Beauty Advice: Great Make-Up Brushes on a Budget?

e.l.f brushes are grrrreat. I ordered the small trave l set as a present, and got the eye liner brush and they are awesomeness. and you cant beat the price.

Nothing can beat elf’s prices (or the Target kit price) but for specialty shapes/sizes/textures, an art supply store will have good options. And in NYC, Ricky’s house brand is a good bet and a bit cheaper than MAC.

$14.99 is a great price for all those brushes.  I got my make-up brushes at Nordstrom Rack.  They sell them individually for about $2-$3 each, so you can mix and match depending on what types you want.

I have recently discovered Avon brushes. The prices are pretty good too—about 2.99-7.99. Its a bit more than Elf brushes but to be honest, they are a much better quality.  Avon’s Mark line also offers a small travel set that fits right into your cosmetic bag.  It’s ony 15.00 and its’s really cute.

I found that the elf brushes are’nt as soft as they could be.(The brush actually fell off of the handle of my face brush after a couple of weeks).  But they are a dollar so I dont expect too much. I do still use some of the eyeshadow, and eyelining brushes from elf though.

The Target brushes are fine. I have had a few stray hairs fall from them, but that is to be expected with any cheap brush. My favorite cheap brushes though are the Essence of Beauty brushes that CVS pharmacies sell. They have a full line at incredible prices.

I bought the pictured set and love it!  So soft and, I got it on sale, a great deal.  I highly recommend.

There are a few companies out there that are cheap with high quality. You could say they get them before the name brand is on them. I found some here http://stores.ebay.com/Forever-Beautiful-Cosmetics You can see all of the sets and cases right on this page.

I have a travel kit from Sonia Kashuk very similar to this 1 minus mirror and angle brush. They are soft and good quality for the price however my blush brush came off handle but you can glue the metal part back to the wood handle. I have a regular size powder(face), blush, and angle brush by Maybelline I love them as well very,very good quality and soft.