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Nail brushes — every brush you’ll need for every nail technique!
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items I work with nail brushes every day, these are my tried and tested brushes, listed alongside a description of the techniques they’re used for! I have options here for individual brushes as well as brush sets. I’ve added a ⭐️ next to the items I use mo...
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Detail / striping brushes
Clean up brushes
Floral / paint stroke brushes
Ombré / blending brushes
Sets
Miscellaneous
Detail / striping brushes
These are the brushes you need for painting small details! Like fine lines, swirls, and mini art on the nail, as well as stripes/french tips. If you’ve ever been victim to a big chunky liner brush that doesn’t paint any kind of fine line, rest assure...
These are the exact brushes you see in pretty much every single video of mine! My most used are the 4mm (tiny, perfect for the most minute details) and 8mm (still tiny but a bit longer, great for most designs). I use the other brushes to paint stripe...
Detail/liner brushes ⭐️
Clean up brushes
Sometimes you get nail polish on your skin, these work a million times better than a cotton bud to get it off! You can get right into the nail sidewalls and having clean sidewalls and cuticles it help make your mani look professional!
It’s always good to have a set of flat brushes like this for clean up! I like that this pack comes with different sizes so you can use them for cleaning tiny areas, large ones, or for nail art! These shapes work well for marble nails.
I personally ...
Clean up brushes ⭐️
Another must have in my opinion! This is the brush I use for my ‘paint stroke florals’ as well as my marble nail designs. I also recently used it to do realistic rose nails! It’s the perfect size for those types of designs, larger ‘clean up’ oval bru...
Small oval brush
Floral / paint stroke brushes
What you need to do one stroke flower petals/leaves! The brush you use by adding and taking away pressure to create those types of shapes, these work really well for it and are my most frequented brushes in my videos for this technique
This is a great set because you get the 2 brushes I’m about to talk about, plus the other 3
The ombré brush (middle one) is great for blending polish into an ombre, using for marble nail designs, and adding different textures. The bristles are uniq...
Ombré and petal brush
Another must have in my opinion! This is the brush I use for my ‘paint stroke florals’ when I want a round petal as well as my marble nail designs. I also recently used it to do realistic rose nails! It’s the perfect size for those types of designs, ...
Small oval brush
Ombré / blending brushes
All the types of brushes needed for blending Colours! These are all pretty unique types of brushes but great to add to your collection if you want to branch out. They work best on small areas, go for the sponge if you’re trying to do the whole nail!
This is a dense cylinder shaped brush with a flat edge! It works amazingly for a few things: blending, I use it to blend colours together on the nail in small areas. Textures, this is the brush I use to create texture for certain looks, e.g. recently...
Stippling brush
This is a great set because you get the 2 brushes I’m about to talk about, plus the other 3
The ombré brush (middle one) is great for blending polish into an ombre, using for marble nail designs, and adding different textures. The bristles are uniq...
Ombré and petal brush
If you’re looking to buy a set instead of individual brushes, this one is great value and comes with 3 different types of brush for you! The small fan brush I especially like, it’s not often you find them that size. You have the fan, stipple, and omb...
Ombre Nail Art Brushes Set
I know, technically not a brush, but these are the BEST sponges for doing ombré nails with, so I’m adding them here for you. Just buy these ones, a bad sponge is why your ombré nails SUCK! Get these, soak the sponge in water before use, apply a layer...
Ombré sponges
Sets
If you don’t want to buy the brushes separately, or are a beginner, these are great sets to buy. These are all the sets from every list here as well as other sets of mixed brushes
If you’re looking for a set with a mix of the brushes I’ve listed to get you started, this is a good one. You have a good mix here of brushes! Including liner, clean up, petal, and even an ombré brush. Bonus! There’s dotting tools on the ends of a fe...
Mixed brush set
This is a great set because you get the 2 brushes I’m about to talk about, plus the other 3
The ombré brush (middle one) is great for blending polish into an ombre, using for marble nail designs, and adding different textures. The bristles are uniq...
Ombré and petal brush
Miscellaneous
These brushes don’t belong in a section, they’re the unique ones that may or may not be useful to you!! Definitely not NEEDED but could be something you want to add to your growing brush collection or something you want to try out
Another item that’s not a brush technically but I feel can be included! Everyone needs dotting tools alongside their nail brushes, they’re useful for so many things from painting hearts to doing flower details! These are double ended and you get lots...
Dotting tools! ⭐️
These are amazing for picking up and depositing glitter! They also are useful for textures and ‘dry brush’ nail art. Not a need but something to add to your collection one day. These are also fun for dusting off any glitter/filing dust
Fan Brushes Set
If you struggle to paint French tip designs, this may help you! It’s curved to allow you to paint the French design evenly with more ease. I personally don’t love these but I know a lot of people do! So I’m adding it here anyway in case it helps some...
French tip brush