I'm in college right now and can't really afford Mac brushes, but would like the quality of Mac Brushes.I did a search on youtube and found some wonderful info on art brushes that are similar to the Mac brushes and are good quality art brushes.
Here is the info! enjoy!

Michael's art store brushes..

3/4 loew cornell 270 maxine's mop purple handle- mac 116

(L) loew cornell 277 round mop wood handle- mac 129

1" loew cornell 270 maxine's mop purple handle- mac 134 or 136

(XXL) loew cornell 277 round mop wood handle- mac 150

#8 American painters 2500 filbert clear w/glitter handle- mac 194

#4 american painters 2200 fan clear w/glitter handle- mac 205

1/4 royal soft grip sg160 clear w/blue tip handle- mac 208

10/0 american painter 2650 spotter clear w/glitter handle- mac 209 or 311

#6 royal soft grip sg255 clear w/blue tip handle- mac 211

#6 american painters 2450 chisel blender clear w/glitter handle- mac 212

3/8 loew cornell 270 maxine's mop purple handle- mac 213

1/4 loew cornell amm mini mop green handle- mac 217

#10 royal soft grip sg255 clear w/blue tip handle-mac 219

(M) royal soft grip sg999 clear w/pink tip handle- mac 225

1" royal soft grip sg1400 clear w/pink tip handle- mac 227

1/4 loew cornell 270 maxine's mop purple handle- mac 228

(S) royal soft grip sg995 clear w/pink tip handle- mac 231

#10 royal soft grip 3020 clear w/orange tip handle- mac 249

1/2 loew cornell 270 maxine's mop purple handle- mac 252

3/8 royal soft grip sg160 clear w/glitter handle- mac 263

1/4 american painters 2440 angular clear w/glitter handle- mac 266

3/8 american painters 2400 angular clear w/glitter handle- mac 269

1/4 royal soft grip sg393 clear w/pink tip handle- mac 272

3/8 royal soft grip sg393 clear w/pink tip handle- mac 275

#8 royal soft grip sg170 clear w/blue tip handle- mac 316

Thank you for this! Lately I've been loving artists brushes so this is a huge help! Once the 40% off sale on brushes comes around--look out!

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Thanks for the info!!! I was wondering what the comparison was.

Cat

Thanks for the info. We have a coupon in our paper every week for 40% off 1 item. I guess I will be trying out these brushes since I dont have a MAC store close by.

thanks so much!

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This guy gives a really great overview of the Mac brushes to the artist brushes

^ Koren's great! I'm learning so much from him!

yeah I also love Koren, but he only had some of the Mac brushes vs. the art brushes. He didn't show the ones I was looking for so I kept searching. If you are in college you can also get a student discount card in most art stores.Ask around.

Thank you so mcuh!

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Thanks so much for the info!

just wanna share the art brushes that I got. I don't really know the name of brushes ans stuff so I just see according to shape and texture:



top: it says "Round Top Artist Brush #6" but I guess it's a mop brush. good for blending shadow
middle: "Round Nylon Brush #0" works great as a thin liner brush
bottom: the same as the middle one but it's #1 so it gives a thicker line

it's quite difficult for me to find filbert cut brushes but I asked the guy at the art store, he said the stock will be coming in soon so I'll wait for it then. I see alot of these brushes either made of nylon or synthetic sable:


taken from The Art Shop.com.au

taken from Black Horse Fine Art Supply

they're both quite stiff and compacted but have rather soft bristles. the small flat and round ones can be used for liners but what can I do with the larger ones? would the flat ones be appropriate for foundation and concealers or would a filbert cut still be the best?

Here is another option: Welcome to Poshbrushes.com

These are GREAT quality brushes at a great price. There is a discount code for 50% off your entire order (plus free shipping) if you use UA123.

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Thanks for these great info!
I've been trying to find one to replace 187 but still havn't find one that works as well as MAC's.

Thank you, girl. I'm sure I'll be heading to Michael's soon.

I purchased three a few days ago: the one similar to the 219, 227 and 263. They work wonders! Anyway, I also wanted to add that you can also purchase Loew-Cornell's Filbert #8 as a substitute to the MAC 194 if they don't have American Painters.

Lastly, I found the Loew-Cornell 1" Filbert was very similar to the MAC 190 which was very useful in my opinion. HTH and thanks for the post again!

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