Color Studio Professional Powder Brush

Brushes (tools) matter. They do. Found out through personal experience. Good news is, they don't necessarily have to be expensive to deliver on performance. Having said that, I am always on the lookout for a nice brush. You can pretty much imagine my excitement when my sister pointed out this sweet innocent looking stall at the mall the other day. She told me their brushes were well known, not expensive and very good quality. I was a little skeptic, and went up for closer inspection. As it dawned on me my sister was right, I turned around and gave her an accusatory look as if to say, "And you are telling me this just now... what is wrong with you girl?" There was a display on a vertical rack with all types of makeup brushes and nail art tools. Since I was already hunting for a good big powder brush, I picked up the one on display. The brand name is Color Studio Professional and is easily available here in Pakistan.

Dome Powder Face Brush by Color Studio Professional

My Best of Makeup 2013

By best I mean that I just love all these products and that I feel like I just gravitate towards these products more so than the other things I have. And since this topic has been picking up quite a storm in the beauty circles, I thought to so do one too.

I realize my blog is not a whole year long yet, but still I felt that I've had all of these products for the past year or so and I so these are just my favorite picks. Besides, this post would allow me to cross out two resolutions I mentioned earlier, namely, get rid of the old stale stuff and also pick out products for my new go to makeup bag.

Here goes nothing:

I'll this category wise, starting with face, then eyes, lips and my fav brushes also. Most categories will have both high end and drugstore products.

Makeup Brushes 101

When I first got into makeup, brushes were around, only not in the host of types and brands nowadays. Back then good ol' fingers were the main makeup application tool for at lot of your look. I know how overwhelming it can be to go out there and see 10 different types of eyeliner brushes and not know what to do, only to walk out in frustration. I hope this post can help you know what are the basic tools required to apply makeup and then you can shop for brushes with the intent of the brush you want to buy. This is singularly the most important question when buying makeup products...what will this product help me achieve.

Brush overload: Be gone...

Before starting you should know there are 2 types of brushes: Synthetic (man made fibres) and Natural (as apparent from the name, animal hair). The preference is a personal choice mostly. I don't mind either but synthetic brushes are generally more easier to clean and more commonly used.