Makeup brush roll quality

Makeup brush roll is essential for makeup artists, as it can not only protect the brushes from being polluted, but also convenient to take during travel.

Therefore, many customers would like to custom makeup brush roll together with makeup brushes. They can have their own logos on the brush roll, and their own design and ideas can also be revealed on the brush roll, that is the charm of customization.

While the price and quality of makeup brush roll varies a lot depending on the material and craft. The high-grade brush roll will be made by high-grade leather and with perfect craft, then the price will be very high, such brush rolls are usually equipped with high grade makeup brushes to show the quality grade of the whole makeup brush set.

According to different demand, the makeup brush factory also can provide the low-grade brush roll, which may just plastic or imitation leather with simple craft, and the price may less than USD1.0. Of course, the makeup brushes with such brush roll will not be in high grade.

While communicating with the makeup brush manufacturer on the brush roll, customers should specify your detailed requirements on material and craft, and the target price on the brush roll will be best. So that the factory or manufacturer can be clear on the brush roll you would like to get.

Just for your reference, although the makeup brush roll can be in different colors, it will be best if the brush roll color can be identify with the handle color of the makeup brushes.

The painting on makeup brush handles

During custom makeup brushes, most customers have requirements on handle color, maybe black, red, pink, yellow, silver, coffee etc. While the wood itself has not so many colors, so it has to be fulfilled via painting.

There are mainly two kinds of painting methods on the makeup brush handles: spray painting and baking varnish. Spray painting is more common due to its low cost and simple technology, just that if the handle diameter is too big (like powder brushes, blush brushes), there will some “dark point” on the handle end, that is because the paint flow together to the end and then caused a so called dark point. It is in fact the paint and has no any affect on the brush quality or usage. And if the diameter of the makeup brush handle is not so large (like eyeshadow brushes, lip brushes, liner brushes etc), there will be no such point.

If customers really care a lot on this imperfection, the makeup brush factory can really avoid of this by using baking varnish instead of spray painting. However, as the baking varnish is very complex, so the cost on the painting will be much higher, that will greatly affect the whole makeup brush cost, and the general lead time will be a little longer.

While contacting the makeup brush manufacturers, the professional manufacturers will explain to you the detailed difference between the spray painting and baking varnish, then customers will have exact judgment on the painting ways and color selection.  

The importance of customers' profession

During makeup brush business, people believe that professional is the case of the makeup brush manufacturer or seller instead of the buyer. They believe that as long as the makeup brush supplier is professional enough, the communication will be move quickly.

In fact, it is really a misunderstanding. It just like that a clothes buyer sends an email to a seller: hey, I need red cloth; can you please send me quotation? How should the seller quote since there is no picture, no dimension, and no any detail explanation?

It is the same for makeup brush business. We often receive emails like that: please quote us sable hair brush……We have so many makeup brushes with sable hair, which one should we quote? Then we send emails to ask for detailed dimension or pictures, the customers always are not so clear about that. It is really hard for us to move forward.

If customers would like to buy our existing makeup brushes, it is easy, just let us know which type you like, and then you will get quotation from us.

While for custom makeup brushes, customers should at least offer pictures for the makeup brushes they need, if the pictures are clear enough, we, as the professional makeup brush factory, can get known the material and dimension of the makeup brushes from the pictures, it will be enough for quotation; if no picture, customers should describe their detailed requirements on material, size, colors etc; if customers have no picture, and have no idea on material and size requirements, please at least let us know your target price, so that we can suggest you some of our similar or existing brushes for your reference.

The customers’ professional is so important not only during initial quotation but also in the following communication of the order processing; if customers are professional, the makeup brush factory can immediately feedback and resolve all related issues about the makeup brush orders. It will greatly help to push the order fulfillment more quickly and effectively.

Nickel-plated ferrule

Many customers send us emails and would like to have silver ferrule, we explained that we seldom use silver for ferrule, while they are really puzzled about it and show us the pictures of MAC brushes which has shinning “silver” ferrule.

In fact, if they check the detailed description of all MAC makeup brushes, they will find that all MAC makeup brushes are brass ferrule with nickel-plated. The brass can be plated into limited colors, such as light chrome color, light Nickel color, Matte Chrome, Matte Nickel color, light black, matte black, light gold, matte gold, etc.

