Help! I dont know what brushes to get!

Hi im new to this whole face painting thing and im a stay at home mom which means i dont have a lot of money to be ordering online (shipping cost) so i get my brushes at Michaels. I wanted to know what kind of brushes shoul i get? He ones for regular oil painting or the ones for glass paintin n stuff? Does it even make a difference? Are all brushes the same?

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I get most of my brushes at Michaels too and I like to feel the bristles to see how stiff they are. If the bristles are to pliable, I have a harder time making my teardrops cooperate. I also prefer a plastic handle to wood (or the paint on the wood flakes off for me). And I've noticed that dark bristles don't show stains while light ones do.

I do most of my line work with Loew Cornell number 3 and number 4 brushes.

Hope you find what works best for you.

I like golden taklon brush for face painting. As far as brand names, that will be a try-and-see if you like it kind of thing.

I like Grumbacher at Michael's. They apply the paint well and the handles don't fall apart like some others do. A Grumbacher will last at least 3 times longer than many of the others, so you save money in the long run.

you can get Simply Simmons at Michaels and use a coupon, number four round is the most used, I find

Awesome thank you all for ur help! Ill try some of these brands n let u guys know if the worked for me

Metina has begun selling my favorite brushes of any I have tried...Loew Cornell Gold Grip #4 and #3

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I use Simply Simmons quite often... they're available at Walmart and Michael's.

My favourite brush came with a Metallix palette from Wolfe. It's my dedicated white linework brush... I looove it! It doesn't have any labelling on the handle so I've had trouble tracking more down... they look different from the ones available to buy on the Wolfe site.

I use the Loew-Cornell 7000 series from Michael's

I've tried out way too many and wasted a lot of money over the past 3 yrs. I go for my Mark Reids(online) most of the time. The Sapphires are great and the 7000 seems to be pretty good so far. Brushes are like buying a golf club, each club has it's use and makes the golfer a better golfer. You get what you pay for

So i got a brush today!!! Yey n im im love! Its loew cornell 7000 i just love it the teardrops come out sooo pretty i cant wait to use it with my new paint im getting thursday! (wolfe brothers ) its a #6 i wanted a four but hats all they had and the best part is that it was 40% OFF!!!!

I started out using #6 and loved them. Now I've moved down to a #4, but some designs still look better with the #6.