https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:47:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2225310 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:44:45 +0000 Anonymous 2225310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are synthetic actually! And yep, looks like a brush cleaning mat is a good idea.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2225267 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:49:49 +0000 Roberta 2225267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought a Nyx "Can't Stop Won't Stop" foundation brush a month ago and it is wonderful! Vegan bristles and washes like a dream. This brush makes such a difference in ease of application and coverage - I was always Fingers McGee before.</p> <p>I also have a couple of Sonia Kashuk eye liner and shadow brushes from Target, ages ago. Excellent quality but likely animal bristles.</p> <p>I do recommend one of thse silicone brush cleaning mats. I don't use special soap (whatever hand soap is there), but the mat means you don't over work the bristles and still get the brush really clean. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2225125 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 01:37:49 +0000 Anonymous 2225125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Quick follow up- I picked up a Sonia Kashuk set at Big Red Box today. They feel really soft and not super pricy so we'll see!<br /> ETA- used them this am and they're a joy to use Wish I could go back in time and tell my teenage self to prioritize nice brushes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224628 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:08:10 +0000 Anonymous 2224628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all- lots to check out! I decided I need to think of makeup like painting on a canvas. Too often it's "just another thing to do."<br /> And rrr re: recipes! I don't care about your life story- ingredients, temp, time- I'll figure the rest out. I skip about the first 20 pages of nonfiction books for the same reason. "This is why you need this info"...If I wasn't interested I wouldn't have borrowed it bro!</p> <p>Will check the paint brushes at Michaels. Ug I know, based on their beads, but there's no proper art supply store anywhere within an hour I can think of. Definitely prefer to do this in person! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224623 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:58:53 +0000 N 2224623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Best ones are Japanese made </p> <p><a href="https://cooljp.co/article/japanese-makeup-brushes-cj-6538" rel="nofollow">https://cooljp.co/article/japa.....es-cj-6538</a></p> <p>Whilst many are animal hair, there are now many vegan ones available too. </p> <p>I know la bouche rouge (French luxury brand) sell ones made in Japan that are vegan. </p> <p><a href="https://www.laboucherougeparis.com/categories/brushes/faceline-brushes/" rel="nofollow">https://www.laboucherougeparis.....e-brushes/</a></p> <p>(Their brushes for eyes are in the eye section). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224606 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:34:02 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2224606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can’t help you with the brushes, but on the videos, I feel your pain! Quick shots to demonstrate a technique that’s being described work for me, but I’d like the main presentation in writing. And a link to skip the crap &amp; go straight to the recipe, svp. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224597 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:14:13 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2224597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, hear me out - Wet and Wild’s blush brush is quite good. Super inexpensive too. Eco tools, Elf, and IT for Ulta, as well as Sephora’s store brand are all ones I’ve bought and liked. Some of my more ‘experienced’ brushes are from Mac and Bare Escentuals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224568 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 03:30:10 +0000 Anonymous 2224568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep - cream foundations , bronzers etc go on better with a brush . Those brushes are denser and more compact and have flat heads . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224535 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:56:24 +0000 Jaime 2224535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Real techniques but I mostly only use the powder brush. Would like to be better really but everything I try looks wrong - will check out that book. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224531 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:43:28 +0000 nemosmom 2224531@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite makeup brushes all came from art supply stores. Not a ton of money and serve the same purpose.</p> <p>BONUS: more variety of handle lengths and widths ;)</p> <p>PS - they are all at least a decade or two old and still in great condition. </p> <p>Leave no retail stone unturned!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224525 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:36:59 +0000 Kate 2224525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most of my current brushes are MAC. For low cost but good quality, I like ELF. In a pinch a few years ago, I bought a brush by makeup artist Sonia Kashuk at Target and was amazed by how nice it was. I don’t know if Target still sells the line, but I wouldn’t hesitate to buy from it again.</p> <p>My best brushes were the most pricey, bought from Christian Dior back in the early 80s when I flung $$ around like a drunken sailor on shore leave. And it wasn’t because I made a lot of money either. Ah, careless youth. Fun times, though!