Makeup brush material is mainly divided into artificial hair and animal hair two categories, natural hair and artificial hair is not good or bad points, mainly depends on the use of makeup brush.
Artificial fiber hair
Good for sensitive muscles, no animal hair smell, more hard. The advantage of artificial hair brushes is that they are not afraid of water and oil, and they are more resistant to washing, so most foundation brushes, eyeliner brushes and lip brushes are made of artificial fiber.
Goat hair
It is the common makeup brush material has good dizzy dye, catch powder strength, easy to color, but more or less odor. Goat hair is the main source of animal bristles.
Pony hair
Advantage: Washed pony hair is slightly hard, but the powder is strong, relatively tough, good color.
The downside: Cheap pony hair brushes can be a bit scratchy and are often mixed with other bristles to keep costs down.
Grey mouse hair
Advantage: The hair root is fine to catch good powder, very soft, the face is like spring breeze stroke face, go up after makeup natural burnish feels.
Disadvantage: Because hair is too loose, color is downy. Brush fleeciness is suit to do the brush of heavy color powdery product such as shadow brush. But the price is relatively expensive.
Squirrel hair
Advantage is: the hair is greasy, soft. The hair has a very dense hair body and loose, more suitable for small contouring brush.
Weasel tail hair, sable hair
Merit: Good elasticity and fiber hair is very suitable for catching cream! Many eye shadow brushes and eyebrow brushes are made of this material
Demerit: Smudge force is general, more suitable for making lip brush, eyeliner brush, etc. The price of this makeup brush material is expensive.