Beauty Basics: MAC Face Brushes
Beauty Basics is a series covering basic products and tools that help to make applying your makeup easier. To view the entire series to date, be sure to visit the beauty basics, or you can view posts within the series about MAC Face Brushes.
Focus On: MAC 168 Large Angled Contour Brush
MAC 168 Large Angled Contour Brush ($32.00) is a goat-haired bristled rounded, angled brush with a bit of fluffiness. It’s famous as a contouring brush, particularly for larger areas — like the hollow of the cheeks, forehead, and jaw line. It’s a bit oversized for smaller areas like the nose. It’s an incredibly soft brush with minimal shedding (at least, in my experience). Despite being touted as a contour brush, the 168 works well for applying thicker foundatoins like Studio Sculpt, applying blush more precisely, and blending out product. I definitely consider this one of those classic, basic brushes that you can never go wrong purchasing.
How do you like to use this brush?
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Nikki
Saturday, July 4, 2009
I’ve been lemming for this but I bought the MAC169 instead..I wonder if it’s similar
Christine
Thursday, July 9, 2009
It is similar :)
Brooke
Saturday, July 4, 2009
I adore this brush. I use it for blush and MSF’s… it left my 129 in the dust! It’s so much softer and easier to control where the color goes. I love it to bits!
Christine
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Ohh, I might have to try it for MSFs!
barbie
Saturday, July 4, 2009
This is totally irelevant with the 168 but maybe one of you guys could answer my question. I bought a 190 brush from mac online due to the sale. But the brush doesn’t look right. It doesn’t have the usual stamp of country where its manufactured and the bristle feels different from my SE. I have several mac brush and this is the only one that’s different. Is this normal? Does any of you guys bought a brush from mac without the stamp? I appreciate any ideas you could give me thanks
Charde
Saturday, July 4, 2009
hello barbie, I am a former MAC employee and unless you purchace the brushes from a MAC store or maccosmetics.com you will never know if your product is real from what you described Im not absolutely sure it’s real. Does it have the number listed? I would just take it into the store and have it checked out and report the website you got them from
brandy
Saturday, July 4, 2009
i got the 208 and thought it was alittle off the hairs werent as tight as i thought they should be, but i used my nail to find the stamp cuz i couldnt see mine eighter after i read yours.but it was there
barbie
Saturday, July 4, 2009
I guess ill just bring it to the store. I really can’t find the stamp that says JAPAN or FRANCE on it. I even have my hubby double check it for me just in case. Thanks guys. I appreciate your help.
Melissa
Sunday, July 5, 2009
hi there, i just wanted to say that i went into mac the other day to exchange a brush because it was shedding unbelievably, and i noticed that my new brush did not have the country stamp like the old one and like other brushes that i have. i was a little surprised but obviously this is the case because i bought it from an official mac store. so i wouldn’t be too worried if u bought it from the authentic mac online store! hope this makes you feel better
Christine
Thursday, July 9, 2009
If you bought it from MAC, you should have no problems with authenticity. If you bought it in-store, you shouldn’t have any issues, but there are incidents when you buy returned brushes in-store that are fake (they aren’t supposed to put them back on the shelves, though), so I’d exchange if you bought it in-store and suspect fakeness.
margot
Saturday, July 4, 2009
I love love love love love the 68. I use it everyday for highlighting, contouring and blush (I own 3 of them). It’s so soft and perfect for everything (well maybe not powdering your entire face like the 129 can do but well). It’s my favorite MAC face brush and I couldn’t live without it !!!
Christine
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Awesome! I can’t believe you own 3!
Sass
Saturday, July 4, 2009
This one is too wide and not precise enough for me. I just use my 109 for contouring and blush.
Christine
Thursday, July 9, 2009
109 is good for contouring, too!
smiley13tree
Saturday, July 4, 2009
I love this brush! I only has the SE, but I will purchase the full size someday.
Christine
Thursday, July 9, 2009
The FS is amazing compared to the SE!
Lisa
Saturday, July 4, 2009
I use it to apply creme and/or powder blushes.
Christine
Thursday, July 9, 2009
I’ll have to try that, thanks, Lisa!
Angela
Friday, August 14, 2009
i love this brush its so pretty tho so i hate to get it dirty, i never really saw why it was called a “large” brush though, it seems pretty average if not smaller sized to me, but i love it! :)
Christine
Monday, August 17, 2009
MAC used to make a smaller angled brush, so maybe that’s why!