e.l.f Kabuki Face Brush

For the price, this is a fabulous powder brush!

It is full, soft and fluffy and makes brushing on powder a breeze. I used this largely for powder foundation (as I am not a fan of makeup sponges). It allows for a slow build up of coverage, so you aren't stuck with heavy coverage with the first brush. It is also great a blending blush/bronzer.

It size makes it amazing for travelling or in the handbag. I would highly recommend this brush if you are looking for a low cost, high quality alternative!

I love this brush! I don't use it for bronzer or highlighter (ummm still clueless as to how that would work) but I do use it to buff out my blush and to sweep away fall out.

There's no denying the brush is all kinds of cuteness with how compact it is. It's the same height as a MAC blush standing up and the kabuki part can span out to the size of the blush pan (unless you have a brush guard to mould it back to shape).

I'm a blush-happy kind of girl. I clown it on because that's how I like my blush HOWEVER even I recognise when I'm giving Ronald McDonald a bit of competition. I just whip this out and gently buff out my blush. It feels incredibly soft; I can't emphasise that enough but it's not too soft that it compromises its functionality. It's dense enough to be able to buff and sheer out my blush without taking it off completely. If it did; then clearly my blush needs to go!

One of the things I love most is that it doesn't lose it's softness or bristles after washing. It still feels the same and still does a great job of buffing. They're so inexpensive I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to give it a go. I bought mine from ELF (US via Shipito) during their crazy 50% sale.

Buffs in powder nicely! I'd usually use it when applying powder products - powder bronzer, setting powder. It does not shed, and affordable at the same time! It covers a fairly large surface area making it hard to do precise blending on a specific area.

Again, another E.L.F product I purchased from iHerb, as I had seen everyone and their mothers raving about how good kabuki brushes were. This arrived and I rubbed it on my bare face (the ultimate test) and it passed.

I used it mostly for setting powder, but I really didn't get why it had to be so stumpy - it didn't sit anywhere on my makeup station nicely. I did like the black and white on the brush, and it was easy to clean.

Thankfully I didn't notice it shedding, but I know these brushes are good at it! My stippling brush from the same line started to shed after a month or so of use (only used it 4 times during the month). I would consider repurchasing this, but only if it had a long handle, rather than the short stumpy thang it has now.

I use this for pressed powder, and it is amazing, especially for the price! It picks up the perfect amount of product so the product doesn't look too powdery. It is so soft and easy to clean with just warm soapy water! I have started using this everyday and have no complaints! I have experienced no shedding with this brush!

I love this kabuki brush, I use it pretty much every time I do my make up to apply my powder. It applies my powder evenly, and doesn't get clogged up with excess powder. Which is great, because it means that there is hardly any product wastage. I love the texture of this brush, the bristles are fine and are very soft on the skin. Which is ideal, considering I use it all over my face. I also find that this brush is pretty easy to clean, which is perfect as I am a girl who hates washing her brushes all the time!! haha :)

This was probably one of my first make up brushes, I bought it about 2 years ago when my interest in make up started to take off. I never really expected too much of this brush, but for the price its great! The bristles are super soft and packed really dense which makes applying powder a breeze. I washed this brush countless times and have never had a problem with shedding. The barrel is metal too which is great I had expect it to be plastic but the quality does surpass the price. Overall I love e.l.f brushes in general and I believe this one comes in 2 different sizes (I use the smaller one). I just use mine for setting my foundation and find that it works great doesn't leave my powder looking cakey.

Love it,my go to powder brush for applying powder to my foundation after application,it's a great brush that picks up just enough product to dab over your face,also good for bronzer,as its soft a fluffy you do not waste your product,

I absolutely love Kabuki brushes as I am a mineral foundation fan so these kind of go hand in hand for me 

I had to give this one a try as I do enjoy a number of ELF products and this brush looked really nice and soft.

Appearance wise this looks similar to other kabuki brushes a short black base and white and black bristles. The brush bristles felt incredibly soft on the back of my hand and I couldn’t wait to try out with my mineral foundation.

I went about my usual mineral application, tap some into the lid swirl the kabuki brush in the lid and apply in a circle motion on the face.

The brush seemed to pick up a good amount of product but for some reason I didn’t feel like I had great control with buffing into the skin with this brush. The trick to the finish of mineral foundation comes down to buffing into the skin and I didn’t feel like this brush provided that for me.

I decided to try it for other products instead like my highlighters/bronzers. This did a much better job for me with these products as you don’t need a lot of product and just a sweep across the skin. This brush did a great job on that side of things.

I didn’t notice any bristle fallout so this was a bonus.

Its had a few cleans (just with warm soapy water) and its still in good condition.

All in all for a price like this I really don’t think you can go to wrong – but I wouldn’t recommend it if your purpose was to use for mineral foundation.

I use this brush everyday for blending in powder and applying. Although your not really supposed to use powder brushes for liquid i love using this brush to blend in liquid foundation. Holds powder well so frequent washing would be recommended.