I love this Kabuki brush. If you haven't tried any of Too Faced's "Teddy Bear Hair" brushes, you must try them! They are super soft and just heavenly!
I love that this brush is retractable, also the outside case is absolutely beautiful. Several different versions of the case have been released so some are prettier than others. Great for overall blending, application of thicker foundations, and just amazing with my pressed mineral foundation. I have owned it for over a year now and have yet to see it shed a single hair.
I have not come across any other Kabuki with better application or even better packaging/looks! If I lost or somehow damaged my brush I would buy another again in a heartbeat.

This brush is INCREDIBLY soft! I love the coverage that it provides and I love how compact it is. It is a little pricey, but well worth it! I'm a sucker for pretty packaging and anything pink lol. It's super easy to wash and keeps it's form beautifully.

Very soft brush that works like and other kabuki brush but it's retractable so you can carry it around for touch ups during the day. Brilliant!
Looks cute too

I love this brush! What's not to love? It's pretty, functional, mobile and super soft.
It's totally synthetic so it's cruelty free which is excellent!
The brush is pretty dense so it's good for grabbing product from both pressed AND loose powder.
This is a MUST have

After deathmatching this and Ecotools' retractable kabuki brush, Too Faced definitely wins. Both brushes are soft and dense, easily picking up product from my hard pressed powder compact, but TF's bristles are much softer. TF's brush head is much bigger and wider than Ecotools', though when closed TF's brush is about half an inch smaller than the Ecotools brush. The retracting mechanism is smooth and doesn't stick, and the cap locks in place with an audible click. After two weeks my Ecotools brush's sliding mechanism is already sticking, and the cap is loose and doesn't stay in place.

Yes, the Ecotools brush is more than $20 cheaper than Too Faced's brush, but you get what you pay for and IMO brushes should be an investment and not what you scrimp on. Ecotools' retractable kabuki is fine if you need a kabuki *right now*, but I'd save up for Too Faced's. The only things that annoy me about TF's brush is that a) they recently revamped the packaging and instead of the cute cherry blossom pattern there's nothing but bland script (this is me admittedly being nitpicky) and b) the brush will shed hairs occasionally as mentioned below. The second bit is quite egregious and prevents this from being a HG product.

I love this brush, I use it everyday to apply Mac Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation. I bought this so that I wouldn't have to use the sponge that came in the compact. Let me start off by saying that this brush is INCREDIBLY soft. Once my friend borrowed it the entire school day so she could pet it as much as she pleased as she said."Its soo soft." Besides being pink cute and soft, it actually does a good job at applying pressed powder foundation. I can get a good medium coverage with this brush. I also use this to blend out pigmented blushes. At first I wasnt sure how to wash this brush since its retractable. I wet the bristles a bit and apply some shampoo on my palm. I brush my brush gently back and forth and also in circular motions to get it really clean. I rinse it and then condition it for a few minutes. I rinse it again and squeeze out as much water as possible. Since this brush is so dense, it takes a while to dry. I recommend having an extra one or something else to apply your makeup while this is drying. It has never shed a hair and ive washed it every week for 6 months now.

I love this brush! I bought it because I didn't like the brush that came with my mineral makeup starter kit, it was way to stiff but this one is soft and comfortable to use. I also like that it's really portable. It's pretty expensive (I got it for $38 from the Canadian site ebeauty.ca: http://bit.ly/pOPrhT) but most good brushes are, so I just think of it as an investment.

Yes,it was perfectly soft and gliding oh so beautifully on my cheeks... for the first 2 months... then the brush became coarse,stiff and nothing more than average even though i took really good care of it(my mac and dior brushes and even cheaper one like ks and ecotool are still hella soft)i tryed everything and nothing helped so .. bummer... (

This brush is fantastic. I use it to buff on Mac Studio Fix Powder + Foundation and it gives me perfect medium/full coverage. It's super soft and it doesn't shed at all. It's quite pricey but definitely worth it in my opinion.

I like this brush because of its portability and multi-function. I've used it to apply Urban Decay's De-Slick powder, blend foundation and apply various blushes. This brush doesn't ruin the surface of your products, and depending on your hand, you can blend powders very nicely.
The brush is very soft and surprisingly easy to wash. I've used Organix shampoo, baby shampoo, as well as MAC's Brush Cleaner, and the brush always ends up as soft as the first day I bought it. It has never even shed!
This was the first face brush I bought and I am really glad I did.

