Tip of the Day: 23.01.2023

Brushes or fingers? Make-up artist Sharon Dowsett is in the brush camp. ‘Unlike fingers, brushes will place and distribute cream-based products evenly, so that they don’t sit in any pores. There is a saying that fingers were invented before knives and forks, but mine weren’t – there are so many amazing brushes out there, why would you not use them? One rule of the trade where brushes are concerned is to use synthetic brushes for liquid and cream bases (the fibres are designed to not absorb product) and natural hair brushes for powder.’