Best Beauty Tools You Need To Have For A Smooth, Flawless Base
No need for TikTok’s hyper realistic foundation filter.
By Georgia Lam,
Everyone's obsessed with the original beauty blender, a creation that undoubtedly revolutionised the way we apply our favourite foundation or base makeup. Whether aiming for a dewy, matte, or airbrushed finish, the tools we employ play a significant role in achieving the desired final look and coverage. There's nothing quite like the satisfaction of witnessing your base glide on smoothly, resulting in a more even application. With a plethora of options ranging from plush wedges to synthetic brushes, the industry offers an abundance of choices. If you're facing a dilemma, turn to us as we've curated a selection of the best ones we believe you should try.
A travel-friendly choice, the Chanel Pinceau Fond De Teint Retractable N°103 exudes elegance in brush form. As implied by its name, the soft bristles are retractable, providing a protective yet stylish sleeve that allows you to slip it into any bag when travelling. With its concave design, the brush head snugly fits into the contours of your face, facilitating an effortless and hassle-free application that covers all areas with minimal effort. It effortlessly picks up products in liquid, gel, or cream form, and applies them onto your skin seamlessly, offering your desired coverage.
If you're immersed in the K-Beauty scene, you might recognise this tool resembling a palette knife. Just like an artist, the tools you use can significantly affect the outcome of your masterpiece. Offering utmost precision and control, the Piccasso Makeup Spatula has gained popularity for its ability to effortlessly spread any liquid-based foundation on the skin. With just one swipe, it evenly distributes a thin layer of product for a natural finish across a large surface area, achieving flawless skin in seconds without over-layering or patchiness. For a more airbrushed look, buff the product in with a dry or wet puff to achieve a matte or dewy finish, respectively. Plus, with a convenient mixing palette included, blending foundation shades or adding your favourite illuminator has never been easier.
Every artist requires a quality brush. With Fillimilli’s Flat S Fitting Flat Foundation Brush 826, you're on your way to achieving a flawless base that rivals the expert techniques of a professional makeup artist. Featuring a wide, slim tip crafted from dense yet soft bristles, this brush is ideal for applying cream or liquid foundations and concealers. It feels akin to painting onto your skin, seamlessly blending products together and covering large areas with a single stroke. Additionally, its rounded edges make blending into narrower areas effortless. Elevating your skin to a new level of perfection, this tool offers the precision needed to achieve a smooth, glass skin base, thanks to its high adherence that ensures maximum coverage with minimal product usage.
Are you someone who enjoys changing up your foundation from time to time and seeks a single tool that can handle various formulas? If so, you might want to explore the Artist FX Auto-Patting Makeup Applicator. This fully automated blending puff, designed like a kabuki brush, delivers an impressive rate of 4,800 pats per minute, resulting in a satin, airbrushed finish that effortlessly enhances the look of your foundation. The set includes three different heads, each thoughtfully shaped like a teardrop to reach tricky areas. Use the Rubycell Puff for liquid foundations, BB and CC creams, the Silicone Puff for powder foundations, and the Ceramic Stone for applying skincare products such as leftover serum from sheet masks to enhance absorption, or even as a facial massager. Offering a more hygienic option than using your fingers, particularly for acne-prone skin, the Artist FX provides a swift solution that also helps minimize wastage by ensuring an even distribution of foundation with minimal product usage.
This makeup sponge by Fenty Beauty stands out from the rest. Plush, soft, and boasting high precision application, it's cleverly designed with three latex-free sides, each serving a practical purpose to seamlessly blend your foundation. The rounded side, a familiar feature, offers quick all-over buffing for fuss-free application. On the other hand, the bevelled edge aids in stippling and effortlessly covering blemishes, while reaching into facial contours for optimal product adherence. Despite its flat top appearing abruptly cut off, it's actually designed to reach more targeted areas such as under the eyes, inner corners, and around the nose. Compatible with all types of formulas – powder, liquid, or cream – simply start blending away for your desired coverage.
For more accurate and precise application, consider the Precision Foundation Brush in Small 100 by Make Up Forever. Renowned for their high-quality brushes that deliver professional results, this brush features a small rounded head with a tapered tip, ideal for reaching narrow areas. Despite its compact size, it applies thick stripes of product efficiently, thanks to its densely packed, soft, straight fibres, saving you time. Recommended for use on the eyelids and nasolabial folds, the brush ensures thorough foundation application without cakey or overly thick results. It is particularly effective with liquid and cream bases.
For a truly flawless application of your favourite foundation, consider pairing it with the Petal 55 Brush from Shu Uemura. This oval-shaped brush, favoured by many, features tapered ends that allow for precise application in smaller areas such as the hairline, sides of the nose, and under the eyes. Its broad brush head covers large surface areas quickly, ensuring even distribution of foundation before it dries. Glide it luxuriously over your skin for a seamless application experience. The brush's iconic hexagonal handle enhances grip, providing increased precision and control, making it effortless to sweep across your face and reach into corners. Moreover, the handle is intelligently designed to stand on its sides, preventing the brush head from touching your vanity surface, ensuring maximum hygiene from any angle. Ideal for use with liquid foundations, this brush delivers a natural, skin-like finish without any caking or streaking.
For enhanced coverage, consider trying the Foundation Buffer Brush in 104 from Zoeva. Crafted with dense synthetic bristles that form a flat top, this brush seamlessly blends your foundation for a second-skin appearance, leaving behind a streak-free, smooth, airbrushed finish. The soft bristles closely replicate the effect of natural hairs, ensuring gentle application while effectively depositing product onto your skin without absorption, thereby preventing wastage. Suitable for use with all formulas, including liquid, powder, and cream, this buffer brush achieves optimal blending when used in stippling motions, resulting in a flawless complexion. Another advantage? The bristles exhibit minimal to zero shedding and are remarkably easy to clean.
This article first appeared in Her World