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Your skin tone/coloring: Porcelain
Favorite powder brush? Sephora pro airbrush #55
Favorite blush brush? I’m really loving the Sephora + Hakuho-do Ougi fan cheek brush right now.
Favorite foundation brush? Urban Decay optical blurring or Real Techniques expert face.
Your skin tone/coloring:light medium, NC 20
Favorite powder brush? Tom Ford bronzer brush
Favorite blush brush? Mac 168
Favorite foundation brush? It Cosmetics OMG foundation #106
Your skin tone/coloring: fair/light warm (NC15)
Favorite powder brush? Real Techniques Powder Brush
Favorite blush brush? Real Techniques Blush Brush
Favorite foundation brush? Sigma F80 or the Beauty Blender, depending on which foundation I’m using or how much coverage I need
Oh my gosh, I cannot believe I forgot the Elf Kabuki brush for foundation! That’s probably actually my top one and I forgot it!
Do u mean the large fluffy kabuki or the new long-handle one? I like both, just curious
The large fluffy one (“Kabuki Face Brush”) with the more traditional short handle!
Ohhhhh!!! What foundation do you prefer to use the kabuki with? I’m intrigued hehe!!
I like to use it with MAC Studio Fix Fluid foundation and on the rare occasion I use Estée Lauder Double Wear. I find for whatever reason this brush is really good at blending out thicker liquid foundations!
Your skin tone/coloring: Deep Dark / NW50
Favorite powder brush? I use my beauty blender to set my concealer and the Real Techniques Powder brush or Buffing brush for the rest of my face. It depends if I’m using a colored or translucent powder.
Favorite blush brush? Elf Kabuki Brush or the Real Techniques Blush Brush…I clearly have HUGE chipmunk cheeks. lol
Favorite foundation brush? The Real Techniques Expert Face Brush! I have like 5 of them! I must say that I’ve also been enjoying the ELF Ultimate Blending brush too. It’s super soft and doesn’t feel like it was only $6.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC42, Syracuse
Favorite powder brush? Sephora pro allover powder brush #61
Favorite blush brush? Real Techniques stippling brush
Favorite foundation brush? Sephora pro airbrush #55
My skin tone is med with neutral to yellow undertones. My favorite powder brush is my Chikuhodo Z-1..I think that’s it’s name. It says ” powder brush”. The big powder in the a series. My Suqqu cheek is my face cheek brush. Tom Ford foundation and MJB – “the face 1” are my current face foundation brushes.
Skin tone/coloring – Very pale, cool toned (NW10)
Favourite powder brush? – Mac 187
Favourite blush brush? – Illamasqua highlight brush
Favourite foundation brush? – Real Techniques expert face brush
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♥ Your skin tone/coloring:
• Dark to Medium-Deep
• Warm undertone, with a touch of Neutral
• NC44.5 to NC45
♥ Favorite powder brush?
• Laura Geller™ Retractable Baked Powder Brush
♥ Favorite blush brush?
• Pupa™ Blush Brush
• Target’s Up & Upâ„¢ Angled Blush Brush
♥ Favorite foundation brush?
• Liquid Foundation: Real Techniques™ Expert Face Brush
• Powder Foundation: the eBay knock-off of the Sigma™ F82 Round Top Synthetic Kabuki Brush
Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair with neutral undertones
Favorite powder brush? Depending on the type of powder and the look I want, either the e.l.f. Studio Kabuki Face Brush or the Bare Minerals Full Coverage Kabuki Brush.
Favorite blush brush? Real Techniques Blush Brush
Favorite foundation brush? For powder foundation: Bare Minerals Full Coverage Kabuki Brush. For liquids and creams: Tarte Maracuja Miracle Foundcealer Brush. Usually I use a beauty blender dupe or my fingers, but I use this for a few foundations.
Your skin tone/coloring: light-medium, yellow/olive
Favorite powder brush? I dont actually know yet! This is a category I am still exploring with the bigger bronzer-type brushes and the elf Studio Complexion Brush — made of softs ?
Favorite blush brush? I like a soft tapered (not angles) and/or round synthetic brush but lately I have also been loving the NARS mini Ita type of brushes for my cheeks. I use powder formulas almost exclusively so I haven’t got that many in rotation.
Favorite foundation brush? I prefer synthetic flat-top kabukis (I have several) for both liquid and powder!
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool
Favorite powder brush? Maybe the RT Multi-Tasking Brush
Favorite blush brush? Laugh if you must, but I only have one blush brush and it’s an angled one from PUR Minerals from YEARS ago. It’s not very good but then again, not so dreadful that I’ve replaced it, so it’s “good enough” but I think I should probably treat myself to a new blush brush – maybe the angled one from the Sephora Pro Line
Favorite foundation brush? EASY – the little stubby one from Shiseido. I have 2 of them and got a 3rd for my daughter (even though she almost never wears foundation – she doesn’t need it).
Favorite powder brush? It Cosmetics, I have a kabuki that was LE for the holidays last year. These brushes are the softest on this planet.
Favorite blush brush? Still haven’t found my HG there, but I’m liking the EcoTools Tapered Blush Brush. I just wish it was a tad bit less wide.
