Love for Brushes

[AMK721]

I'm developing a love for brushes of all kinds.  I bought a few higher end brushes and they are amazing.  They are incredibly soft and my makeup glides on like a dream.  There are so many interesting shapes. I am really interested in creating a beautiful brush collection.  Show your brushes and share any cleaning and storage tips and let us know which ones are your favorites.

[courtneyyyyyyyf]

Hi! I have a hodgepodge of brushes that i've compiled over the years and never replaced but clean often. I use mostly cream based products and I'm not a big beauty blender girl. If yall were to start completely over with makeup brushes what are the ones you'd immediately buy (the ride or dies)?

[danielledanielle]

@courtneyyyyyyyf 

Wow, can't believe this went unanswered.  Apologies.

At the moment, the fave children... This is off the top of my head, there's probably more and a couple of the names are probably wrong 🤣 

SEPHORA COLLECTION PRO Crease Brush #19 

SEPHORA COLLECTION PRO Shadow Brush #15 

SEPHORA COLLECTION PRO Foundation Brush #47 

Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Face 1.0 All Over Complexion Brush - For Foundation, Blush, Bronzer & P... 

Sephora Collection Featherweight brushes, 38 and 90

Sonia G Traditions T3 and Jumbo Bronzer 

Chikuhodo Takumi T13

Wayne Goss Collector's Edition 13 (?)

MyKitco my mini shader

Half Magic Baby Paw Blush Brush

Sonia G Flat Definer

Sigma Beauty Flat Kabuki and Bake Kabuki 

[Cjay93]

I have a question! I'm very new to cleaning my brushes And wanted to know what you actually found best that you use for your brushes?🧡

#makeupbrushes #mAkeup #cleaning 

[Shuuug4221]

Dawn and a bit of olive oil!

[teufel]

I actually use The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver. I have used it for years for my paint brushes, including my kolinsky and squirrel watercolor brushes. It’s fairly inexpensive and you can get it at art supply stores and online on Amazon. For cleaning, it is pretty straightforward. Wet, swirl brush in cleaner, rinse, and repeat. If you want to condition or reshape (it’s amazing at both), use it to form a paste after washing and let the paste dry down and sit on the bristles. For conditioning, let the paste sit for a day or two before rinsing off. Leave the paste on longer for reshaping. I used it to restore some old tiny kolinsky paint brushes I found in storage. They were so dry and misshapen that I left it on for a few weeks. Rinsed it off and now the bristles are like new

[makeitup305]

@Cjay93 I really like The Tool Lab cleansers. They're on the more expensive side but they work really well. They have one for natural brushes and one for foundation (dirtier) brushes.

[WinglessOne]

@Cjay93  For a true washing, I use Beautyblender blendercleanser® solid Unscented on all my brushes, even my handmade Japanese squirrel brushes. That cleanser comes in other scents, but I only use the unscented one. It’s very effective and rinses clean. I’ve yet to ruin a brush with it. 

Between true washings, I use a spray cleaner to remove makeup. My favorites are  BeautySoClean Conditioning Brush Cleanser and SEPHORA COLLECTION Dry Shampoo Brush Cleaner. Just spray cleaner on the bristles and then gently brush a microfiber towel—or better yet, spray the towel with cleaner and then brush the sprayed area. 

When I travel with brushes, I pack a few brush cleaner wipes. Sephora used to sell them but I don’t think they do anymore. I’ve been using Bisyodo Makeup Brush Cleaning Wipes lately and they work well.

[WinglessOne]

Cross-posting from the Fabulous February Hauls 2025 ❄️💙 thread and adding a few comparison photos. 

Here’s Sonia G. By Tesshyu: The Voyage Set - the collab between 2 of my favorite brush makers, Chikuhodo and Sonia G. 

The other side of that little blue towel is terrycloth.

The set comes wrapped in that red fabric and blue travel towel, and encased in a big paulownia box: 

Added the Japanese Gardens box for size comparison.

I mostly wanted the powder brush for its precision point + diffusing sides; I can get a lotta use out of this goat+squirrel brush. The other 2 brushes are grey squirrel and welcome additions to my collection. I haven’t washed these yet, so they haven’t unfurled to their full potential. I suspect the sora powder brush and omoi compact face brush will fluff up quite a bit after a true sudsy wash. 

How about some size comparison photos with other Sonia G. and Chikuhodo brushes? 

L to R: Traditions TF3, Sora, & Chikuhodo LNY Dragon powder.L to R: Fan Pro, Omoi, and Z-4 cheek.

And as usual, Sonia G. has more comparisons and a good write-up at her blog. 

[AMK721]

@WinglessOne 😍 those brushes are beautiful! And the packaging is stunning. One of my favorite shadow brushes is a small tapered brush that allows me to get detailed so the brush in your first picture on the right really appeals to me. Enjoy these brushes and can't wait to see the gorgeous looks you'll create with them.

[WinglessOne]

@AMK721  I hear you on loving small tapered brushes for detail work. One of my favorite brushes is the rephr 23 for its tiny pencil shape: I can easily work in my tight inner corner space with that brush. Which one’s your favorite? 

Sonia calls the Nagare (the tapered Voyage collection brush) a crease brush with a more precise tip than usual. That’ll be fun to play with. 

For the heck of it, I took another photo of that brush alongside a bunch of others for size and shape comparison. (Not sure why I didn’t do that originally.) I should’ve included the SEPHORA COLLECTION PRO Crease Brush #19 as a shape and size many folks are probably familiar with, as a good reference… eh, that brush has more pronounced tapered sides. These are all Sonia G. brushes unless otherwise stated: 

L to R: Blender Pro, Crease Pro, Nagare, Crease One, Wayne Goss 04 Crease (still damp from washing earlier today), Soft Definer, Rephr 23 (oof, needs washing), and Rephr 34.

[AMK721]

@WinglessOne those are all so beautiful. The ones that I'm drawn to are the Nagare and Soft Definer. Probably because of the tapered tip. That shape brush makes it easier for me to do an outer V-shape with darker shades without it looking too heavy. Then I use a fluffy crease brush to blend it out. I don't use a lot of darker shades because I don't think it looks that good on me, but I do enjoy "playing" with my makeup on days I don't have meetings 😂.

[Harobedb]

@WinglessOne  They're lovely! I'd love to hear what you think about them after using them.

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @Harobedb ! I’ll post feedback in this thread later. Heck, I still need to wash them… forgot to do that when I washed a handful of other brushes earlier today. 🤦‍♀️

[ThenTheresPoe]

These brushes look so luxurious! ✨

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @ThenTheresPoe ! 

[izzydoj]

Definitely Saie The Base Brush For Complexion and Saie The Big Brush For Buffing. These brushes are legendary and are high quality!! 

[makeitup305]

@izzydoj I agree. These have held up well for me. 

[ThenTheresPoe]

I love how multitasking the saie brushes are!

[Mochapj]

The Sonia G Chikuhodo collab 

 

 

[WinglessOne]

Not me being super excited about one of my dream collabs or anything… 

And it’s a set, not just a single brush… just when I thought I might actually accomplish a brush low-buy this year. That’ll depend on how many of these brushes are new shapes vs. remakes of existing ones I already own from either Chikuhodo or Sonia G. 

[itsfi]

So cute!! 😍