My Fav Eye Brushes

I have brushes from different brands, including MAC, Clinique, Sephora, and Coastal Scents. Buying brushes is an expensive thing to do, I didn't buy them all at once! Depending on how much you would like to spend, the brands of the brushes would be one important thing to consider. 

My Fav Mac brushes

• 263 (only sold at pro stores) - great for precise lines. I use it with powder shadow, gel or cream liners
  
• 266 - I use it to fill in my eyebrows with MAC brow shader (brow powder)
  
• 214 - a new brush that just came out, a smudger brush. I like it because it makes eye shadows go on more intense
  
• 224 - crease brush, I bought it before the 226 came out, it's awesome for eye socket and nose contour. It also helps to put a light coat of under brow highlight
  
• 226 - another new brush that came out with the 214, it's a smaller version of a crease brush, which works great for smaller eyes or more precise outcome

If you are looking for more basic brushes, such as shader brush (for all over lids), MAC has these brush sets. They are often limited edition products, usually come out around in summer (usually only at Nordstrom) and in winter for the holidays. Those are GREAT BUYS because for around 40 dollars, you will be getting 5 brushes, which are normally sold for $20 - 30 a piece!

Sephora also has great brush sets, for instant, the vanity brush set has the more pro eye brushes which are similar to the MAC 214 and a mixture of the 224 and 226.

My Fav Sephora Brush

• All over shadow brush #22 (I think this is the one I have, since I bought mine in a set YEARS ago) - I love the size of it! It's just right for my lids!
  

MAC and Sephora brushes are awesome, but if you are on a budget, there are a lot of options as well. Costal Scents has some nice ones too. I bought the 13 pc brush set, $16.95, which includes medium shader brush which I use for lid colors, and the larger shader brush for brow highlight.

My Fav Coastal Scents Brushes

• Chisel detail mini brush - I use it for more detail use of shadow. Since it's so tiny, you can use it for smudging your pencil eyeliner, place powder eye shadow close to the lash line as eyeliner, or on bottom lash line.
  
• Chisel fluff medium brush - I love it! It is not super fluffy, but just enough to let shadow glides on with good color payoff, plus I love the size! Again, just right for my lids! Since the handle is short, it's great for traveling. Fits perfectly in my makeup bag.
• A couple brushes from the 13 pc brush set as I have mentioned above.

My Fav Clinique Brush and Accessory

• Makeup brush cleanser - A MUST HAVE. I use it to clean up my brushes - if you don't clean up your brushes, you would mix up the colors that are in already in them, and have them look dirty on your face. Plus, cleaning your brushes regularly can prevent breakout.
  
• Eye liner brush - I use it for the same purpose as my Coastal Scents mini brush, which is for detail use of shadows, plus since this one is a dense one, I use it for gel liner as well.
  

Another way to apply your shadow would be with your own fingers. Of course, make sure they are CLEAN because of your delicate eyes. Applying eye shadow with fingers let you be able to feel the shape of your eyes, plus the colors would go on smoothly with the warmth of your fingers. (Learned that from a Taiwanese show called Queen. If you know how to read Chinese, Kevin's blog is great to follow!)

AND OOOOOOPPPPPPSSSSS. I totally forgot to mention my awesome lash curler. It's Shu Uemura, you can get it at Sephora, Neiman Marcus, or on the Shu Uemura website.  I like it because the curve is not too big, fits my eye perfectly!