The best makeup brushes.

Nov 14, 2014

Paisley T.

What's the best make up brushes, that don't really coast to much but are good quality and soft brush:)

Nov 14, 2014

Kitty K.

Hi Paisley I'll forward your question to the Professional Make Up artists on here but first what is your price range?

Nov 14, 2014

Paisley T.

The maximum is £20-30

Nov 14, 2014

Kitty K.

20 to 30 each or the set?

Nov 14, 2014

Jenny A.

Sigma brushes are a good mid-range price brush I think. Their essntial kit will give you a good idea of what you might need to get started, though your needs may vary a bit. They have a myriad of shapes and sizes and you can get a decent set for not too much (about 10-15 dollars a brush) and they ship to the UK. There are some value brands that have good reviews like Morphe and BH cosmetics. I wouldn't do a big set, because Sandra C is right you always sacrifice quality for quantity. You end up with a couple of brushes that just kind of suck in those big set usually. And as I say everyones idea of essential may not mesh with your actual needs. A lot of this depends on your indivudual preferences, face size and shape etc. I'd say everyone needs a brush to apply foundation, a synthetic brush for concealer, a flat top dual fibre stiple brush for blending foundation (or you could do a beauty blender, but I think they waste product and take too long to use) a couple of powder brushes, a big fluffy one for all over and a medium or small one for highlighting/bronze/blush and detail work. For eyes you will need an angled liner, (my favorite is designed for brows and has a spoolie on the end. It's great because it a very fine eyeline as well as doubling as a brow brush) a small shadow, or shader and a medium shadow brush are necssisties. A big shadow brush is helpful for sweeping the whole eye area. I like an angled brush for working in my "crease", but that is partly because I have a hooded lid. I basically have no crease so I don't use a crease brush, but many people consider them necessities. Blending brushes are key. A small blender for doing smokey eye is nice, one that's relatively stiff and barrel-shaped but narrow as well, (sometimes called a pencil brush) and a big one for blending out shadow is key (like the Mac 217 Sandra mentioned.) Lip brushes aren't an absolute necessity since a lot of lip product can be applied without a brush, but I've found them handy and they are usually really cheap.

Nov 15, 2014

Lauren B.

I'm sure the sigma essential kits have all of these brushes ^ I have the make me cool set and I love it! The little cup it comes in is really handy for travelling too. In the UK you can get them on certain websites, my set was definitely less that £100 for 12 brushes.

Nov 15, 2014

Chloe E.

Real technique brushes are amazing

Nov 15, 2014

Eve J.

If you are in Europe look into Zoeva brushes... I hear they are amazing and affordable

Nov 15, 2014

Lisa S.

I don't like Real Techniques... But good brushes for your budgets I would recommend BH Cosmetics, Sephora (not all of them though but I like the Pro ones), and Coastal Scents

Nov 15, 2014

Alicia C.

I actually really love Real Techniques! Their brushes are great quality and inexpensive