Makeup

Good quality makeup brushes are essential, especially if you are not a makeup artist, which a lot of us aren't. You can use the little applicators standard in makeup compacts, or inexpensive brushes sets selling for $5.00 a set, but the bristles are always rough, thin, or improperly shaped (this can streak makeup). They clump with color almost immediately, and gather dust and unhealthy bacteria. If you try to wash them, they will quickly disintegrate. Inexpensive brushes are often poorly shaped, with poor quality bristles that constantly shed, making it impossible to apply products smoothly. If you are going to get brushes, I would recomend going out and spending a little extra money and getting good brushes! A good brush will help you apply makeup as it was intended to work. They are well crafted of fine materials that won't shed or disintegrate when cleaned. Many experts prefer natural hair brushes of goat, sable, squirrel, pony, or a combination for appeal and durability, but there are also some excellent synthetic brushes on the market that look and feel like natural hair. Synthetic or natural, good brushes have hairs that are hand placed and graduated rather than sliced. Each is formed precisely Ð specialized as to their function. They may shed a few hairs now and then, but they will not thin out and lose their shape. Inexpensive brushes usually have cheap wood or plastic handles that can break or feel sticky and awkward in your hand. Good brushes have smooth, easy to hold handles in lacquer, matte, silver, wood, lucite or crystal that give you control over the brush, and the results.