Happy [insert either holiday here], ladies! ;) Here are a few quick pictures of my Smashbox brushes (4, the concealer brush, and 6, the lip brush; discontinued). They’re both wonderful; stiff-bristled and reliable without being scratchy. Would I recommend them? Yes, but only if you were to buy them in a set or on sale — while I like them both and reach for them all the time, they’re not blow-my-mind incredible.

(Yes, I needed some filler photos while we still try to get my computer to work. These ones seemed appropriate, in red and black!)

With 4 in mind, I’d like to note that I rarely actually use it as a concealer brush, or for cream shadows! Instead, I find that it makes a great flat shader brush if you’re foiling or swatching products. It’s not that this brush is awful with cream products, it’s simply that I prefer a fluffier brush when working with creams and liquids!