Best Brushes for Bare Escentuals??

[nikic]

My BE kabuki died so now I use the pink Coastalscents.com one, which is nearly identical and $5.00. I really want the MAC one. I heard the MUFE one is supposed to be softer than MAC and even better, if that's possible.

I have the Everyday Minerals flat top coming to me in the mail. It got rave reviews on Makeupally.com so I'm hopeful, plus it's only $10.00

 

[MissResha]

i haaate the BE brushes. they are so scratchy on my face. i only like their concealer brush. but i love their foundations lol.

 

[SarahRN]

I use the MAC 182 brush for my foundation. I thought the one that came with the BE kit was great...then I discovered the world of MAC and fell in love with 182 instead.

 

[GlamYOURUs]

Soft Focus Brush
Concealer Brush
Wet & Dry Shadow Brush

 

[MAHALO]

The brushes that came with my kit were very scratchy. I gave them away. I prefer MAC brushes (expensive), EDM brushes (reasonably priced) and ECOTOOLS brushes (value priced in the mineral make up brush travel kit).

The EDM flat top brush ($10) is made from synthetic fiber. It's soft, sturdy and densely packed. The Ecotools environmentally friendly synthetic brushes (~$13 for the set) aren't very dense but they are soft and get the job done if you aren't going for heavy coverage.

 

[usmcwife27]

all the brushes in my opinion are great. take advantage of kits to get awesome deals on brushes. singles are expensive but some kits come with 2 or 3 so it makes up for it. the rocker eye kit has an awesome brush!!!

 

[AshleyTatton]

The Handi-Buki is one of my favorite brushes, it's very similiar to the 109 though. The Handi-Buki tends to shed small little hairs on me which is super annoying. Can be kind of rough, I conditioned them over night once and then washed and rinsed them and let them dry and they turned out alot softer and smell better.

 

[dolcekatiana]

I found the brushes that came with the starter kit (the flawless face brush and kabuki) to be very scratchy/itchy on my skin. So I tossed them. Now I'm using Coastal Scents' Italian Badger Buffer Brush and it works great! It's so soft, absorbs the minerals into the bristles very easily, and applies evenly to my face. It's my HG brush for any powder product. The concealer brush that came with the kit was pretty nice though!

 

[L1LMAMAJ]

BE brushes are like rough hay. i have the handy buki brush and it's crappy as hell. the bristles scratch my skin. it's kinda like taking some hay and rubbing it on your face (ok i exaggerate but u get the idea).

 

[L1LMAMAJ]

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Originally Posted by AshleyTatton The Handi-Buki is one of my favorite brushes, it's very similiar to the 109 though. The Handi-Buki tends to shed small little hairs on me which is super annoying. Can be kind of rough, I conditioned them over night once and then washed and rinsed them and let them dry and they turned out alot softer and smell better.

i think the 109 is waaay better and more narrow (like the circumference of the bristles).

 

[InspiredBlue]

I totally don't mean any offense to anyone - I used to think the same thing - but I think that those who rave about BE face brushes simply haven't used a lot of other, good, brushes.

When I first started using BE I used the brushes from my start kit, and thought they were great. After a while I tried the Everyday minerals long handled kabuki, since I read so many good things about it and it was so affordable, and WHOA was that an eye opener. I'm never going back to the scratchy hell that is the BE kabuki.

The BE concealer brush is fine, I still use that to conceal smaller details. But I think it's very similar, if not exactly the same, as the Oval Camouflage Brush that Coastal Scents has for a sixth of the price.