Essential Affordable Makeup Brushes

Looking for the right brushes to do exactly what you want can be rough- especially without breaking the bank. Listed below are my favorite makeup brushes that I use everyday!

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Face Brushes:

Morphe Complexion Goals: $25

This brush set is a lot of bang for your buck! Personally I only use brushes 1,2 and 4 that are in this picture because the angled contour brush and the fan brush are a lot less soft.

I use the flat blender for my foundation and it blends it out so seamlessly. The small tapered fluffy brush I use to chisel out my cheekbones for my contour. Finally the fluffy powder brush I use to bronze my face as well as wipe away my bake. Also, it comes with this cute bag for all your brushes!

Morphe Y3: $13

Now sometimes you don't want the whole kit! This one is semi comparable to the #4 brush in the complexion goals kit. This brush is great for blending out contour and applying bronzer to the outside of your face.

Morphe Y6: $10

This brush is comparable to the flat buffer brush (#1) in the first picture. It blends our your liquid foundation so effortlessly. Personally if you are using a stick foundation or a thick cream (such as the beauty blender bounce foundation) using a brush such as this will make the foundation very blotchy. Use a beauty blender or beauty sponge to blend out those types of foundations.

Morphe M528: $13

The Morphe M528 is comparable to brush #2 in the complexion goals kit. I use this for applying my contour shade to the hollows of my cheeks.

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Brows:

Anastasia Beverly Hills #12: $18

This is the perfect brush for creating small precise lines for your brows, and even drawing small hairs in the places where your brows are sparse. This works great with any brow pomade or powder.

Morphe M410: $4

Carving out your brows is already hard enough- but with this brush it makes it that much easier. I like to use this brush with my NARS soft matte complete concealer to carve out beneath my brows to enhance the arch and shape.

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Eyes:

Morphe E30: $7

This brush is great for applying a base color all over the lid to start off the look or even blending out the final look just to make sure it's not patchy in some areas.

Morphe E22: $7

This brush is great for blending out any crease color. It's dense enough to really blend the color but fluffy enough that it won't make the colors become muddy.

Morphe M506: $6

This is my absolute favorite brush for applying a deep color to my crease. Its small enough to perfectly fit in the crease but dense and fluffy enough that it will pack on and blend the color!

Morphe M441: $6

This is a great blending brush if you are just going to do a natural look on your eye. You can use this to pack color on the crease, and you can use it to blend.

Morphe E36: $5

This brush is perfect for applying highlight to your brow bone and your inner corner of your eye. Its small and dense enough that it can really pack on that color.

Morphe 421: $3.50

This brush is great for packing on simmers to your lid. Its dense enough that it will pick up the shadow with limited fallout.

Morphe E18: $6

The E18 is a great pencil brush for packing on the color when doing a dramatic eye more even sweeping a color beneath the lower lash line to add more dimension to your eye.