make-upbrushes
As the saying goes, “a workman is only as good as his tools” - invest in the correctmake-up brushes tomake sure that your application techniques are on top form.
Applying make-up is an art, and just like an artist, the skill has to be there, but the right tools have to be in place too.
An artist can have the talent to paint sitting there already, but if he wasn’t to choose the correct brushes, he would find it difficult to apply the paint to the canvas perfectly. The same applies to the make-up artist – choose the correct brushes and kit and application will be perfect.
Taking time to train in your profession and choose the best cosmetic products is all well and good, but the make-up brushes and kit you choose will make all the difference to the application of the products and the completed look. For this reason, you should put just as much effort into choosing your kit as you would your cosmetic products.
Jane Iredale, founder of the Jane Iredale brand, agrees: “Good brushes ensure that the desired application is achieved effectively and efficiently.
“Colour, such as eyeshadows and blush, can be blended so much more effectively with high quality
brushes.As someone once said: ‘There are only three things you need to know about good make-up application – blend, blend, blend’.”
Back to basics
It’s hard to determine exactlywhen the idea of cosmetic brusheswas first developed, however the first evidence of cosmetic usage dates back as far as the ancient Egyptian times, around 4000BC, suggesting it wasn’t too long until the idea of a tool to apply themake-upwould have come along.Over the years, archaeologists have found evidence of cosmetic brushes dating as far back as the Saxon times in 500- 600AD.
Today,make-up brushes aremainly made fromnatural animal hair,which is suitable for applying powders, and synthetic bristles,which are better suited towards applying productswith a creamy texture as they don’t stick to the synthetic fibres. “Nylon prevents the product fromsticking to the fibres, allowing for easy transference and blending,” says Jane.
Brusheswith animal hair bristles are often a favourite formake-up artists due to theway that they apply powder-basedmake-up to the face, in particularmineralmake-up; the scales on the hair help to hold the powder particles on the brush until it is applied to the face.
Natural brushes can bemade of single animal fibres, or even amixture. “Some of the best powder brushes aremade frombadger hair. Sable is often used for smaller, finermake-up brushes because of its rich, silky texture,whilst squirrel hair is often themost expensive
“Colour, such as eyeshadows and blush, can be blended somuch more effectivelywith high quality
brushes.As someone once said: ‘There are only three things you need to knowabout goodmake- up application - blend,
blend, blend’.” - Jane Iredale, Founder of the Jane Iredale brand.
andmanufacturersmix the bristleswith pony hair to bring down the price of the make-up brush,” sayMake-up Brush Studios.
Jane adds: “One of the distinguishing features of a good quality brush is the standard and type of natural hair used and howthat hair is shaped and attached to the handle by the ferrule. The type of natural hair chosen, the shape and the density (amount of hair used) all contribute to the performance of the brush and howit delivers the pigment onto the surface of the skin.”
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