What is your least used makeup tool?
Friday, July 29th, 2011
What is your least used makeup tool? Is there a brush you never use? Some device that you never reach for?
I have the no!no! but I could never get myself to commit to it! There are a lot of specialized makeup brushes I rarely reach for – I tend to just use a core set of brushes. I don’t regret it, but I wouldn’t recommend “collect ‘em all” mentality with MAC brushes — better to buy multiples of ones you use all the time!
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Either my eyelash curler or my eyebrow comb.
My lip brush and ever since I started using makeup brushes years ago I will never use sponge tip applicators again!
I have only used my eyelash curler once. I am glad that I only paid a dollar for it at the dollar store.
I have a ton of brushes I never use. I also never use my eyelash curler, it always makes my lashes look shorter, and I have a Shu Umera one and it still does that. I don't see the point
And my Clarisonic, it just sits there. It does nothing for my skin
I would have to say my fan brush. I always want to use it, but I just never seem to need it.
Eyelash curlers. I have them but I never use them because I believe they do nothing.
Any brush that is double ended - too awkward to work with and dry.
lip brush!
Eyelash Curler!
Eyelash curler - they just don't seem to work for me. I've tried several but aren't worth the bother. Maybe I don't have long enough lashes.
Wedge makeup sponges. I've literally had the same pack for probably two years. I do love the beauty blender though.
Fan brush and mini fan brush
I bought a bourghese brush set from Costco a few months back, and I don't think I've ever used the round foundation brush it came with, even once. I use make-up wedges for foundation then use a kabuki with finishing powder to blend anything in. The other brushes I use quite regularly, especially the eyeshadow brushes.
MAC's 194 concealer brush (it's awful and I never use it and wish I'd known enough when I bought it to realize how poor a brush it was and that it "wasn't me" that was the problem). OR Clarisonic's Mia (I know - sacrilege). A very generous friend wanted to get me one for Xmas as she had one and loved it. I tried hers and, to be honest, it was no better than my 5 dollar Buf Pufs! So glad I had a chance to try it out and save her the $$$.
my angled eyeliner brush never gets used..
My large powder brush...I use mineral foundation and I don't need to set that.
Toss up between my eyelash curler (a good SM one) and my fan brush.
Angled eyeliner brush and powder brush (I hardly ever powder at all, don't need to)
I have to say it's my foundation brush. After I use it, I won't end up using it again until I deep clean all of my brushes, so it just ends up sitting there while I use other methods of application that actually end up being faster and easier. Then, once I clean it, I don't want to use it again because it'll get dirty again (of course).
Angled brush and MAC 109. The angled brush i got really cheap so I wanted to try it, but I don't really have any use for it. The 109 was recommended by a MAC MUA when I bought my Studio Tech but I prefer other brushes.
MAC 187, I don't like it, it's scratchy and... i don't know. Ever since I got intoduced to sigma F80 I stopped using that brush
I have some really poor quality Estee Lauder powder brushes that I never reach for.
Time to toss them out. I have to force myself to toss out brushes that I don't like and don't use - or give them to some teens that live close to you or you know - they go nuts when you give them anything makeup wise!
definitely my lip brushes. I've never actually specifically bought one, but they always come in travel sets of brushes and with certain lipglosses and I have just never got the hang of them.... maybe I'm not using it right? lol
If I could have a dollar for every brush I wish I never bought, LOL. I'd have enough for a MAC 239, which I know I would use all the time.
I guess it's the stippling brush because the one I have sheds so badly. And I can't blend foundation properly -.-'
Any brush that sheds - toss it. Not worth the space it's taking up!
Foundation brush - whenever I try it, my foundation looks worse. I just don't know how to use it properly I guess. I prefer fingers anyway. Another one is the little comb to separate your lashes...never use it.
Some foundation brushes are not worth it - some are. It's like finding the right brush for other face parts. I think they put out a lot of foundation brushes that are far too small to do the job. I got away from using my fingers other than for tinted moisturizers. I prefer brushes and sponging on foundation if it's liquid or cream now. My coverage is much better looking - but you do tend to use up more foundation using a tool.
my lip brush! I've used it once.... for concealer.
eyelash curler. no matter what I do or try or read up on and experiment with, it doesn't do a thing.
I bought Sephora's HD foundation brush and never use it.
Definitely my foundation brush... almost never use it.
Lip brush. :)
My eyelash curler never gets used. I keep it front and center, hoping that some day I'll pick it up, but it goes untouched in the morning rush most days.
I never use my angled eyeliner brush. I have 3 because when people buy me some type of eyeliner they ask a sales associate what type of brush I should use and they recommend an angled brush. For eyeliner I use my MAC 210 I like thin eyeliner that is barely visible, and I have trouble using an angled brush.
a studio foundation brush from elf. But that's about it, I actually use all of the other brushes and tools, I just rotate between them
I'd have to say it's a tie between my eyelash curler and my foundation brush. I never remember to use either one!
My eyelash curler doesn't get used.
Eyelash curler. I've bought two and then given them away. Never used either one
Honestly my "beauty blender" I don't think it's as awsome as people are saying, and I prefer using my fingers or a stippling brush...
My regular foundation brush - I usually apply with my fingers, and if I use a brush, I use a stippling brush.
I completely agree. I am thinking of buying at least 2 more 239's, another 217 and a couple E35's from sigma. I even wouldn't mind another F80. I already have at least 6 eye liner brushes, and every single one is in use. It's like having a million pairs of underwear; it lets you do the laundry less. lol.
eyelash curler, i dont see any difference
Eyelash curler I'd say.. :p Or eyelash brush, those plasticky ones with two sides that youre supposed to brush through your lashes with. Never need them and never use them.
foundation & concealer brush
Eyelash curler. Mine don't hold a curl to save their life. I'll curl one, and by the time I'm done with my other eye, the first one is straight again. Lost cause, and now I don't ever use it.
I have a fan brush that I bought for a particular bronzer and then I stopped using the bronzer so now I rarely use the brush either.
lip brush
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