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Survey Says... March 4th, 2015
- Your skin tone/coloring:
- Best blush brush?
- Best eyeshadow blending brush?
- Best cream eyeshadow brush?
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Your skin tone/coloring: Very fair neutral; auburn hair, hazel/green eyes
Best blush brush? Right now I’m favoring Sonia Kashuk Blusher Brush No. 101.
Best eyeshadow blending brush? E.l.f. studio and Revlon blending brushes work great for me. BareMinerals Eye Defining Brush is wonderful for the loose minerals, or for blending anything all over the eye.
Best cream eyeshadow brush? I don’t use cream shadows except for ColourPop. I have a couple small, flat synthetic brushes that work well with those. One is Coastal Scents, and I have no idea what the other is.
◾Your skin tone/coloring: NW-25
◾Best blush brush? I’m currently loving the Sephora Pro Angled Blush Brush #49
◾Best eyeshadow blending brush? Mac 217
◾Best cream eyeshadow brush? Mac 242
Your skin tone/coloring: yellow/orange/golden
Best blush brush? Zoeva 101 Luxe Face Definer
Best eyeshadow blending brush? Lamora blending brush (from their 7piece eyebrush set)
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush
Your skin tone/coloring: light with yellow undertones
Best blush brush? I’m liking the Bobbi Brown face blender brush for powder blush at the moment! And I like the Real Techniques duo-fiber contour brush for cream blush!
Best eyeshadow blending brush? MAC 237/ 219
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Real Techiques base shadow brush
Your skin tone/coloring: Deep/Dark NW48
Best blush brush? Crown Brush’s Angled Contour Brush or Real Techniques Blush Brush
Best eyeshadow blending brush? Sonia Kashuk 15th Anniversary (Purple Kit) Blending Brush…I have two of them and I LOVE them! It diffuses harsh edges like a beast!
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Almost any small/medium concealer synthetic brush. It doesn’t really matter because I always end up blending out it out with my finger anyways.
Sonia kashuk no.29 blush brush hands down! (its the black handle one) the best blush brush there is. sooo soft and blends beautifully. no shedding at all. run to target and grab it!
best blending brush – I’d say MAC 217
Your skin tone/coloring: light warm
Best blush brush? I’ve been using this brush created by a Swiss make-up artist – she designed her own line of brushes – and it’s pretty amazing! The brand is called Stelicious.
Best eyeshadow blending brush? Oh easy! The MAC 217.
Best cream eyeshadow brush? I like using MAC’s 195 concealer brush to apply cream eyeshadow
Your skin tone/coloring: very fair (neutralish)
Best blush brush? Sonia Kashuk stippling brush (“Large Duo Fibre Multipurpose Brush”)
Best eyeshadow blending brush? A cheapie I got in a subscription box–the brand name has long since worn off. I also really like a blending brush I have from It Cosmetics.
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Clean fingers 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring: Pale-light neutral, NARS Deauville
Best blush brush? Real Techniques Blush brush
Best eyeshadow blending brush? I keep going back to my MAC 217 even though I really try to find a replacement since it’s so expensive and not vegan 🙁
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Not sure.
Your skin tone/coloring: Very, very fair
Best blush brush? I really like the MAC 187 (skunk brush). It makes it really easy to lightly apply blush and build as needed. Traditional blush brushes apply too much color for my fair skin.
Best eyeshadow blending brush? I like MAC 217.
Best cream eyeshadow brush? I can’t remember the number but it’s a MAC brush, flat and synthetic. It looks a lot like the concealer brush but smaller. It might’ve been a LE.
Skintone/coloring – MAC NW 5-10
Best blush brush – Real Techniques blush brush and Hakuhodo Yachiyo are my favorites.
Best eye shadow blending brush – MAC 224
Best cream eye shadow brush – Bobbi Brown cream eye shadow brush
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium Neutral MAC NC30-35
Best blush brush? I’ve really been liking a Tarte blush brush that I received in a holiday set from a few years ago
Best eyeshadow blending brush? Bobbi Brown Eye Blender brush
Best cream eyeshadow brush? MAC 242
Your skin tone/coloring: light med/yellow
Best blush brush?: Louise Young LY06
Best eyeshadow blending brush?: MAC 217!
