How to "Re-Learn" How to Apply Makeup Using the "Premium Foundation Makeup Brush - Flat Top", by Beauty Junkees
I wrote the following review for the "Flat Top Kabuki Brush" but I also bought the "Concealer Makeup Brush for Eyes". I wish now that I would have bought the entire set because I love these two so much. All I can tell you is to BUY THEM! They're great brushes and I could not be without them! I LOVE them! ******************************************************************************** I am in my late 50's and I guess you could say I am a make-up newbie. Well, sort of. I used to wear make-up years ago when I was working every day but I got out of the habit of "making myself up" after retiring early and sort of ... ahem...well, I let myself go. Recently I have begun to see the results of age on my face and have not liked AT ALL what I saw looking back at me in the mirror! Not only wrinkles, which is a whole other story, but my pores seemed to have grown to gargantuan size. I know I had some acne scars from my teenage years but they seemed to have grown much larger with age. So back to the department store makeup counter I went and picked up a bottle of liquid foundation that promised to give me that dewey look of youth. The sales woman told me I absolutely needed to use a foundation brush to apply this new foundation [which she would sell me for $36.00] but I thought it kind of weird to use a brush to put my makeup on and politely declined. [I figured I could just do it the old fashioned way - with my fingers - which cost me nothing.] I thought applying makeup after getting out of the habit for so many years would be like riding a bike. But, truthfully, it just didn't look like it did when I was younger. After viewing some professional online make-up tutorials in which brushes were used, I thought about buying one but frankly the prices seemed so steep, especially since I needed all the other products one needs to keep a face looking beautiful. But once I bought all the basics one needs in the makeup department I kept wondering if I would get better results with a foundation brush. That $40 bottle of foundation was not hiding those acne scars [so much for the "dewey look", I thought] and I figured I had just wasted my money on a product that did nothing for my face. And then I came across this brush, the Premium Foundation Makeup Brush - Flat Top from Beauty Junkees [LOVE that company name!]. It had stellar reviews and was quite inexpensive so I decided to try it and another brush. [I flip-flopped back and forth about getting the whole set but thought I would just try one or two first. Now I wish I would have purchased the whole set.] I wasn't sure how to use a foundation brush to apply my makeup but after viewing some more online videos I decided just to jump in. After only about 5 minutes of practice I really and truly was blown away at how well those acne scars disappeared using this brush! With a simple "stippling" and twisting motion I was able to magically fill in those acne scars! I then used another brush to apply a light coating of powder and my skin actually looked flawless! I felt like I had lost ten years off my face. The bristles on these brushes are so thick and so soft! The brushes, themselves, are very well constructed For someone who is "new" to applying foundation with brushes I found them very simple to use and with the large, hefty handles, very comfortable to hold and to work with. They clean easily and dry fast. And they work! I am so grateful to have found this foundation brush and at such a reasonable price. I recommend this brush to anyone who wants to get rid of the appearance of acne scars. I never thought that a foundation brush could make such a difference but it truly does. I am simply amazed at how, with the right tools, one can change the face of time. I couldn't be without it now. Read more
