6 Essential Makeup Brushes Every Woman Should Own
The absolute essential makeup brushes that every woman should have and can easily master for flawless makeup application everyday
By Karen Fong -
While there are benefits to applying your makeup with your fingers, there’s a reason why professional makeup artists have an extensive stable of makeup brushes they rely on when working on clients. Not only do brushes help give you precision, they help ensure an even application. Beyond that, it enables you to layer products to build intensity for your desired coverage.
That said, shopping for them can be a daunting experience. Moreover, understanding what each brush does and learning how to use them can be overwhelming and mind-boggling if you’re not a professional. Here, the absolute essential makeup brushes that every woman should have and can easily master for flawless makeup application everyday.
This affordable foundation brush from local brand 13rushes promises a streak-free application to give your foundation an airbrushed look. Its large densely-packed brush head offers medium to full coverage and a fast application especially around the contours of the face.
A great brush for beginners, this plush, angled brush allows you to try your hand at blending and sculpting everything from cream blushers to bronzers and highlighters. The bristles are loosely packed to make the brush more adaptable to different textures so you can buff and blend for more dimension. the angled shape also makes it easier to contour and follow the shape of your cheekbones, forehead and jawline.
Designed to enable women to achieve professional results seen backstage at runway shows, this large, round brush has layered and tapered bristles to deposit a light veil of powder all over the skin evenly.
To get your concealer perfectly imperceptable, this high performing brush from Hourglass will help to deliver precise blending thanks to its unique half-moon shape that gives better control over contours and under eye areas. Use with either liquid or cream formulas.
Get perfectly defined brows with this angled brow brush. Suitable to use with cream or powder products, this brush has a short and wide brush head that enables to create hair-like strokes for fuller-looking brows.
The bristles are soft but yet firm enough to deposit and blend out brow products, making it an essential for unruly brows. Also great for eyeliner.
Get the best of both worlds with this nifty dual-tip brush. Your must-have for beautiful eyeshadow application, it is made of soft yet resilient bristles that work with cream and powder eyeshadows.
Use the side with the longer bristles to pick up and apply colour while the side with the shorter bristles is perfect for smudging out colour to soften the eyes for a graduated finish.
Text: Joyce Cheo, updated by Karen Fong on 21 June, 2023