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What brushes do you use everyday? Or at least when you do your normal makeup routine? Brand/number/name?
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129, 187, 224, 252 and 227
my favorites always change from time to time
I love the 129!
Those are some great brushes 😀
mac 187 (foundation)
mac 217 (eye shadow)
mac 168 (blusher)
What foundation do you use with the 187?
Everyday Minerals flat top if i’m applying foundation
MAC (168 or 186 can’t remember!) slanted blusher brush
Body Shop eye brushes, I have a few and their names have all come off :/
168 is the contouring brush, so probably that one 🙂
I love my Mac 239 brush – it’s great! I also use a few Jemma Kidd brushes (depth brush for crease, brush for highlighting brow bone), Body Shop brush for blending, big powder brush and a Clinique blusher brush.
I adore the 239 🙂
I use 239, 217, 219 and 209 for my eyes
187 and Quo’s blush brush for my face
What do you use with the 187 usually?
I like most my MAC 187 and my 217, which I absolutely adore.
What do you use the 187 with?
239, 217, 266
😀
Eyes 217 239
Face 187 129 168
i use theese everyday and i love them
Nice! 🙂 I adore the 129, too! What do you use the 187 for?
MAC 187 for foundation and powder and the 239 and 224 for eyes.
Nice 😀 What foundation do you use with the 187?
I use MAC Select SPF15 liquid foundation. I swipe it on my face with my fingertip and use the 187 to blend.
I might have to give it a try 🙂 I always use the 182!
For eyes; 239,217 and 252
For Face; UD kabuki brush for msf, 168 for contouring, coastal scents italian badger flat bronzer brush<— is like the holy grail for flawless blush:)
Eyebrows; Anstasia brow brush
Wow, seems like alot for my daily haha:)
Nice! I would never have thought to use the UD kabuki brush with MSFs!
Every morning routine….
190 (moisturiser), 187 (liquid foundation), 150 (powder on liquid foundation), 217 (for eyeshadow) and/or 266 (fluidline), 168 (contour cheeks with emote), 182 (blush).
I love the 239 for packing colour but I rarely have time to do that… so I use the 217 as my all around eyeshadow brush since it blends beautifully! =D
I’ve never used the 150 for liquid foundation, interesting!
Sonia Kashuk brushes for the eyes (small/large eyeshadow brush, and blending brush)
MAC 266 (with fluidline)
MAC 109, I fell in love with this brush! Even though it’s a small contour brush, I use it for my Mineralized Loose foundation. It’s really good for buffing!
How do you like the Sonia Kashuk brushes compared to MAC?
187 – Foundation mixed with my moisturizer
coastal scents pink kabuki – Mineralize Skinfinish Natural
129 – blush
168 – Countour with Shadester/lightsweep
239 – eyeshadow
224- blending
219 – smudge lower lashline pencil liner
209 – fluidline
I cant live without my 187 though! LUV IT!
Nice list, Awilda! Do you have to wash your 187 brush often since you use it with foundation mixed with moisturizer?
on a dailey bases i will use
210, 239, 217, 224, 242- i think thats what it is
129!
Nice brush choices, Shannon!
I use mostly MAC, then a few from Coastal Scents, and one or two from CVS brand. From MAC I use 217 and 182 with every application. I use the spoolie and the brow brush from CS with each app as well. I a small crease brush and a large crease brush from CVS that I use on occasion.
I adore the 182! must-use everyday 😀
182 for buffing MSF, eye shadow brush from e.l.f. (Like 239 with a fraction of a price), slanted blush brush from EM
Nice! I use the 182 everyday, too.
MAC 180 (FOUNDATION)
NARS BOTAN (LOOSE POWDER AND TO BLEND ENTIRE MAKEUP)
MAC 168 (CONTOUR)
MAC 182 (SHEER BLUSH) OR MAC 129
FOR EYES I LOVE THESE: MAC 217, 219, 239, 224 NARS SMUDGER
Good list, Luv J! 🙂
MAC 187 or 109 for foundation (Studio Fix Fluid NC25)
MAC 134 blush
MAC 168 contour
MAC 252 eyeshadow and paintpot
MAC 208 fluidline
…and also can u recommend me a perfect crease brush??.. i think the 224 its sooo big for my eyes.. im thinking 217 or 222…
219 is really good to help define the crease. If 224 is a little too big you might want to go with 222. I rarely use my 217 for the crease but it works (but it’s as big as 224 in my opinion).
thank u jessica i will try 219 and 224 for blending!!! 🙂
217 is very popular 🙂 That should work for you!
MAC’s 187, 217, 224, 219, and 129 SH
My 129 is SH, too! I picked mine up from Stylistics last year. I couldn’t resist the pretty handle 🙁
Cant thank my sweet hubs enough for getting me my first brush set from MAC few Christmases ago.
I don’t think I’d be able to do makeup without :
Face – 129, 187, 168 and 194
Eyes – 239 (fave of the lot!), 209 (great with the gel liner), 217 (best blending brush ever!), 219 (this is best used for smuding the lower lash line for that smoky effect), 224, 249 and 266 (great for the brows!)
Aww, what a sweetheart 🙂
I really need to look into the 217 and 224. I don’t have either. I just use the 239 for anything eyeshadow!
mac 187 for foundation
sephora retractable blush brush for setting powder, pressed powder and blush / body shop lip brush for concealer (the stiffness is perfect for both eys and lips)
sephora smudge brush #14
sephora all over brush #21
(this by the way are for daily make up, for elaborate make overs, i use my mac arsenal)
What concealer do you use, Louie?
Well, I plan to get the Costco brush set that comes out this year, and hopefully all three of the MAC brush sets coming out soon.. And maybe some NYX brushes and Everyday Minerals brushes..
But otherwise, I only have 4 brushes, all by SPAresources which I got at Wal-mart. They’re pretty good. 🙂
I have the concealer brush, medium eye shadow brush, small eye shadow brush, and eye contour brush, which I use all for eyes. 🙂
I need more brushes, ahahah!
Then you’ll be all brushed out, LOL 😛
Flat Top Brush from Everday Minerals
Baby Kabuki Brush also from EM
Aww, baby kabuki 😀
Oh I forgot Two More brush from Kameiru 4 apply my e/s
every single day!
MAC 129 (blush)
MAC 239 & 217 (eyes)
I use 129 and 239 everyday, too!