You can often find inexpensive substitutes for your expensive brushes at art- or craft-supply stores (Michaels and Joanns are the big ones in my town) Just take a few of your brushes along and compare them against what's in stock at the particular store. For example, you can get a thin, fine-tipped brush for gel eyeliner pretty easily and then bend it yourself to make a "bent eyeliner brush." Short-bristle, angled-tip brushes for brow lining are easy to find, too. Art- and craft-supply stores frequently carry the same lines (both synthetic and natural bristles), so there's not much point to looking around unless you have a coupon for a particular shop.
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| E. L. F. Essentials eyeshadow brush |
E. L. F. (on-line and limited supply at Target), as well as Essence of Beauty (I have the filbert-shaped foundation brush [CVS, Amazon]) and EcoTools (I have the retractable kabuki brush [Ulta, Target, Walgreens]) also have good dupes. I'm still using two MAC 239 Eye Shader Brushes (about $16 each when I bought them [now $24.50!]) that are each at least six years old, but I have E. L. F. back-ups for when they crap out. I prefer the $1.00 short-handled, white-stemmed E. L. F. Essentials Eyeshadow Brush (photo above) for easier application (I apply my makeup while in a wheelchair, which leaves me limited arm and elbow room). I almost want to ditch my MAC to use thee E. L. F. brushes, but they 239's are still going strong, and I hate to commit "brushicide."
Great tip! Whats funny is that I just browsed the brush isle at Michaels the other day for this purpose. But I didn't end up picking any up.
ReplyDeleteHi Peachy! Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Were you looking for any particular type (i.e., specific function)of brush?
ReplyDeleteI keep meaning to do this, but I honestly love my pink handled brushes, lol. I think as they start to die, I'll pick up my new brushes at the craft store!
ReplyDeleteWhat brand are these, Shelby? Crown?
DeleteJust an FYI, I saw some ELF brushes at Dollar Tree yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI've often wondered about picking up some brushes at the craft store. I'll have to try this since I am eternally on the hunt for the perfect eyeliner brush. :)
LOL, that's ironic since they cost only $1.00 at E. L. F. to begin with :-) Make sense they'd end up at a dollar store.
DeleteEyeliner brushes are among the easiest to find at the type of store I mentioned. And because they usually have a great return policy, you can't go wrong. Just save your receipt and note the "return by" date or length of time!
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