Kabuki Brush... If you haven't heard of the Kabuki Brush by now, you must really be out of the beauty loop...and/ or hip deep in kids. 

The Kabuki brush origin is in Japanese theatre, designed to accommodate quick and heavy makeup application ...in theatre, the effects of makeup have to be seen from quite a distance and particularly the expressive makeup style of traditional Japanese theatre.

It has been especially popular in more recent times due to the dramatic rise in use of mineral makeup use. 

The properties of more dense, slightly more coarse bristles and a over sized fluffy, dome shaped head, lend themselves well to the logistics of mineral makeup.  Mineral makeup is ground into loose powders that are brushed onto the skin.  This type of brush picks up and places more makeup than a regular powder brush and its distinctively stubby handle creates a good grip for the 'buffing action' application technique.  

Kabuki bristles can be made with a variety of natural animal, synthetic or combination hair; sable, goat, badger, can effectively distribute loose face powders... it has been most popularly combined with mineral makeup.  Companies that sell mineral makeup, promote the kabuki brush style as the ideal application tool. Some very successful mineral makeup companies include Bare Escentuals, Sheer Cover, Jane Iredale and Pur Minerals. This is just a handful of top companies from an every growing list.

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