Liquid foundation with a brush.. What a game changer!

[BreakfastAtSquiffanys]

Why didn't I know this before?
I've never been great with foundation, when I was younger my skin was good enough not to bother.
Now I'm older I find even tinted moisturiser either sits on top of my very fluffy fine all over facial hair and makes me look like a peach dipped in flour, or it collects in my pores.

Out of interest, I approached one of those (scary) women in John Lewis cosmetic department and asked for advice.
She used a tinted moisturiser, but applied it with a fat brush working it in with gentle circles all over.
Looked better than I've ever managed.
I didn't buy from her but bought the cheapest similar brush I could and tried it with my usual La Roche Posay Rosaliac. It looked much better too! And lasted much better.

I'm a total convert!
Why didn't I know this before?

Oooo...could you post a picture of the kind of brush you mean?

A peach dipped in flour sounds rather delightful, but I suppose I can see it's not really the look your want for your face :D

I remember trying foundation brushes years ago, like paintbrushes, and they just streaked foundation round my face, so I went back to using my fingers. I've recently been converted to the Real Techniques foundation brush and as you say- game changer. My foundation looks so much better and it's so easy. In fact I'm darting out at lunchtime to buy some for Xmas pressies for friends. I'm giving the gift of beautiful skin!

I tried it too recently. Huge difference. Then sort of pat my skin down to make sure it's all blended in. I saw it on you tube.

I like the Real Techniques Expert Face brush for this.

Saw my niece doing this and thought WTF. Aaaaaah! Now I understand. And she looked gorgeous btw after quite a heavy night, too.

So you just use liquid foundation & apply/blend in circles?

I have tried and tried with brushes but guess I'm doing it wrong as I just find that they make the foundation sit on my face and I have to use my fingers to properly blend it into my skin. I also find they waste a lot of the foundation too! What am I doing wrong?

I've been doing this for about 10 years now. It is, as you say a game changer.

I use one of those skunk brushes that have black and white bristles as they're designed to not pick up much product. Mine is an ancient Mac 187 but there are loads around now.

Or some people prefer dense round headed brushes like kabuki brushes. Or the Rt expert face brush above. They also have a contour brush which has an angle to it that is AMAZING with foundation.

Powder brushes aren't great as they go floppy with liquid.

I tend to dot on foundation all over and then buff buff buff. Takes 20 seconds.

I used to use duo fibre brushes (the 187 with white and black bristles) as elspeth above mentioned) and it was a game changer for me too. Used a lot less foundation and the finish was longer lasting and smoother too.

I use the real techniques face one now and keep the 187s for cream blushes which also look lovely applied that way

I now want to try the blender to see what the fuss is all about and how it compares!

I have a beauty blender. Tbh I prefer brushes. The BB has to be wetted which is a faff and it's a mare to get clean.

I don't find the finish any better than a dup fibre tbh and so I don't use it that much. The only thing I really rate it for is sheering out heavy foundations so they look like tinted moisturiser.

Beauty blender much better for thicker fuller coverage foundations that brushes tend to smear around IME. I never wet mine first

I finish my foundation with some clinique loose powder which sets it beautifully.

I think the beauty blender is brilliant, I get much better, longer lasting coverage and now I've got the hang of it, it's fast.
However, I can't be arsed to wet it, and am lazy when it comes to cleaning it as well

I love Real Techniques brushes but love their sponges even more. The big orange one for foundation and the little purple ones for concealer and cleaning up eyeshadow falldown. I don't know how I managed without them. But yes, they are a bugger to clean

Ooh, someone showed me how to do this, now I'm a complete convert too.

Only it's not a normal foundation brush it's a kind of stiff, flat topped kabuki brush. And you have to swirl it in quite hard over the porous bits to kind of fill in the holes. It's a completely different technique to painting it on with a normal foundationbrush but it looks fab!

I also got shown that putting a very fine cover of loose powder on before the foundation helps to make it more even with this technique so that's worth trying too

Yes, using a brush makes a big difference. I think it's also to do with how much you use, I use hardly any product and it does the trick. Not a huge fan of either kabuki or skunks for fdtn tbh though, I prefer my old Mac 190 SE (from 2007! ).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0127DL6AA/ref=cmswwrcppapi_5kbuybPYKWSEC

I've got this brush, it's very good