This post is going to be all about brushes. I recently talked makeup with my friend Sonya and she gave me the idea for a brush post and their function. So instead of going through all the ones I had, I picked the ones I use everyday to get any look I want. These two brushes are for foundation and concealing. The top two pictures are Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki. This is my favorite brush for foundation. Hands down. I've tried other flat tops but this one is the best so far. The bristles are short to wear they don't move on you when you apply pressure so you don't have as much build up. It's also dense to wear you don't soak up a ton of foundational on your brush. The bottom two are a tapered kabuki. This specific one is from RC brushes off Amazon. Sigma also sells them. You can use this for foundation but I prefer to use it with concealer. The tapered edge helps you get into the curves of the face and blend more smoothly. These next face brushes are from different companies. You can find good things in every line you just have to be willing to look. The top left is a duo fiber powder brush BRCS26 from Coastal Scents. I use this for applying powder highlighter and also setting my concealer under the eyes. The reason I like it is because the bristles are not so tightly packed that it will disrupt your foundation and concealer when you use it. It's light and easy to dust product on. The top right is a Sephora small domed contour brush. This is what I use the most for contouring. Where it's small it helps hollow out your cheekbone and doesn't let the color get too far down or up it keeps it in a small area. The bottom left is an angled blush brush from Sigma (f40). This is another really light brush. It's best used with super pigmented blushes. If you have a blush that's more sheer or doesn't apply easy then you would want to use a more dense angled brush than this one. The MAC angled blush brush is a little more sense than this one I think. The bottom right is a flat top kabuki from Coastal Scent (BR-110). While you can use this for foundation too I really like using it to apply face powder. It's ridiculously soft and again you just pat it on the face instead of swiping or rubbing. These next two are eye brushes. More specifically for placing color and pigments on the lid. Top two pictures are a flat small rounded Coastal Scents eye brush (BR-C-S12). I use this to apply pigments especially. It's synthetic so you don't lose product on it and works best with transferring color to the lid. When using it you again just pat the product on the lid. It's small which is why I love it because you don't get a lot of fallout from it. The bottom two picture are a small shortl rounded smudged brush from Coastal Scents BR-C-N14. The site says it's actually an eyebrow brush but I like using it on the lower lashline as well to smudge liner or smoke out the lower lash line with shadow. The top two photos here, show a larger blending brush from Coastal Scents BR-C-N42. This is a pretty big blending brush. So big in fact that I can use it to set my under eye concealer with powder. However, it's tapered and dense so it's actually really great for applying your transition color. It's not something to use if you need to be precise so keep that in mind but I actually love it. I was afraid of it at first cause of the size but it actually makes things very easy for me now. The bottom two photos are MAC 217 blending brush. This is a highly popular brush in the makeup community. It's your everyday go to brush. If you don't have any other brush them get this one or something similar like the Sigma E25, Coastal Scents pro blending brush, etc etc. They make them everyday. This is the brush you use to blend out your harsh lines. I always tell people, "if you don't do anything else then blend". I use this mainly in my crease and I probably have about 5 or 6 of these because one is just not enough. I'm being completely serious. The brush in the top two photos here is a pencil brush. This particular one is from Sigma. When doing eye makeup you need three brushes to be able to do absolutely any eye look you want from simplest to most dramatic. You need a pencil brush, a blending brush, and a shader brush be it a flat thin one or a flat dense domed one. This brush I use to darken up the outer corner of the lid especially. You can also darken the crease with it. I use it to smudge eyeshadow on the lower lash line and apply shadow to the inner corner of the lid if a larger brush would get too messy. The brush in the bottom photos is an angled brush from Coastal Scents BRCN18. I actually bought two of these. I have several of these from all over and it's another style that I will tell you to get a few because they're really multi functional. I use mine for filling in eyebrows and another one for applying gel liner. You can use them to smudge liner, or apply shadow to the lashline. I've even used it to sculpt lips. I know that I've gave you brushes from different brands but these are just the ones I gravitate toward. I have an entire Sigma "set" which I do love, but the more I do makeup on myself and others I realize that there are several that I need duplicates of. That's always a good opportunity to discover different brands that hopefully will have some just as good and for less. That's what happened with the Coastal Scents brushes. They have sales quite often. Some of these were only $1. For Black Friday everything on the site was half off. So I do recommend eventually getting a really good set like Sigma or MAC if you still want one, but I still stand behind more affordable brands like Coastal Scents, Real Techniques, RC etc.
