A Few "Key" Makeup Accessories
to get you started

When I started wearing makeup, I didn't use brushes as part of my makeup accessories. I used sponges, wipes or those small shadow applicators that come with the eye shadow. I'm a little embarrassed now...

Makeup brushes are an important part of makeup. You can use them to apply all eye shadows, foundations, blushes and bronzers. That's pretty useful, don't you think?

If you are just starting out, I've compiled below a great makeup starter kit. If you're looking for a complete makeup brush set, I wrote a page about it here.

See my favorite makeup brushes here - VIDEO!

Makeup Brushes - A beginner's Kit

- 1 LARGE Angled Eye Shadow Brush, pictured here on the right, big enough to apply eye shadow to the whole eyelid. This brush is perfect to achieve a natural makeup look.

Good options are MAC N.275 or Sephora N.20.

- 1 Smudge Brush , pictured here left. It has short, stiff bristles. Use it to fill in your eyebrows and to smudge eyeliner. This brush is especially useful to achieve a sexy smoky eye makeup look

Good options are Sephora Smudge N.14 or MAC N.202

- 1 Small Eyeshadow Brush. This is ideal for applying eye shadow to the lid/crease with precision. It's approximately HALF the size of the large angled eye brush above.

Good options are Sephora Medium Rounded Crease or MAC N.239 or Clinique Small Eye Brush.

- 1 Large Powder Brush, pictured here on the right. Use it for mineral powder foundation, pressed powder compact, beads, blush and bronzer.

A good option is MAC N.150. You can also choose Sephora's short handle powder brush.

- 1 Liquid Foundation Brush, which can be of two kinds, depending on which type of foundation you choose (if you use powder foundation, skip this part). If you need "light" coverage, use the two layer bristle pictured on the right. If you need more coverage, use the standard brush pictured on the left.

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==> 1 LARGE eye shadow brush for the whole eyelid

==> 1 Smaller eye shadow brush for the crease

==> 1 SMUDGE brush to soften the eyeliner and/or define your eyebrows

==> 1 Large Powder Brush for foundation and blush

==> 1 Liquid Foundation Brush (only if you use "liquid" foundation)

If you want to read about a full professional brush set, see here. If not, don't worry. The information on this page is enough to get you started.

Wonder what my favorite brushes are? Let me show you with a VIDEO!

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