Whether you’re a professional makeup artist or someone who loves to do her makeup on her own, eye brushes are quite essential for getting the look right. It doesn’t matter if you’re going for a sensual smoky eye or a more sensational winged liner, having the right brushes can certainly help in ensuring that your eye makeup is on point. With the host of different eye brushes out there in the market, choosing the right ones for the job and knowing how to use them can easily turn into a nightmare for the uninitiated. Fret not, for we’re here to guide you through this mare’s nest of eye makeup with a list of essential eye brushes and their uses.
Foundation Brush
The foundation brush (also known as the concealer brush) is a small synthetic brush that is used to apply a concealer or cream foundation on the under eye area so as to lighten the region. Start from the nose and blend the product outward towards your cheekbones. The foundation brush is extremely useful in ensuring that your makeup blends in seamlessly on your face without any visible streak lines.
All-Over Eye Shadow Brush
The eye shadow brush is basically a fluffy brush that is a must-have for your eye makeup kit. This brush helps you apply both powder and cream shadows across your eyelids and is just as handy in blending out a line. As a quick hack, the all-over eye shadow brush can also help you dab on some shadow under your lower lashes for a smokier eye look.
Blending Eye Shadow Brush
As the name suggests, this fluffy brush is pretty useful in blending together different shades of eye shadow as well as to diffuse the shadow lines near the crease. Not only does this multi-tasker do all of that, it even works excellently for blending the foundation around your brow ridge to give your eyes a more natural appearance.
Smudge Brush
If you’re big on the smoky eye, making the smudge brush your best friend certainly seems like the right thing to do. While essentially used to seamlessly transition from one colour of the shadow to the other, this round-headed brush can also help you softly blend in your eye liner, providing you with the perfectly sultry and sensual smoky eye.
Angled Eyeliner Brush
For those who favour the winged liner above all else, this slanted liner brush is sine qua non. The flat and angled bristles of this eyeliner brush are perfect for creating thick, thin or even graduated lines, no matter whether you’re using gel liner or an eye shadow. Howsoever dramatic you want your winged eyeliner to be, this bristled genius of a tool will do the job for you.
Written by Karan Dalvi on Jan 13, 2019
Author at BeBeautiful.