Sigma Beauty Professional E55 Eye Shading Brush – Eye Makeup Brush for Even Base Application - Soft, Dense Eyeshadow Makeup Brush for Primer, Cream Eyeshadow or Powder Eyeshadow (1 Brush)

I've bought several Sigma eyeshadow brushes and this is my favourite. It's a basic brush for laying down shadow on the lid. What I like about it compared to other versions is that it is fairly small, with relatively short bristles, which gives me more control. Excellent quality and synthetic (cruelty free). For crease brushes, on the other hand, I have found Hourglass has the best. For blending out existing shadows and just blurring the lines between colours I really like the fluffy, largest headed brush in the Real Techniques Basic Eye set (it's the only one I really like in that set, but it's so good it's worth the money and I'm not a really big RT fan.) All of these use synthetic hair. Beware the white haired eye brushes, which are often goat hair. If you have allergies to horses like me, any hair from hoofed animals is risky.

These are the best brushes you can buy. Great quality. Would recommend. Great value for the money.

A little pre-history: after watching lots of reviews on Youtube where everybody says that MAC 239 a "must have", decided to treat my self for holidays and bought it at the local MAC counter (in our local mall). Used it for about one week- hated it with whole my heart- ended up by returning it to the MAC counter. Why? Because MAC 239 was very stiff, hursh, small, did not pick up eyeshadows well enough, scratchy, etc. It was like to use a kitchen spatula... Verdict:crap (at least for me). Absolutely disappointed.... So, after reading reviews about Sigma E55, desided to give this one a try, because I still needed a brush to apply my eyeshadows. And I'm very glad I did! After the very first use of this brush I just "fell in love" with it, if i can say that. It is a complete opposit to MAC 239: E55 is dens, but in the same time very soft and awesomely gentl (like a cloud), it picks up eyeshadows so dem'n well and, of course, applies them, no metter they are powdered or pressed, with glitter or matte. You just want to us it more and more. That's how good this one is. I am thinking to buy another one as a back up. Would I recomend this brush?Definitely YES, to everybody who wants to apply eyeshadows with joy. But, who has very itchy eyelids and needs a good scratch, go for MAC 239 :).

Actually I found that I already have this one. I was looking for a smaller brush. These brushes are nice so I will keep it as part of a gift later on.

Great brush for the price. Large enough to cover eyelid quickly, picks up product very well. No complaints! Would definitely buy again.

Great shading brush! I have very little lid space to work with but this brush picks up a lot of color and has very dense bristles. No issues with washing the brushes either (all the color is easily removed with just a little baby shampoo, and I've yet t notice any shedding). I would definitely repurchase this if I ever needed to, but if you're careful with these brushes they can last several years. I would highly recommend this to any woman looking to upgrade her eyeshadow brushes from EcoTools or Real Techniques, or this could make a great gift if both with other Sigmas brushes (I promise I'm not a paid shill for Sigma, I just happen to own a lot of their eye brushes and I've yet to be disappointed!).

All these years, I've used the sponge applicators that came with my eye shadow, but since I recently bought some shadow that didn't come with the applicator, I bought a brush. What a difference! This brush is quality; I've been using it about a month and it has yet to shed at all. The bristles are soft yet firm enough to be easy to guide. The brush applies the shadow smoothly, quickly, and evenly and feels very gentle on my eyelids. I just wish I'd known sooner how much easier it is to apply eye shadow with a brush!

I just love these brushes! Really great quality! Better than other high end brushes. Very happy with my purchase!! Highly recommended!!