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What’s Your Top Tool for Better Beauty?

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Let’s get down to brass tacks here, ladies. When it comes to tools, some jobs are just plain easier with the right ones. Seriously, imagine a painter without her favorite brush or a photographer without her favorite lens. Things are no different in the worlds of makeup and beauty. We have HUNDREDS of tools to choose from. I mean, what would I do without the Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler or MAC 217 Blending Brush? Sure, I’d survive, but come on! Life is hard enough as it is. 🙂

So tell me — what’s your top tool for better beauty? Vote for yours in the comments like this, using the word VOTE before your answer:

Oh, this is easy! For me it’s gotta be the T3 Hairdryer. I swear that thing is made from pure love and magic.
VOTE: Bespoke Labs T3 Featherweight Dryer

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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  1. VOTE: shu uemura eyelash curler. hands down..even if i leave the house without makeup (rarely), my stick-straight eyelashes are curled.

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  2. Sounds crazy, but my MARK Blush+Bronzer Brush. I use it for applying liquid foundation and it goes on like a dream! It is far superior to ANY foundation brush.

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    • Not crazy to me. I use Philosophy Supernatural Airbrush for liquid and cream foundations and it’s superb. The best I have. Seems to me that this Mark and the Philosophy one are very similar. The Philosophy brush is $25! I wish Avon sold this Mark blush+bronzer here in Brazil . But they don’t. :/ So…

      VOTE: Philosophy Supernatural Airbrush
      .-= Renata’s last blog post… Coooompre batoooom! =-.

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  3. My number-one beauty must-have would have to be MAC’s 266 brush. It’s the only eyeliner brush, out of a ton I have tried, that works for all looks (winged and simple) and keeps it’s structure after numerous washing and use. I love it with Mac’s Cross Cultural.

    Also, if I could choose another I would have to go with Fresh’s Sugar Lip Balm. It’s pricey, but it’s taste and moistuirzing-ness is amazing. I almost peed myself when the new Rose version came out! I always have a matte copperty tube of it in my purse.

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  7. VOTE: Remington T-Studio Collection hot rollers.
    I love this more than my hair dryer, it gives me awesome Giselle waves with blinding shine after throwing on 6 rollers on slept-on-wet-frizzy hair in the morning, and keeping them on as I do my makeup. Love love love.

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  10. I think I’d have to vote for my dozens of plastic, disposable spoolies. I collect them from Sephora (they have the best ones at their little “testing” centers) and I have a few from MAC’s Dazzlelash promotion (they’re clear and a little more narrow—perfect for slipping between my lashes and lids to clear out gunks at the ends of my lashes). I wash them as often as I wash my brushes, so I don’t toss them out. They’re really handy, too: I use them to comb out my brows, de-clump my lashes (best trick is to spin the bristles from base of lashes to the tips) and pick up shadow/mascara fallout/flecks or brush hairs from my face (the bristles can gently and swiftly sweep up the flecks without disturbing anything!).

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  13. VOTE: NARS Smudge Brush. This brush has saved many an eyeliner disaster. Sometimes I draw on pencil liner too hardcore, and if I’m in a hurry and don’t have time to fix it, I just use my NARS Smudge Brush to rock an accidentally on purpose smoky eyeliner look.

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  15. Hmmm, this is such a tough one! I’m going to have to VOTE: Koji Morning & Night Soft Curve Shallow Type eyelash curler. My lids are really flat and small so the Shu, Shiseido, BE & Tarte were all too curved/rounded for me and would get barely halfway ish up my lashes and then pinch me something awful. So happy I found the Koji one!
    .-= Catherine’s last blog post… NOTW: Paul & Joe #27 =-.

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  16. Vote Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum. I love this stuff, I have naturally wavy hair (which I almost always straiten) but I use this stuff every time I wash it, it eliminates frizz, makes my hair super shiny and smooth AND makes my hair dry faster. I think without it my hair would live in a pony tail forever.

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  17. VOTE: Clarisonic skincare brush I regularly get compliments on my 66-year old complexion since I started using this with Purity Made Simple.

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    • I got to try this combo for free last weekend when Sephora was doing free mini facials.. it made my skin feel AWESOME.

      If the Clarisonic wasn’t so expensive I would definitely buy it!

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  20. VOTE: Mac 263 angled brush. I use this every day to fix my brows.

    Close second: Shu mini eyelash curler. I had been a Shiseido curler devotee until the mini edition was released. I like being able to emphasize different areas of my skimpy, straight lashes.

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  21. VOTE: My 3 MAC eyeshadow brushes! The 239, 217 and 219! I couldn’t choose between these because I honestly use them everyday! I think that without these wonderful tools I would be wasting my eyeshadow, because these babies take my skills up to the next level!

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  25. Vote: my T3 Bespoke Labs Evolution Hairdryer! I used to spend 30 minutes drying my hair, now it takes 15 and it looks so smooth I don’t even need to flat iron it!

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  27. VOTE: GHD hair Straightners. MY BF bought them for me for my birthday a couple of years ago and my hair would be a disastrous mess without them!

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  29. Vote: My tweezerman metal tooth eyelash comb. This thing is a miracle worker! It separates every single lash and declumps even the ittiest bittiest bit of mascara.

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  31. Honestly, my favourite is my eyeshadow blending brush, and just quietly, it’s by E.L.F!
    Vote: ELF eyeshadow blending brush.

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  33. VOTE: Good old Q-tips! They’re cheap and last for ages and they’re good for all kinds of stuff: smudging harsh kohl lines, removing stray nail polish, even dabbing on concealer in a pinch! It’s beauty on a budget in the extreme but I still can’t help but looooove teh Q-tips!

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  40. I love, love, love my MAC 187 foundation brush. I survived on a 109 dupe for about a year and had countless of problems with it (i.e. foundation was too thick, I could never achieve the “sheer” look). I recently started using MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation and my MUA recommended the 187, though she taught me how to use it differently (blend and buff), fortunately, after watching an enormous amount of YouTube videos, I figured out how to use it correctly to achieve a pixelized look. 🙂 Just thinking about this brush makes me happy.

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  41. I have cuticles that grow like weeds, so I like my cuticle pusher and cuticle nipper.

    VOTE: Tweezerman Cuticle Pusher and Tweezerman Cuticle Nippers

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  44. omg karen ive been wanting to try that t3 dryer for soooo long now especially after reading your review on it and now you rank it your no. 1 im just freaking DIEING over here!

    VOTE: i guess my CHI flat iron. makes my frizzy puff ball smooth and silky…..though i havent compared it to any other brands besides cheapos. i tried a friends babybliss a few years ago and i remember liking it a lot…also intrigued by the t3 flat iron since the blow dryer is getting so many raves

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