The Best Makeup Brushes and Brush Sets

Splurge: Adored for its rounded and angled shape, this foundation brush from Fenty allows users of all abilities to perfectly blend and smooth out powder, cream, and liquid foundation for that airbrushed finish. It may boast a slightly higher price tag but you won't fall victim to a malting brush that only lasts the year!

Save: This Real Techniques Foundation Brush combines an innovative design with a tapered brush head to cover all areas evenly, all the while still reaching those smaller and more difficult places such as around the eyes and nose. Better still, it is made using synthetic bristles for a clean and hygienic finish.

Splurge: Unleash your inner artistry with a multi-use eyeshadow brush. This luxe eyshadow brush is perfect for applying powder and cream formulations while maintaining a fluffy end to blend the pigments.

Save: This cruelty-free and all-vegan brush both applies and blends out your favorite eyeshadows for the perfect smoky eye. We love this brush for its professional precision and wallet-friendly price!

Splurge: If you love a sun-kissed finish, you’ll want to add this brush to your basket ASAP. This sell-out bronzer brush works in tandem with powder bronzers, using its softer-than-soft bristles to evenly distribute the pigment for a skin-enhancing wash of warmth.

Save: Taking out the effort of bronzing, the L.A. Girl tool is an easy-to-use brush made with a tapered design to help you achieve a flawless finish.

Splurge: Densely packed bristles work together to pick up both pressed and loose blusher pigments, smoothing them evenly over the apples of your cheeks for a warmer complexion. The brush offers a long shelf life and a domed head that delivers seamless coverage.

Save: Streamline your blush routine by introducing the L.A. Girl PRO.Brushes 107 Blush Brush into the mix. This complexion-enhancing tool works its magic on both cream and powder blushes, applying them delicately to skin for a streak-free finish that perks up dulling complexions.

Splurge: Team your go-to highlighter together with your new beauty bestie. This highlighter brush is perfect for blending out all highlighter formats for a soft-focus effect that shows off your best points. Plus, its precision tip means you can apply your glow in all the right places for a controlled, contoured finish.

Save: Adored by beginners and professionals alike, this affordable highlighter brush from ZOEVA is the perfect tool for adding a veil of shimmer to the tops of your cheeks. It effortlessly blends out powder, cream and liquid formulations to ensure an ethereal glow with every application.

Spend: Double up on the brow-enhancing action with the ultimate 2-in-1 brush from Anastasia Beverly Hills. This sleek brush contains a ‘sketch’ end which applies pomades to fill our thinner brows, while the ‘intensify’ brush end works in tandem with powders to add dimension and color intensity.

Save: Make room in your makeup bag by shopping this handy dual-sided brow enhancer. One end showcases an angular, tapered brush head that applies pomades, waxes and powders, whilst the other end boasts a spoolie brush for fluffing up hairs and adding volume to your brows.

Spend: Effortlessly conceal the tell-tale signs of late nights and early starts with the Fenty Beauty Portable Contour & Concealer Brush. We love this one as it's enclosed in a portable casing, making it easy for touch-ups when on-the-go.

Save: Want a simple yet lasting concealer brush? Jouer Cosmetics have you (and your dark circles) covered. Pat and blend in the likes of liquid and cream concealers around the eyes and nose for a flawless finish every time. Ultra plush, high-quality bristles are used which work together to seamlessly pick up and blend in concealer pigments for streak-free results.

Teaming stylish exteriors together with innovation, this brush kit looks just as impressive as the results it imparts. The 4-piece double-ended set teams together all of the essential brushes you would need to complete a full face of makeup, ranging from complexion tools to eyeshadow brushes.

YouTubers make achieving a flawless smoky eye look oh-so effortless, but more often than not, we've fallen victim to a less than impressive imitation. Luckily, the Morphe Eye Got This Makeup Brush Set is the last piece of the puzzle that enables us to get the professional-looking results we’ve been lusting after.

Who said brush kits had to be boring?! This jazzy, poolside-inspired brush kit from Bh Cosmetics contains a mixture of complexion and eye tools that blend out your favorite products to ensure model-like results, every time.