Makeup Brushes Chart & Cleaning!

Makeup brushes are the best part of makeup, because without the brushes your makeup products wont be applied smoothly, making a natural effect to the face. Using makeup brushes is like turning makeup into you own facial art. For any one who is just entering the makeup world; could have a big problem when it comes to choosing makeup brushes. Here on my blog today I will show you the most popular brushes, which part of the face it is used for, how to use them and of course how to clean them! I'm breaking it down into face first then eyes because I personally like to do it in that order and then just touch up with contouring and blush to finish the look and clean up anything that might of fallen into the face from the eye shadows.

Foundation Brush- MAC 190

FACE:
  

•  FOUNDATION BRUSH

FOR: Used for liquid foundations.

HOW: Apply liquid foundation by wiping

            the brush back and forth across the skin until

            blended- almost as if painting.



 Stippling Brush- Real Techniques



• STIPPLING BRUSH

FOR: Buffing liquid, cream or mousse
           foundations.

HOW:  Buff liquid, cream or mousse
             foundations onto face with small
             circular strokes for natural look.

Beauty Blender

•  BLENDER

FOR: Blending

HOW: Pat and blend liquid, cream or mousse
            foundation onto skin- also good
            for concealers.

Kabuki- ELF

• KABUKI BRUSH

FOR:  Buffing powders

HOW: Buff on powder foundations,
            blush or bronzer for a very smooth,
            natural look.

Power Brush- SEPHORA #48

•  POWDER BLUSH

FOR: Adding powders on top of foundation.

HOW: Sweep brush with powder over top of
            foundation.

Blush Brush- NARS

• BLUSH BRUSH

FOR: Blushes and bronzers

HOW: Apply blush or bronze color going
            upward sweeping motion to the outer
            edge of your cheek bone. Add a little
            to your chin and forehead to create a
            natural warm look to your face.

Fan Brush- Japonesque

• FAN BRUSH

FOR:  Applying highlight

HOW: Apply highlighting to the top area
            of where you apply your blush, the
            bridge of the nose, forehead, and
            chin. This is to be applied very
            lightly, not too much.

Angled Cheek Brush- Well O' Well

• ANGLED CHEEK BRUSH

FOR:  Contouring

HOW:  Usually a shade that is 2 times
             darker then your skin tone. You
             apply the shade to your hairline,
             directly underneath your jaw line,
             from the top of the ear to you middle
            of your cheek and to slim nose, apply
            on the sides.











EYES:

Eyeshadow Brush- Sonia Kashuk

• EYESHADOW BRUSH 

          (Large or Small)


FOR: Eyelids

HOW: Apply eye shadow to the eyelid
            stroking it little by little. Before
            applying tap brush for access
            powder to come off.

Crease Brush- Lancome

• CREASE BRUSH

FOR: Adding eye shadow to the crease
           of the eyelid.

HOW: Apply on crease back and forth
            to create a well blended smokey
            eye effect.


  

Blending Brush- MAC #224

• BLENDING BRUSH

FOR: Blends eye shadows together

HOW: Rubbing is side to side lightly
            between two different eye shadow
            colors. (Also good for crease).

     

Eyeliner- The Balm

• EYELINER BRUSH

         (Angled or Straight)


FOR:  Liquid eye liner.

HOW: Apply it slowly along your
            lash line stroke by stroke.
            (Angled brush could be used to 
            fill in the eye brows).

                                                                                                                                                  

Lipliner- Sacha

• LIP BRUSH

FOR: Lip color or gloss

FOR: Apply color onto the lips with
           small strokes.

                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                          

CLEANING YOUR BRUSHES:


Now comes the important part; cleaning your brushes. Cleaning your brush is very important because you don't want to mix all of the products and leave it in there for a while because then you will have to buy new brushes almost every year. With time the brushes will start loosing it's function. Not cleaning will make your brushes rough and dry. Here is a simple way to clean your brushes at home.

1. Gently run your make-up brushes under lukewarm water. Swish them around in the sink until the water runs clear. Hold the brush under the water with the handle pointing up so that you don't irreparably damage the brush.
2. Add a small amount of mild shampoo or soap to the palm of your hard and swish your brush around in your hand and then under the water. Keep in mind that natural bristle brushes need gentler soaps.
3. Rinse your hand and the brush thoroughly, then wring out the water from the brush's tip. To retain the shape of the brush hair, gently squeeze to remove all traces of soap and water and place them so they can dry flat on a clean dry towel.

For those who don't like to use shampoo or soap can buy a brush cleanser such as:

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Love Always,
Camila Barros


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