What do you use?

Mar 28, 2014

Brianna M.

I'm curious what so you use to apply your foundation? I use a beauty blender.

Mar 28, 2014

Ashley D.

Beauty.blender

Mar 28, 2014

Brianna M.

I get cakey really easy and I find that a beauty blender works nice for me but if I use smashboxs primer I will cake

Mar 28, 2014

Alma M.

I use a few different brushes to complete a look put to apply the foundation on I use a large Flat Paddle Brush.

Mar 28, 2014

Symone B.

I use a real techniques stippling brush. Which I have a love hate relationship with. Currently looking for a new foundation brush.

Mar 28, 2014

Lexi K.

I use something like MACS 130 foundation brush for liquids. A flat top kabuki, and a beauty blender for creams.

Mar 28, 2014

Brianna M.

I never thought about using a few different brushes hmm maybe I should try it lol and I have used a stippling brush I used to like it but then it started leaving lines

Mar 28, 2014

Delaney K.

I love love love urbans optical blurring brush for foundation!

Mar 28, 2014

Brianna M.

I've never heard of that one!

Mar 28, 2014

Alma M.

May I ask how you used the Stippling brush? do you stipple after foundation is applied? because that stipple effect is for after application much like stippling paint technique.

Mar 28, 2014

Caitlin M.

I use Real Techniques expert face brush and then use their multitask sponge damp to blend everything in and take down shine/tackiness/cakeyness. I do it after I powder too and it works very well :),

Mar 28, 2014

Symone B.

@Alma, tell me more.

I used to dip the brush in my foundation mix then apply. Stipple around my face then lightly buff (not in a full circular motion though) That was NOT working. Streak city and I had to do work for a nice finish.

Now I do what you just said. Apply my foundation with my fingers then do the stippling. Much better.

Mar 28, 2014

Brianna M.

When I used the stippling brush I was t good at applying foundation I'm still not but I would just stipple it all on at once and then I would try to blend it in with that same brush going in circular motions that could be why it left lines I feel like the beauty blender is the easiest for me because it blends so effortless.

Mar 28, 2014

Alma M.

Yes Symone I think that is the most common mistakes people were doing when using the Stipple brush they dipped the brush in foundation and try to apply it.A stipple brush is to bring shade coverage in area's you have control of whether light or fuller coverage and it usually is tapping of the area half way right left,left right motion. The best way for any one to have a better understanding of the technique is to watch an actual Painting video of stippling and that will give you a better idea of the technique. It's always the Base Flat finish first (Foundation) then go in with stippling to ad a bit of extra coverage in areas. :)

Mar 28, 2014

Katrín V.

I use the RT stippling brush and I also have the RT bufging brush but I like it more for blush than foundation but I might give it a try when I get sick of the stippling brush.

Mar 28, 2014

Katrín V.

Buffing* hehe

Mar 28, 2014

Cami F.

My Beauty Blender or the Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki 💋

Mar 28, 2014

Symone B.

OMG Alma, you are a life saver! Learn something new everyday. That makes sense. I could have avoided learning the hard way lol

Mar 28, 2014

Alma M.

Lol your welcome my makeup Niece :)

Mar 28, 2014

Stephanie S.

I use a flat foundation Bush then sonia kashuk flat top multi purposes brush in small circular motions.

Mar 28, 2014

Faith F.

My fnfers

Mar 28, 2014

Delaney K.

I totally did the same as Symone! I was doing it with a cream foundation too so it was really thick and it was so streaky!

Mar 29, 2014

Kaitlyn M.

Real techniques sponge

Mar 29, 2014

Aurora S.

I use a buffing brush :)

Mar 29, 2014

Z M.

Sigma f80