I find that I use the same brushes for bronzer as I do for blushes. Some of the popular bronzing brushes (Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs)
are lovely brushes but are so large that I just never use them for bronzer! I often use a denser brush like Tom Ford Cheek or Hakuhodo J5543 for bronzer.
— Christine
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I think the only dedicated bronzer brushes I have are a dense kabuki from Sephora, I think, and a thick fan from Paula Dorf. Guess I don’t bronze enough to even get them dirty. They get washed periodically, and show no color. Wouldn’t think of either of them as blush-appropriate. Maybe there’s a bronzer brush in a RT or IT multiset. Clearly, dg much of an s. I know people who think bronzer is everything, though. Dislike the Nars (when I love the blush) and virtually all run too yellow. Often, if it’s coppery, like I prefer, it winds up as more of a blush, but occ w/typical bronzer placement. The only bronzer I have ever replaced is tf snow bunny. It’s light enough to be an all over face color.
Thanks for sharing.
I have been frustrated with bronzer brushes, feeling the ones I have are not quite what I want. So on a flyer I asked a young SA in Sephora what she recommended. It looked appealing, felt good, and I had a sense it would work.
This. Brush. SEPHORA COLLECTION PRO Precision Powder Brush #59. I absolutely love it! For the way I like to use bronzer this brush is it! I use it every day, and am finally content.
For a slightly sculpting manner, I really like the Elf Complexion blush. It’s a very slightly “flattened” semi-fluffy brush that’s great for the perimeter of the face.
For an all-over deposit of warmth, I really like the Real Techniques Powder brush so there’s isn’t too much color focused anywhere.
The Tom Ford bronzer brush is one of the best brushes I’ve ever purchased and I use it daily for bronzer and Meteorites.
I use the same brush for bronzer and contour. I use quite a large one (Mac 135). For bronzing I would buff it out more and for contour I would be quite light handed and just focus on the hollow of my cheek bones.
I use the original WG #13 with a very cool-color powder, and apply it a little like a contour/bronzer. I know that doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it works for me.
I’m currently using ELF Foundation Blurring brush, its a rounded dense foundation buffing brush. I tap it into the bronzer, then I tap off excess product, then I buff the bronzer in upward motions along my cheek bones. It fits PERFECTLY Into my cheeks!!!
I’m another Tom Ford bronzer brush devotee; I don’t contour so I don’t need anything precision. I just like the overall warmth added to my face and the Tom Ford does that beautifully. I also really like my Laura Mercier duo-fiber that I was using for bronzer, but I was sucked in by Tom Ford, so that one is relegated to any liquid bronzer use if I don’t want to use my fingers.
I don’t have a brush that’s specific for bronzer. I usually use a blush brush that’s moderately dense and fluffy, like the Ecotools tapered blush brush. If I want to bronze larger areas rather than just the cheeks/temples/jaw line, I use a big powder brush.
Tom Ford bronzer brush….so so soft. The are others….try and test.
Questions for each day? Suggestions.
Why do you like to use natural hair brush?
Why do you like to use synthetic hair brush?
A couple of years ago I was gifted the Marc Jacobs Bronzer brush which is lovely and so very soft but is a bit large for my face and it feels heavy in my hand. I will never part with it but use it mainly for all over powder..sometimes bronzer…
The one I find myself using the most for bronzer is the Real Techniques Blush brush. That one is big for me for blush but perfect for bronzer. I also have a brush from Pur, no name or number, but I think it was a powder brush, that works well too. I keep meaning to pull my Elf Complexion brush out of storage and use it again after just seeing a video extolling its use for all manner of face products.
I use a very light brush either small or big but has to be soft so I don’t end up over applying to this pale face it could turn bad easily. Lol!
For powder bronzing, I use typically use WG 00/Holiday Brush or WG Fan Brush. Sometimes I reach for WG Air Brush or, if I want some definition around the cheekbones, Chartlotte Tilbury’s Powder & Sculpt brush. For cream bronzer, I use Bobbi Brown’s Full Coverage Face brush.
I use Bobbi Brown Bronzer brush and I like using MAC 137 Long Blending Brush for pigmented bronzers, I don’t have experience with very big bronzer brushes, though.
I have a cheek brush that I got in my Real Techniques set and it is perfect for blush. I don’t use bronzers at all.