- Hi, everyone.
Welcome back to the Adore Beauty YouTube channel.
My name's Megan,
I'm part of the social and content team here.
And today, we're gonna be talking all things makeup brushes.
We'll go through different brushes for the different areas
of the face and how they can be used.
Okay, so the first area
of the face I'm gonna talk about is the skin.
So I'm talking foundation here.
There are two, I would say, popular brush types
that are used,
and that is a paddle brush, or a foundation brush,
and that is a buffing or kabuki brush.
Now, the difference
between these two are obviously their shapes.
So a flat-top buffer brush might be best for you
if you like more of a sheer-to-medium type of coverage.
If you enjoy covering a lot of space in one go,
the face of the brush is a lot larger
than a foundation brush.
However, a foundation brush also is quite handy
because you're able to get into more precise
and small areas.
Also, you can pack more product on with this brush
because it is a little bit more dense and stiff.
So if you're looking
for more of a full coverage application,
then a foundation brush can be really handy.
Both work amazingly,
and obviously you can get all coverages with both brushes.
It just depends on your personal preference.
So now, let's talk about concealer brushes.
The great thing about both of these is
that they have synthetic bristles,
so they're great for cream products.
Now, I like to use this spectrum A18 brush
to apply concealer to my eyelids.
I also like this if I have to get in a really tight space,
like around my lip line or in my nose area, for instance.
So this is really good at getting into small spaces.
We then have a little mini buffing brush.
I really like to use these types of brushes in places
where I have applied my concealer.
So for instance, I will use it to pat in concealer
under my eyes or through the middle of my face here.
You don't necessarily need this.
It is just up to personal preference
and if you do like having that precise option in your kit.
Okay, so now let's move on to powders.
Let's just talk about these brushes
with setting powder in mind.
When choosing your brush size for powder,
you need to think about how much of your face do you want
to be able to cover in one go.
For instance, I like to powder only certain areas
of my face because I have normal-to-dry skin.
With this in mind,
I usually like to go for quite a small little tapered brush.
So this is from the Katie Jane Hughes X Spectrum brush set,
and this is the brush 03.
If you have oily skin or you just love
to set your whole face with powder,
you might wanna go for something a little bit larger,
like these two options here.
You'll be able to cover more ground as you work,
and it's just quicker.
Okay, now let's move on to blush or bronzer.
So these brushes, you want to really choose with care.
And let's talk about powder brushes,
and then let's talk about cream product brushes.
So if you are using a powder blush or bronzer,
you're going to want to choose something like this.
Yes, this is the same brush that I spoke about
in the powder section.
You can use the same style of brush depending on which area
of the face you're applying it to.
The reason why I like this little brush here is
because it's nice and tapered.
I want to apply my blush and bronzer
to only certain areas of my face.
If I was to grab something like this
for my blush or bronzer,
I would probably end up squishing it
so that it's nice and tapered, and then I would apply it.
Another really popular item
that you might see is a brush like this.
So it's got that really nice little angled edge on it,
and it really just fits nicely right in there
on your little cheek crevice.
Okay, now let's say you're using a cream blush or bronzer.
This is where your brushes need to change slightly.
So we're gonna look for densely packed,
synthetic bristle brushes when you're using cream products.
Two of my faves to apply a cream blush
or bronzer is the Real Techniques sculpting brush,
or the MAC 170 slanted brush.
As you can see,
both of these kind of have that little slanted tip.
They're both really densely packed brushes,
which is nice,
because when you're working with the cream product,
you don't want too much flexibility in there
because it may move your foundation underneath.
And another little tip is when you're using a cream blush
or bronzer, press and dab the product
in rather than swipe to make sure
that we're not interrupting any foundation underneath.
Okay, now it's time to talk about eyes.
This was very hard for me to narrow down
because I could literally use 10 brushes just for my eyes,
but I've simplified it down.
The first one that I wanna talk about,
and probably the most important one,
the one that you'll get the most use out of,
is just a plain old, fluffy blender brush.
Now, as you can see, this is nice and tapered.
It's got a lot of flexibility to it.
The way that I like
to use these is I will always use my transition shade
on a fluffy blender brush
and I will just push that right into my crease.
So another form of a fluffy blender brush
that you may see sometimes is this little guy here
and it is flatter
and I would say more rectangle-shaped
than your traditional rounded, fluffy blender.
This does quite a similar job to this.
However, this one is just a little bit more detailed.
So if you just want to reach a certain point of your eyelid,
then definitely add this to your kit.
The next brush that I want to talk about
in eyes is a detailing brush.
These can come in different shapes and sizes.
So I'm gonna show you two popular ones.
The first one I'm gonna show you is this little,
I would say, he's a rectangle shape.
This is the MAC 239S brush.
Let's just say you have a really nice shimmery product
that you wanna get a lot of pigment out of,
I would actually use these to pack on product.
You're actually going to use a dabbing and stippling motion
with this sort of brush.
It's also really great at getting into really small,
detailed areas of the eye,
so for instance, your brow bone,
as well as underneath the eye,
when you really just wanna add a little bit of shading
to your lower lash line.
The other alternative to this shape could be a pencil brush.
So it'll do the exact same thing.
They're just different shapes.
So it's completely up to you.
It's kind of trial and error to see what works best
with your eye shape.
The next brush is for all of the eyeliner lovers out there.
I'm going to talk about an eyeliner brush.
So this is the Spectrum A09 brush.
I love that it's tapered.
It's really, really great
at applying a really nice liquid liner.
Another liner option that I've been absolutely loving
to get a super sleek
and detailed liner is the Katie Jane Hughes 22 brush.
So you can get this in her brush set.
I used it today for my little brown liner.
So any liner addicts out there, this is for you.
And lucky last brush is a brow brush.
And this one is from Anastasia Beverly Hills,
and it is the 7B brush.
So you've got your little detailed slanted tip on one end,
and then you have your spoolie on the other end
that you can go through and tame those brows with.
So I really like that this is nice and fine.
It's a really detailed tip
and a spoolie is just an essential.
So definitely check this one out.
It is my personal opinion
that brushes really are an investment.
They're a part of your kit and they last years
if you look after them correctly.
However, we've gotta work within our budget.
So let's go through a few of my favourite sets
at different price points.
All right, let's just start at the bougie end.
So this is the Spectrum X Katie Hughes brush set.
You get 11 pieces in here.
It was curated and designed
by a really famous makeup artist called Katie Jane Hughes.
I can't rave about these enough.
So if you are looking at spending a little bit more
for a really good quality brush set,
I would definitely check these out.
The next two brush sets kind of sit
within the same price categories.
They are the Crown brush set.
I will get Maddie to pop it up here.
And we also have these Spectrum 10 piece brush set,
which will sit around here.
So again, really great options for a brush set,
especially if you're kind of
at that beginner-to-intermediate level.
As you can see, there are so many options depending
on what will work best for you.
So that pretty much wraps up our brush tour of today.
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