PRO TIP #1:

Spray your brush with a little setting spray before blending out your foundation. This helps things to blend even more seamlessly and prevents quicker drying foundations from getting streaky.

PRO TIP #2:

After you’ve applied your foundation, wet a makeup sponge, squeeze out the excess water, and dab it all over your face to blend even further.  Again, this helps with my super matte foundations and really blends the product well into my skin and keeps it from looking dry or cakey.

When I apply blush, I prefer to use an angled brush to follow the natural shape and hollows of my cheekbones. It’s super soft and deposits color evenly. Because of the angled shape, it applies exactly where I want it to. When I’ve gone a little blush happy it’s easy to sheer out when I overdo it. This is especially helpful when I’m getting ready in dimly lit areas.  Which, oddly enough, happens more often than you’d think.

PRO TIP #3

Instead of swirling your brush in the blush pan, which can pick up too much pigment, use a light swiping motions.  This helps your color start small and you can build up to what you’re looking for.

I LOVE my makeup brush for blending out concealer but most days I use this brush for the simple reason that I don’t always have the extra minute to take my sponge to the bathroom to dampen it.  Seriously, those 60 seconds are vital in my busy mornings. The kabuki is a synthetic haired brush that fits perfectly under my eyes and the tapered end reaches right into the inner corner.  It blends out my concealer perfectly. I use it by pushing the brush into my under eye area and then gently dabbing to blend it out toward the outsides of my face. This is one of my favorite brushes that I would definitely run out to replace if I ever lost it.