When you put on your makeup on an average day, how many different makeup brushes do you use?
On a regular day, I find myself using no more than 5 brushes (2 eyeshadow brushes, 1 liner brush, 1 powder brush and 1 blush brush). And I've always been curious if the number of brushes I use is considered low, high, or right in the middle when compared to the rest of the world. How many brushes do YOU use on normal makeup day (special occasions don't count in this question)? Let's hear it!
ELF Studio foundation brush to blend out concealer.
ReplyDeleteFlat top brush for setting powder.
Ecotools blush brush for blush
Pink Kabuki to disperse some bronzer
ELF shadow brush and whatever blending brush
Ecotools eyeliner brush
Also lately, I've been using EDM's small kabuki brush for EDM foundation
8 BRUSHES!? + Eyelash curler Yikes. But this is such a good question :) Most days though, I have classes at 8 AM so I only do the concealer, and face brushes. Only when I have time to do my eye make up.
Let's see, I use about 9 and sometimes 10! LOL!
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ReplyDelete1-2 eyeshadow brushes (depending on my look; i often just use fingers and then use one brush to blend it out)
1 powder brush (kabuki)
1 blush brush
i use a liner brush often but not every day, maybe twice a week?
i only use a brush for my foundation if i'm going to a special event. other than that, fingers.
When I have the feeling of being shiney and can't take it anymore I use the a powder brush (by essence, a european brand)
ReplyDeletebut most of the time not even that and only my eyelash curler
well- I'm not really a make up everyday girl ^^
On an average day I use 1-2. I use one for foundation and blush and 1 for eyes (since I use pencil liner and usually only 1 eyeshadow as a wash).
ReplyDeleteUnless you count my mascara wand and eyelash curler. I know I keep things very minimal but I do use minimal easy-to-use makeup at 5am. =)
Blush brush
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Eyeliner brush
Powder brush
Eyebrow brush
6 brushes + eyelash curler+ lash separator comb thingy
Sheesh! No wonder it takes me forever to get ready in the morning.
I usually use 1 brush that I use for bronzer, because my foundation and blush are creams. I don't like powder, it usually makes my face cakey, so I just use a matte bronzer. :) And on days when I use eyeshadow, I use a 209 and MAC blending brush-I forget which number!
ReplyDeleteNone! :-) I use a pencil eyeliner and creamy eyeshadow that goes on with fingers (usually!). At Sephora, they try to persuade me to use a brush for foundation, but I think it looks too heavy put on that way.
ReplyDeleteE.L.F. Studio powder brush for liquid foundation (unless I'm using tinted moisturizer, in which case I use my hands)
ReplyDeleteEcotools retractable kabuki for setting powder
A small liner brush for eyebrow powder
If I feel like it, a second E.L.F. brush (either a separate powder brush or the complexion brush) for blush.
So I'd say on average 3, sometimes 4. I don't always do my eyebrows or blush, so on a lazy or sleepy morning I can definitely do my routine with 1 or two brushes only (like this morning, I applied tinted moisturizer with my hands and my kabuki for setting powder and that was it for brushes). I also use an eyelash curler everyday, and when I do my eyebrows I use a spoolie afterwards. :]
I use 1-2 brushes on average.
ReplyDelete-the Ecotools brow groomer to smooth my brows and blend in the brow pencil.
-Ecotools blush brush to apply powder brush, bronzer or highlighter.
I think I am upwards of 6, probably at around 8.
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Kabuki for Mineral makeup
Blush Brush
Bronzer Brush
Finishing veil brush (yes, I really do use different brushes for each!)
1-3 eye shadow brushes, depending on the look I am going for.
i use a kabuki brush for pressed powder, lbush brush and an eyeshadow brush
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I ues 4 or 5 on a daily basis, sometimes I go up to six
ReplyDelete2 or 3 eyeshadow brushes
powder brush
blush brush
and on very rare occasions I use a foundation brush
Wow, I've never really counted... let's see...
ReplyDeleteA foundation brush for primer and foundation. Then 1 short bristled, 1 flat, and 1 blending brush for the eyes. And either a fan brush or blush brush for the cheeks. Lastly, a lip brush for lipstick or lip conditioner if it comes ina tub.
So about 5-6 brushes. Pretty average. Phew, I was beginning to think I was using 2 too many.
I use 3-4 on a daily basis.
ReplyDelete*ecoTools retractable kabuki (powder)
*Bare Escentuals Angled Face Brush (blush)
*Elf Eyeshadow Brush (eyeshadow)
*Studio Tools Eye Defining Brush (crease/blending)
I know some people that use only 1-2, and I know some people that use 20....I think it just depends on how much makeup you wear, and how fussy you are about it.
I think I keep my brush usage to a bare minimum, which is really funny because I have a lot of brushes. I only use a blush brush and an all-purpose eyeshadow brush everyday! If I need to glam it up for a special event, I'll pull out the foundation brush, angled eyeliner brush (for cream eyeliner), a crease brush (for a contouring with a darker eyeshadow).
ReplyDeleteI use 2-3. The only brushes I have come from that little EcoTools 4-piece set. I use the powder brush for my finishing powder, the kabuki brush for my blush, and sometimes the eyeshadow brush if I'm not just putting it on with my fingers.
ReplyDeleteUm, usually just a big fluffy one for loose powder! It's EcoTools, in case you wanted to know :P. Love those brushes.
ReplyDeletetoo many! but I can make do with none if I really have to :)
ReplyDeleteI use two or three for my eyshadow, one for my eyelashes, one for blush and powder, i use a sponge for foundation, so that's it - 4 or 5
ReplyDeletei think 7ish
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies SO much for the awesome comments to this question! It seems like I'm right in the middle in terms of how many brushes I use. Whew! lol! You guys are the best! :D
ReplyDeleteProbably way too many. If I'm doing full face makeup, about 8. Foundation, powder, blush, brows, eye liner, and about 3 for eyeshadow.
ReplyDeleteIf it's an average day, just one brush - Sonia Kashuk Bent eyeliner brush. I don't wear much, just mascara, eyeliner and lip gloss.
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