Not only it has a super cute packaging but the brush is so soft and easy to use/ Perfect for your purse to carry around. I just love this brush so much.

So I totally love this brush. I am on my second one (lost the first one in an unfortunate travel incident) and it is perfect for what I use it for - and has been for several years now. Because it has a lid and is retractable, I can carry it absolutely anywhere and use it to apply my powder foundation. I found that it didn't work quite as well with loose mineral makeup (as one reviewer stated, it seems to take makeup off - but IMO, only if it's loose), but for a pressed powder...? Perfection!!!!! I stopped carrying loose mineral makeup because it was just too messy. But this brush does not shed, washes like a dream, and again, comes with its' own, too cute protective packaging :)

This is a great brush, just not what I thought it was. I needed a travel brush to apply my setting powder in the morning, and also for touch ups during the day with a pressed powder. This brush is too dense and the bristles are too short for me, it actually takes off the makeup I already have on, instead of just adding more. I realized after buying, that I need more of a fluffy powder brush.
The brush itself is very soft and has cute packaging, I just wish it worked for me.

I've had this a few years now. I bought it when it first came out at my local Ulta around the same time the teddy bear brushes were re-released in the pink foil brush bag (which I bought as well). First off, super soft. Washes well with no shedding. I used to carry this in my purse to apply my MAC Blot powder. I do think it's too big to apply blush or bronzer, but love it for face powder or powder founation. I loved the very cute yet very practical packaging; portable and sanitary. Recently, however, I accidentally dropped it and it broke. The cap will no longer stay on it and the ferrell is now exposed. This has never happened with my other kabuki brushes, so that does lower my packaging quality rating. I'm not sure that I will repurchase because I don't really use MAC Blot anymore now that I'm less oily. However, if I do find that I need a travel kabuki again, this would be the one to purchase.EDIT: I was able to fix the base with a bit of glue, so this one's still good. I will be careful to not drop it again.

I honestly just LOVE this brush. I've had it for a few years now and it's just as soft as it was the first day I opened it. I use it for my mineral foundation and I think the coverage is great. It's a little expensive, but totally worth it in my opinion. And it's just so gosh darn cute!

I really thought I would like this but I'm just not impressed! It doesn't apply blush or bronzer very well as it doesn't pick up the colours much. It was really expensive and not worth the money in my opinion! It looks very cute and is soft as anything but just doesn't do much! I've tried it with so many products but I don't think I'll get much use out of it.

This is such a soft brush, not to mention super cute. It applies my mineral foundation great!

Beside being too cute, this a great kabuki brush.
My favorite thing about it is I apply my setting powder with the whole brush. I put the powder on the brush and just kind of lay it down on my face. The I pull the retractable part half way up and use to blend it into my face.
It's soft, it washes well, it have never shed on me.
I love it!

I've had this for probably a year now just never reviewed. bottom line is if you are looking for an extremely soft brush that gives the sheerest coverage this is the way to go. The teddy bear hair is definitely very soft and doesn't loose its softness once washed (mines still so soft) and i haven't had any problems with packaging not to mention its very cute. The problem is i bought this to apply mineral foundation/ bronzer and it really doesn't work because its just not corse enough to pick up that much pigment. I do find i can do a decent job of blending by sliding the retractable thing up and making the brush smaller and denser but this is awkward and i really never use it that way but you could. I do use it for translucent powder and probably would by it again if I lost it for that purpose.

This is hands-down the best kabuki brush I've ever used. I got this for Christmas a few years ago (because I couldn't part with $30 for a brush myself) & fell in love. It's so soft -- I can't even describe how soft it is. It says it's made with "teddy bear hair," and it really is as soft as a fluffy teddy bear. I used this for everything -- bronzer, blush, mineral foundation -- and it worked perfectly for everything.There was never any shedding and it never began to get rough or scratchy. The packaging is adorable too and never got banged up no matter how much I carried it around. However, I recently dropped it on a hard floor and it broke. The pink outer part under the brush popped off, and the lid won't stay on without that part. So now it's just a squat kabuki brush with a black handle. I suppose I could glue the bottom back on, but I'm too lazy. I still use this because it works just the same, it's just not as cute or travel-friendly now. If I ever find myself with $30 just sitting around, I'll totally buy this in it's original form again. It's amazing. continued >>