What brushes do you Recommend?

[Rowan]

#213 for lid & highlight
#242 for cream e/s
#224 for crease
#219 for outer "v"
#217 for blending it all together

I also like the #239. It's a great brush for packing color onto the lid. I don't consider it a basic, but I would check it out for when you want to expand your brush collection.

 

[Nick]

I like Rowan's recommendations. Also the 266 for liner and brows.

 

[Glamgirlie]

Thanks, i only have a few brushes so i wanted to get more!

 

[cindyrella]

When I asked the MA in Amsterdam what basic brush I needed to apply eye shadow, one that could do anything, she recommended the #239. She said it was the alltime basic brush for a lot of the other MA's over there too.
O, and how about the #187 stippling brush for foundation, skinfinishes, powders and blushes (creme or powder). This appears to be a versatile face brush. Works even with liquid products!

 

[Glamgirlie]

Thank-you for the recommendations you lot, i really appreciate it!

 

[user2]

#187
#190
#194
#208
#209
#213
#239
#252

 

[shabdebaz]

#190, #187, #239, #224, #266.

 

[Pale Moon]

Second #239 and #252.

 

[scrapbookromance]

208, 224, 239, and my pinkey finger is my must-have-basics

 

[AlohaGirl]

Need some recs for MAC Brushes...

Hi,
What are some good basic MAC brushes to start off with? Also, I have a few questions as I'm new to all this. What is Fluid Fix (hope I'm saying it right) and what do you use it for? Some one posted in FOTD about using a black base... what's that for? And when someone says I'm a MAC NCC23 something something, what does that mean? Thanks and hope I don't sound totally ignorant! Thanks

 

[kare31]

Good brushes to start with IMO:
Eyes: a stiff brush, a softer brush for blending, and an eyeliner brush -- 224, 242, 263 (217, 219, 239 are great to add later)
Face: 190, 136, 150 (187 is great for later)

Great brush reviews here: http://makeupaddict.org/brushes.html

"Fluid fix": My guess would be this -- Studio Fix foundation, orignally in a powder foundation, now comes in a liquid form

"Black base": helps make shadows appear more vibrant, I use graphito paint, or smolder eye kohl for this

"NC23 something": the shade range of MAC's concealers/foundations/powders
http://www.specktra.net/foundation.php

Hope that helps, and welcome to the forum!

 

[fairytale22]

My favorite eye brushes:
224 for blending
272 or 239 type for packing on color
242 for cream products or packing on color too
some sort of angle brush: 266, 263, 212, 209 for lining, the best depends on your own opinion, people like different ones.

 

[bocagirl]

187 is superb.
217 I use for the crease
242 for paints, pigments, applying colour to the lid and browbone
219 for the crease for lining
266 for brows or lining

 

[pumpkincat210]

Smolder eye khol with Stars N' Rockets is awesome!

 

[Whitney Costner]

My absolute basics are:

Eyes -
212 (liner)
252 (lid)
272 (crease)

Face -
190 (foundation)
150 (powder)
168 (blush)

 

[beautenoir]

Everyone is posting some awesome brushes but i am noticing noone mentioning the #222...I can't live without this brush!...if I had to have only a couple brushes, it would be #252-lid, #222-crease & blending, #266-lining.

 

[Piaqua]

Alright, here is my opinion:

Brushes:
Eyes: 222 for your crease (however, if you have a large crease, the 224), 272 for lid (if you have asian eyes I've heard that the 228 is great), and can do crease, and an eyeliner brush. This is personal. I like the 209, but you might like angled or flat better.
Face: 190 (I ADORE my foundation brush). If you're new to makeup you might think you don't need one, you could use fingers or a sponge. Nope! You'll look so much better and use so much less foundation with the brush. A good powder and blush brush are good too. I would recommend a true powder brush (126 or 150), and a true blush brush (116) rather than the combined one (129). In my opinion, the 129 is too small for powder, to large for blush, so it works for neither (just my opinion).

Fluid fix is indeed Studio Fix Fluid. You should definitely go searching around the MAC site as well as makeupalley.com (the product reviews on there help a lot). Its always good to familiarize yourself with the products. That way when you go to buy them you wont be clueless or feel intimidated

I hope you end up LOVING MAC

 

[blondehott]

266 works great to apply fluidlines

 

[AlohaGirl]

Thanks ladies! I'm making notes of all the brushes. I'm trying to do my research now for when I'm able to get to the MAC counter in the near future(hopefully). I have the SMALLEST MAC collection now. I do have a 15 pan palette with ONE eyeshadow (pink venus), MAC Shimpagne SF, Viva Glam V lipstick and gloss and Coco pigment (jar) and various pigment samples. I'm expecting: Botanical e/s and 6 pan blush palette (ebay). I actually **** several MAC items that make me cringe when I think of it (Pleasureflush, Porcelain Pink and Stereo Rose-eekkk!). I didn't know that I was going to get addicted to MAC. Why is it so addicting? All the purty and shiny colors I suppose

 

[here_is_gone_88]

Want to start with MAC brushes..100$ recs?

Im basically giving myself 100$ to start out, what are some brush essentials??