Though I already made few post about the brushes I use and about some of Coastal Scents brushes, I often get e-mails where my readers ask me for more information about them so I decided to write reviews on each of the brushes I’m using with more detailed information. For my 1st review, I decided to write about my  Synthetic Wide Buffer Brush which is among my TOP 3 brushes when it comes to quality and how much I use it.

Synthetic Wide Buffer Brush is a brush which I’m using for applying my loose and pressed powder. It is definitely THE brush when it comes to that purpose (at least among the ones I’ve tried).  The thing about this brush is that it is smaller, flat and really dense. 100% synthetic. It is unbelievably soft and gentle when used! It’s a bit bigger than the kabuki brush (which I completely stopped using when I got this one) but easier to handle and to use.  I simply pat all over my face when applying loose or pressed powder which is less irritating for my skin than making many rounded moves. In the end, I simply blend out if there is any excess powder left.  It actually much nicer applying powder with this brush, than with kabuki brush – it looks nicer.

I’ve been using it for about 6 months now and I’ve washed it so many times and this brush doesn’t shred at all (I think I’ve lost only 2 or 3 hairs by now). Brush diameter is a bit larger after 6 months, but nothing notably.

You can get it at the Coastal Scents web site – here and its price is $14.95. With shipping costs it’s around $20.00 which maybe seems much, but trust me, for this brush it isn’t too much.   You can see more photos in the rest of my post with exact measurements of the brush.

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As I already mentioned, this post is about buying makeup brushes online. To know which brushes I use, please read this post – link – because I don’t buy all my makeup brushes online. Some brushes – ecotools makeup brushes - I buy in local drugstores. They are available in sets and separately.

The rest of my brushes were purchased through Coastal Scents (CS). I prefer CS for few reasons: they have a huge choice of excellent but cheap makeup brushes which makes them affordable to everyone; shipping is barely noticeable;  they ship the very next day; customer service is excellent. I’ve tried quite a number of their brushes and I’ll recommend you few of them which are worth buying.

Face brushes:

• foundation concealer brush large – for applying liquid foundation
• synthetic wide buffer brush – for applying loose or compact powder
• italian badger buffer brush large – for applying liquid foundation or loose powder (haven’t tried this one, but it has excellent rating)
• italian badger angle blush – blush brush(haven’t tried this one either)kist za rumenilo (nisam ga isprobala, ali ga jako hvale)

Eye brushes:

• italian badger pencil brush – for applying and blending e/s
• italian badger round crease brush – for applying e/s
• sable blending brush – for blending e/s
• shadow/liner brush – for applying eyeshadow/liner  (I’m using only the liner side which is terrific!)
• black sable shadow – for applying e/s

Beside CS brushes, you can also purchase Sigma makeup brushes which are lately a huge hit among makeup blogers and on makeup forums. OI haven’t tried them, but I’ll afford them, I hope really soon.

I hope this post was useful, if you need any additional information feel free to contact me.

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