Sometimes, you can have the highest end makeup possible — you know, the kind with the fancy key ingredients and 24 carat gold in the formulation — and find that it still doesn’t look that great when applied. Have you checked your brushes?

Tools can be just as important in makeup application as the actual product that you’re applying, and having a high quality brush for certain types of products is absolutely essential if you want your makeup to look polished and professional.

MAC Cosmetics has some of the most sought after makeup brushes in the makeup world. Sure, you pay the price for the name (if you pay full price), but these brushes are worth it and, if taken care of properly, will bring you a return multiple times what you paid in great makeup results. Be sure to take a look at the MAC makeup brush superstar, #187.

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