Beauty Basics: MAC Eye 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 Eye Brushes.
Focus On: MAC 228 Mini Shader Brush
MAC 228 Mini Shader Brush ($19.50) is super small, flat dome-shaped brush made out of synthetic bristles. The brush is fairly firm with a rounded edge. For those with smaller eyes or less eye space, this is a really great brush for packing on color when brushes like the 239 are too large. It’s stiffness also makes it good for applying color on the lower lash line or dragging or fading color outward. It is an excellent choice when you do more detailed work, particularly with small shapes or areas of colors, because it’s small size gives you more precision and control. I would consider it a more specialized brush, which means it is not necessary for everyone and depends more on your needs.
How do you like to use this brush?
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jelena
Monday, June 22, 2009
sorry it’s so off topic, but can you do reviews on MAC skin care?
thank you
Christine
Monday, June 29, 2009
I’ll make note of the suggestion, thanks, Jelena!
Nicole15
Monday, June 22, 2009
Don’t own this particular brush but again a dupe similar. It’s from Bare Escentuals & i got in an e/s kit. Think it’s called their “tapered eyeshadow” brush. It’s not tapered in the way i would consider a tapered brush to appear but has the qualities of this mini shader in that it’s flat & dome-shaped. It’s great for detailed work. I’ve used it in conjunction w/ my angle brush to cut my crease, sometimes to apply color to just my inner third of lid & like you said to line my lower lash line. Helpful tool to have in your collection.
Christine
Monday, June 29, 2009
Awesome, Nicole! Yeah, the brush series is not just meant to highlight MAC brushes, but more about the different uses of brushes in general, because there are definitely dupes and cheaper alternatives to MAC. MAC is just what I have :D
Natalie
Monday, June 22, 2009
I have this and love it. I have a huge eyelid space, and often I don’t like having the crease color all the way up below the brow bone, especially if I want the everyday, natural look. I use this brush to place a little V on the crease and blend it with #217 or #226
Christine
Monday, June 29, 2009
Glad you’ve found this brush to work so well for you!