Make-up brushes

spudz22

I want a set of make up brushes for everyday use. I'm stuck between getting a body shop set or buying a mac set gradually over a long space of time (already have mac 190).... anybody any suggestions which set would be best? or can anyone suggest better brushes?

LadyMayBelle

There are a few threads on make up brushes in the past few months if you do a search, always ends up between body shop and mac tho...and a few suggestions on Daler Rowney (the actual artists paintbrushes!)

Novella

I actually have the Benefit foundation brush and the powder brush and can't say enough good things about 'em. Moderately priced, can't remember exactly 'cause I've had 'em for three years now but they owe me nothing! I use them everyday and they're still as good as the day I first used them.

chocgirl

Apparently dunnes are selling some really good brushes at the minute! Anybody now what they are? Or if this is true?

The Big Red Button

I quite like the Urban Decay brushes. Especially the big massive bronzer one ... this one!

LadyMayBelle

chocgirl wrote: »

Apparently dunnes are selling some really good brushes at the minute! Anybody now what they are? Or if this is true?

Hmm, I have seen them near the counter, nice clean simple packaging, not too cheap either..

I use a body shop one (17euro ish) and love it

princess-lala

I ordered a set on ebay - Ive been looking at them for a while now - 23 brushes for something like 30 euro Ive bought from them before and they are the same as my mac brushes!

Pythia

princess-lala wrote: »

I ordered a set on ebay - Ive been looking at them for a while now - 23 brushes for something like 30 euro Ive bought from them before and they are the same as my mac brushes!

They are fakes though I presume?

marxcoo

I think Bobby Brown probably do the best sets although I love Estee Lauder ones too.

LivingDeadGirl

Sigmamakeup.com, you can get brushes very similar in quality to MAC, sometimes even slightly better (can personally confirm this as I have a few MAC brushes too) for a very reasonable price! I got the full set and the kabuki, every brush is excellent.

ams

I second the recommendation for Sigma brushes although they have sneakily increased their prices recently. I got the full set and I use it every day - the quality is really good. The only brush I dont use is their version of the mac 187 as it sheds but I already had Jemma kidds version of this so it didnt bother me.

Sahrs

if you want make up brushes id suggest crown if your on budget but want really good brushes... http://www.crownbrush.co.uk/
Im a make up artist and i have had a set of these for years and they are brilliant. They are often at events like Girls Day Out and Off The Rails. i was speaking to the of the employees at Girls Day Out and they actually make the brushes for many high street stores...

LivingDeadGirl

ams wrote: »

I second the recommendation for Sigma brushes although they have sneakily increased their prices recently. I got the full set and I use it every day - the quality is really good. The only brush I dont use is their version of the mac 187 as it sheds but I already had Jemma kidds version of this so it didnt bother me.

Hmmmm mine doesn't shed hardly at all, just a little when I washed it (first time too). Maybe email them about it?

princess-lala

Pythia wrote: »

They are fakes though I presume?

They arent mac, they are similar to mac brushes, I have a load of mac ones and wanted newer ones.

jenizzle

I have a few crownbrush brushes too, can't say a bad word about them!

Lia_lia

I have Body Shop brushes. Well, the foundation brush, big powder brush and the blusher one. I don't use the foundation one. Can't be arsed. Dunno why I bought it. But the other two work well I think I clearly know nothing about make up!

ams

LivingDeadGirl wrote: »

Hmmmm mine doesn't shed hardly at all, just a little when I washed it (first time too). Maybe email them about it?

I think they changed the brush to improve it so I may have gotten the old version!!

stowney27

for the girls who said they used sigma brushes i am just wondering did you get them online and if so were you liable to pay taxes when they arrived?

LivingDeadGirl

Yep you can only get them online and no I wasn't taxed, never have been on anything I've bought online actually!

stowney27

ok thanks very much and sorry to be annoying with the questions but were they delivered by courier or just by an post and finally what were delivery times like?

thanks in advance!