My Favorite Brushes (and Summer Flowers)

I thought I'd do a blog post on all my favorite brushes. These are the brushes I reach for the most. To make it a little more interesting, I paired each brush with a flower blooming in my yard. You will see roses and dahlias.

1. This first brush I use for my mineral powder. It doesn't have a name on it, and I got it from my mom. I'm not sure where it is from, but I'm guessing it's from a Bare Mineral's collection my mom ordered from QVC several years ago. It feels wonderful.

2. Sigma Mrs. Bunny Large Powder F30 Brush: This is a very large, fluffy brush. I like to use it when I'm putting bronzer on my neck.

3. Sigma Mrs. Bunny Pencil E30 Brush: This has a fine point, which is good for the outer v or smudging liner. All the Mrs. Bunny brushes are vegan and are nice and soft. I got them in a collection. It is a dupe for the Mac 219 brush.

4. Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman Stippling Brush: I use this when I want a little bit of blush or when the blush I'm using is really pigmented and I want just a touch of it on my cheeks. This is from a line of brushes done by one of the pixiwoo sisters from Youtube. I've mentioned them before because I love their tutorials. I get their brushes from Fred Meyers. I was so excited when I found out Fred Meyers was selling them.

5. Sigma Mrs. Bunny Eye Shading E55 Brush: This is my favorite brush for applying eye shadow.

6. Ecotools Angled Brushes: I liked this brush so much I had to buy another. I use one for gel liner and the other for eyeshadow I'm using as a liner. I painted the tip of one of the brushes with nail polish so I could tell them apart. It is a dupe for the Mac 266 brush.

7. Confidential Foundation Brush: This was my first brush collection I ever bought. This is my favorite brush from the collection. I use it for highlighter. It is a dupe for the Mac 190 brush.

8. Sigma Mrs. Bunny Large Angled Contour F40 Brush: This is my favorite brush for applying blush. It is a dupe for the Mac 186 Brush.

9. Ecotools Crease Brush: This is a fluffy, angled brush. It is so soft. I like to use this to apply a highlighter under my brows.

10. Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman Contour Brush: I use this to apply bronzer on the contouring spots like the hollows of my cheeks, my temples, under the jaw, and sometimes I squeeze it and put it on the sides of my nose.

11. Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman Deluxe Crease Brush: I mentioned this in my June favorites blog. I love to use this for concealer. I've seen pixiwoo and pixi2woo use this in their videos to apply concealer too. That is where I got the idea.

12. Sigma Mrs. Bunny Tapered Blending E40 Brush: This is my favorite brush for blending out the crease. It is a dupe for the Mac 224 brush.

13. Sigma Mrs. Bunny Medium Angled Shading E70 Brush: I like this for applying eyeshadow and crease color. It has a tip, so it can get into the inner corner well. It is a dupe for the Mac 272 brush.

Mac Non Eyeshadow Dupes

I update this when I hear of a new dupe to add to my list.

Brushes
116: Confidential blush brush
134: Confidential large powder brush, Sigma f20
168: Confidential large angled contour brush, Sigma f40
186: Sigma f40
187: Confidential duo fiber brush, Sigma f50
190: Confidential foundation brush, Sigma f60
194: Confidential small concealer brush, Sigma f70
208: Confidential angled brow brush
212: Elf rectangular eyeliner brush, Sigma e15
217: Loew-Cornell 1/4 amm Mini Mop (green handle), Sigma e25
219: Elf contour brush, Sigma e30
224: Confidential blending brush, Sigma e40
226: Revlon contour brush, Sigma e45
227: Confidential large fluff blending brush (black big eyeshadow brush) Sigma e50, e55
242: Sigma f70
252: Sigma e60
266: Ecotools angled eyeliner brush, Sigma e65
272: Sigma e70
275: Confidential medium angled blending brush, Sigma e70

