Make-up Products - Beauty Questions Answered

Brushes - Synthetic vs. Natural Hair

taiwanesegurl — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:18:21 -0400

Are there major differences in the quality between synthetic brushes and natural brushes? Blogdorf Goodman's Brushed with Greatness Project has somewhat persuaded me that there really isn't. I'd still love to hear your thoughts. Also if you guys have any brush recommendation (i.e., what brush do you reach for day after day after day, what brush would you cry over if it was damaged AND discontinued, etc), please share!

I think I prefer natural hair brushes because it's softer. However, it could be that the synthetic brushes that I have aren't of great quality (got 1 for free and other 2 from CVS), where as most of my natural hair brushes were bought at Sephora. My fav. brush though is a eyeshadow brush from Japonesque. The brush is very soft, and the perfect size for my small lids. It was included in the Touch Up Tube Set that I got for really cheap.

Right now I'm looking to buy a good blush brush. My sister bought one from Victoria Secret (forgot the actual brand), and it's just so soft and perfect. It was a regular round brush, about 1.25/1.5 inch in width, and only .5 inch in length, and just picked up blush so effortlessly, and glided across my cheeks in the most perfect manner. My cheeks looked soooo perfect that day, with the perfect glow that is just sooo hard to achieve. I asked my sister about it, but she said she wasn't able to find any more. :(

Does makeup destroy your face?

boomdiddyah — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:55:50 -0400

Hello! I was talking with some friends that claimed that by wearing makeup, your skin actually ages and looses elasticity and glow. Is it true that makeup can I have this effect? I've been reading up a bit on this topic, and it was mentioned that many of the chemicals found in makeup can cause this result. Me personally, I don't wear any eye makeup; I'll just use a little concealer on a few stubborn spots and a little blush, but I would sometimes like to wear a liquid foundation on my entire face. But with this potential risk; I'm not sure if I should. Any thoughts, ladies?

What brands won't you use?

Hermione — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:26:47 -0400

I will never, ever, use the following the following brands because for some odd reason, their eyeshadows made my eyelids swollen and eventually cracked the skin, leaving me with red, puffy eyes that hurt like mad!

Revlon and Cover Girl

It sucks too because they have some neat products I'd love to try but am very leery of the potential fallout!