Current Favourite Brushes

As a beauty blogger and general beauty enthusiast, it is only expected that I take a high interest in all things makeup. Over the years, I have noticed I have a rather extensive love for not only makeup itself, but also makeup brushes. I seek such pleasure in buying, collecting and organising my brushes, and I therefore appear to have acuired quite a collection. As with any beauty product, I tend to swap around my faves of the bunch quite regularly, and today, I thought I would share with you all my current favourite makeup brushes. 

I use an aray of different brushes on a daily basis, but I seem to find myself always reaching for these 6 in particular. I do use other brushes in my daily routine, however I chose to only talk about the following. The lineup consists of;

Real Techniques Buffing Brush

Real Techniques Contour Brush

Zoeva 228 Crease Brush

Zoeva 234 Shader Brush

Zoeva 227 Soft Definer Brush

Zoeva 317 Wing Liner Brush

Recently, I have found myself reaching for these particular brushes, in a desperate bid to make my makeup look half-decent when under a somewhat miniscule time limit in the mornings. They are seriously a great bunch of brushes for those rushed-of-your-feet kind of days, and, well, for any day really. 

The buffing brush is what I would class as an 'all rounder'. Its versatility makes this brush such a staple brush in anyone's collection; not to mention its high quality, soft bristles. It blends makeup seamlessly across the skin, and ensures your skin is left with a smooth and flawless finish. It can be used with both cream and powder products, meaning your foundation, concealer & powder can all be done with one brush. You could use it for blush/bronzer too, however, I feel that would cause a few too many colours to settle amongst the bristles. After all, who wants streaks of pink through their foundation? Any how, this makeup brush is fabulous, and can be purchased as a part of the 'Real Techniques Core Collection' makeup brush pack. As well as two other brushes, the next contender is also included along side the Buffing brush...

Its the Real Techniques Contour brush. This petite little beauty is practically perfect in every way. Its small, tapered shape make contouring as easy as can be. It also works a dream for applying blush and particularly highlighter. I love this brush, and feel as though I have finally hit jackpot in terms of finding a staple contour brush. 

These next brushes all belong to a brand that I am quite frankly in love with. Its Zoeva. Its no secret that their brushes are of an excellent quality, and I definitely would state them as one of my fave brush brands. I honestly adore their brushes so much, and thoroughly enjoy using them. The first brush of theirs that I have been loving lately, goes by the name of the 228 Crease brush. This brush is the best blending brush I have ever tried. Its bristles are so incredibly soft, and its ability to blend eyeshadow is even more incredible. Its tapered, gentle bristles make blending an easy job for anybody - no matter how experienced. I love it!

The 234 Smokey Shader brush is another love of mine from Zoeva. Its basically your regular flat shader brush, however, an extremely good flat shader brush. Its soft bristles are of such a perfect density, enabling you to pack on eye shadow to create a flawless look to an intensity of your choice. It definitely has the ability to give an opaque, colour-packed look, but can also be used with alighter  hand in order to give you something a little on the softer side.

The 227 brush is quite an exciting one actually. It is the most amazing dupe for the MAC 217 brush. I have compared the two and could barely distinguish the difference. In fact, the Zoeva one has much softer bristles. For around a 1/3 of the price of the MAC one, you really do get a lot of bang for your buck with this brush. I personally love it for blending eyeshadow through the crease, and feel it allows you a great deal of control over where your eyeshadow goes. Again, the density is just right, and it fits through the crease of the eye perfectly, giving a seamless and flawless finish. 

Lastly, but by no means least, its the Zoeva 317 Wing Liner brush. Despite its name, I personally don't use this brush for eyeliner, but in fact to fill in my eyebrows. Never before have I discovered an angled brush that fills in my eyebrows the way this one does. Normally, I find angled brushes to be way too thick and dense, meaning I end up with harsh and patchy looking brows. However, this little beauty effortlessly allows you to apply an even amount of product throughout the brow, giving you a soft yet defined look. Its bristles are flexible enough to allow a soft application, yet dense enough to allow control and precision.

I adore all of the brushes mentioned, and would urge you to give them a try should the opportunity ever arise. 

There are always so many brushes that I make a claim of adoration towards, and recently, this bunch just so happen to have won over my makeup brush heart (is that a thing? It is now!) - hopefully I did them justice in my little ramblings above. 

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