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Friday, February 7, 2014

The Names of the Brushes to Use for Makeup and What Kind of Brushes Should I Use to Apply Makeup

By Alex Smith, Sophie Southern and B. Maté, eHow Contributors

Foundation Brush

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There are two main types of foundation brushes. The first (mostly used for liquids) has short, puffy bristles that end in a flat edge. Out of that edge are longer bristles, which smoothly blend the foundation into your face. The other (used for liquids and creams) is a more standard looking artist's brush. Its bristles are soft, compact and end in a shallow point.



    • Foundation Brushes

      • The flat shape of a foundation brush helps you blend the product into your skin.Foundation brushes have a long handle with a wide, flat brush shape. Using a foundation brush helps you blend your foundation into your skin and is particularly effective at getting rid of streaks. Contrary to powder brushes, foundation brushes are designed to use with wet or liquid-based makeup and have a very smooth texture to the touch. High quality and professional foundation brushes are often made with mink or sable hair.

    Eyeshadow Brushes

    • Eyeshadow brushes come in many different formats to help you create different effects.Eyeshadow brushes can come in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on your needs. Usually a smaller bush is used to line the crease of the eyelid, a mid-sized one for the surface of the eyelid and a larger one for adding highlight to the brow bone. These brushes are fluffy for powdered eye shadow or silky for liquid.
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        • Narrow and short-haired, eye shadow brushes are available in different sizes, and are often made from natural hair, such as sable. The larger blending brush helps can be used to sweep the base color across the entire lid and to blend one color with another. The smaller eye shadow brushes are used to add definition around in the crease, while angular brushes can add be used to add color to the lash and brow lines. Additionally the mini-shadow brush can be used to smudge or blend a hard pencil eyeliner line or for applying liquid liner.
      • Large Brushes


        • The "poofy" brush helps you apply dry makeup products evenly.If you’ve ever been to the makeup counter or looked through your friends’ products, you have no doubt come across the “poofy” brush. Large, full of volume and ultra soft, these brushes are ideal for using dry face products like blush, bronzer and loose or pressed powder. A large, fat brush lets you apply a product to a larger surface, such as cheeks, making it easier to blend and avoid blotching.
    • Angled and Specialty Brushes


      • Fan brushes help you remove any eyeshadow that falls on your face after application.
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        At some point you’ve probably seen strange-looking makeup brushes and wondered what exactly they are used for. Small angled brushes are great for applying gel or cream eyeliner and blending pencil eyeliner after application. The true enigma of makeup brushes is the fan brush, which is thin, flat and -- you guessed it -- shaped like a fan. Few people besides professional makeup artists understand what this brush for, which is actually to swipe any excess eyeshadow that falls down from application.
    • Angle Brush
    • The angle brush's bristles are cut at an angle instead of straight across. The result is a brush with a fairly chiseled edge and pointed end. Fluffy angle brushes are often used for working makeup into the crease of the eyelid, while silky ones are used to apply eyeliner and sometimes lipstick.
    • Blush Brush

      • Blush brushes are similar to powder brushes, but are usually a bit smaller. They have medium-length, fluffy bristles that help evenly apply blush onto your face.

      Lip Brush

      • The small lip brushes have diamond-shaped bristles and are designed to apply lipstick with a smooth, even coverage.
    • Kabuki Brush

      • The kabuki brush has a short handle and lots of soft, firmly packed bristles. They are typically used to apply mineral makeup or facial powder. Kabuki brushes are designed to buff powders and minerals into the skin, but can remove too much if used as a powder brush.
      • Powder
      • Loose finishing powder, bronzers and blushes are applied to the face with powder brushes. High-end versions of these dome-shaped fluffy brushes are often made from pony and squirrel hair, which are both extremely soft and pliable. Large paddle-shaped powder brushes are used to apply an even dusting of translucent or finishing powder across the face; medium-sized blusher brushes can sweep color across the smaller cheek area. Additionally, there are angular brushes, known as contouring brushes, which can apply the shimmering highlighting powder to the forehead, temples and top of the cheekbones.

      Lip

      • Whether synthetic or sable, lip brushes are used to help apply the lipstick with precision. The thin, stiff brush has a tapered edge that is dipped into the pigment or gloss before the color is applied within the parameters of the lip. Additionally, the brush is available with a retractable head, which helps to keep it clean when not in use. Because of the lipstick brush's size, some makeup artist use it as a substitute for applying liquid liner.
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