Yes, I was wondering about that too. There have always been a short supply of Bare Study at my counters, I got lucky one day when they had a few of them at the Nordstrom counter, but not in the MAC freestanding store. I can only ever apply Bare Study with my finger, I can only spread it out and smooth and blend it out properly if I do it this way because it dries too quickly if I try to use a brush. I do love the look and color of it, but if its applied unevenly or too thickly it gets a weird texture.