What's your brush collection like ???

Life In Return · 04-04-2006, 02:25 AM #1 (**permalink**)

*edited* Adding my latest pic to the end of this post*

What are you guys' brush collections like ?

aziajs · 04-04-2006, 03:05 AM #2 (**permalink**)

Mine is mostly MAC brushes. I tend to like to stick to a brand. But I do have several non-MAC brushes. I think the majority of my collection are eye brushes or it may be equally face and eye brushes.

Life In Return · 04-04-2006, 03:42 AM #3 (**permalink**)

I can't afford the MAC brushes. Well, I guess I can, but I do well w/the brushes I have. I'd love to have the MAC ones just because though, lol

MissChievous · 04-04-2006, 08:00 AM #4 (**permalink**)

Good make-up brushes are SO expensive. Over the top expensive. When I think of spending $50 for a single brush...that could feed a whole family in some poor country for a week. I don't know, I feel guilty about it. Or I think of other ways I could spend that $50. I have a set of L'Oreal brushes, and some Quo brushes. They work ok.

Wattage · 04-06-2006, 10:09 PM #5 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by MissChievous

Good make-up brushes are SO expensive. Over the top expensive. When I think of spending $50 for a single brush...that could feed a whole family in some poor country for a week. I don't know, I feel guilty about it. Or I think of other ways I could spend that $50. I have a set of L'Oreal brushes, and some Quo brushes. They work ok.

I agree with you that they are super expensive. The thing is though, I used to cheap out and buy other brushes. Then they started falling apart and they didn't work well to apply my make up. I actually wasted a lot of make up because some of my cheap brushes back then were so coarse they would literally "eat" into my make up. I kept replacing them with new ones and it actually got to the point where I was spending more on cheap ones than I would on one expensive one that would last me a long time.

I started small on my MAC brush collection and slowly add more. They are awesome and I take great care of them. If gives me pride knowing that each and every one of them is something I saved for and hand picked myself. I also like the fact that they have now lasted me 2 years +; a lot longer than any cheap brush lasted. Not putting useless waste into landfills also drives me to be more of a concious consumer.

As a compliment though, I do have to say I still have a few Quo brushes left from those days of cheap brushes. I have one I just love and refuse to part with, even though it doesn't match my family of MAC brushes. But all in all, less wasted make up + buying brushes once every 10 years (as opposed to every 2) = more savings in the end and less crap in our landfills.

Ali253 · 05-08-2006, 07:44 PM #6 (**permalink**)

My favorites are some very old silver plastic handled ones are from an old Mary Kay set and I absolutely love them. The rest are MAC, BE, Scott Barnes, UD, Cat Cosmetics, etc. I want to convert all my brushes into UD or Too Faced eventually because they are excellent non-animal hair brushes.

Life In Return · 05-08-2006, 08:45 PM #7 (**permalink**)

I have new brushes now, need to take a pic.

Corvs Queen · 05-08-2006, 09:17 PM #8 (**permalink**)

I use the Mary Kay brush set plus the 187.
I have the Olive and Teal brush sets from last Christmas and to be honest, I hardly ever use them.

TrusyMyEyes · 05-09-2006, 06:14 PM #9 (**permalink**)

I have alot of sonia kush (sp) brushes. They were slightly expensive but less expensive than mac and they work really really well. So if someone couldn't buy counter brushes I would direct them to sonias cause they are off the chain.

But, now I have a mix between like 2 mac some stilla and sonias.

I have like 5 cheap cheap ones..but I plan to stick with sonias stilas and macs.

calliestar · 06-25-2006, 01:47 PM #10 (**permalink**)

I have a small set of sephora brushes...I think it was around 45 dollars. I also have a small set of synthetic mary kay brushes that I don't use much. They were a gift. I also have a BE face brush, another Mary Kay brush that came with a compact, and several drugstore ones I got from target/walmart. I mainly use my sephora brushes and the Mary Kay one from the compact. I want to get some MAC e/s brushes.

hyperRealGurl · 06-25-2006, 02:54 PM #11 (**permalink**)

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Originally Posted by MissChievous

Good make-up brushes are SO expensive. Over the top expensive. When I think of spending $50 for a single brush...that could feed a whole family in some poor country for a week. I don't know, I feel guilty about it. Or I think of other ways I could spend that $50. I have a set of L'Oreal brushes, and some Quo brushes. They work ok.

Well said

Drugstore Brushes for me.. Except 187# from MAC.

Vicky88 · 06-25-2006, 03:08 PM #12 (**permalink**)

I have 5 brushes only. I always used my fingers before lol.

All MAC:
190
187
213
222
266

Lalli · 06-25-2006, 03:17 PM #13 (**permalink**)

All MAC
129
190
192
187
162
217
129se
316se
219se
239se
239sh
316 with cover

Chic 2k6 · 06-25-2006, 03:48 PM #14 (**permalink**)

i got very puny collection =| i have:

eyelash comb
e/s applicator brush, its like a hairy thingy lol
6 blusher brushes
mini applicators
mini hairy applicators
3 l/g brush

all of course cheapo ones lol i rather buy an e/s and pigment than buy £25 187 brush