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i dont cut my crease very often but i usually do that with a more precise set of tools like an angle brush for the cut and a pencil brush to blend out the cut. when i say crease work, i mean i load up the "slopes" of the tip and stuff it in the crease to define it more, moving it from side to side in the orbital socket, then use circular motions to blend/diffuse the color. with round blending brushes or fatter ones i dont trust them to do the applying a defining color part and just use them to blow out product to my liking.

i find that softness doesnt affect laydown. denseness and hair texture does. i've never played with the stila window palettes, but I use mac which everyone likes to cry about how hard pressed they are so it guess its equivalent? I just tap my brush several times in the pan and roll the brush around to coat it if i find that i want more product.

i do use the Z-8 for powder! it's meant to be a bigger cheek brush, and is about one finger width (for me) smaller than the k002. s105 is actually really skinny if you keep it compressed in a guard or when you first get it out of the package (like most brushes haha). im actually kind of annoyed that the Z-8 is smaller but more expensive, so it's less "worth it" for the money.... but its prettier :/ here's chart on the specs of it 1

i dont even own a alcohol based cleaner and i dont think i would use one ever :/ i switch and wipe down i use these which are cheap as shit but massive so i cut them down to half of a face towel size and hem the edges. for cleaning my brushes i use a diluted kind-of-expensive gel face wash that i dont really use anymore since i found a better one, but I couldnt be bothered to get rid of it and would feel guilty throwing out. it was fine for my face, imo non stripping, so i watered it down to reduce lather but still foam up a bit (i like bubbles as an indicator) and use it to clean my brushes because it removed even foundation well. its the philosophy purity gel cleanser. lots of people use baby shampoo. i've heard the beauty blender solid is fantastic but i've never used it

I have sensitive eyes, and this is my favorite pencil brush:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PR7AODO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I also have the Chikuhodo T8, and this has a fine point for similar precise placement, but also the smallest little slant from the tip to allow blending over a greater surface area. I use this for both blown-out lower lash shadow as well and precise shadow stamping right by the lower lash line (for when I'm working with more powdery formulas).
I'm still looking for an even softer pencil brush that's still effective, but for $10, this is working well for me for the time being :).

The ecotools brush I have is this one and it's just very large. Like it's good if I want to do an overall bronzing, but not if I wan't to contour/bronze. Maybe I'm just using it wrong.

That makes sense for the saikoho brushes, thank you! I guess I want a concentrated picking up of product, which to me means a smaller, denser brush, not one that necessarily floofs out all over the place. The J531 looks nice too!

Yep! The Privacy UV Face Powder ranked #2 on Cosme's current face sunscreen rankings. Amazon has it so I'm thinking of trying it too :) Need to read the reviews on Cosme.net first. Don't know about the effectiveness compared to gel/milk/liquid ones..

I read on Amazon they are cut.