Best For: Customizable Coverage
Bare Minerals
Bare Skin Perfecting Face Brush
This clever little brush has soft synthetic bristles with a small round reservoir built into the middle. Simply drop your foundation into the reservoir before buffing it onto skin with zero mess. Add extra drops for higher coverage. It’s that simple.
www.sephora.com
Best For: Ultra-Precision
Make Up For Ever
102 Small Foundation Kabuki
Never has the phrase “good things come in small packages” been more fitting. This pocket-sized brush has a slim dome of bristles which allows for finger-like precision with the flawless finish of a brush. It’s the ideal shape for blending foundation around the nose and eyes—plus, it’ll fit into even the most compact clutch.
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Best For: A Pro-Worthy Finish
Estee Lauder
Sculpting Foundation Brush
Estee Lauder’s breakthrough brush has been specifically designed to follow the contours of your face. The concave bristles hug the cheeks, jaw, and forehead diffusing foundation flawlessly. Flip it horizontally and it’s slim enough to blend around the eyes and nose, too—genius!
www.esteelauder.com
Best For: Au Natural
Urban Decay
Good Karma Optical Blurring Brush
This vegan brush is made entirely from cruelty-free, synthetic bristles. The super-fine silky strands are packed tightly into a dome that allows for foundation to be buffed into skin, creating a flawless, blurred out base. We’ve hailed this one as our instant airbrusher.
www.beautybay.com
Best For: BBs/CCs
Japonesque BB/CC Cream Brush
With BBs and CCs taking over the beauty world, it’s only natural that makeup brush pioneers, Japonesque, concocts the perfect blending brush. Japonesque’s BB/CC Cream Brush is made of duo fibres in a big dome that fans out to blend creams into skin. The slight fan to the bristles means it doubles up as a stippling brush, making it perfect for teaming with lightweight formulas like BB and CC creams to boost their dewy, fresh-faced finish.
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— Victoria Jowett
