If you have just wondered if you really need several makeup brushes, the answer is … maybe. Whether at the bottom of the drawer you have hundreds of them or if, on the other side, you are part of the #mitruccosoloconledita team, it is better to clarify that one squad of tools to have a professional effect make-up is absolutely essential.
Not many but good
It doesn’t take very many, but an arsenal of at least eight brushes, diversified by shape and area of action, it represents an essential beauty kit essential for anyone who loves to always look their best. That’s why, with the help of the experts, we provide below one shopping list to use as guide to help understand the 50 shades of bristles and apply them to the right product.
«For a perfect make-up you need the right brushes», say make-up artists Anna and Elisa Feltrin who have recently launched a line of vegan brushes with synthetic but high quality bristles. And here’s what they explain about these precious magic wands.
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Base Brush
The foundation brush perfect for making the perfect base. The very dense bristles allow you to precisely fix the cream product you are spreading.
In addition, the dome shape helps to blend the product and above all to avoid leaving annoying streaks on the face. Thanks to its shape, it can also be used to apply the cream blush in a timely manner.
Powder brush
For a precise application this brush is ideal. Land its small size allows to opacify only where it is needed, guaranteeing a very precise control, moreover, precisely because it is small it is perfect for applying the illuminant. The mobility of the bristles ensures the application of the right amount of powder and avoid the clay effect.
Blush / bronzer brush
This brush is ideal if you need to sculpt your face. Its oblique shape allows it to apply the earth by distributing the right intensity of color in the right places. By turning the brush and tapping it on the cheeks, it becomes perfect for powder blush. The small size fits most faces (even the smallest ones) and allows precise application.
Blending brush
Blending the pencil will be even easier with this brush. The short and very dense bristles shift the color delicately, blending the line. It can be held perpendicular also used to quickly define the upper rhyme.
Type of brushes
Crescent Brush
The crescent is the skeleton of eye make-up and can never fail. To do it best this brush is ideal. The bristles form a teardrop profile that rests perfectly on the fixed eyelid, creating the right banana shape from the first color pass. The brush has soft and movable bristles and allows you to apply and blend the color without staining.
Concealer brush
The right brush to apply the concealer evenly and without highlighting the signs of aging. The graduated bristles allow you to spread the product as if it were delicately distributed on the skin, with an airbrush effect, and to fix it well. Its small size allows it to be used easily around the eyes.
Imperfections brush
This is the most useful brush when it comes to detail. Ideal for correcting small imperfections, it is perfect in the punctual pimple correction technique. Also useful for applying highlighter to the inner corner of the eye precisely. Finally, it can also be used to define the lips.
Eyebrow brush
Small and easily transportable, this brush is very useful for both defining and combing the eyebrows. It can also be used to draw eyeliner, because the bristles of the angled brush have the right length for an easy application of color. Or, with the brush-shaped part, you can clean the lashes from excess mascara.
Last but not least, never forget to clean your brushes not only to make them last longer, but also to avoid skin allergies or rashes on the skin of the face as makeup residues, dead cells, bacteria and sebum nestle between the bristles. In addition, washing also allows you to soften the bristles. There are special products on the market, but a normal shampoo is also enough.
In the gallery the make-up brushes to add to the cart for every need.
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Source: Vanity Fair
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