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Originally Posted by Kinderwhore
My make-up resolution for 2009 is to get rid of my generic department store brushes and switch to MAC. My initial idea was to get the Adoring Carmine sets first to kind of figure out which ones I liked and wanted before I bought the full sizes, but as it turns out I don't have time for that. See, I live a loooong way from the nearest MAC store (unless I want to buy a plane ticket first and go to the one at the airport), so my best option tends to be eBay, which is risky. But my father is currently on holiday in Orlando, and since it's my birthday today I figured I'd have him stop by the MAC store and buy me some brushes for presents. But the problem is that I have not decided on which brushes yet. So my question is: which brushes are essential, and which ones would you recommend to a beginner? I do need a solid eyeliner brush, and being an eyeshadow whore I need those too. Especially a blending brush and a good one for the crease. A foundation brush would be good as well, and maybe a buffering brush. I don't really wear blush, so I'll wait before I purchase a brush for that. Which do you find work the best for you, and should be a part of every brush collection?
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for beginner definitely try #217... it's such a versatile brush.. you can use it either to pack color onto the lid, to do a crease work, to define the outer V, to blend all of the color together, to apply cream-based shadow or even to apply concealer..
and other brushes are :
- #239 : pack color onto the lid and you can use the tip to do a creasework as well
- #168 : to contour your cheek or to apply blush
- #187 : to apply liquid foundation or other cream-based product and to apply very pigmented blushes
however,, you can skip either #168 or #187 and go with #109 instead.... #109 can be used to contour your cheek (it's great for that, cause it buffs the color rightaway) as well as to apply liquid foundation... some even prefer #109 over #187 in terms of liquid foundation..... i, myyself, haven't tried this stuff, but some of youtubers and bloggers said so.... ^^
as for liner brush, i def. recommend :
- #266
but uhm.. i found Coastal Scents Black Aklon Angled Liner works just the same if not better... also Sonia Kashuk Bent Eyeliner Brush is amazing.. but since you're asking MAC, go with #266... #208 or #209 is a small tip brush which is sometimes hard to control with..
other brushes like #150, #129 or #116 are essential... but i don't really like spending lots of money on brushes that are not 'special'... say like #187 or #168 or #109.. you barely bump into that kind of brushes in drugstore or other cheapo brands.... but say like normal powder or blush brushes are everywhere... but that's just me... so yea
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Originally Posted by Kinderwhore
When it comes to blending brushes, what are the pros and cons of the tapered ones compared to the non-tapered brushes?
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well,,, i found that the tapered one tends to wash out the color more than the non-tapered brush... sometimes when you blend the color - maybe using the #224 - it somehow tones down the color a little bit..... by using the tapered one, like #222, because it's denser, you will find the color washed out... but not that much really....
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Originally Posted by shelavou
I like the 109 for fluidline
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109?? did you mean 209??