Favorite foundation brush? MAC 187 works well for me.
skin tone/coloring:Fair
Favorite powder brush:any powder puff sponge since i only use loose powder which i find works best
Favorite blush brush:MAC 168
Favorite foundation brush:beauty blender
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair, cool
Favorite powder brush? Eco Tools Kabuki for lighter application and the Elf Powder Brush when I want a good amount of powder.
Favorite blush brush? Real Technique’s Blush Brush for sure. It’s so soft and perfectly shaped.
Favorite foundation brush? I am still searching for a perfect one but I’ll use the Real Technique’s Expert Face Brush when I’m not using the Real Technique’s sponge.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC50
Favorite powder brush? Rock & Republic Shameless
Favorite blush brush? Sonia Kashuk Large Duo Fibre Multipurpose Brush
Favorite foundation brush? Sonia Kashuk Synthetic Buffing Brush
Whoops! Read that too fast. My my favorite powder BRUSH is the Eco Tools Bronzer brush.
Light medium complexion with a cool undertone
Blush: Something neutral like Estée Lauder sensuous rose or M.A.C. Springsheen for a summery peachy look
Blush brush: Bobbi Brown’s blush brush is incredible. It’s very expensive but well worth it. It deposits pigment perfectly
Foundation Brush: not a brush per say but the beauty blender is the holy grail of all foundation applicators!!!! If you don’t know yet get yourself to a Sephora and buy one asap. It’s so quick and perfect I cannot say enough about it
Your skin tone/coloring: NC25-27
Favorite powder brush: Wayne Goss Holiday brush
Favorite blush brush: Bobbi Brown blush brush or Mac 187 duo fibre for really pigmented blush
Favorite foundation brush: Beautyblender! For more coverage sometimes Shiseido Perfect Foundation brush
Your skin tone/coloring: Deep w/gold undertones (NW45)
Favorite powder brush? Don’t really use powder
Favorite blush brush? An angled sephora blush brush
Favorite foundation brush? Sigma F88 Flat Kabuki
Oops I meant the Sigma F80 for foundation
Your skin tone/coloring: NC15/20
Favorite powder brush? Real Techniques Powder Brush
Favorite blush brush? Real Techniques Blush Brush
Favorite foundation brush? Real Techniques Expert Face Brush
I don’t really have any high end brushes so these aren’t so much favorites as the ones I can afford and that work pretty well.
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/cool
Favorite powder brush? Real Techniques Bold Metals 100 Arched Powder Brush and MAC 182 Buffer Brush
Favorite blush brush? A sable brush I recieved as a gift (in a large set)
Favorite foundation brush? I use a Beauty Blender, but my favorite brush is Tarte Airbrush Finish Bamboo Foundation Brush
Your skin tone/coloring: Light-Medium w/ yellow undertones
Favorite powder brush? I really enjoy the Up & Up large powder brush
Favorite blush brush? Elf blush brush
Favorite foundation brush? Beautyblender (can’t use any type of brush with my extremely dry skin)
Your skin tone/coloring: Light with neutral, slightly pink undertones
Favorite powder brush? Hakuhodo B104
Favorite blush brush? Hakuhodo J5543
Favorite foundation brush? Hourglass No. 2
Your skin tone/coloring: light medium/warm
Favorite powder brush?: Real Techniques Powder Brush or Zoeva 106
Favorite blush brush?: Hakuhodo S111
Favorite foundation brush?: MUFE Large Foundation Brush#108
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair with cool tones
Favorite powder brush? Hourglass Ambient Powder Brush
Favorite blush brush? At present I use Real Techniques Blush Brush, but I’m on the hunt for something a little smaller and more focused.
Favorite foundation brush? Shisedo Foundation Brush (the one with the flat top)
Your skin tone/coloring: light to medium warm
Favorite powder brush? believe it or not, it’s a super cheap retractable brush from Born Pretty.
Favorite blush brush? Since I’m using a lot of cream blush at the moment I’ve really been loving my e.l.f. Stippling Brush. Again, cheap, but so good.
Favorite foundation brush? Does the Beauty Blender count?
Your skin tone/coloring: light (NC20/25, and Nars Santa Fe)
Favorite powder brush? Real techniques powder brush
Favorite blush brush? Ecotools mattifying brush (I promise it works wonders with blush!)
Favorite foundation brush? Sedona Lace synthetic round top brush
Your skin tone/coloring: Neutral/Medium (MUFE 125 / NW25)
Favorite powder brush? NARS Yachiyo
Favorite blush brush? NARS Mizubake Kabuki
Favorite foundation brush? MAC 128 (love this brush for foundation!!)
Favorite powder brush? Sigma F30 large powder brush, but I have a Chikuhodo powder brush to clean and use!
Favorite blush brush? Right now, the Real Techniques contour brush, but I flip flop between a lot of blush brushes!
Favorite foundation brush? Bobbi Brown foundation brush or UD optic blur brush
Your skin tone/coloring: NARS Gobi, MAC N1. Pale with cool undertones.
Favorite powder brush? MAC Warm Soul and MAC Please me
Favorite blush brush? Have not tried too many, those that I have (Real Techniques blush brush and a Sephora from a cheap LE set) seem to do the job just fine.
Favorite foundation brush? Real Techniques buffing brush. The best of those I tried.
AAAA! Silly me! Powder bRush not bLush! 🙂 Sorrryy! The brush would be Sephora #43 brush for mineral powder.