The best flat top kabuki brush and why it's worth it - TODAY

Makeup artists always say that the key to flawless foundation application is a good brush.

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To be honest, I'm traditionally a finger application kind of girl. Using your fingers is free and easy, and you aren’t forced to carry around another tool. However, since my complexion is a bit oily and breaks out pretty easily, I couldn’t help but wonder if my fingers were contributing to this problem as well.

This internal conflict eventually led me to the Daubigny Flat Top Kabuki Brush. With so many expensive brush options on the market, I appreciated the $7 price tag for this one. The 23,000-plus five-star ratings on Amazon were also reassuring and inevitably guided my decision to buy it.

Daubigny Flat Top Kabuki Makeup Brush

Applying my makeup is a breeze (and more sanitary)

When I use the kabuki brush, I'm able to apply my makeup much faster than when I spread it on with my fingertips. I also don't have to worry if my hands could be carrying harmful bacteria or oils, especially during a time when keeping our hands clean is so important. Plus, my skin has a much more natural-looking result.

It's compact and replaced my other brushes

Makeup brushes can take up a lot of space in a makeup bag, but this kabuki brush proves that great things come in small packages. The little flat top tool comes with a plastic carrying case, which only takes up a few inches of my bag and keeps the brush intact. I can also use the brush to apply other products like powder foundation, bronzer and blush, so there's no need to take up more space with extra beauty tools.

The Daubigny Flat Top Brush is now one of my favorite beauty staples, but there are other customer-loved options you can shop on Amazon right now.

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DUcare Synthetic Flat Top Kabuki Brush

It gives me a flawless, full-coverage look

According to the brand, this brush is made from about 200,000 super-soft bristles, which help to distribute foundation evenly with little to no flaking or caking. I always want my foundation to be at full coverage, so I normally have to wear more than one coat to hide some of my imperfections. But the more product I use, the more prone my oily/combination skin is to breakouts. Luckily, this kabuki brush helps to build coverage with a lot less product than I've ever needed before.

One thing to be wary of when cleaning your new tool is that the directions state very specifically not to get any liquid on the handle area of the brush. Some reviewers have actually had issues with the brush coming apart after washing, saying that getting that area wet can cause the handle to loosen up.

For just $7, I found a multitasking flat top brush that applies my makeup flawlessly and doesn't take up too much space in my bag. With results like these, I'd recommend anyone looking to upgrade their beauty tools to give it a try.

A flat top foundation brush for applying liquid makeup will make application quicker, easier, and give you airbrushed-look, flawless, results. The flat top makeup brush can (and should) also be used when applying sheer powders and blushes too.

This How-to will begin with applying liquid makeups with the foundation brushes, followed by how-to-apply blushes, highlights and concealers. Finishing with how and why it’s best to use, a flat top foundation brush for a powder to lock the foundation and concealer for a long-lasting look.

If you’re reading this article to decide if you should get and use a flat top foundation brush for the first time, makeup professionals believe that, “It’s not an indulgence, it’s a necessity.”

Liquid foundation is one of the trickiest and fussiest products to apply. It’s why we’re beginning with it. It’s almost unfair that it can make or break your entire look and be so unpredictable. Applying liquid foundation with a flat top brush, using these techniques, eliminates the guesswork and issues.

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Flat Top Foundation Brush for Liquid Foundation

Take your favourite foundation and dab a small amount the size of a small coin on the back of your non-dominant hand. You can also use a palette for this, but using your hand is recommended because it warms the foundation, blends in with your skin’s natural oils, gives the bristles resistance, and doesn’t push the product up into the bristles the way a palette can.

Dip your brush into the foundation. A perfect flat top foundation brush is soft bristled, densely packed, synthetic, and antibacterial. (While that sounds like a tall order, we recommend Nanshy because their brushes are all that, plus cruelty-free!) Dip your brush a few times with a quick, yet soft, dabbing like motion.

Using the same quick dabbing motion, like a sewing machine needle moves (stippling), begin at the bridge of your nose between your eyebrows and go down the centre towards your nose tip. Then stipple from the outside in along each cheekbone from by your ear towards the side of your nose. Now do the same outside-in on your chin from the outer sides meeting in the middle. Without adding any more foundation, get the area above your upper lip and below your nose and finally the area above your chin just below your lower lip.

If you use foundation instead of, or in conjunction with concealer around the eye area, now is the time to tap the edge of your flat top brush into the foundation. At an angle as if the brush was laying on its side, with the edge of the bristles touching the edge of the foundation on your hand. Now with the brush at that same angle in relation to your face, dab along the under eye from the outside in towards your nose, your hand below the bristles. For application above the eye, bring your elbow up, so your hand is above the bristles (almost as if you were writing, but elbow way up) and stipple from the outside toward your nose bridge.

For your forehead, the very upper outside of your cheekbones and jawline (the remaining areas), dab the top of the brush into the foundation on your hand to get more product, then starting with the lower outside areas of your forehead, dab up and toward the centre all the way to your hairline.

Get more foundation onto the flat area of the brush by dabbing your hand. Then apply by stippling the side areas of your face, between the eye and ear on each side. And then downward under your jaw to fade it into your neck.

Now is when you apply blush, highlighter, contour, and all your cream based products.

A quick over-all buff with your flat top brush for blending and you’re done!

Flat Top Foundation Brush for Powders and Blushes

The best way to make foundation and makeup last is setting it with powder. While one way to do it is with a puff, rolling or pushing it into the skin, this is likely to cause uneven results and can be a bit messy. Putting the powder onto your skin using a flat top brush sets it perfectly and is easy to clean afterwards.

Powder application should be light to lock the foundation and concealer but not disturb your underlying makeup. Stipple the powder, (dabbing lightly and quickly) no swirling or buffing, it can cause streaks and uneven application – And possibly wipe off everything you’ve already done.

Tap powder into the lid and use as a dabber (The way you used the back of your hand for foundation). This way any powder not used by the flat top brush can be thrown away if it got mixed with makeup. Or, put back in with the rest of your powder if you think it is ok. This helps your powder last longer by not tamping down the whole thing every time you use it.

Patting the powder on with the brush really ensures that the powder sinks in and really helps to set both the foundation and the concealer. Blend out contour powder or cheek stain (with a flat brush) in an upward motion, giving a real airbrush effect. There won’t be harsh lines or abrupt colour changes on your face.

Use a flat top foundation brush that’s soft bristled, densely packed, synthetic, and antibacterial. (Nanshy Kabuki Brushes are perfect for this.) Contour brushes and natural bristle makeup brushes will take away the foundation when swiping powder on to set your makeup. A soft bristled, densely packed, synthetic flat top brush, as you set your look by tapping with powder, will press the foundation making your set even firmer.

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