Makeup Strokes

Powder

Use:
Soft, fluffy, rounded bristles with a golf ball-sized head or bigger.

Directions:
1. Dip bristles in powder and tap brush on the back of your hand once to get the excess off.
2. Dust over oily areas, and then blend out to your hairline.


Blush

Use:
Soft and dense rounded bristles 1-inch-wide head or bigger.

Directions:
1. Fill brush with powder blush so the top is dusty and tap off excess.
2. Smile and lightly swirl the color on your apples, blending toward temples.


Eye Shadow

Use:
short, slightly square, semi-stiff bristles about 1/4 inch-wide head.

Directions:
1. Sweep the brush over the shadow, then dust or press, for more intense color along your lash line and move up toward your brow bones.


Eyeliner

Use:
Very stiff, square, flat-top bristles with 1/4 inch wide head.

Directions:
1. Dip brush in liner or shadow.
2. Gently press it sown at outer corners of eyes.
3. Continue making a distinct line across lash lines to inner corners.


Crease

Use:
Stiff, angled bristles with 1/4 inch-wide head.

Directions:
1. Look down into a mirror to see whole lid.
2. Rest brush stem on cheek.
3. Put bristles in your crease and move them left to right like windshield wipers.


Lips

Use:
Very short, rounded flat, stiff bristles with 1/4 inch-tall or 1/8 inch-wide head.

Directions:
1. Loads brush with lipstick or gloss.
2. Apply it first to the middle of your lips, pulling color out to the edges, covering them completely from corner to corner.
3. Brush up now! Brushes can harbor bacteria if you don't keep them clean.
4. Wash them weekly with mild soap and let them air-dry.


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