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This picture is a standard brush which comprises of 3 parts. The first is the handle itself where it is typically made of wood/plastic. Then comes the ferrule which holds the hand-tied hair with glue. It usually comes in aluminum material. The last is the hair itself where the type of hair is important for all makeup enthusiasts.

Brushes play and essential role in the flawless mineral makeup application.

This post will explain the various brushes that should be in your collection for that perfect look!

1) The Kabuki Brush

It is also known as the “Buffer”. It usually comes in short handles for the comfort of gripping the brush. It is particularly used to blend and buff entire face using buffing powder such as the foundation, finishing veil and loose powder. It helps reduce the appearance of pore size.

Kabuki’s comes in a wide range of size, structure and hair type, such as the long-handled buki and baby buki. The main difference that you would want to look out for is the density of the brush and also the type of hair used. The larger the kabuki brush, the larger the coverage area you would be able to obtain. It determines the amount of powder that it can pick with its bristles.

A good kabuki brush should be able to provide good coverage when applying mineral makeup and also do not feel ’scratchy’. In addition, the brush should never shed too much during application. However, it would be normal for a brush to shed during the first few applications. After a good washing and more applications, the brush should not shed as much.

2) Concealer Brush

As the name implies, the concealer brush is used to conceal those ‘don’t want to be seen’ areas. The concealer brush size could come in large/small sizes where the larger ones are used to cover up those freckles/blemishes and requires a larger coverage area. Whilst, the smaller ones are used for more precise coverage, like those lines surrounding the eye area and tiny freckles.

A concealer brush would normally be made of taklon (artificial hair) as it needs to be a little bit harder to help control the concealing.

3) Contour/Cheek Blending Brush

A contour/cheek blending brush is angled and not flat as it is used to accentuate the contour of the face in the cheek area. It would be ideal to use this brush to apply your blusher/highlighter around the cheek area as it follows the contour of the cheek bones.

4) Medium Brushes

 

Blender for eyes and also used for highlights and shading of other smaller areas that you might want to highlight/shade for under the eyes, temples, under the chin, sides of the nose and etc.

Some are used for all over eyeshadow application over the entire eyelids as well as, to help soften and blend the edges of the eyeshadows and other very small areas.

5) Smaller brushes

 

From the pic above it’s the brushes 3, 6,7 and 17.

 For Eyes/Concealer/Lips — Could be used for glosses, liners, covering tiny spots and etc.

6) Brow definer

 Has a small angle and the bristles are stiff to apply and define your brows while brushing the hair into place. This brush is used to fill in your eyebrows and obtaining the shape that you desire.

7)Mascara Wand

The mascara wand is brush No. 19. It looks like exactly like the mascara comb on the mascara. 

This brush looks like a mascara brush just without the mascara itself. It helps to brush and comb your eyelashes to separate them out after the application of mascara.

8 )Combination of a Comb and a Brush

 This brush is used to brush and groom eyebrows into shape. Also, to remove excess powders trapped on eyebrows.

Note: You can get all this brushes from our Simply Naturale Store!

How do I clean my makeup brush?

It’s best to clean makeup brushes that are used daily, every month (more often if you share them). This is to ensure that makeup is not dense and stuck in the bristles of the brushes. Thus, guarantees the right amount of mineral picked up by each bristle.

Cleaner for brushes:

First, you can wash the makeup brushes with any gentle shampoo such as Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo. It is not recommended to use harsh soaps as the brushes are made of natural hair which has natural oil on it. This oil is the ones that pick up the powders and provide the great makeup coverage that we want.

Steps to take to wash your brush

• First, carefully wet the makeup brush. Place some shampoo on your fingertips and gently shampoo the hair.

• You can try swirling the brush on the palm of your hands (Remember, brush facing downwards) like you do when buffering powder unto face.

• Gently but thoroughly wash the brush with mild shampoo in tepid water, concentrating your effort on the bristles, not the handle.

Important: Always keep your brush at a slight angle (almost perpendicular) with the hair tips facing downwards, NEVER UPWARDS! Never let cleaner or water run inside the ferrule, as this can weaken the glue used to hold the hair and cause shedding problems or even wobbly handles.

• Meticulously rinse the brush under running water until water runs clear.

• Carefully press out excess water from bristles and dab the brush dry with a towel.

• Arrange the bristles back into their original shape.

• Let the brush air dry lying flat on a dry towel or hang it up (suspended) with the hair tip facing downwards.

Remember: Never leave it to dry with the hair facing up, in a glass or container. It should not come into contact with any surface while drying! Makeup brushes that dry upright (with hair pointing or facing upwards) will cause water running into the ferrule and will soon begin to cause the hair on the makeup brush to fan out or shed and can even cause the handle to become loose or wobbly.

Everyday Brush Care

Alternatively, you can avoid washing your brush every month and prolong the state of your brushes by cleaning them after every use.

This can be done by cleaning the brushes with cleaning wipes such as baby tissue wipes which is easily obtainable in any drugstore.

Just clean and wipe the tips of your brush gently after every use and leave it to air dry on a flat surface.