Makeup tools for beginners to advanced

Make Up Tools

1. Introduction

 
If you want to achieve beautiful, professional make up it’s really important to choose good quality products as they have a big impact on the type of finish you’ll create. Next, we’ll show you what kind of brush is appropriate for each make up product noting two key differences; natural material and synthetic material.

2. Brushes with natural hair or synthetic

the quality of your brushes will more or less determine how well you can apply makeup. When choosing your brushes, make sure the handles are sturdy and the bristles are securely fastened. There are two types of brushes:
Synthetic Hair – the bristles are suitable for plastic and creamy textures like foundations, concealers and lip color.
Natural Hair – made from different animal hair (sable, camel, and pony) and often used in brushes for applying shadows and powdered textures.
Your brushes should be washed in mild soapy water and rinsed thoroughly. It’s also very important to allow them to fully dry. There are specific brush cleaners available.

Beveled brush: Shorter on one side than the other. For applying foundation and achieving definition all over the face.
Lip brush: The hair is small, compact and flattened, allowing you to outline or fill in lips.
Corrector or concealer brush:Synthetic bristle, flat and rigid. The edge can be straight or slightly rounded. Use to apply foundation or concealer.
Foundation brush: Synthetic, round and flat for applying foundation.

Powder brush: Usually large, soft, long bristles to apply powder evenly.
Round eye shadow brush: For applying shadows on the eyelids and blending color. Ideally, have three sizes.
Eyelash brush:
 Used to separate lashes and remove excess product on both eyelashes and eyebrows.  
Eyeliner brush: Fine, thin and pointed and used to apply liquid or cream eyeliner in a single stroke.
Fan brush: Used to remove excess eye shadow powder. It is fan shaped and has long, soft bristles.
Sponge applicator: This has a small, rounded latex sponge. You can use it to smudge eyeliner or apply a more intense shade to eyes.
Eyebrow brush: Short, firm bristles, ideal for smudging cooler onto eyebrows.
Skunk brush: This is a multipurpose brush. Use to apply both liquid foundation and powder. It is made of both natural (black) and synthetic (white) fibers.
Eyelash curler: Lengthens and lifts lashes. Choose silicone types to prevent splitting lashes.
Latex sponges: Round, oval, triangular, rhomboid shaped. For spreading foundation evenly.
Powder puff: These are round and used to apply powder or blusher and for diffusing excess color. Choose cotton or velour makes

3. Products
Make up bases
Fluid foundation:
• This type of texture is recommended for normal or dry skin. As well as providing color, it nourishes the skin.
• We recommend using this texture to prevent product build up on wrinkles around the eyes.
• You can apply fluid with your fingers or gently pat on with a latex sponge or a medium synthetic brush.

Cream bases:
 
 






• This texture is denser and more opaque. It’s more suitable to use for evening or party make up or for skin with noticeable imperfections. It’s very suitable for dry skin.
• You can apply cream foundation with a slightly dampened latex sponge.
• You’ll also find blushers and eye shadows in this texture.

Compact powder:
• This is often used for oily skin and is perfect for shading in the ‘T’ zone in combination skin.
• It can be used as a foundation, blusher or for shading.
• There are also light shades for skin which is light in complexion, for the temples or as a base on the eyelids.

• Apply with a spherical brush or a powder puff.

Translucent Powder:
This is usually colorless and is used to set the foundation base and to ratify.
Corrector or concealer:
This comes in cream or liquid texture. An ivory shade is used for most corrections; green is most commonly used to cover redness and pink for brown spots.
Blusher:
This comes in cream, compact powder, liquid or mousse, in a glossy or matte finish.
Bronzer:
This is a pressed powder in a dark shade. It adds richness and brightens to the tone of the skin and unifies the colors of the face, neck and chest. It is applied with a large brush.
Creams:
These prepare the skin for makeup and also hydrate and protect the skin.
Lip products:
There are many textures and colors of lip product on the market, both in matte and gloss. They contain various levels of moisture.

Mascara:
The most used shade of mascara is black, but there are many colors available and also versions with different effects, like volatizing, extension and false eyelash effect.

Eyeliners:

 




These allow you to outline the eyes with great accuracy. You’ll find eyeliner in liquid form in a bottle with its own fine brush, in pencil form or in gel pen form.

Eye Shadow:

 




Normally, eye shadows come in pressed powder form, but you’ll also find a cream type. Your choice of texture will depend on the effect you want to create. Finishes are either shiny or matte. Matte shadows contain more pigment.
Eye pencils and lip liners:
As a general rule, the thicker the pencil, the better the look you’ll achieve. It’s important to sharpen these pencils between each makeup session to avoid conjunctivitis and cold sores.

Eyelashes:

 




There are many shapes and styles of false eye lashes available - individual, full lashes and many styles that create different looks.
They are glued to the eyelids with special glue that becomes either transparent when it dries or stays black to blend with the lashes.