Anyone considering enrolling in makeup school will need to invest in some good brushes, but which are the best ones to get?
Makeup artist Troy Surrat, who has worked with Jennifer Lopez and Freida Pinto, told Allure magazine that high quality brushes are worth paying for.
He said that natural bristles are best for applying powder as they are fluffier and have a cuticle that "grabs pigment and holds it until you place it exactly where you want on the face".
If you're about to join makeup school then you may want to buy a brush made from pony hair, goat or kolinsky sable, which Mr Surrat recommended.
He also told the magazine that synthetic brushes are best for applying cream and liquid natural cosmetics.
Women should get four different types of tool - a large powder brush, a smaller, fluffier one for blusher and bronzer, an eye shadow brush about the size of a fingertip and an even smaller one for smudging and blending.
"Look for a slightly domed shape," he recommended. "It rolls best across the skin and deposits less pigment [all at once]."
Brushes should be washed once a week, so you should not be following the 72 per cent of women that a Debenhams survey found to never clean their tools.
Article Last Updated: 30/03/2010 14:06:43
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