Best Tips & Ideas about Makeup Tools

Do you need special makeup application or can you simply use fingers? Your fingers even or cotton swabs will work – but in most cases, makeup goes on more precisely, more smoothly and blends better when you’re using good makeup tools. Notice I said good makeup tools. Cheaply made, clumsily designs tools actually do more harm than good to your final look, so if you’re going to buy makeup tools, be prepared to invest. Most makeup artist lines feature makeup tools; my favourite brushes are from Tony & Tina and are made by master calligraphy brush craftsmen in Japan.

Makeup sponges

A makeup sponge is one makeup tool you can pick up for very little money. While sponges are available in flat disks and round shapes, my favourites are the triangular wedges that allow you to apply foundation to large areas or work it into the creases around the nose and eyes, as well as to pat the face clean of excess dirt or oil. Makeup sponges are easily available and are very inexpensive.

Makeup brushes

Name a type of cosmetic and there is probably a brush to help apply it. These brushes depending on their intended use are large, mid size, small or tiny and are usually used dry – although they can be dampened and used wet. When shopping for makeup brushes look for study handles and tightly anchored brushes hairs. Here’re rundown of brushes styles:

• Powder brushes are big and fluffy with log hairs, all the better to dust on a light, even application of facial powder.
• Blusher brushes are slightly smaller than powder brushes, but have the same rounded shape.
• Contour brushes are not as popular as powder and blusher brushes, probably because contour is not as popular as facial powder and blusher. If you do use contour, you may want to invest in one of these compact brushes, which look a bit like small blusher brushes with shorter, stiffer bristles.
• The small, rounded heads of eye-shadow brushes allow them to smooth eye shadow onto the lid.
• To create those darker shades of shadow that are swept into the eye’s crease, eye-contour brushes are slightly angled.
• Eye-blending brushes are larger than eye-shadow brushes and are used to blend eye shadows so that one shade blends seamlessly into another.
• The small, angled heads and stiff hair of eyebrow brushes allow them to work brow colour into the eyebrow area.
• Eyeliner brushes have pencil-thin heads and can be used wet or dry to paint super-slim lines at the base of the lashes.
• Lip brushes are small with compact, slightly flat heads. They are used to apply lipstick or lip gloss and are great for those people who like to combine colours to create new shades.
• Concealer brushes feature stiff bristles and squared heads that allow you to work concealer into small or awkward areas.

Don’t as assume the best makeup brushes are made from camel and other animal hair; some of the best brushes are entirely synthetic.Invest in a quality set of makeup brushes so that you can achieve the best possible results when you apply your makeup.