Sigma F80 Flat Kabuki Review

You don't even need to read this review, I'll sum it up in the first two lines. Go and buy this.

This was a item I had put in my cart time and time again, only to delete it at the last minute, or make up some sort of reason why I didn't need it. Spending so much money on a makeup brush just didn't make sense to me, even though I had heard good things about it.

So when I managed to find this in a sale, I jumped for joy and brought it straight away, and I can honestly say its one of my favourite beauty purchases from 2015. No joke (and i brought a lot of makeup last year)

So this brush comes with a a beautiful black handle which just seems to be the perfect length, and lets you control the brush with ease and precision. The bristles on this brush are so soft, and dense and packed tighly with a flat head. This combination is amazing because it means the brush doesnt abosrb to much makeup, aswell as the brush being gentle on skin, but dense enough to buff out foundation to perfection.

Can you tell how much I love this brush yet?

Literally, my foundation has never looked so good. I love this brush, and would repurchase it again in a heart beat. Truthfully, I'm already thinking about getting a back up so i will always have a clean one handy.

I love this brush with every being in my body, it is what revolutionised my foundation application and is why I have 2 backups that are in constant rotation.

How can a brush change your life! well easy, when you find that one brush that makes the very art of applying makeup fun, easy and gets the flawless effect every single time, then that is a brush that changes your life. This is what Sigma have done to me with their F80 flat kabuki brush.

Having 2 brushes in their normal silver barrel, and 1 in their copper barrel, all 3 of them have the same easy grip handle in a shiny black coat that is just the right length and girth to be comfortable to handle as you spot, swirl and blend liquid foundations into place on your skin. The bristles are tightly bounded to make a dense flat top that allows only the minimal amount of makeup to be sucked up into the brush so you don't waste any makeup, but yet keeps a softness that feels like velvet upon your face. After multiple washes (all 3 get at least 1 wash every week) these brushes show their quality with no loss of bristles, no loosen of compaction and when washed properly where you prevent water from entering the barrel, no movement of the bristles, retaining the shape of the brush head.

My F80 is a brush I rely on daily, to make my skin look like it does. Before I was using either my fingers or a sponge as the flat foundation brushes were forever leaving streaks, but my F80 never does.

This has got to be my most dense foundation brush and it blends out my foundation in less than 20 seconds and it's streak free. I can dip my foundation brush in the foundation or primer I have on the back of my hand and it distributes the Now I don't reach for it every week but when I do I'm impressed with it. It isn't the softest brush I own but it feels fairly soft for being a foundation brush for liquid foundation and being very dense. The brush isn't cheap but it's really good quality. I've never had problems with it shedding and if cleaned properly it's as good as new once it washes out. The only con of this brush and I guess foundation brushes in general is that it takes a quite a bit of time to clean thoroughly so that all the foundation is out of the brush, especially since it is the most dense liquid foundation brush I have and it takes awhile to dry. But other than that it's an excellent staple brush.

Reading all the positive reviews on here (Beauty review) made me really want to buy this brush. After a year of owning this brush I can say applying foundation or concealer has been a breeze, not to mention it saves a lot more foundation comparing it to the beauty blender which absorbs some of the product.

The short dense bristles make buffing easy, they are very soft and the blunt shape makes cream contouring an easy task as well. Only a few bristles have fallen out in the past year and when I wash this brush I make sure I dry it facing down (tied to a towel rack) so it doesn't end up stinky.

If there was a list of must haves for every makeup artist or makeup lover, I would include this brush. If you don't own one you need to have one, it makes things just a bit easier when it comes to application and it works with cream or/and liquid foundation.

This was one of the very first brushes i bought 6 years ago and even with being washed a lot, it still stands as a very good foundation brush on my vanity. With sigma you get what you pay for a brush that will last the distance, feels amazing on your skin and will do its job. This brush is the best first staple brush for anyone to have as it makes it easy to apply your foundation with, it glides across the face and is easy to handle and is easy to wash whilst still keeping its form. I have bought the cheap alternatives from eBay and whilst they are cheaper and good for while, the bristles do not feel as good as the ones on the sigma brushes and they wear and tear a lot faster.

I don't know what I was doing before I bought this brush, it makes my foundation go on so perfectly, I have no idea how I survived without it. It's super dense so it doesn't absorb excess product and it buffs the product into your skin so it's not just sitting on the surface looking cakey. So far it hasn't shed on me at all and I've washed it heaps. The quality of this brush is amazing and I can't recommend it enough!

If I am not using a beauty blender I am using this brush to blend in my foundation,I dab the foundation in spots over my face,then blend and stipple the foundation over my face,it leaves your foundation looking flawless,the brush is so soft but dence enough to do the stipple motion,it has a black handle with silver trim,I have washed the brush many times,and it does not shed any bristles,I would recomend to others

I saw this beauty on Trade me in a bundle . I had read previous reviews about this brush , I had to get my hands on one. I often change between brush and sponge but learn more towards brushes.

The brush itself is thick black wooden handle , has a silver lining near brush bristles. Bristles themselves are synthetic with a soft feel.

I like to use my Mac Foundation with this brush. I can buff this into my skin nicely . It distributes product perfectly. Only time I’ve had shedding is when I washed my brush.

When cleaning it I use hot soapy water. It does get build up in it . I use another brush to help clean it out.

Overall I was highly impressed with brush. Honestly I couldn’t bring myself to pay full price for this brush so I just got it second hand off Trade me. I would happily replace it with a brand new one after trying it.

I purchased this brush because I was desperate for something different and it's now my favourite way to apply my foundations that are really thin liquids. I have found that this brush is the best application method when I'm using the Nars All Day Luminous Weightless foundation which is extremely thin, it distributes this foundation evenly onto my skin without soaking up too much of the actual product. I find when I use this brush my foundation often takes slightly less time to blend and I'm not left with streaks of makeup, its also great for buffing foundation into the skin and helps to create a flawless look.

The only downside however is that this brush can be difficult to clean I find the easiest way is to soak it in Micellar water first and then wash with brush soap as this helps to dislodge foundation from the centre of the bristles

... that I waited this long to add this brush to my stash.

I purchased this over the weekend because I purchased a new (to me) foundation formulation, and I couldn't bring myself to pay the $80 for the company's brush that they made to go with the stick foundation. A quick google suggested this was the best dupe available, and to be honest, having seen the application on my face using the Hourglass brush, and then having used this brush, hands down, sometimes you do not get what you pay for. This brush blows their brush out of the water FOR HALF THE PRICE.

The bristles are so soft (like cloud soft) and it buffs the foundation like I've never seen foundation buff in before. This could be the trojan horse to my stash of beauty blenders.

And, this is a big one for some people, its cruelty free, or, more importantly, the bristles are synthetic so they aren't going to eat foundation for breakfast!