Blushes
Angel: Bare Escentuals True
Blunt: Mac Saddle, Urban Decay Buck, 3rd shade in Wet 'n Wild Vanity Palette
Blush Baby: Rimmel Mauve Cool (my dupe)
Blush of Youth Beauty Powder: Bare Escentuals Clear Radiance
Chic Couple: Milani Rose D'Oro
Dainty: Covergirl Silk Rose
Dame: Covergirl True Plum
Dollymix: Wet 'n Wild Heather Silk, NYX Cream Blush in Glow
Fleet Fast: Wet 'n Wild Pearlescent Pink
Gingerly: L'Oreal True Match Bare Honey
Hipness: Maybelline Pinch O Pink Blush
Lady: NYX Cream Blush in Natural
Love Rock: Milani Dolce Pink
Melba: Elf Candid Coral
Peachy Keen: Hard Candy Fox in a Box in Spicy & Sweet
Pinch Me: Wet 'n Wild Mellow Wine Blush
Posey: NYX Rouge Cream Blush in Glow
Smooth Merge: Wet 'n Wild Mega Glow Illuminating Powder in Catwalk Pink
Soft and Gentle: Bare Minerals Clear Radiance, Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips in Vegas Strip, Elf Baked Blush in Pinktastic, Hard Candy Tiki
Springsheen: Milani Luminoso, Elf Candid Coral
Stereo Rose: Milani Rose D'Oro
Sunbasque: Hard Candy Blush Crush in Bombshell
Warm Soul: Milani Baked Blush in Berry Amour
Well Dressed: Bare Minerals Kiss

Lip Glosses
Baby Sparks: Elf Fairy Lip Gloss
Bare Necessities: Revlon's Rosegold
Chai: Bonnebell Liplites Cappuccino
Cruise Control: Elf Fairy
Cultured: Elf Raspberry
Funtabulous: Milani 3D Glitzy Gloss in Fashion Diva
Love Nectar: Elf Goddess Lip Gloss
Nymphette: Milani Crystal Gloss for Lips in Summer Baby
Perennial High Style: Revlon Coral Reef Lip Gloss
Pink Lemonade: Bonnebell Lip Lites in Grapefruit
Snob: Revlon Lip Butter in Cupcake
Underage: Revlon Peach Petals Lip Gloss

Mac Eyeliner
Blacktrack Fluid Line: Physicians Formula Black Gel Liner, Essence Midnight In Paris Gel Eye Liner

Mac Lipstick
Blankety: Revlon Nude Attitude, L'Oreal Colour Riche Fairest Nude, Wet 'n Wild Perfect Pout Lip Color in Fergie Daily
Chatterbox: Milani Color Statement Lipstick in Fruit Punch
Costa Chic: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Coral Berry
Cream Cup: Revlon Soft Nude, Maybelline Color Sensation 015 Born With It
Creme D'Nude: Revlon Nude Attitude, Revlon Soft Nude
Crosswires: Covergirl Fairy Tale
Dark Side: Revlon Super Lustrous Cream Lipstick in Black Cherry 477
Fanfare: Revlon Pink in the Afternoon
Fleshpot: Elf Mineral Lipstick in Natural Nymph
Freckletone: Revlon Lip Butter in Creme Brûlée
Gel: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Champagne on Ice
High Tea: Rimmel Airy Fairy
Honey Love: L'Oreal Fairest Nude
Hot Gossip: Revlon Lip Butter in Sugar Plum
Hue: Maybelline Color Sensational Porcelains in Nude Nuances
Impassioned: Milani Flamingo Pose
Innocence, Beware: Maybelline Color Sensational Porcelains in Nude Nuances
Japanese Maple: Revlon Soft Nude
Kinda Sexy: Revlon Colorburst in Blush
Lady Danger: Revlon Fire and Ice
Lazy Day: Revlon Lip Butter in Strawberry Shortcake
Love Forever: Wet 'n Wild Fergie V.I. Pink
Lovelorn: Revlon Lip Butter in Strawberry Shortcake
Modesty: L'Oreal Forever Frappe
Morange: Revlon Siren
Moxie: Revlon Cherries in the Snow
Myth: Revlon Colorburst in Soft Nude, Elf Mineral Lipstick in Natural Nymph
Peachstock: Revlon Nude Attitude
Please Me: Revlon Pink Pout
Plink: Elf Conditioning Lip Balm in Peaceful Pink
Pure Zen: Revlon Lip Butter in Creamsicle
Ravishing: Revlon Smoked Peach
Rebel: Wet 'n Wild Sugar Plum Fairy
Red: Milani Color Statement Lipstick in High Voltage
Rose Maiden: Inglot Lipstick 243, Maybelline Vivids Shocking Coral
Show Orchid: Revlon Lip Butter in Lollipop
Shy Girl: Rimmel Crush, Rimmel Nude Delight
Sin: Milani Cabernet Blend
Snob: Maybelline Color Sensational Porcelains in Porcelain Pink, Revlon Primrose
So Chaud: Wet 'n Wild Pretty Persimmon
St. Germain: Maybelline Color Sensational Porcelains in Porcelain Pink
The Faerie Glen (Tartan Tale): L'Oreal Fairest Nude
Up The Amp: Wet 'n Wild Lipstick in 525d Retro Pink
Velvet Teddy: Revlon Mauve It Over, Wet 'n Wild Bare It All
Viva Glam 1: L'Oreal Pink Lady
Viva Glam 2: Revlon Nude Attitude
Viva Glam 5: Rimmel Airy Fairy
Viva Glam 6: Revlon Lip Butter in Berry Smoothie
Viva Glam 2012 Nicki Minaj: Wet 'n Wild Mega Last Lip Color in Pinkerbell