Therefore, bright yellow does not mean gold ferrule, shinning silver does not mean silver material. Usually, the most common ferrule material is aluminum and copper/brass. For top-grade makeup brushes, the customers will require cooper ferrule while for low-grade brushes, the ferrule material is usually aluminum which is much cheaper than copper.

It is good for customers to let us know their exact thoughts and requirements during their custom makeup brushes, so that we can get known your ideas on the makeup brushes and explained details to customers if they have some wrong understanding; as long as the makeup brush manufacturers and the customers have deep and detailed communication, the customers will get satisfied brushes, which will certainly promote their future cooperation with the makeup brush factory.

The handle shape of makeup brushes

Each part of the makeup brushes has its own significance. The bristle decides the touch feeling to skin, the ferrule affects the whole appearance, and the handle decides the comfort level of makeup artist hand. That is why the makeup brush factory always tries best to perfect their each brush part to reach the most comfortable feeling.

For the makeup brush handle, to reach the most comfortable level, the makeup brush manufacturers design various shapes and length according to the brush function. For mini brush, they may make a finger groove on the handle for easier holding; and the large brushes may have longer and larger handles, anyway, the handle size should be too large for holding.

For the handle shape of makeup brushes, it can be flat, or has steps, or irregular shape; it can be with the same diameter of the whole handle, or one top is much bigger than the other….. No matter what kind of shape or dimension, it is to gain more comfort level for makeup brush users.

We can offer makeup brushes with whatever kind of handles you need. Just let us know your thoughts or demands during custom makeup brushes, we will give you professional suggestions and comments for your reference.

The fee to have your logo on the makeup brushes

During custom makeup brushes from the makeup brush factory, most customers will require to have their company logo on the brushes and the makeup brush bags or packages. It is true that the logo cost is a part of the whole brushes, while it is somewhat different from other parts, or we can say that the logo cost is individual.

The reason is that in fact the logo template fee is one-off, that is you just need to pay the template fee in the first order, in the second or following orders, you needn’t pay logo template fee any more. Of course, some makeup brush manufacturers will share the logo template fee into the unit price, but it is not beneficial for customers, as in this way, you will need to pay the template fee every time! Therefore, if you would like to have your logo on the brushes or bags, it is best to let the makeup brush manufacturers quote you the logo template fee individually. And for customer reference, the logo template fee on the brush bags or packages is usually much more expensive than that on the brush handles.

Of course, to have logo on the brushes or bags, it is not enough to just have the template; the makeup brush manufacturers should print the logo on the brushes, that is called screen printing. The screen printing fee is calculated by quantity, that means the printing fee is usually involved in the unit price, as a part of the brush cost.

In a word, in fact, to have your logo on the brush handles and packages, customers should pay two parts: the template fee and the screen printing fee; the template is one-off, while the screen printing fee is involved in the unit price. Of course, customers should offer the logo drawing to the makeup brush factory, so that the factory can ensure the logo is exactly what customers need.

Why you get quotation with big difference on makeup brushes

Many customers may have such experience: they have purchased makeup brushes from a certain makeup brush supplier for long time, one day, on impulse, they find another supplier and then send emails for inquiry, the result is they are shocked by the significant difference on the quotation and become puzzled: what is wrong? Why so big difference? Do I suffer great loss on previous purchasing?

In fact, it is really normal, the price varies a lot due to different material and dimension. So, while enquiring, you should clearly explain your material, dimension and all other requirements on the makeup brushes.

If you have described the totally same requirements to different suppliers and still get quotation with big difference, that maybe because of your supply source.

1.       If your suppliers are from the same location, the price difference maybe because they are not the makeup brush factory or manufacturer but the distributor. That is you do not get the factory direct price. For example, the EXW price of makeup brush is $1.0, the first distributor will quote at least $1.2 (some even quote $2.0), the second distributor may quote $1.5, and so forth. Then the quotation to the end customers may reach $3.0 which is three times of the original EXW price.

2.       If your suppliers are from difference country, that is easier to understand, just think about that buy a makeup brush from a Chinese makeup brush factory may just need $1.0, but if you buy form an European makeup brush manufacturer or factory, the factory price may reach $20.0

3.       If your suppliers are the Chinese factory and European distributor, the price difference will be much bigger, we usually get known that we offer makeup brushes to our overseas customers at $1.0, and their selling price is $100.0. The shocking difference, right? But it is really the truth.

That is why so many customers prefer to custom makeup brushes directly from Chinese manufacturers, they can get much more profit from such sourcing with the same quality,