I was walking through Target the other day when a new brush caught my eye. “Natural bristles,” it promised, and the shape was intriguing. Since it was $1.99 (!!) regular price, I felt it needed to come home with me.
I think you can pick one of two basic brush shapes for placing color in your crease: a dense, bullet-shaped crease brush (like my Studio Gear #35, photographed here), or a fluffy crease brush, like Trish McEvoy’s 29 or MAC’s 226. I think some people even use MAC’s 217 or 224, but I find those brush heads to be much too large for my eye (to me, those are blending brushes, and still rather large).
Anyway, the more I discuss the subject of crease brushes with various makeup artists, the more it seems their preference is for the fluffier type. How utterly fantastic that you can get such a lovely, soft one for $1.99 at Target. Everyone should own one of these!
For comparison purposes, I photographed the Studio Tools Eye Contour brush next to Trish’s 29 (Studio Tools is a bit more tapered), and reader Swocit was so kind as to photograph hers next to a MAC 226 (the 226 is even more tapered, but some users find the MAC brush a bit scratchy).
>that brush looks really nice…i've seen them at Target before but never tried them because usually cheap brush i find to be of not good quality. Maybe i'll just have to try this one..and $1.99 won't break the bank
>That Studio Gear brush looks a lot like the Laura Mercier Pony hair crease brush (which I have but want another of)! Nice dupe! I might need this =)
>I wish we could find $1.99 brushes of decent quality in the UK… *sigh*
>it looks like a less tapered version of the 226! this size is good for my eyes.. will have to check it out soon!
>I was in target friday and came across this brush. I was about to make a post about it haha..so this is funny…but its my new favorite crease brush. It's pretty amazing..and for $1.99 you can't beat that…:)
>Studio Tools brushes are the best! I have lids that overlap, so I use the contour brush for blending mostly, and it's great. Very soft and almost no shedding. I find them better than Sonia Kashuk's line!
>I think I read somewhere recently that EcoTools and Studio Tools are made by the same people. I *adore* EcoTools brushes so….. =)
>Hiya lady!
Thanks again for awaking the sleeping giant affectionately known as my brush demon!
Hmm… I have a particular SK (white handle) blender that looks suspiciously like the #226 (althogh I have all 3 of their blenders including the black ergo), but now I must return to tarjay to seek out the goody you've shown!
Thanks bunches (really I mean that!) for showing the $2 deal! >=D
ps: Check my blog, I nominated you for a blogger award!
Cheers & hope you're well!
Erika =)
>Heck yeah! That brush is awesome! The Studio Line brand also has a "skunk brush" which I LOVVVVVVVVE. I love it more than the Sonia Kashuk. I don't have a MAC one, so I can't compare.
>I just bought a few! Cant wait to try them! I did not see these before…
>Thanks for the heads up. I love studio tools brushes. Their skunk brush is pretty fun too.
>Thanks for posting about this! I made it to target today and picked up several of these!
This sounds fantastic!!! Do you know if I could get one of these in Canada? Please let me know. I’ve seen Ecotools in Superstore but not Studio Tools and I don’t think we have Target…