Synthetic Brushes

In recent years, brushes made of synthetic hair filaments have become generally excepted as an excellent alternative to natural hair. Synthetic hair is not real hair, but polymer filaments made to look and act like hair. The best synthetic hair brushes are constructed using a mixture of filament diameters to achieve the flow of color from the brush to substrate. The spaces between the shafts of hair hold the color, which is displaced by the air when being used.

Synthetic hairs are available in a variety of diameters, lengths, colors, stiffnesses, and qualities. The synthetic makeup brushes vary in thickness and resiliency, the filament comes to a tapered point and some are grooved or roughened to hold paint. Just as natural hair makeup brushes, many makeup brushes manufacturers may blend different synthetic filaments to achieve desired characteristics. Natural hair may be part of the composite as well.

Synthetic brush can be used with all mediums. Short-handled, soft brushes with snap and spring are preferred for water media, but lack the strength to move heavy-bodied color. Thick, tougher fiber will not hold as much liquid, but can carry and manipulate thick paint. Taklon and Nylon are among the more popular choices of synthetic hair.