The tutorial made it look easy. Blend here, contour there, a little highlight on the cupid’s bow and suddenly you look like you’ve had eight hours of sleep and a personal stylist. The tutorial did not mention that you’d need a specific brush for each of those steps, and that the one brush you own — the one that came free with a palette in 2019 — would not be adequate.
The Professional Makeup Brush Set arrives with 20 brushes. Twenty. There is a brush for foundation. A brush for concealer. A brush for blending. A brush for the crease. A brush for the inner corner. A brush for things you haven’t learned to do yet but will, now that you have the brush for it.
Synthetic bristles that are soft enough to use on sensitive skin and dense enough to actually pick up product. A rose gold ferrule that makes the whole set look expensive on your dressing table. A storage roll that makes you feel like a professional even when you’re doing your makeup in the car.
You’re not going to look like the tutorial. But you’re going to look significantly better than you did before, and that’s the whole point.
