Bare Escentuals Maximum Coverage Concealer Brush

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About Bare Escentuals
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Bare Escentuals first of all introduced their BareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation in 1976, since then Bare Escentuals has created creamy, feather-light color for all over your face, cheeks and eyes. All their products are 100% pure minerals and aswell as having a range of make up products they also have a range of specially designed brushes to go with each of these ...
...customers love it! Since using Bare Escentuals make up on my face, I would never use anything else and I know alot of customers feel the same. I think it is the best make up out there by far.

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Maximum Coverage Concealer Brush
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The i.d. Bare Escentuals Maximum Coverage Concealer Brush is specially designed to hold more Bare Escentuals, giving you ... more

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About Bare Escentuals
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Bare Escentuals first of all introduced their BareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation in 1976, since then Bare Escentuals has created creamy, feather-light color for all over your face, cheeks and eyes. All their products are 100% pure minerals and aswell as having a range of make up products they also have a range of specially designed brushes to go with each of these products.

Although BareMinerals make up has been around since 1976 it is only in the last few years it has become more well known, and it still isn't as widely known about as it should be. It is America's number 1 selling foundation and also the number 1 mineral make up brand in the world, proving that it must be good. It is slowly coming into more salons and getting more of the deserved publicity it should in the UK. Quite a few salons, I have found mainly in the Midlands stock BareMinerals, and the salon I work in does also, and has done for several years - the customers love it! Since using Bare Escentuals make up on my face, I would never use anything else and I know alot of customers feel the same. I think it is the best make up out there by far.

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Maximum Coverage Concealer Brush
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The i.d. Bare Escentuals Maximum Coverage Concealer Brush is specially designed to hold more Bare Escentuals, giving you extra coverage fast. The brush has smooth, synthetic bristles will let you load the brush effortlessly, allowing full, concentrated coverage that blends into skin flawlessly.

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Use & Effects
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I don't usually think it matters too much what brushes you use to apply your make up with and have never used the recommended brushes from companies as I know they are no better than any others but with BareMinerals Maximum Coverage Concealer Brush, and all of BareMinerals brushes it is different. This is the only brush I would actually say is compulsory for maximising the effects from the products you apply with this brush. Make Up brushes are like a builders tools, they are compulsory for doing the job, and you need the right tools to do the job the best you can. It has been specially designed for use with BareMinerals products but can be used with other products. It is mainly a concealer brush, but can be used to apply make up into harder to reach areas that a foundation brush can't always get to. I have also found it a great brush for applying eyeshadow, just make sure you wash it inbetween use with eyeshadow and concealer otherwise you'll end up with eyeshadow buffed into your face. You should first apply your foundation, and then only apply concealer where it is then needed and under your eyes to conceal any dark circles or bags. Apply a small amount of concealer to the area then 'blot' into your skin with the brush, don't rub it otherwise you won't cover the area, you will just rub it over. If you blot it means your skin is more likely to absorb the product and cover the blemish.

The brush looks good, it is average sized, not too big that you can fit it in your make up bag yet not too small that you will loose it, it isn't bulky, it is about the same length as an eyeliner and a little wider. The handle is small and silver and remains clean throughout use and doesn't clog up and the bristles are brown in colour. The bristles themselves, I think actually look quite hard, but at first touch, you see this is not true - they are really soft, like running cotton wool over your skin. The actual bristles, there are quite alot, ensuring the brush provides you with as much coverage as possible. As the bristles are so soft, it means it won't irritate or scratch your skin but will apply your concealer into your skin nicely. I have sensitive skin and ecezma on my face and this brush is so gentle to that, it doesn't make it worse and if my ecezma is bad, I can apply concealer over my patches of ecezma without it clinging to it and making it obvious. This brush is so gentle in works around your eyes with care as the area is so delicate it doesn't irritate them or cause your eyes to water. The bristles tend to absorb quite a lot of the product, as they are designed to do so, so there is no need to use too much of the product. The brush evenly smoothes the product onto your skin and leaves your skin with a flawless finish everytime. The product is even and doesn't make you look like a clown, it really blends the product into your skin perfectly leaving you with flawless looking make up. Using this brush opposed to other brushes really does make a difference to the final appearance of your make up, it works so perfectly with BareMinerals products and leaves your make up finish perfect. If using any old brush with BareMinerals products, then you don't get the perfect, even and smooth appearance and also a lot of other brushes aren't as soft and gentle to your skin as this brush. It is also so much better to use a brush to apply concealer rather than your fingers, especially if used on blemishes, if you use your fingers you are just pushing bacteria into your blemish, therefore probably making it worse and taking longer to heal. A brush also makes sure that the product covers the blemish as best it can, evenly and flawlessly. To use this for eyeshadow, it shades the colour beautifully onto your eyelids, and is it is thin, it enables you to apply neatly under your eyes too a line instead of using eyeliner too but without making you look like you have panda eyes. It blends products brilliantly and is a fantastic brush. I have had my brush for a year now and it is still in fantastic condition, just as when I first purchased it and the bristles also last, they don't fall out.

It is recommended that you do clean your brushes every so often, to eliminate any bacteria and I would definately recommend doing so if using this as a concealer and eyeshadow brush. You can use BareMinerals Brush Cleaner, which I do or you can wash my brushes in hot soapy water, but make sure you throughly rinse them afterwards as you don't want any soapy residue to remain otherwise it will transfer onto your skin and could cause a reaction. The BareMinerals Brush Cleaner only costs £6 and I find it lasts for months, so I would say it was worth getting.

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Price & Availability
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The Maximum Coverage Concealer Brush costs £14, it can be purchased from any salon stocking BareMinerals products and from various websites such as www.lookfantastic.com. I got mine in a BareMinerals starter kit which included several other brushes, foundation, bronzer and concealer.

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Conclusion
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I would definately recommend this brush to anyone, it can be used as both a concealer, foundation and eyeshadow brush. Although it is expensive, it is worth it as it can be used for a variety of tasks, lasts forever and rarely needs to cleaned. It maximises coverage of concealer on your skin, leaving you with a flawless, blemish free finish on your skin. 

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