MAC make up brush?

Do any of you ladies use the MAC buffer brush #182 for mineral or loose powder?? How do you guys like it? Does it blend the make up well. I am currently using the Kabuki brush that comes in my BE starters kit for my Bare minerals but i am looking to buy a better brush that blends better and is softer. It has really good reviews on Makeup alley but i was wondering if anyone here has used it and what you guys think. Thanks!MAC make up brush?
I agree with 2D that the BE handy buki is better at applying the loose powder foundation than the Kabuki brush. MAC #182 is a similar brush, so you might want to try the BE handy buki first. I personally found that it works better. The other brushes that I find good at applying BE foundation or any loose powder for medium coverage is MAC #169 an angled brush, or the MAC creme foundation brush that looks like a flat version of the handy buki. Both brushes are very soft and picks up enough powder to give a good coverage.MAC make up brush?
I get better coverage with the BE handy buki brush or CVS has a kabuki brush that works better than the BE kabuki. But, I haven't tried the MAC brush. 2D
well i dnt hav any idea abt this bcoz i dnt do make ups %26amp; i hate doing it
do you smoke weed? because your name is ';california kush'; so i was just wondering...
Girl.... please read this if you are using those products!!!





';Approximately ten years ago, I entered the film industry as a Makeup Artist doing makeup for Mariah Carey, the late Aaliyah, The Ricky Lake Show, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Missy Elliot and Tweet, CBS News, 20/20, Discovery Cruise Lines, Playboy Magazine, UPN Network and the cast of Girl Friends just to name a few.





I rapidly grew in the industry and developed myself in other areas of the business. I accepted an opportunity as the main Producer of photography with Playboy Magazine for the Miami region. ....... My husband, Andrew (writer/director) and I started Vibrant Films five years ago Producing motion pictures, commercials and music videos.





I still maintain my makeup clientele 鈥?once you build it you just don鈥檛 give it away or for that matter throw it away.








In May 2002, Mother鈥檚 Day, I had an assignment to do the makeup for thirty girls for a swimsuit calendar.


[My Arbonne consultant] called me up and asked me to take her makeup case filled with Arbonne makeup to my photo shoot because she really wanted a professional opinion on the new makeup line. I was kind, I said that I had a reputation to protect; furthermore I was sponsored by MAC Cosmetics the last five years and had collected over $15,000 worth of makeup. I agreed to test it for her to give her my opinion. We began makeup at 5am for a Sunrise shot, I selected two girls and applied MAC makeup; and then I selected two other girls with similar skin types and applied Arbonne makeup and sent them out with a prayer. About 5hrs later, the girls returned the sun was high and with not enough hands to be on the beach to do touch ups I didn鈥檛 know what to expect. The girls wearing the MAC makeup, as I expected were dripping with sweat, as the foundation and powder are heavier for good coverage but does not allow the skin to breathe. The girls wearing Arbonne makeup to my surprise had this healthy glow and all there makeup was still in tact. I really thought that I had just done their makeup (WOW!!). I then continued to use only Arbonne鈥檚 makeup for the duration of the shoot. I called Shannon and said that I had just thrown out my $15,000 worth of MAC makeup, Arbonne鈥檚 makeup stood up better under the pressure of heat and inability to retouch each face throughout the course of a hectic 14 hour day


of shooting.





At this point Shannon shared so much more about the dangers that makeup held. I suffered a rude awakening, for years I was painting makeup on people that was filled with toxic chemicals and poisons (mineral oil, lanolin, paraffin wax, alcohol, and acetone) I was misled too. Then I learned about rendering plants- where a number of the cosmetic manufactures purchase materials derived from dead and diseased animals used in the formulation lipsticks and eye makeup. I WAS ANGRY.





I needed to speak out and educate people that makeup is no longer a beauty issue but a health issue and we must become label readers. Whatever we put on our skin ends up in our blood stream within seconds. I became an Independent Consultant and I spend each moment I can, even with a busy schedule, sharing with others the TRUTH. My journey continues.....


Love Always, Stacey Mossop';