How do I apply grease/cream colors?

[swaly]

A CONUNDRUM!

I have a lot of grease-based/cream-based colors. I usually apply the sheerer/shimmery-er cream colors with my finger, since I have a monolid and can sort of just even it out. But I have some very intensely pigmented grease paints that I have a hard time applying––even one blunder with a fingertip means a very visible mistake that I need to remove painstakingly.

A sable/natural bristle brush seems to just suck up the grease and render the paint very hard to apply. The brushes also get all tangled up and look tortured from being dragged across such a stiff product.

A synthetic brush seems to just glide over the paint without picking any up at all.

Additionally, grease-based products often benefit from the heat of a fingertip to loosen it up and make it pliable, which brushes don't provide.

Any tips on type of brush or applicator to use with my grease paints? (For those who read it, the paints I speak of are the MUFE Flash and Kryolan Supracolor from my big picture post.)

 

[MzzRach]

The brushes I use with formulations like this are synthetic, and made to pick up cream-based textures. Mine happen to be Laura Mercier's Cream Eye Colour and Creme Eye Detail brushes.

Not sure if any synthetic brush will do the trick (since you comment that the ones you have tried "skim" the colour and do not pick it up properly) but perhaps if you look into a brush made for these types of products, you might have better luck? The brushes I have work very well for me.

HTH a bit.

 

[pumpkincat210]

For mac's cream color bases and paints i use the brushes that have white bristles...Otherwise I use a sponge, they are pretty cheap and you can cut them so you don't waste them.
when i use flammable paint i tape off the corner of my eye and apply the smallest amount to my finger or sponge and gently tap and pat it in.

 

[gildedangel]

I agree with pumpkincat210, try using a sponge. You may need to warm up the product first but it may pick up the product better.

 

[aziajs]

I saw a makeup artist apply the color to back of their hand to warm it up. Then they used a fluffy brush to pick up the color and buff it onto the lid, building as necessary.