What is your preferred tool for liquid foundation?
Marc Jacobs The Face II, which is no longer available! I like a slightly rounded, dense, synthetic brush.
— Christine
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A couple of years back I started applying foundation with my fingers and I never looked back.
Sonia G jumbo base
For the longest time, I have been loving the Real Techniques Beauty Sponge for foundation application. However, I may need to rethink that, and give my little Sephora foundation brush another go. Especially for waterproof foundation, as mine just aren’t applying as evenly with a damp sponge as I would like.
I switch off between Sephora #56 and MAC #170 every two days (three days if I’m feeling really lazy).
Brush; too many to say there’s one favorite. I can use anything from the fat flat paint brush type of foundation brush to a rounded flat synthetic one. I have stopped using sponges, even it they may help you have a quick natural look. I think they use up too much product and they take too much water to clean.
To apply my foundation, I just use my fingers – I rub the required amount of foundation on my fingertips and gently apply it to my cheeks first and then to the rest of my face.
Shiseido used to make a slightly angled flat topped kabuki type foundation brush with a short, stubby handle and I’m so glad I got a few of them because they’ve been replaced with a synthetic version. I love it for all liquid foundations and for CC creams.
My fingers never failed me. I sometimes will go over everything with a Real Techniques sponge with a bit of setting spray.
It depends on the foundation, but usually a beauty blender type sponge.
Beauty Blender, never looked back after first trying it. I did try the other brand copies of it but none beat the original BB.
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To start with, then fingers and sponges and other brushes. It all depends on formula.
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