Best cream eyeshadow brush?: MAC 249 and Bobbi Brown Cream Shadow brush!
Gah! These are some of my current favorite things to collect!
– I am ‘light’ or ‘fair’ in the shades I wear on my face.
– I love my Sonia Kashuk stippling blush brush so now I think I have convinced myself to buy a better quality one. Just discovered cream blush and now I get why stipplers exist!
For powder I like MUFE’s #156 but it isn’t perfect. I am still looking for the perfect blush brush that fits on the large apples of my cheeks (my fav was discontinued).
– I don’t wear colored eyeshadow (it’s the only product I have NO clue how to wear) but I wear 24 hr tattoo in nude pink as a base and like the Ellf $1 brush better than the 20$ brush I have. : /
I can’t wait to read the other comments! I need to find a replacement for my perfect blush brush!
Your skin tone/ porcelain
Best blush brush? Wayne goss brush 11
Best eyeshadow blending brush? Mac 217
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Sephora pro cream shadow brush
◾Your skin tone/coloring: warm light-medium (NC25)
◾Best blush brush? Still on the hunt though I do like Real Techniques’ and Kanebo’s
◾Best eyeshadow blending brush? MAC 217
◾Best cream eyeshadow brush? A (cheap!) Peggy Sage brush that is a dead ringer for the MAC 217
Your skin tone/coloring: very pale, neutral undertone. typically the lightest shade offered in a range. blonde hair, blue eyes.
Best blush brush? It cosmetics Live Beautifully Flawless Blush brush- I have tried many different brushes for blush and this one is easily my #1!
Best eyeshadow blending brush? Sigma E40– the Bobbi Brown one is great, too. So soft, but I think the Sigma gets the exact same job done at less cost!
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Bobbi Brown Cream Shadow brush
Your skin tone/coloring: fair, cool-toned
Best blush brush? One I got years ago from Pur Minerals. It’s angled and has no number but it’s the only one I use
Best eyeshadow blending brush? Still without a doubt the MAC 217
Best cream eyeshadow brush? The Sephora Pro Cream Shadow brush – unsurpassed!
Greetings from Roma!!!!
ROMA!!!! And you still visited us! <3
Your skin tone/coloring: between fair and light, cool undertones with warm features
Best blush brush? the Hourglass foundation/blush brush (No. 2)
Best eyeshadow blending brush? Make Up For Ever 242 for gentle blending, the Hourglass domed eye shadow brush for more intense blending
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Make Up For Ever 220
Your skin tone/coloring:
MAC NC42, tan, warm undertone.
Best blush brush?
Hakuhodo Yachiyo Medium Pointed (less pigmented blush), Koyudo BP016 Blush Brush (more pigmented blush), and OCC #011 Small Blush/Powder Brush (cream/liquid blush).
Best eyeshadow blending brush?
Hakuhodo J5523, Hakuhodo J142, and Tom Ford 13 Eyeshadow Blend Brush.
Best cream eyeshadow brush?
Cozzette D225 & MAC 242.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light medium with yellow undertones
Best blush brush? My favorite one is from that purple Sonia Kashuck anniversary kit. So soft.
Best eyeshadow blending brush? MAC 217
Best cream eyeshadow brush? I only use my fingers. 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring: Fair/light, cool
Best blush brush? The Real Techniques blush brush (and the Sigma F10 for a slightly lighter application)
Best eyeshadow blending brush? MAC 217
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Just my ring finger!
Skin Tone: Snow White (character)
Blush Brush: Real Techniques Duo Fiber
Eyeshadow Blending: Real Techniques Duo Fiber
Best Cream Eyeshadow Brush: Fingers.
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium, Olive-toned
Best blush brush? Real Techniques Blush Brush
Best eyeshadow blending brush? MAC217, MAC224
Best cream eyeshadow brush? Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush
Skin Tone: MAC NC 44
Blush Brush: MAC 187
Eyeshadow Blending: MAC 217
Cream Eyeshadow: MAC 217
Your skin tone/coloring: NARS Stromboli
Best blush brush?: Tarte’s Blush Brush
Best eyeshadow blending brush?: MAC 217
Best cream eyeshadow brush: Sonia Kashuk 205?