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.

[Ispend2much6]

@danielledanielle  I'm at the tail end of my Bobbi Brown brush cleaner tube.  I do wonder if the foundations that have a lot of "cones" in them are harder to clean as they act almost like oils.  There's nothing Dawn can't clean!!  Great idea.

I see that Amazon has the Tool Lab cleaner.

[danielledanielle]

@Ispend2much6 , possibly.  There are some brushes that also just "eat" foundation, those are usually the ones I have a love/hate relationship with.

[itsfi]

Another new release coming from Sonia G. Sign up at Beautylish.

Credit: Beautylish

Cross post from Product Releases: 2025 

[danielledanielle]

There's more coming 🥲

[WinglessOne]

@itsfi  Here’s possibly another look at that new release: 

Photo by Sweet Makeup Temptations (Sonia G.’s blog).

Whenever I get Beautylish email about new Sonia G. brushes, I visit her blog for more info. She hasn’t written any details about this one yet, but the above photo’s there as a placeholder. 

[danielledanielle]

 

Nooooooooooo 

@WinglessOne 

@itsfi 

[itsfi]

More newness coming from Sonia G.  -  4 new face brushes and 2 limited-edition eye brushes. Sign up for notification on Beautylish.

Cross posted from Product Releases: 2025 

[anaaii]

 

should i ? i’ve been wanting them for a while and they’re on sale right now

[Beadshopgirl]

@anaaii I haven’t tried these specific colab brushes, but I’ve bought a lot of Morphe brush sets, and I like them a lot! 

[itsfi]

Edited 10.25 to add pricing information:

The two new rephr brushes launch tomorrow, 10.27. 2025 Sign up on site for early access.

Pricing is as follows:

Yosegi brush - retail $199, sale price $99. Save extra $10 with code EARLY-ACCESS

Shodo brush - retail $75, concept store discount pricing $45 - items in rephr's concept store are available for a significiant discount in exachange for your honest feedback on the produt.

The other brush from rephr 

 

Cross post from Product Releases: 2025  

[itsfi]

Fude Beauty  Autumn sale

Ends 10.31.2025 at 11:59pm - I believe they are on JST

Cross posted from Deals Too Good to Pass Up 2025 

[danielledanielle]

When did this happen? 

 

Sigma Beauty at Ulta

[greeneyedgirl107]

@danielledanielle I was just going to post about this - I was also unaware!

[itsfi]

One of two new products from rephr 

A new, limited release brush - sign up for early access on brand site. 

Cross post from Product Releases: 2025 

[danielledanielle]

Return of the 38, but with friends

It's also available solo, at $35 but no discount

Bundle retails at $70

 

[itsfi]

I literally just picked this up, and now, I'm on a shopping siesta for the rest of September @danielledanielle. 

[aveeeee]

Hourglass brushes are the absolute best!

[rabidfaery]

 

Concealer- IT Cosmetics airbrush concealer and the Sigma E87 NARS Soft Matte Complete Full Coverage Longwear Concealer with Hyaluronic Acid Hourglass Vanish™ Airbrush Concealer 

Foundation- It Cosmetics Airbrush Foundation NARS Sheer Glow Foundation Santa Fe CLINIQUE Superbalanced™ Makeup Foundation 

Contour and Blusher- RT200, M173

Setting Powder- It Cosmetics Blurring Powder brush or Wand Ball 8 (RCMA No Color Powder)CLINIQUE Blended Face Powder Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Loose Powder for Under Eyes #1 NARS Light Reflecting Loose Setting Powder Crystal 

Bronzer- Morphe Pro MUA set tapered bronzer brush, Wand Ball #8

Blush- Morphe R10

eyes- Morphe M441, m456, m433 IT COSMETICS airbrush shadow, heavenly Luxe #5 no tug shadow 

[itsfi]

 

[WinglessOne]

Folks on Beautylish’s mailing list or Sonia G’s blog already know about this, but: 

The price of USD $589 = the price you’d have paid if you bought all 3 sets separately like I did. (Eh, I also used Beautylish points where I could.) Some people might raise an eyebrow about that because this bundle only contains 3 Sunset Cranes brushes, and 2 of them are different from the original 4 Sunset Cranes. As usual, see Sonia’s blog, Sweet Makeup Temptations, for more info about that. 

Of the 3 sets (including the original 4 Sunset Cranes), I use the Summer Koi brushes most frequently by far. This is purely subjective of course, but those 4 saikoho brushes are fantastic daily workhorses. My fave of the 4 is the Smooth Blender: I use it occasionally as a shadow blender but most often as an undereye concealer blender. I love that brush so much, I’m having loud intrusive thoughts of buying this whole $589 bundle just to get a backup of the Smooth Blender—and the other 3 Summer Kois, of course, but that blender is so good at its job without being scratchy/irritating or too strong (concealer melds to my skin instead of being pushed/rubbed away)… I really really really hope Sonia makes this brush part of her permanent lineup, regardless of handle shape/design. Meanwhile, I’m trying not to let the intrusive thoughts win. 😅 

Last I checked, the Japanese Gardens set was still available at Beautylish. So if you just want those brushes, you don’t need to buy this entire bundle. They’re white Canadian squirrel + saikoho goat. 

[caitbird]

@WinglessOne  wow, these are gorgeous! I always love maki-e brushes, they are like little works of art, the detail and designs are amazing.