Is this a good brush for applying mineral powder foundation? I'm using bare minerals but I hate their brush as it began shedding after about a month.
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I did like bare minerals brush. This is very soft. You will not regret buying it.
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I would say no, I use their buffing brush for minerals and it works pretty good!
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I wouldn't use this for mineral powder. The one I would try is the buffing brush in the core collection. I find that one gives great coverage with powder products.
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I know what you mean, those brushes are awful. The main purpose of this brush is to apply setting powder or bronzer, so my instinct is to say no - it's too large to be precise with, and designed to apply a light layer of powder rather than give any kind of coverage. However, I would highly recommend going to her website (realtechniques.com) to see if she has a brush that's meant to apply powder foundation. Because if it's anything like this one then it will be amazing.
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Have you tried cleaning it Once in a while? I havent tried powder foundation with it, but try to work with the brush for a while, maybe it will work out :
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Yes, this has been a terrible problem for me!! DO NOT TRAVEL WITH THIS CURLING BRUSH. The bristles are very fragile. I Iwish Helen of Troy would improve the quality. I even contacted the company to ask them to do it. I was told they plan on coming out with a professional version that's better. We'll see... In the meanwhile I bought this REMINGTON CB65A45 KERATIN THERAPY PRO VOLUME curling brush from thehut.com out of the UK. $41 including shipping. It's even a little larger which I'm looking forward to. Haven't tried it yet but looks good.
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I used a natural brush at first, found it shed too much. It is best from my experience to use a basic acrylic brush.
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I'm not quite sure if this certain brush is recommended for that but Ive heard that the ecotools domed bronzer brush is great for mineral powder. It's around the same cost so I hope that helps (:
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Don't worry about shedding. Eventually, all my brushes shed (even M.A.C), but that's after years of using them. So far, I have not noticed any major shedding; just a few hairs here and there from the large powder brushes. Like the comment above, wash them regularly to get rid of the bacteria and loose hairs.
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I haven't used them with mineral powder myself (I prefer liquid foundation) but these are nearly identical to the Beauty Blender, and I've seen tons of MUAs on YouTube using the BB to apply mineral foundations. EnKoreMakeup's How To: Beauty Blender video covers how to do it very well.
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Daniel, I don't use mineral make up but I did try it on eyeshadow and it did not work for me. Dry, it did nothing and damp it made my eyeshadow blotchy.
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I have had the same problem after a month. I also noticed the bristles fall off after a few months but its the only brand of curling iron that makes a small barrel.
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It depends on your skin colour. If you are very fair skinned it leaves a foundation base on the area it is applied. My skin colour is light to medium & I just have to use a very light brush of my mineral foundation in addition to this product as this product seems to give me the majority of foundation.
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No, no trouble with mine. I've had my 1/2 in, Helen of Troy curling brush for about two years, and my 3/4 in. about 5 months with no problems. Maybe they've started using a new formula plastic for the brush bristles or you got a lemon. Bummer. Complain, return?? Not normal in my limited experience.
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I wouldn't use it for blush, it's a bit big. It's great as a powder brush though! I actually use the powder foundation brush that comes in the core collection for blush- and many of my friends use the real techniques blush brush
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I have only used it with the bare minerals foundation so I can not say if it does. Sorry
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The only brush I've had problems with is the fan brush. It too thin to hold the makeup
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No, it doesn't. It has a basic foundation brush. There is a softer brush that resembles a stippling brush, but I use that for blush and it works fine. It's not dense enough for foundation.
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All the brushes are made with the same synthetic bristles. All the brushes work well with liquids, creams, minerals and powders. The common uses for each brush is as followed: Flat top is best for foundation, Flat Angle for contouring and bronzing, Angled for blush application, Tapered for concealing and the Round for minerals and powders. So you can use any one of the brushes for both applications, it just comes down to person preference on what type of brush style you prefer.
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I use it under Maybelline's Instant age rewind eraser treatment makeup, keeps my skin moist, I have very dry skin, seems to smooth my skin, I really don't know how it would do as a primer under a mineral based makeup.
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Because you cannot control the amount of product as it comes into the brush, it maybe more difficult to get the coverage even. I would just wipe off the heavier areas, but if you have makeup on it might stick. It is also not really translucent like a finishing powder