What is your favorite MAC brush?

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Jul 28, 2011

Jacki C.

What is your favorite MAC brush?
I thought this might be an interesting question. We all know MAC brushes are great but if you could only have one...which one would it be. For me its a tight race between the 224 and 217... but I think the 224 TAKES IT!

I absolutely love the 224! It is like my magic wand. It can help me blend even the most intense matte colors. It never fails to get the job done. I have heard good reviews about the 226 that MAC is going to relaunch with one of their upcoming collections so I am super excited about that!

Jul 28, 2011

Jacki C.

Wow Shannyn i hadn't heard that yet about the 226! I am so excited! i have seen quite a few people use it and have been DYING to get my hands on one! thanks so much for the heads up!

I'm sure a million people are going to say the 217, but it was my first MAC brush and I now own three! It's the makeup artist's dream brush, you can use it for everything!

ALSO OMG I NEED TO OWN THAT 226!! Iv'e seen it in tutorials and it makes me sad that it's limited edition! Someone please tell me if you figure out which collection it's coming out with!

Jul 28, 2011

Brianna G.

Definitely the 217!! I have two of them, and I plan on purchasing more, because seriously that brush can do EVERYTHING. For eyes, I really only need that brush (but of course I have like a hundred other eye brushes because it seriously took me forever to discover and like the 217 lol). 

Jul 28, 2011

Megan N.

i have a few faves. the brushes i use every day are the 109, 130, 217 and 224. those 4 is a MUST for when i travel. 

Jul 28, 2011

Megan B.

either the 109 or the 188 duo fiber. both are fantasticccc!

Jul 29, 2011

Nadia N.

I would say the 217 you can do anything with it for the eyes and the same thing with 239 so those are my faves!

For eyes I love 224 it's great for blending and for my face/cheeks I love the 109 but I don't love the shedding.

224 and 217 Is the only ones I use out of all the MAC brushes that I have I have grown fond of SIGMA brushes : )

Aug 2, 2011

DJ M.

I swear I'm alone in this, but 213 has been my favorite for years! I have small lids so I've always found it's perfect for packing on color to parts of my lids. I own 2 ;)

Mine is the 266 which is an angled liner. I swear, I need angle liner brushes to survive hahaha.

Aug 2, 2011

Shelly T.

@Dylan: The 226 is being repromoted in MAC Me Over; it'll be out later this month.

Anyway, my favourite MAC brush (and I own only two at the moment) is the 217. (The other MAC brush I have is the 239, which I just purchased recently.)

face: 138 [absolutely MUST-HAVE], 109 [sometimes like to use as a blush brush], 165 [highlight]

I'm not that much a fan of their face brushes... they aren't as soft as many other brands, but those two I listed above are fantastic.

eyes: 217, 219, 224, 227, 239 and 263


I'm definitely eyeballing the 226 for the next collection, even though I have the LY38 and 38a, Hakuhodo 142, along with the STILA #30 brush. I am OBSESSED with all brushes tapered because they are so versatile!

Also eyeballing the 214 smudge brush... just because it's so cute looking... =P

You can't make me pick just one... you just CAN'T!!!  =D

217, it's just perfect! 

182 Buffer brush... I always have two on hand (: