Brushes are your best friends!

I haven't used my brushes in makeup application for a long time... Why? Coz im such a freak lol. I'm super super hygiene concious. Like I don't eat anything that looks or feels less than CLEAN. I don't eat food that's dropped on the table, I stopped buying from my school's fruit stall when the auntie used her cut-fruit-hand to hold money. And i don't even drink water or any drink that's left open to the air for more than 15min to half an hour coz i'll think that bateria and dust would have gotten in it. Oh and utensils! If i take a chopstick/spoon or bowl/plate, i MUST run them under water before i use them. And I dry my face with tissue after i wash it, coz i feel that towels are exposed to air and therefore has.... (yah bateria and dust. you guess it! lol)

BUT!! I'm lazy too. LOL. You would never think such a combination would occur in someone, but it happened in me! So after using my brushes for a few times, i would feel like there's bacteria and dust trapped in it and I REFUSE to use them. But i'm too lazy to wash them too so they are just left there dirty and unloved, and i start to use my hand and disposable sponges to do my makeup.

SO i've been having sooo much problems with my makeup for the past few months. (YES! FEW MONTHS without washing my brushes LOLL) And it never occured to me that the problem lies with my application! I just thought my skin has become so bad that no makeup can even it out. But the day before yesterday I finally decided to clean my brushes, and so i used my brushes for my makeup today (just half an hour ago). And guess what?? Things becomes so easy with brushes!! No problem with blending, no uneven application, no problem with coverage.

And i wasn't even using some expensive brushes guys! I wasn't even using the essence of beauty foundation brush (which, as a matter of fact, wasn't washed and still dirty. haha). My friend showed me this Bobbi Brown foundation brush that she bought and she said its super awesome and it was $80+. (haha imagine the horror on my face, knowing how cheapskate i can be) Nope i wasn't using anything like that, just the $6.5 (or $5.9? cant remember) white handle one at Magical Tannsu, the most cheapo foundation brush ever? And it already makes such a huge difference in my application! Blending undereye concealer was so easy. Blending on the nose, around the nose, everywhere, was easy and flawless. For powder, I used the biggest powder brush in the 21 Piece Black brush set at Magical Tannsu, and it was so big and fluffy and comfortable and QUICK. My face looked flawless in a matter of seconds!

(guys don't blame me for only using brushes from Magical Tannsu as if im promoting them. but like i already have so many, why would i buy more from other brands right... so honestly i really never bought any brushes from elsewhere before..)

I'm not trying to promote my brushes or anything. Just trying to tell you how important brushes are. Brushes are the best best best tools in applying makeup. I've finally learnt this after such a long period of time and being a victim of fingers and sponges (lol!). I've heard so much about how good sponges and hands are with applying makeup on Youtube. So I thought i could do without my concealer and foundation brushes. Many people say that your fingers are the best tools in applying concealer coz its warmth can melt the product down down blah blah.. NOOO. Makeup don't melt so easily within a matter of seconds and your fingers would just exert too much force (esp on the undereye). And most importantly, there's alot of friction on your fingertips (thats why you can hold things without dropping and that's how you have fingerprints!), so its not good with blending! A SYNTHETIC brush is the best coz the bristles are very smooth and hence can spread out the product effortlessly. With liquid foundation, sponges are ok but i often find them absorbing too much product and also not very good with blending. For powder foundation, sponges gives too thick a layer and its hard to blend with a sponge unless to rub the foundation in. By rubbing on the skin you are basically ruining the concealer and all. So a fluffy powder brush is the best.

These are just my personal opinion! I've never seen this theory anywhere else before (esp about the friction on the fingertips) but they are from my personal experience. If you don't have brushes, give them a try and see how they make a difference! You may not notice it the first time. But by switching from brushes to hands back and fro a few times you'll notice the difference. :)

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