The tools mineral makeup actually needs

The kabuki is for loose and pressed powder foundation. Its density is the whole point, because it picks up the right amount of powder and buffs it in rather than dusting it on. For liquid foundation use a flat or rounded blending brush from the set, or clean fingertips, which warm the formula and work beautifully. Blush wants something softer and rounded, and the small angled brush in the set is what your brow powder is asking for.

Honestly, no, not to get started. If you wear powder foundation and a little blush, the kabuki alone will serve you well for a long time. The set earns its place when you are using several products across face, eyes and brows and you want the right shape for each, and it works out considerably cheaper than buying four or five good brushes one at a time.

A soft synthetic fibre engineered to feel like animal hair, with none in it. That matters for two reasons beyond the obvious one. Synthetic fibre does not absorb liquid or cream the way natural hair does, so less of your product ends up inside the brush, and it is far easier to wash properly.

Anything that touches liquid or cream, weekly. Powder brushes, every two to three weeks. Warm water and a drop of gentle shampoo, work the lather through with your fingers, rinse until the water runs clear, reshape the head and lay them flat to dry. Never stand a wet brush upright, because water runs into the handle and loosens the glue holding the bristles in.

Because our lip crayon, eye crayon and brow pencil are all soft formulas, which is what gives them their glide, and soft pencils blunt quickly. A fine tip is what makes hair strokes on brows and precise liner possible at all. The 2 in 1 takes both standard and jumbo pencils, so it handles everything in the range and most of what is already in your drawer.