BLUSH BRUSH
When to use it: To apply powder or cream blush (though you can also just use your fingertips for the latter).
How to use it: In short, sweeping motions. Start at the apples of your cheeks and blend upwards toward your ears.
Why you use it: The soft, fluffy bristles and slightly domed shape of the brush deliver a more concentrated (and precise) application of color.
Morphe ($6); Smashbox ($34); Nars ($42); Bobbi Brown ($60)
ANGLED CONTOUR BRUSH
When to use it: To apply powder or cream bronzer.
How to use it: Suck your cheeks in and place the angled tip of the brush head right under your cheekbones so that it's pointing downwards before sweeping it up toward your ears.
Why you use it: The angled head fits the natural hollows of your cheeks, and the soft, dense bristles pick up your bronzer and deposit it onto your skin with minimal fallout.
Luxie ($22); Sigma Beauty ($26); Laura Mercier ($46); Trish McEvoy ($50)
