Question of the Week #7: Natural or Synthetic Hair Makeup Brushes?

This week's Question of the Week is about makeup brushes. Do you prefer using brushes that have synthetic fibers or are you into natural hair brushes?

Synthetic haired brushes are usually recommended for liquids and creams and natural haired brushes are usually recommended for powders though I personally don't stick to that rule. I generally prefer natural haired brushes because of the reduced dry time, general softness, and I tend to work more with powders than I do creams and liquids.

Question of the Week #7


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If you had to pick, which would you choose? Synthetic or Natural Hair Brushes?

24 comments

  1. I think I'd pick natural hair, simply because they seem to be a lot softer. Having said that, I'm comparing Hakuhodo goat and Real Techniques, so I'm not sure if higher-end synthetic brushes would be a fairer comparison?

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  2. I use both, but I have synthetic brushes for my BB/CC/foundations that are liquids/creams.

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  3. I have both. BUt, the majority of my brushes are synthetic.

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  4. I have both! The majority are synthetic.

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  5. I use both and do not have a preference. Creams def work best with all synthetic brushes.

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  6. I have both, I don't really have a huge preference for one or the other.

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  7. I really don't have a preference!

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  8. I prefer natural hair fibers. I do have some synthetic brushes, but I swear the natural fibers give me better application.

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  9. I like both - but I tend to go towards synthetic.

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  10. I use both, whichever is clean :-)

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  11. I really have no preference as long as it works well

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  12. I prefer natural for the softness. However, I have some synthetic brushes that are holy grails. Sometimes it just depends. :)

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  13. I like them both, I always switch up my brushes!

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  14. If I had to choose only one, I'd go synthetic!
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  15. I like both, really. Synthetic do seem to clean easier when working with messy creams, but I tend to just use whatever is softer, or does the job better.

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  16. Depends. I use synthetic for all oil-based products, and natural for everything else.

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  17. I always just feel like synthetic blends out smoother!

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  18. I switch it up. It really depends on the finish I am going for and/or the use.

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  19. I have a mix of the two in my collection, but I tend to prefer synthetic -- they're almost always softer than their natural hair counterparts (unless you spend significantly more on the latter), and my skin's a bit of a wimp :P

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  20. I think synthetic all the way. There is absolutely no need to use animals for applying our makeup. That's the ultimate example of humans using their power for evil. Plus, they make synthetics so brilliantly now you could never tell.

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  21. I prefer animal. It grabs the makeup way better.

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  22. I'm not team CF so I really dont have a preference, I would only say synthetic because they are more affordable.

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