</p> <p>At least I was smart enough to take good care of those brushes. I still have them all too, and they are going strong. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224523 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:24:59 +0000 Sloper 2224523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My sister gave me some Bobbi Brown brushes as a gift - at least 15 years ago.&nbsp; They've held up well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224519 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:33:03 +0000 stylecooky 2224519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Real Techniques and ELF are both great and affordable options. I find they compare to more expensive brands and last quite awhile. You don't have to spend alot.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224517 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:27:28 +0000 cat2 2224517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the Real Techniques brushes at Ulta. Not too expensive, last a long time and definitely vegan. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224515 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 22:08:36 +0000 Anonymous 2224515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all! I never had a full big set, so really haven't explored what would work best for different things. I'm thinking of popping into Ulta to try to compare different brands. </p> <p>A couple of mine are Elf, the wood is chipping off on one though. I like the idea of bamboo handles, one of mine has that. </p> <p>The worst brush I had was a kabuki that came apart when I washed it Plus it was hard to get clean. That's why my arsenal doesn't have one ATM.</p> <p>And shoot, creams need different brushes too? I always apply them by hand. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224508 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:26:23 +0000 Anonymous 2224508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh - yes to MAC too . MVP’s? A mac domed small eye shadow brush ( not sure exactly what it’s called ) and the BB standard blush and powder brushes - which I use for blush and bronzer . As I move more toward cream makeup though , I’m accumulating the brushes necessary to work with those formations . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224498 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:27:31 +0000 Adela Arceo G 2224498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Believe it or not, E.L.F. has terrific brushes and they're all very inexpensive! You can also try Eco Tools.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224493 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:11:46 +0000 Style Fan 2224493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also have invested in good-quality brushes over the years.&nbsp; Most of them are not vegan, and I bought most of them over 20 years ago.&nbsp; I wash them carefully, and they have held up beautifully.<br />I have a couple from Laura Mercier, but most of them are from MAC.&nbsp; I also have some from Smashbox, but they are not my favourite.<br />I never wear foundation or anything for my complexion.&nbsp; My skin is too sensitive.&nbsp; I wear eye make-up, blush and lipstick.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />For eye make-up, I have a brush for applying shadow to the lid, a brush for contouring, a brush for crease, a brush for blending and a brush for eyeliner.&nbsp; I also have small brushes for smudging.&nbsp; It sounds like a lot, but somehow I ended up with these.&nbsp; I am not an artist by a long shot.<br />I have two blush brushes.&nbsp; Who knows why?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224444 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:30:26 +0000 Anonymous 2224444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know why I consider makeup tools less worthy of investment than home repair ones! I use the makeup tools more.<br /> 20 years is a good run! What brushes are your MVPs, if you were to get them individually? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224429 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:15:03 +0000 Anonymous 2224429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I invested in the best quality brushes I could afford many years ago, and they have served me well for at least 20 years . Not kidding. Mine are most definitely NOT vegan, as that wasn't an option back then. My collection is from Bobbi Brown, primarily. Newer ones are from Sephora's own line, and one or two from Jane Iredale. I don't go near the drugstore options - they just don't do the job.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/beauty-tools#post-2224422 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:06:37 +0000 Anonymous 2224422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I started reading a book called The Makeup of a Confident Woman- and it's been eye opening (pardon the pun).<br /> It's probably old but it popped up on Hoopla. I know there are a bajillion You Tube videos too, but I just don't have the patience. At least books you can skip to the point!<br /> Anyway, one thing I saw was she uses a flat brush for eyeliner, whereas I've used an angled brush. I really have a hard time getting liner right by the lashes, so worth a try.<br /> Did a quick search on Big Warehouse, and there are Tons. And Tons of sets. Like sets of 18 brushes +.<br /> Below is the Big Box hodgepodge I use, but my bigger brushes just aren't all that soft now. I wash weekly but maybe due a replacement. Now I don't hesitate to spend on good tools at the hardware store, why should beauty tools be different?<br /> I use brushes for mineral foundation, blush/bronzer, 2 shades of shadow, liner/brows, and lipstick.<br /> Recommendations of what to look for, as a set or separately? I definitely want vegan brushes. My goal is to have the right tools to make the process as efficient as possible! </p> <p>ETA-got some-find added :)&nbsp;</p>