and apply colour, though obviously I clean it after the fluidline!

so...... six brushes in total: foundation, powder, pointed lip brush, two eyeshadow brushes to apply and one fluffy brush to blend shadow *nods*

[lobsteriffic]

1. Foundation brush (190)
2. Buffing brush (182)
3. Eyeshadow fluff brush (213)
4. Eye crease/blending (222)
5. Brow brush (208 )
6. Blush & powder brush (129)

That's a typical day. Somedays it's more if I'm doing something fancy.

[Pinklady77]

Powder brush
Blush Brush
e/s brush
e/l brush
blending brush

so 5

[Katura]

Lemmmmme see...

2 foundation brushes
A sponge sometimes
My 187
Angle brush
2 shadow brushes (1 for application and another for blending)
Sometimes another for crease if I'm feeling super nit picky about how it looks...
Mascara wand counts right?
and a huge fluffy paint brush *hah* for setting.

yikes...too many.

[Dark_Phoenix]

1. Aveda Blush Brush #9
2. Large Shadow Brush
3. Angled Liner Brush
4. Straight Edge Liner Brush
5. Sponge (for foundation)

[asian_eyes]

foundation
powder
blush
small eye
large eye
= 5

[mistella]

187 for foundation
188 for contouring
Paula Dorf angled brush for blush
Large blush brush for highlighting

3-5 brushes for eyes
266 for lining

So around 9 or 10

[breathless]

at least 5 brushes. depends on what i'm going for.

[jupiter_wind]

Foundation brush
Powder brush
Blush brush
2-3 eyeshadow brushes (depends on whether I need to correct any over-zealousness with my eyeshadows)
Eyeliner brush

Total: 6-7 brushes

I only use lip brush when I'm out.

[bklyn]

mac 213 - highlight, inner corner
cargo #5 (kinda like mac 239 but not goat) - lid
Longo #33 (like mac 242) - contour
Shu 6m (lip br) - outer crease
mac 266 - lining
benefit #10 (like a larger mac 275) - blending

shu 16R - face powder
stila #1 or club monaco #15 (angled) - blush
flirt skunk br - highlight
shu 20H - contour

[Tash]

6 for just my face:
foundation, concealer, kabuki, 187, blush, 129.
And right around 3 for my eyeshadow at least.

[MAC_Pixie04]

Target Concealer brush, Sephora Stippling Brush, 129 Blush Brush
252 to apply shadow base, 275 to apply highlight, 242 to contour crease/add crease colors, 239 and/or 242 to apply lid colors, then 217 to blend all over, and a skinny Sephora liner brush to line uppers if using liquid/fluidline

Total: 9/10

[Jourdain]

I use a blush brush, one eyeshadow brush, and eyeliner brush and thats really it.

Which is weird because I wear more makeup then anybody I've EVER met. I'm one of those people who uses more product then tools.

[eighmii]

Am I the only person who uses sponge tipped applicators? I use 1 of those for every color I'm wearing.. Cause I like my colors bright and bold and those work best for me.

Then:

A crease brush
A brow brush
A blush brush
A highlight brush (MAC 216.. then I clean it and use it for any blending that can't be done with sponges)
and a brush similar to my brow brush for applying e/s under my eyes (thin line under eyeliner that matches my main colors)

[lara]

Foundation, blush, fine point, medium shader, narrow shader. Five in all, six if you want to count the puff that I apply powder with.

[freaksinunif0rm]

Let's see...

I use one for the face...or two, if I'm contouring. Two for my brows and up to four for my eyes.

So that makes 8 brushes total.

[stardustkitty]

3-5

Foundation (kabuki)
Concealer (small, dense brush)
Eyeshadow (small, soft brush)
Blush (flat spread out brush)
Brows (firm, brisley brush)

[cynpat2000]

I only use 2 kabukis and a blush brush, Eyeshadow I apply with the little sponge applicators cause its easier for me.

[Sikfrmthemirror]

concealer, face, blush, liner, tapered, 217....
about six.

[IheartCosmetics]

All together about 7.