Hey guys! In this video I am going to show you how you can make your own makeup brushes.
I made these myself and I'm gonna show you how you can make them. But before going to
the DIY, I want to challenge these brushes and show you how they work. So, we are going
to challenge them against the MAC brushes. So what I did is -- I did the eye makeup on
my right eye using the MAC brushes. I used the 239 and 217 brushes to make this look,
which looks like this... And now we are going to try to recreate this eye makeup on my left
eye using just my brushes and of course mascara and eyeliner. But for the brushes, I'm just
gonna use the brushes that I made. So please keep watching if you want to know how you
can do these brushes yourself and of course, how they work.
I am starting my look with a corally peach color by sweeping it on the lids with my brush.
I was actually surprised how well it picks up and deposits color. As you can see on my
other eye I'm going for a very soft well blended every day look. In the crease and the outer
part of the lid I am applying a matte brown shadow and I already start blending it so
that we won't have any harsh lines. I'm building the color gradually, therefore I need to repeat
this step several times to get it as dark as I want. Here I am just retouching on my
corally color on the lid to make it more pigmented. To blend the edges even further I am taking
a matte color close to my skin tone and apply it on the upper edge of the brown shadow.
Now you want to highlight the inner corners of your eyes for that bright pop. Below my
lower lashline I decided to smudge the same matte brown for a little more definition on
the eyes. Next, I am just creating a winged line on my top lash line and for this I am
using felt tip eyeliner. Line your waterline with light brown, curl those lashes, apply
a coat of your favorite mascara and there you have it, we're done.
So this is how the makeup turned out. My eye makeup looks like this... And as I said, I
only used my brushes on my left eye and I only used the MAC ones on my right eye. And
now I really want to show you how you can make your own brushes like these two, so let's
go to the DIY! To make your own makeup brush all you need
are some pliers, scissors, glue, a pencil that comes with the eraser and some hair.
Natural hair makeup brushes are known as the best on the market. To make them they most
commonly use fur of squirrels, horses and goats. But I want to leave those beautiful
animals alone so I have another idea, pssssst. Ok now we have all the ingredients and we
can proceed. Take your pencil and using pliers carefully
remove the eraser so you get a hole like that. Take the hair and you want to cut one side
straight like so since this side will be glued. Now apply some glue on the hair just so that
it kind of holds the hair together a bit. Then drip a few drops of the glue in the bottom
of the hole and don't forget to put some glue on the sides as well. This is a crucial step
since you want the hair to be very firmly attached to the handle. You want to be able
to clean your brush under water and if you don't glue the hair firmly enough you will
probably make a mess. Then just glue the hair to the pencil like I am doing here and remove
the excess hair. Add a few more drops of the glue on the edges to be realy sure that the
hair will stay in place. Finally, gently squeeze the metal part of the pencil with the pliers.
Now you need to cut the hair. And this is where you can be really creative and tailor
your brush exactly to how you need it. You can make a standard blending brush as me or
you can make it more pointy for when you want to concentrate the color just into your crease
for example. The quality of your brush will in most part depend on the hair you are using.
The softer the hair the more will your brush be able to blend the eyeshadow. Soft hair
is also important as the skin on our lids is extremely sensitive. Also make sure you
use clean hair for your brush as you don't want the bacteria on your face!
And don't get me wrong, I still love my MAC brushes and I am not trying to say that the
brushes I am making are better. I just wanted to show you how you can be creative if you
don't have any brushes and prove you that they can do the work. For me the most important
features of a good brush are its ability to deposit color without causing much fall-out
of the shadow and the ability to blend the shadow well. As you can see here the brush
applies the color very well, and it also works nice with blending.
You can also make a flat stiff brush like this one, which could work for smudging shadow
under the eyes. Just cut some more hair and squeeze harder with the pliers to get a flat
shape. Thank you so much for watching my makeup brush
DIY. Please share it with your friends if you find it interesting and check out my Instagram,
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