{"id":17018,"date":"2017-01-11T08:30:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T00:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=17018"},"modified":"2018-08-04T15:15:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T07:15:41","slug":"brush-collection-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2017\/01\/brush-collection-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Makeup Brush Collective Part 2 : Brushes I use for Eye Makeup"},"content":{"rendered":"
We follow on from Part 1 of the Brush Collective<\/a> (where I showed you my preferred brushes for face makeup) and head to the brushes I use for eye makeup. This is rather lengthy, as there is a lot for me to show you! Not because I’m showing off, but because I use different types of brushes for different applications and there are different brushes in each category.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I was never good at applying eye makeup. I actually started out using my fingers (which I still use in a pinch especially with cream eyeshadow sticks<\/a>). Over the years however, with a lot of experimentation, I’d worked out the type of brushes I liked to use for a specific purpose, simply to make my life easier. I’m no professional makeup artist and I’m not even very good at doing eye makeup, so if you’re just like me, then these suggestions may help you get that one step closer to better looking eyeshadow application \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I work with 3-4 TYPES of makeup brushes when working with powder eyeshadow. Note, it’s about the TYPE of makeup brush I use, not the brand. I’ll tell you which types work best for me, and for what purpose I use them. Generally, I use the same types every single time I do my eye makeup, no matter how simple or elaborate (and honestly, I can barely do simple, much less elaborate!)<\/p>\n I usually apply eyeshadow in this order – base colour, crease\/deeper colour, blending colour, lower lid (optional) and my brushes reflect this very simple look that I work with.<\/p>\n To apply base colour, I usually opt for a medium-sized flat, dense paddle brush.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Top-Bottom: Zoeva #234 Luxe Smokey Shader Brush, Hakuhodo J004G, MAC 239<\/a>, Wayne Goss Brush #18<\/em><\/p>\n I always struggled with putting down colour until I came across the MAC 239 brush<\/a>.<\/strong> It’s about the only full sized brush I own from MAC, and also the only MAC item I can safely say I hold in very high esteem.\u00a0It’s a white goat-hair brush that is very dense yet soft, and picks up colour, while depositing it very easily on the lid.<\/p>\n TIP:<\/strong> To achieve more pigmented colour, with similar types of brushes, use the brush to DAB on colour, instead of swiping it on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Ever since I learned how wonderful that MAC 239 brush was, I’d only used similar designs for putting on lid colour – a flat, medium-sized, dense, paddle shaped brush with a rounded tip.<\/p>\n With that background, you can probably understand why I picked the Hakuhodo J004G, Zoeva #234 Luxe Smokey Shader Brush<\/strong> and why I enjoy using the Wayne Goss #18 brush.<\/p>\n The Hakuhodo and Zoeva are closest in shape to the MAC 239 but do not enjoy the same density. So, these brushes, while they work well, don’t deposit colour as well as the MAC one does. The Zoeva is in fact, a better “dupe” than the more expensive Hakuhodo one, which has a little more give and allows for easier blending.<\/p>\n The Wayne Goss #18 brush is a little more different and the type of hair used in the brush makes it a little stiffer although it isn’t as dense. However, I do like using the Wayne Goss #18<\/strong> to work with less pigmented eyeshadow colours, because the stiffer hairs picks up colours so much more easily and blending it on the skin is a breeze.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nMakeup Brushes for Eye Makeup – Applying Base Colour<\/h2>\n
Makeup Brushes for Eye Makeup – Applying Crease Colour<\/h2>\n