yo this thread should not b on the second page, im bumpin it yall.....
also mariposa u said u got better brushes but when I first read ur post, i thought u was also lookin to buy brushes so i wrote out this longass post for u. but Im sure theres plenty of ladies on here who is looking for info about brushes...So here is my post , Ima school yall, read on and hopefully u will get some good info outta it.
IMO, you aint gotta spend mad dough on the Sephora and MAC brushes and shit like that, becuz sure i aint tried every brand all over the world, but from the ones ive tried some of the best and very affordable makeup brushes around are Posh brushes. their lil motto is "you can buy a more expensive brush...but not a better one" and Ima def. co-sign that.i use em, they are the fuckn shit...U kno Im serious about my brushes, not every brush can draw a eyebrow on right girl so u already kno

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I had
this set (the pic below) but it was almost 2 years ago and i lost or let ppl borrow alot of the brushes cuz at the time i didnt appreciate how good they were i was too busy shooting dope in the beauty school bathroom but this set is a OK starter, dependin wat u need if u just want small&portable to mess with but I think a better set is the one I got now it got more different types of brushes.
Buuut, they charge fuckn 40 dolllars on the Posh site, Fuck no I bought the one i had at Harmon's for 16 dollars and it came with the lil suede carrying pouch too.
This is the set i got now and use everyday it covers the day to day shit
$30 on the Posh site, $10 at Harmons...
I use
this brush with the little ones from the mini set too. they got a couple sizes offered dependin on wat brush it is - "mini", "purse size" (which is more like just a slightly smaller n more convenient version of the fullsize brush, it aint mini by no means the wood part is like 6 inches long plus the brush tip). the "full size" is just the a little bigger brush tip and long-ass handle that u would leave on ur table at home. anyways, the one i got is the purse size model, and i like havin it cuz the only thing that aint perfect about that mini kit is that the powder brush is so small it can take a long time if ur in a rush. i didnt notice that tho, until i got the bigger powder brush.so even if the mini kit is all u got u aint gonna be unsatisfied with it.
anyways, that "purse size" powder brush is $28 on the posh site, and the full sise one is $30 i think. But I never seen them cost that much in any store, definately do not order nothin off the posh site its a ripoff. every store that carry them is like half the prices on the site. dont pay no mind to the prices on the site cuz u will not be paying that unless u live somewhere crazy isolated.
I kno for sure that all Harmons stores carry them, but thats only in NY, NJ, and CT (store locator
here ). from lookin around online, looks like some walgreens, K-marts, bed bath and beyonds, and sams club stores also has them. Sallys Beauty is a good bet, I never actually checked mine when I went in since I got Harmons to buy em at, but they would most likely carry them Im guessin, and sallys is more of a national chain than harmons is, so im sure most ppl in the US could find one near by them.
Anyways, if any of yall lookin to get some brushes and u lucky and got a harmons near u, u should definately go over there and check out the lil area where they got the holiday gift sets of different beauty product things. theres 2 kits that i seen at my local one , one of em got a handful of eyeshadow brushes and a lil kabuki brush like this one
but the other one got a awesome selection of brushes, and its a good ass price. If you dont got any brushes at all, and want to get yourself a great basic set that would cover all the needs u would have for doin your own makeup, and also a little extra if you like to mess around and try and do more makeup-artist, glamor/beauty makeup type ish, u should try and pick urself up one of these ASAP if you can find it. Ima try n get it as soon as i got a lil extra dough in my pocket cuz i dont want to miss out n have the set get sold out before i get around to it.
Anyways, here is all the brushes that is included in this kit that I want so bad. I put the prices on the posh site, and at harmons (which is prob. similar to wat they would cost at sallys, walgreens, or watever other store) so u could know how much they costed seperately if you did not find the gift set. this would be a more than basic set for someone who is just doin everyday makeup. with these brushes u can get into the more complex, photo-shoot type of makeup, artistic and glamor or fantasy stuff, professional makeup artist practice or watever. Ill put a * by the ones that would just be the bare basics for somebody just startin out, that way if u had to only choose a couple to start with and didnt really kno wat ur doin, u would have a kind of guide.