Mac Lip Liner
Boldy Bare: Elf Feather Proof Moisturizing Lip Liner in Bark
In Synch: L'Oreal Color Riche in All About Pink (my dupe)
Spice: Wet 'n Wild 666
Subculture: Boots No.7 Nude Lipliner (my own dupe)

Mac Face
Prep + Prime Highlighter in Radiant Rose: Benefit's Eye Bright, Boots No.7 High Light Illuminating Lotion, Maybelline Dream Lumi Concealer in Radiant
Lip and Cheek Cream in Out for Fun: The Balm Balm Voyage Makeup Palette in First Officer

Makeup Storage

I don't have a lot of makeup, but I've wanted to a "how I store my makeup" blog for a little while. It's not as organized as some people that you see on youtube.

This is the top of my desk. It is right by a window so I get good sunlight to do my makeup in. I have my brushes set up on top. I put all my Elf brushes in a cup. All my Ecotools brushes in a cup. All my random brushes are in a mug. My Confidential brushes are in a long vase I got from Michaels. I got sand to make the brushes sit upright. I got the sand from Michaels too.

To the side of my brushes I have a shelf. On top of the shelf I have a little container where I store my pencil eyeliners and the other container stores my gel eyeliners.

To the right of that I have q-tips and Maybelline Eye Makeup Remover.

Underneath the shelf I store my eyelash curlers and mascaras. I also have little tools I like to use like my brush cleaner, a squirt bottle with water in it, a cut card that I can use to do my mascara, and eyebrow tweezers.

Underneath I have a set of drawers. In the top drawer I have all my eyeshadows. It is sort of organized because I have things stacked. Like all my Physician Formula shadows are stacked on top of each other. All of my Revlon Creme Illuminance Shadows are stacked. Same with my Wet 'n Wild palettes. Everything else is sort of just stashed in the back.

The next drawer holds all of my face makeup. Actually, I just realized some of the face makeup isn't in there. Oh, well. So this is where I hold my foundation (even though it isn't in there). My primers, my setting sprays, my concealers, and my highlighters.

This is one of my favorite drawers because it is the most organized, and it looks pretty. I have my lipsticks and lip stains in a container. My lip glosses are organized by brand and the random ones are put in the middle. The little container in the back holds all my lip balms, lip scrub, and chap sticks.

This drawer is the opposite of the last drawer it is very messy. It has all of my blushes and bronzers. There is no organization here whatsoever.

This drawer is where I keep all of my palettes. I have a lot of Elf palettes and Wet 'n Wild 8-Pan palettes. I also have a Sephora palette and a Sonia Kashuk palette.

This is what it looks like under my desk. I keep makeup wipes, cotton rounds, makeup sponges, and that purple box on the left is my new Urban Decay Bride Kit box. I also have a pink satchel under there.

In my Urban Decay Bride Kit I store some of the things that came in the box, and also other Urban Decay things that I bought from a sale they have had, the creme shadows!

On the very top of everything I keep my nail polishes. There is also some more brushes that I don't use very often and nail polish remover.

I hope you have found it helpful. I like to see people's makeup collection because that gives me ideas for how I can better organize my makeup.