How to Pick Makeup Brushes

Video Transcript

"Let's take just a second to talk about makeup brushes for the face. I know that when you go into a store it can be a little overwhelming because there are so many to choose from. Let me give you a couple quick tips for picking out the right makeup brushes. These are the ones that I've used so far, and these are some of my favorites and I'll tell you why. This first one is fantastic. It's a foundation brush, although you can use it for a cream blush and other kinds of liquid and cream products. Moisturizer it's fantastic for. These are usually synthetic brushes. Don't let that scare you. They're still very soft and very applyable. This is made specifically for the liquid or cream products for blending. The second one that I use...This is a fantastic brush. This is one of my secrets here. This is a buffer brush and it's made from select goat hair, so if you feel it it's super, super soft and fine. It feels fantastic on your skin. What this does is because it's at more of an angle, it helps to really work products into the skin and helps makeup look a little bit more airbrushed. You can also use this brush for contouring. It's fantastic for blush and for applying bronzer or cheek color in the hollow of the cheek bones. The next one is kind of like the first one. It's a little mini version of the foundation brush. It's a great concealer brush. It's made very similarly; nice, synthetic, soft fibers. This is so tiny that it helps get right around the little eye areas. It's also fantastic if you have a break out. You can paint a little concealer right where you need it and not give you a big blob of concealer on the skin. This is one of the best brushes. It's amazing; it's soft, nice, big and fluffy. This is perfect for powder and for bronzer and for what have you. You can apply bronzer to the body with this brush because it's so nice and big and plush. It's fantastic. Don't try to get a brush that's too small to apply your powder because it'll end up looking a little caked on. This will just lay things really lightly on top of the skin. "