Anyways:
#1* -
foundation brush (posh:$20, harmons:$10.49 )
#2 -
angled blush brush (posh:$14, harmons:$6.29)
#3* -
powder brush (posh:$30, harmons:$12.49)
#4 -
round blush brush (posh: $14, harmons: $12.49) (I think they listed the wrong price on harmons site becuz all the prices are mad cheaper and this one is only a buck less, idk)
#5 -
wide dome eyeshadow brush (posh:$10, harmons:$4.79)
#6* -
angle eyeshadow brush (posh:$10, harmons:$4.79)
#7 -
smokey eye brush (posh:$10, harmons:$4.79)
#8* -
eyeliner brush (kit has one or the other of these, i dont remember, it dont have both, im pretty sure it has the longer brush on the right) posh:$10, harmons:$7.49
#9* -
<--- Its this brow brush in the kit, comes w/out the stencils obviously...
Posh:Brow brush w/stencils:$12, brow brush and foam smudge brush duo(not pictured) :$8 , harmons(brow brush only, no double ended smudge/brow combo or stencils) $4.79. The kit itself, has the individual brow brush, and a seperate foam smudge brush. so like this pic just 2 seperate pieces instead of a 2-in-1.
#10 -
Concealer brush - the pic is different from the one that is included in the kit that im talkin about, the pic shows the double ended brush. there aint a pic on the site of the exact one in the kit so i can only put this pic instead. but its just a single one with the longer concealer brush on the right) Anyways the price on this one is $14, and $7.29 at harmons to give u a general idea
#11 -
Retractable lip brush (posh:$8, harmons:$3.69)
#12 -
eye groomer duo (pic shows trio, but the one included in the kit is just the 2 top tools attached to a regular brush handle with no liner brush at the bottom) posh:$10, harmons $3.69
#13 - AAAAANNNDDD it comes with a red satin , zipperd, carrying case...(no pic that i could find, but its a long cylinder-shape bag with the zipper on the top) It looks just like this, but red satin (obviously) insted of that nazty mustard color patent leather shit, and those brushes aint posh, its just some random ass brand that i found when i was looking for a similar pic to give yall a example of wat it looked like)
All those brushes I listed....which if u bought on the Posh site would cost u a grand total of
$146.
and even on the much cheaper harmon site it would come out to
$83....
But the reason I am so hype about this damn gift set is cuz at harmons...It costs....
$19.99! lol as u can see im a lil excited about that but jus damn, if ur into makeup how could u not be. How can they even charge that much, its fuckn nutz, straight up. i hope there is still some left when i go again becuz that shit is priced so good its unreal. I mean damn its $125 off the manufacturer price and $63 off the price of buyin em seperate.
well I been writin mad amounts but I hope this post helped somebody, i tried to put as much info as i can and give a guide to the girls who might not really kno where to begin at when they start messin with brushes since i kno alot of us started out using our fingers, or those shitty lil makeup sponges, or the lame little cheapy applicator wands that come in eyeshadows, or just puttin on lipstick direct on the lips straight from the tube. Let me tell u tho, when u start using brushes, its just crazy the difference of how much better your makeup comes out, u dont realize it til u switch and be like damn, this is how they get the girls in magazine ads to look the way they do.
so i really hope that I aint wasted my time and didnt just typed up a storm for nobody to read cuz my meds (adderall and methadone) seems to mix together into the perfect combo for explaining stuff and gets me on some teacher-style, educate-the-internet shit lol. Anyways Ill wrap this shit up since i just got a feeling like i wasted a good amount of time just now so i better get my azz off the internet lol. shit, i dont hardly go online at all no more so spending a hour typin up a reply nowadays feels like i just did the most ridiculous shit for no reason. but hopefully it aint for no reason and somebody gets some help from my post if not at least im hoping its informative for ppl to read and catch a lil knowledge ...