Stippling brush story + Guide to use it

(pssst. the guide to using this brush is at the end. please be patient in reading!)

DISCLAIMER: this is in NO WAY a comprehensive guide. it’s more of my personal tips and experiences with the brush.

This is one of the brushes that received mixed opinions. Some people loved it, some people hated it.

As for myself, I loved it at first, hated it for awhile, then loved it again.

Then I realised its all about how you use the brush. You should love it if you use it properly. ^_^

It quite a troublesome brush to use, to be honest, but at the same time its rewarding if you do it right.

I’m talking about the Magical Tannsu Duo Fibre Stippling Brush.

This brush is made to be firmer than most other stippling brushes, and this is part of the reason why I love it. Because of such firmness, it is able to blend most liquid foundations very well.

However also because of such firmness of the brush, if you don’t treat it or use it properly, it is not going to be very comfortable to use.

If i have to compare a brush with the Duo Fibre Stippling brush, I’d say it is more similar to the Sephora Stippling brush (not sure the exact name!) than the MAC 187. (our improved Soft Pink stippler has a build that resembles the MAC 187)

The difference is that the Duo Fibre Stippling brush has white synthetic bristles that is not as soft and less bendable (BENDable not blendable lol), while the Soft Pink Stippler has very soft white synthetic bristles that also make its blending power much weaker.

I loved it at first because it stipples and blends so beautifully. Then after that i started to clean it with wet wipes before use, and it started to poke me so much that i stopped using it for a while. Then one day i decided to try it again and it was awesome again. After a really long time then i realised it poked me because i made it wet before use!

So here are some tips i’ve gathered in using our Duo Fibre Stippling Brush

Before use

- As with all brushes, WASH before use to get rid of any factory residual that’s remaining in the brush.

- Especially for this brush, the synthetic bristles needs some breaking into to make it more fluffy and comfortable, so if you want more comfortable application, wash and dry completely for a few times.

- Make sure that the brush is COMPLETELY dry before you use it, because any moisture will make the white bristles even more stiff and hence pokes the skin. In order to optimize blending this brush is made to be as firm as it can be without being harsh, so with any moisture it would become too harsh for usage.

During use

Note that the stippling brush is NOT a foundation brush (the flat kind). It may be commonly used for foundation, but that doesn’t mean it should be blindly used in the foundation brush way. For a foundation brush, you basically dip the brush in to the liquid foundation and draw streaks on your face and blend. You cannot do this with the Duo Fibre Stippling Brush. A stippling brush, as the name suggest, is made for stippling. The white bristles is made to be sparse and separated so that it can stipple liquid foundation evenly onto to the skin. To stipple means you get some product (eg liquid foundation) onto the very tip of the white bristles and dab onto your skin. You will get little tiny dots of liquid foundation on the skin. Do this repeatedly for the whole area that you intend to cover. This way you are distributing the products VERY evenly on your skin. The best way to use this brush is to ONLY stipple the entire face without any blending motions to create an airbrushed effect when the whole face is pixelated with liquid foundation. But of course that would be slow and also we don’t necessarily need such full coverage for everyday. That is why the more common usage would be to stipple the products to distribute evenly, and then swirl your brush gently on the face to blend. So please DO NOT use it like a foundation brush, ie. dip and just start to swirl on the face. this is not what the brush is made for and you will not see the best results. You must stipple first THEN if needed, swirl and blend.

You can also use this brush for cream or powder blushes, especially very pigmented ones. This is because you can stipple to make sure the product is distributed evenly on the cheeks and not just concentrated on one area which makes it harder to blend.

After use

You do not have to wash after every use, but make sure you clean it often (eg after 2-3 uses) especially if you use it with liquid products. One very important thing is to use the brush DRY. So if you have used it and cleaned it with wet tissue, don’t use it again immediately as when it is even slightly wet, it pokes.

 

I hope this post helps you in your understanding and usage of your stippling brush! (:

(I typed this entire post word by word by myself. Please respect my hard work and do not lift anything without crediting. Credit magicaltannsu.blogspot.com or magicaltannsu-blog.blogspot.com if you want to use any information from this post.)

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