#286 Duo Fibre Blending Brush

Wish I had gotten this when I started to use cream eye shadows. I thought that my fingers were good enough but I was wrong. Some cream stick shadows pose a blending problem so I stopped using them even though I liked the colour - Laura Mercier in Cocoa comes to mind. I now swipe the brush on the stick and it applies it evenly and just where I want it - perfectly positioned. It creates a …Read more

This will be my review on the latest full synthetic version (286S) . I have never tried the older version so i can't make a comparison review, but what i can definitely say is that among all of my blending brushes (natural and synthetic type) this is so far my favorite of it all!!! Love love love it.... This blends like a dream on my crease, and did not create any fallout on the eye …Read more

This is a very nice eye brush with a whisper touch. The white tips of the bristles are synthetic (on top of black natural hair). I am able to use this with cream eyeshadows as well as powders. For cream shadows I also use Bobbi Brown's Cream Shadow Brush. Both work well with light shades that cover most of the lid. You can also use this with powder shadows, especially to soften hard …Read more

The sales lady at Mac suggested I get this and I thought she was just looking to get more commission but this brush is actually good. The duo fibers and long bristles lightly and evenly blends out concealer. It's great for spot concealing blemishes as well.

Seriously not sure how I ever applied my eye shadow before this brush!!! I absolutely love the way my eye shadows apply and blend when I am using this brush.

I use this to apply the color to my crease and blend out, after I apply the deeper color to my outer V, I also use this with the same crease color to blend out and it looks amazing... I've even just used MAC's taupe …Read more

this is one of the most versatile brushes out there. i own over 150 brushes and this is the one i use the most often. good for blending eye shadow, nose shadow, cream/liquid concealer, eye primer etc. Very soft bristle and i own 3 of the same one. You wont regret buying it.

I think I initially bought this because I wanted a brush to specifically set my under eye concealer with... and umm this wasn't that great for it. However, for blending out colours in the socket/crease area, it's fantastic. I use this like almost every single day along with my go to transition colour Makeup Geek eyeshadow in Frappe. It's like they were made for each other. I would …Read more

I love this brush, its the perfect blending brush. It's my Hg

In my opinion this brush is very comparable to the 226 brush (this is now a LE brush, real shame Mac done this as it's fab) but the 286 does go one better in that it's great for depositing product into the crease but also great for blending. I love the 224 but this brush is more dense and has more control.

I use this brush for blending eyeshadow. It is good and bad.

The 217 is an excellent blending brush, but I do use this one daily too. It blends shadows very quickly. This is my go-to blending eyeshadow brush when I am in a hurry. 2-3 swipes across my eye lid, and I have a good blend. But it is VERY easy to over do blending with this brush, making your eyeshadow muddy and undefined …Read more