Today I am sharing all about my favorite make-up brushes. Most of which I have had for YEARS. And how I clean them.
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These are the 5 most used brushes
MAC Blush Brush
Sigma Highlighter Brush
Sigma Brush
Charlotte Tilbury Highlight/Contour Bruh
Nars Contour Brush
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I highly recommend this Sigma Brush! I love the angled edges and the bristles are so soft and thick. I use this for my foundation. I also have this one and just rotate the two.
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As you can see, this brush has been around a while. This is my blush brush and I use on the apples of my cheeks.
I use this Sigma Highlighter Brush to apply my powder highlight. I spray this on my brush first, then dip it in my highlight, and gently swipe up on my cheek bones, nose, and forehead.
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Every girl NEEDS this brush in their life! I can go on and on about this brush. It is the perfect contour brush. I use it on my cheeks, neck and forehead. Then blend it all together with this brush.
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I use this brush in place of my beauty blender when applying my liquid highlight and the angled side for bronzer.
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I use this brush to apply my powder foundation. It just glides it on evenly.
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This angled beauty blender is life! I use this for applying my concealer and liquid highlight and setting powder,
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From left to right
I use this MAC Shader Brush to apply my eyeshadow on my lids and underneath my eyebrows.
I use this MAC Tapered Brush for apply my eyeshadow to my brow bone and for contouring my nose.
I use this MAC Blending Brush for my darker shadow in my crease.
I don't know what I would do without this angled eyeliner brush. It took some time getting used to it, but now it literally takes me seconds to apply my eyeliner and it is precise.
I am also linking my other brushes I use on occasion.
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HOW I CLEAN MY BRUSHES
I actually learned this trick from another blogger, Emily Gemma, from The Sweetest Thing Blog.
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I use these two cleaning mats (only $10) with this dish soap. First, I let just the heads of the brushes soak in water, mainly the foundation and concealer brushes because they absorb the most make-up. Be sure to only let the bristles touch the water, or else over time the bristle will start to fall out...leaned the hard way.
The cleaning mats come with a suction cup on the reverse side, so it sticks to your sink. So you don't have to worry about it moving all over the place. I let the water run and I squirt some soap on the mats and just move the brushes in a circle motion, then back and forth (while the water is running or else your just moving the make-up around) until they are clean. I rinse and then let air dry.
I clean my brushes once a month. Hope this was helpful!
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