RMK Cheek Brush

Let me introduce my favorite cheek brush at the moment. :) I showed it in this post. I was planning on writing a different review but this saved me from a disaster today. I just swiped the brush on NARS Mata Hari blush way too much, and I just slapped the blush on my cheeks without tapping the excess off. I gave me an oval pinkness with very clear edges. Lol. But this thing buffed it out and off so easily. LOVE!

 Hi, brush review. :)

Royal & Langnickel Silk Pro Complexion Brush BC185

Here's another brush I like to use for foundation. Love!

Coastal Scents Classic Buffer Large Synthetic Brush

This chunky brush is my go to stippling brush. :) LOVE! This one is called Classic Buffer Synthetic Brush (BR-C-S29). It's a very dense and big, so it's great for quickly stippling on the foundation. It's dense enough that bristles don't flop around when you stipple. It's also on the weighty side which I like, and it feels very well built. Ferrules are on nice and tight and bristles are glued together well.

There has been minimal shedding. Very very minimal. May be one every other washing. The brush washes well and dries in a reasonable amount of time. As with other foundation brushes, I wash this one with dish soap and olive oil. Works like a charm in getting all the foundation out.

Bristles are soft so it doesn't hurt when I stipple on the foundation. I have felt softer brushes but this one's not bad at all for a stippling brush. Many stippling brushes have bothered me for that reason but this one is not painful at all. I can feel it but it doesn't hurt.

Coastal Scents Classic Buffer Large Synthetic Brush Top View

I am sure I have mentioned before, but stippling brush is great for people who have flaky skin. No microexfoliation to accentuate the flakes. This one is a great brush if you haven't liked stippling brush for 1)hurting your face and 2)it taking way to long to stipple around entire face. I highly recommend you check it out! :D

MAC 239 Eye Shader Brush

 MAC 239 Eye Shader Brush is the best!. It's the best. It looks like your basic flat eyeshadow brush but oh it's so much better than all other ones I have tried. It's made of white goat hair so it picks up and deposits shadows beautifully. It's on a smaller side, which is perfect for working on my small eyes. It's tapered and remains tapered and nicely in shape after washing. \o/ Hooray! It's also stiff enough that you can use it to work some shadow into lash line and other precise work. :) It doesn't flop around so you can direct where you put the color down really well.

Closeups!

Sigma Sigmax Brushes: F84 on top and F82 on the bottom

Sigma Sigmax Brushes F82 and F82 are super duper dense face brushes with synthetic bristles. They are really soft and the densest brushes I own. Both of them are two of my best performing foundation brushes but I like to save F82 Round Top Kabuki for Soleil  Tan de Chanel as I discussed in this post. Some people find F82 a little too dense and stiff for foundation use. I think it works great but I see where that can come from. F82 bristles are shorter, so they are stiffer, which might make buffing a bit more difficult. I don't buff all over, I don't have a problem with it. Still I need F82 for my bronzer, so F84 is my go to brush unless the I need to stipple foundation.

MAC 109 Small Contour Brush

MAC 109 is called Small Contour Brush by MAC but many people rave about its multipurpose uses. It's a small round top brush with black goat hair. The size of the head is bigger than a quarter, and it gets bigger the more you use it. Other than getting bigger, it keeps its shape well and bristles don't splay out with usage. It's dense. Ferrule is attached and cinched in very nicely, and the weight of handle feels nice. Typical of MAC brush.

People use it for foundation, blush, powder, and contour. I got it for contouring purposes. It really seemed like the perfect size (small enough) for a precise application of a contour color. It also seemed dense enough to buff out the color well. And it performs well for contour color. I am sure it will work well with other powder product application but foundation I am very hesitant to try because of few problems I noticed.

First of all, at the price point I expected this brush to be soft. I can't say that it is. It's not rough enough to stop me from using it but I wouldn't want to use it all over the face for foundation. Secondly, it sheds, It's not horrible shedding issue but it does shed with powder product and regular washing. So I wouldn't dare to use it with liquid or cream product as they will cause more shedding.

Mine bled for first couple of washes but stopped after that. This had very minor bleeding for black goat hair.

From top to botter: E.L.F Studio Angled Blush Brush, Flat Eyeliner Brush, and Small Stipple Brush

E.L.F has released few new brushes. I didn't get all of them but a few new ones along with old goodies like Blush Brush and Kabuki Face Brush. New ones I purchased are  Flat Eyeliner Brush, Angled Blush Brush, and Small Stipple Brush from Studio line, which I LOVE! I also ordered Mineral Powder Brush but they made a mistake so that one's on its way. :) Now on the brushes themselves!

Flat Eyeliner Brush is a small flat brush that would be ideal for tightlining or precise application of eyeshadow close to lash line as I like to do. Very soft. It's thin enough to use it for gel eyeliner unless you like super thin line.

Angled Blush Brush is a dense blush brush that is on the smaller side. It's small enough to work well as a contour brush. It's quite dense that it would be safer to start with lighter hand when applying blush and bronzer with this brush. Also it's not as fluffy as typical blush brushes due to its density. Very very soft brush.

Small Stipple brush is a very small skunk type brush. It is quite small so it's very nice to apply cream blush. It's on a dense side, and shorter bristles give enough stiffness to stipple foundation with it. But once again, it's quite small so it won't be quick job to stippling entire face of foundation with this. This hurts a little when I stipple but I haven't come across a stippling brush that's not pokey. It's not painful enough to bother me. Compared to Real Techniques stippling brush as shown in the pics, it's smaller and more dense. Bristles are a bit longer. It also hurts less than RT brush.

Here are the pics! :)