If you could only have one face and one eye brush, which would you pick? You have to choose!
MAC 239 for an eye brush, MAC 109 for face brush.
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Ooh good question! Im going to steer away from MAC and say:
Face: sigma f80
Eye: ecotools dense shadow brush with the point tip, so multifunctional
oh that’s easy. MAC #187 for face and MAC #217 for eyes.
Second this
My thoughts exactly 🙂
Mac 217 and Ecotool mini Kabuki use them all the time!
MAC 188 and 239.
Face: MAC 182 because I can only put on mineral foundation with a kabuki and I’m sure I could put other face powders on with it too.
Eye: MAC 239 because it’s pretty versatile and I usually use it every day anyway.
clinique eyeshader brush, use every day for base colour, its amazing, big, soft and fluffy, great for applying all over colour to eye area.
eco tools new eyeshadow brush, soft and great for packing on colour and blending colour all over.
Oh I don’t know. I am in the market for new brushes so I will be stalking out this poll for some good feedback!
Thats a hard question. MAC 217 and MAC 109
mac 138 paula dorf sheer crease brush
Mac 217 for eyes (or any brush similarly shaped, I found one from Boots No7 that’s great!)
Sonia Kashuk Flat Top (it’s seriously great for foundation, blush, contouring, buffing out.. everything!)
MAC 129 for face and 217 for eyes
Face: Sigma F80
Eyes: Mac 217
Hahahaha my exact picks as well and we share the same name !! xxx
MAC 168 and MAC 217 🙂
Face – it’s a toss up between the MAC 130 and Sephora 55 Platinum Professional (both would work for foundation, blush and powder)
Eyes – the MAC 217
MAC 129 for the face brush, and same as you, MAC 239 for the eye brush.
If I can only pick two they would be Cover FX 160 and MAC 217.
lol Christine you picked the same 2 I did
MAC 134 for my face, and MAC 219 for my eyes.
Face: MAC 187
Eyes: MAC 217… so versatile! I can do everything with it, lid, highlight, inner corner, crease, outer crease, even lower lash line if I’m careful.
For one eye brush, I wholeheartedly agree about the MAC 239! It’s perfect. And for one face brush, I’d have to say Sephora’s #55 air brush.
MAC 130 and 217. I can do my whole face with those, powders, creams, and liquids
MAC #116 for face.
MAC #217 for eyes.
🙂
217 and 187
LOL I asked you this yesterday on Formspring 😛
face: sigma F80 (i cant live without this brush!)
eye: mac 217 (multifunctional 🙂
mac 187 for face and mac 222 for eyes…
217 & 182
Wow tough!
Eye: MAC 239
Face: MAC 188
eyes:mac 239
face:mac 130
Hmmm. I’m going to say the 239 for eyes and the 224 for face. I know the 224 is an eye brush, but I use it to apply my udereye concealer and I refuse to give it up! I would happily put my foundation on with my fingers!
Sigma F80 for my face and MAC 217 for my eyes
Eyes: I second the MAC 217 if you have larger eyes (which I do!).
Face: Bare Minerals soft focus face brush – I take this one to travel with and use it for everything face: loose powder foundation, blush, highlighter, and setting powder. Love it!
FACE: #187 Loves how the way foundation goes on with it.
EYES: #239 Multipurpose eye brush.
I’d keep my MAC 239 Shader brush and my Crown stippling blush brush.
MAC 209 eyeliner
Sigma F80 Flat top Kabuki
MAC 138 for face because its the softest brush i ever had and omg im just obessed with it and MAC 217 brush for eyes definitely (:
face: coastal scents flat top buffer brush
eyes: mac 217
Agreed with 239, though it would be hard to give up my 217.
For face, I’d have to go with 168.
For eyes: MAC 217
For face: The powder brush in the EcoTools kit for mineralized makeup
217 for eyes and Ecotools blush brush 🙂 The two most used brushes I own
MAC 109 for face, and probably something like MAC 217 for eyes.
Face: MAC 168 (though the 187 is a very close second)
Eyes: MAC 217, hands down.
The MAC 217 brush and the MAC 109.
eye 217 mac
face guerlain stippling brush! in love with it!! (sooooo expensive in my country but worth it!)
MAC 187 and MAC 217 LOVE LOVE LOVE these brushes x
MAC 187 & 214 🙂
mac 130 and 217
actually i meant mac 131 for the face :))
Face: Sigma F80
Eyes: MAC 217
eyes: MAC 239, use at least one of these every day
face: Sonia Kashuk flat top dense brush (not the skunk)
mac 217 for eyes and sigma f80 for face
Eyes: MAC 275
Face: MAC 129
Ecotools shadow brush, because it’s a multi-tasker, and a powder brush… and then I’d be investing in (more) shadow pencils.. LOL
Eyes: Elf “c” eyeshadow brush
Face: Mac 187
MAC 242 for the eyes and the Bionic Flat Top Buffer brush from Coastal Scents. It’s a great brush that will not break your wallet!
For eyes MAC 217, for face mac 129
MAC 217 and a large kabuki brush (mines from sigma i dunno the number)
MAC 239 (or the one that is just like it but angled..a little fluffier forgot the numero)
Senna Blush Brush (adore)
Both MAC… 217 for eyes, 138 for face. I don’t know how my life existed before these brushes!
face brush: mac 188
Evye brush: sonia kashuk blending brush
MAC 239 for eye
MAC 187 for face
MAC 187 for face and 217 for eyes 🙂
Face: Sigma F80
Eyes: Bobbi Brown Ultra Fine Eye Liner Brush
MAC #217 for eyes and MAC #129 for face:)
It would be mac 150 and 217 (just for fun: and 189).
I would Definitely pick my “Make up Store nr. 366” (large duofibre-brush), and my “Face Stockholm nr. 39” (pointed, dens blendingbrush).
🙂
What an unfair question because it too difficult to answer but I guess I would say the now discontinued Smashbox #16 brush for face; and the newly discontinued Estee Lauder 11E Blending Brush for eyes.
Next time oculd we at least get 2 brushes for face and eyes? LOL.
Crown Duo Fiber brush for face and MAC 217 for eye 🙂