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SierraChanelMUA

Posts: 17

Olympia, Washington, US

What brand of brushes do you all use? I see Sephora has a brush kit for around 250.00. Has anyone purchased/liked that one?
I'm new to the industry and so far have acquired Bare Minerals brushes and that's about it. big_smile

Sep 08 11 02:31 pm Link

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About Faces-Lynn

Posts: 957

Detroit, Michigan, US

Royal & Langnickel Pro Silk Brushes are awesome.  I love mine!

Sep 08 11 04:00 pm Link

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Beauty4U

Posts: 1862

New York, New York, US

I have all sorts of brushes from all sorts of places.  Some of the lines of brushes I use are:

Crown
Clinique
Shu Uemura
Sephora
MAC
Sonia Kashuk
Duane Reade Brand (Look NYC) - with the purple handle

I feel that I dont like just ONE brand of brushes and some brands have certain brushes that are better than others.

Sep 08 11 04:42 pm Link

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SierraChanelMUA

Posts: 17

Olympia, Washington, US

I'll have to check the royal and langnickel ones out today. Thank you both for the suggestions! I'll have to check out the MAC ones too smile

Sep 08 11 05:44 pm Link

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M_M_MU

Posts: 211

Seattle, Washington, US

I'm curious to hear responses on this as well, since I could really stand to have better brushes. One that I have liked is the "duo shadow" Face Secrets brush from Sally's. I can't tell if the other Face Secrets brushes are any good, mostly because they don't carry a very good supply at the local Sally's.

Sep 08 11 06:25 pm Link

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Makeup By Jae Lee

Posts: 138

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Sigma
MAC
Bdellium
Real techniques by samantha chapman of pixiwoo

Sep 08 11 06:48 pm Link

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ThirdEyeMakeup

Posts: 316

Los Angeles, California, US

I use:
Sigma (mainly)
Clinique
Sue Devitt
Royal & Langnickel Pro Silk
and Sephora

*Basically, whatever is super soft.

*I once bought some ELF brushes and i think they're terrible.

*I'm dying to get my hands on some Hakuhodo and Louise Young brushes

Sep 08 11 07:41 pm Link

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Ms BSK

Posts: 886

Brooklyn, New York, US

In my kit I have some:

Crown brushes (phasing out)
Adesign
Hakahudo - heaven
OCC - they are synthetic and simply amazing and they work well with wet and dry products

I want to try some Royal brushes and Bdellum.

Sep 08 11 09:53 pm Link

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Ms BSK

Posts: 886

Brooklyn, New York, US

This is a great source for really good brushes from different lines:

http://inmykit.com/makeup_brushes.htm

Sep 08 11 09:54 pm Link

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MattisJ

Posts: 122

Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

GLAMCOR
aDesign
OCC
Cozette
Illamasqua
Royal & Langnickel

Sep 09 11 03:35 am Link

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JamesC Lost Creatives

Posts: 582

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

frustratingly alot of my kit has gone missing, major issues over this as its my main brush roll of eyes, lips etc.  But replacements will be:

Mac
Smashbox
Hakoudo
nars

I am just a little upset over the loss but its a chance to completely restock (annoying dealing with the insurance company though).

Sep 09 11 01:52 pm Link

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SierraChanelMUA

Posts: 17

Olympia, Washington, US

oh wow thats terrible that it went missing hmm
These are all great suggestions for me-thanks for the help!

Sep 09 11 02:50 pm Link