Must Have Makeup Brushes!

I did a 'must have makeup brushes' post back in 2014, and since then my brush collection has grown and I want to share my new favourite must have brushes with you!
Lets start with eye brushes. My absolute favourite brand for eyeshadow brushes is ZOEVA. I did a blog post back in January about the Rose Golden Complete eye set (click here to read that) and since then I have purchased TWO more of those sets. The brushes are incredible. 

My first must have is the Zoeva 228 Luxe Crease. This brush is exactly like a MAC 224 but it is so much softer. As I can find the 224 a little bit scratchy. This is the first brush I use when doing my eyeshadow it's my favourite blending brush! Then we have the Zoeva 227 Luxe Soft Definer, this could be compared to the MAC 217 but I find it's flatter and bigger, I still love this brush I use this to add a darker shade into my crease to add more depth it's super soft and blends shadows beautifully. Next is the Zoeva 231 Luxe Petit Crease, I LOVE this brush. When I first got it I didn't really rate it but now I love it and I use it every time I do my eyes. I use this to put colour (usually a dark shade) on my outer V. I really love this brush for that. Then is the Zoeva 224 Luxe Defined Crease, this is a skinny tapered blending brush, it's perfect for making all of your eyeshadows really really blended, I like using this to apply a transition colour and just building up the colour. Then we have the Zoeva 234 Luxe Smoky Shader, this brush I have so many of, it looks like the MAC 239 brush and it performs the exact same. This one is 100% a must have. Next is the Zoeva 317 Wing Liner, personally on myself i don't really wear liner but when I do I use this, but this is the brush I use on my clients for the really sharp winged liner. Then is the Zoeva 237 Detail Shader, I love this for my inner corners, my brow bone, pigments/glitters, this brush can be used for all kinds of things. I love it!  All of the brushes I just spoke about are from the Zoeva Rose Golden Complete Eye Set, the set comes with 12 brushes. All of them are amazing but these are just my must have brushes. Then we have the Zoeva 223 Petit Eye Blender, I personally don't use this for blending as the brush is very dense and tiny. I love this for highlighting my inner corner. I love a really intense inner corner highlight and because the brush is so dense this give me exactly what I want. Now for my last Zoeva brush, the 232 Luxe Classic Shader, I originally bought this thinking it was a flat shader, which it is but it's slightly longer. I hadn't really used this brush until recently, I have started using this for buffing eyeshadow under my lower lash line, which I have to do! My makeup isn't complete without a blended under eye. This brings me to the next brush the MAC 252, this is THE BEST brush for blending out under your lower lash line, I don't know what it is but it just works. This brush is quite expensive that why I included the last Zoeva brush, but nothing does it better than this brush! Then is a must have for everyone, the MAC 242, i'm sure you've heard about this brush, it's great for carving out your brows and it's the best for getting pigments and glitters on the lid. I'm a huge pigment girl so this brush is a staple in my collection. Then is probably the most famous brush ever, the MAC 217. It's the perfect shape, it can be used to blend, pack colour on the outer V, it's just a classic brush. Then lastly for eye brushes is the MAC 263, this is the brush I use for my eyebrows, it's not super dense so it doesn't apply too much product or make them look harsh, it's perfect. I just want to say the Zoeva brushes are the quality of MAC but there prices range from £6 for eye brushes! Which is just amazing. And I can honestly say I have never seen a Zoeva brush shed any of it's bristles! 
I do have 3 favourite face brushes, but for my foundation/concealer I still swear by the

Original BeautyBlender! Highlighting is my favourite part of doing my makeup and I was on the hunt for the perfect brush for so long and I finally found it! It's the Anastasia Beverly Hills A23 Pro Face Detail brush. It is so soft and it is the perfect shape for highlighting! I love love lovvvvve it!! Next is my favourite bronzer brush, the MAC 129. I think this brush is the perfect size and it does the job well! I'm yet to find a more affordable dupe for this. Lastly is the brush I use for blush, you could 100% use the one I just talked about but I love the MAC 129 SH (Short Handled) brush. It is the exact same brush but it has a shorter handle. I just prefer using this one for blush, the shorter handle give me more control. I will leave links down below where you can purchase the brushes I have mentioned today! To clean all of my brushes I use the MAC Brush Cleanser. I have used this for years and I find it's the easiest/quickest way to clean them! 
I hope this wasn't to long for you all and I hope you find some brushes you love! Let me know some of your favourite brushes! Don't forget to follow my Instagram @ellietaylorrxx for daily posts! 

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Zoeva Rose golden Complete Eye Set -
1. http://www.beautybay.com/cosmetics/zoeva/rosegoldencompleteeyeset/
2. https://www.love-makeup.co.uk/zoeva-rose-golden-complete-p-6373.html

Zoeva Petit Eye Blender - http://www.beautybay.com/accessories/zoeva/223petiteyeblenderbrush/

Zoeva Luxe Classic Shader - http://www.beautybay.com/accessories/zoeva/232luxeclassicshaderbrush/

MAC brushes eye - http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/145/288/Products/Brushes/Eye/252-Large-Shader-Brush/index.tmpl
MAC brushes face- http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/146/304/Products/Brushes/Face/129-PowderBlush-Brush/index.tmpl

Anastasia Beverly Hills A23- https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/anastasia-beverly-hills-pro-face-detail-brush.html#c=10-category

(ALL ZOEVA BRUSHES CAN BE BOUGHT INDIVIDUALLY)