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I was feeling colorful today as you can see. I started out with just wanting to use a lime green. Then it just developed into this rainbow skittle concept. Eyes: Coastal Scents 88 matte and satin palette Red Cherry Lashes in 213 MUG Immortal gel liner ABH dip brow Face: Givenchy Photo Perfexion foundation Smash Box Radiance Blush ABH Contour Kit Lips: Buxom Nicole lipgloss Whenever I start feeling sick, for some reason it makes me feel better to go and dive into my makeup which usually ends up looking something like this. I found the picture online. I really like pop art and I think it's fun to use makeup to create really artistic things that are just really out of the box. I used halloween face sticks for this. Mixing colors to get the correct purple tone. I used gel liner to re draw the brows and lines in the face. I used Colour Pop Cosmetics lip pencil in Clique. This look looks dramatic and difficult but it's only three colors. Really liking this Givenchy Photo Perfexion foundation by the way. Eyes ABH shadows in Bengal (crease) Noir (outer half of the lid and blended into the crease slightly) Metal (inner 3rd of the lid. Applied with my finger.) Andrea Lashes in #15 ABH Dip Brow in Medium Brown Face Givenchy foundation ABH Contour Kit MUG blush in Romance Lips Urban Decay lipstick in Naked Buxom lipgloss in White Russian This week my stand out product is the Colour Pop Cosmetics Lippie pencils. I've already wrote a post about these and done swatches so go check that out but they really have been all I wanted to wear this week. I won't keep you any longer cause like I said there is a full post on it. Have a good week!! So honestly this started out as something for a tacky Christmas sweater party/dinner/get together. Then the more I got into it I really loved it. It is dramatic there's no doubt about that but I'd totally wear it. Of course. Eyes: MUG Bitten and Corrupt eyeshadow Red Glitter for the center of the lid MUG Immortal Gel Liner Red Cherry Lashes in 218 Face: Diorskin Star Foundation NARs creamy concealer in vanilla MAC Careblend Pressed Powder in Dark ABH Contour Kit *i didn't use any blush just bronzer Lips Colour Pop Cosmetics lip pencils in Clique and Feminist Tis the season for holiday cheer. So I'm bringing you gifts for those you hold dear. ^^^ See what I did there? I thought so. So these are gifts in different price ranges. Stocking stuffer ideas and actual presents that might be something to consider if you're buying for a makeup junkie like myself or just someone who likes to pamper theirself from time to time. First up is Makeup Geek Vegas Lights Palette. MUG eyeshadows are some of the VERY best I've ever used so a good way to try them out is in this palette. Pretty sure it's around $38 and available on the company site. Next we have Sephora Cleansing Ritual To Go set. This is $20. It comes with 4 travel size products from different brands. Which I always think is fun. Next is a Smokey Eye Brush set from Coastal Scents. This is $10 and available on the company site. These are basic brushes that you will need for whatever eye look you want. Generally I usually like their brushes so I would buy this for someone. Then we have Sephora Glitz and Glam Party Essentials Sampler Set. This is $45. This has everything you need from hair to makeup to nails and also some of my favorite brands like Laura Mercier, Deborah Lippmann,and Benefit. This is a great gift because it's got a little of everything so I really like this one. Next is a lip set from Colour Pop Cosmetics. This is lippies to go it's part of their holiday bundles. It's $20 and it's double ended sticks one being lip liner the other being lipstick. It's in their best selling shades. Usually every girl likes lip products so it's a pretty safe bet and inexpensive. Lastly, is Sephora Skin Wonderland set. This is $56. This has everything for skin whether that's face, body or hands. It even comes with deodarant and eye masks. This is kinda a safe bet too because you don't have to worry if they don't like the colors or whatever. **if you can't find anything or if they have everything then gift cards are always appreciated I think. Sephora, Ulta, Nordstrom, Belk, so on so forth or just plain ol Visa or MasterCard giftcards. Everyone in my family pretty much gets me a Sephora gift card and I love it because I'm always trying new things or replacing what I've ran out of. Merry Christmas and happy shopping! I watch the VS Fashion Show every year. I love all the glitter and wings. It's not Christmas until it comes on in my book. Every year the makeup is pretty much the same. This year they looked a little more contoured to me and instead of completely nude lips a lot were wearing brown-ish mauves and I had the perfect lipstick for that. It's worth mentioning that I self tanned with my St Tropez face lotion and also their mousse. Just so I was extra bronzed and glowy. Eyes: Laura Mercier caviar stick in Khaki ABH shadows in Smoke and Bengal MAC Cosmetics Naked Pigment. Red Cherry Lashes in 213 The eye look is usually just a wash of color. No lower line definition. I actually added highlighter to the entire lower lash line for added glowy-ness. No liner just long lashes, a bronzey lid, and no lower lash line color. Face Chanel Bronze Universal Diorskin Star Foundation ABH Contour Kit Benefit Coralista Blush TheBalm Mary Lou-Minizer MAC Careblend Pressed Powder in Dark to add more bronzer. Lips YSL Lipstick in #3 Beige Ultimate. Obviously there was a ton of bronzer used. The blush I wanted to be a sunkissed look as well so no bright colors. Concealer in applied really heavy for added highlight too. So there is a lot of product and a lot of exaggerated contour and highlight but if you take your time you can get it to be very natural, just sunkissed. Obviously you don't have to only wear this for a party. I thought it was very suitable though. Sorry for the grainy quality it was getting late before I done this look. Eye: Makeup Geek: Bitten, Chickadee, and Corrupt ABH shadow in Metal Red Cherry Lashes in 218 ABH dip brow in Medium Brown Face: Diorskin Star Foundation ABH Contour Kit MUG blush in Romance Lips: Colour Pop Cosmetics lippie pencil in Clique Outfit details: Black wrap top from Dainty Hooligan Dark jeans Black Tory Burch Caroline flats Henri Bendel Hoops Flash tats from Groopdealz This haul is as always collective and before you start freaking out about how much money I must've spent, don't. That's the best part. This is from different Christmas sales ie: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, flash sales for Christmas, so on so forth. So let's jump in. St. Tropez self tanning set. This was on sale at Sephora. It was discounted from about $70 to $30. I use this self tanner constantly. It's my favorite and works the best. A big 8 oz is around $40 and in this you get the big bottle, a full size exfoliator, a full size moisturizer, a tan booster, a gradual self tanner lotion for the face, a body mitt and a face mitt, and a large tote. So it was a steal. L'Occitane almond duo. This was $10 at Sephora. I got some for stockig stuffers as well. It's smells amazing and feels amazing. L'Occitane point perk. I cashed in my points and got a free point perk box. This was very nice. It has the almond shower oil, a body oil, a hand lotion, and a really nice face moisturizer. Urban Decay All Nighter Settig Spray. I had ran out of this and bought another one for my kit. VIB Rouge nail polish. This was a free full size red nail polish by Formula X from Sephora. Boscia face mask and blotting papers duo. This was part of their Black Friday sale. I love the black face mask from them so I bought this when it went on sale. Givenchy Photo Perfexion Foundation Colour Pop Lippie Pencils. See yesterday's post for swatches and reviews. Makeup Geek gel liner in Immortal and pigment in Insomnia Nivea Milk and Honey lip balm. Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 10 Coastal Scents brushes, you should really pay attention to them. They had one sale where everything was 50% off for Black Friday and then another sale where certain brushes were $1. So I probably didn't even spend $20 for all the brushes I got. ***As always sign up for emails and follow companies on Instagram to get coupons and learn about flash sales. I didn't pay full price for anything I got including the Sephora purchases. |
ErinI'm from Tennessee. I'm a makeup and skincare lover. I have always enjoyed creating looks but I love to help people with product knowledge and application even more. I've been able to start blogging and do these things I love because God has seen fit to bless me with the opportunity. Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me! Categories
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