Real Techniques Setting Brush vs Real Techniques Expert Face Brush

Two applicators, compared on what the catalogue records about each.

Which should you buy? Real Techniques Expert Face Brush costs about $1 more. Pick Real Techniques Setting Brush for the under-eye area. Pick Real Techniques Expert Face Brush for coverage, coverage, a matte finish.

Real Techniques

Setting Brush

Small and fluffy, which is exactly what an under-eye needs: enough powder to stop creasing, nowhere near enough to sit in the fine lines.

Worth knowing. Tap the brush out hard before it touches your face. Almost all under-eye cakiness is too much powder rather than the wrong powder.

One brush, around $9. The under-eye area, An affordable pick

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Real Techniques

Expert Face Brush

Dense and domed, so it lays product down rather than diluting it. This is the tool for coverage: the same foundation buffed with this reads a full step more opaque than the same foundation bounced on with a damp sponge.

Worth knowing. Small circles, then a few light sweeps to knock the circles out. Sweeping only, from the start, is what leaves streaks.

One brush, around $10. A matte finish, All-day wear, An affordable pick

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Side by side

	Real Techniques Setting Brush One brush, around $9	Real Techniques Expert Face Brush One brush, around $10
Price	around $9	around $10
Size	One brush	One brush
Suited to	The under-eye area, An affordable pick	A matte finish, All-day wear, An affordable pick
Only this one	The under-eye area	coverage, coverage, A matte finish, All-day wear

What they share

Both are applicators suited to an affordable pick.

Questions people also ask

What is the difference between Real Techniques Setting Brush and Real Techniques Expert Face Brush?

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush costs about $1 more. Pick Real Techniques Setting Brush for the under-eye area. Pick Real Techniques Expert Face Brush for coverage, coverage, a matte finish.

Which is cheaper, Real Techniques Setting Brush or Real Techniques Expert Face Brush?

Real Techniques Setting Brush, at around $9 for One brush, against around $10 for One brush. Retail prices move, so check the retailer.

What do Real Techniques Setting Brush and Real Techniques Expert Face Brush have in common?

Both are applicators suited to an affordable pick.

Catalogue entries last updated 9 September 2026. Prices move constantly and are checked against the retailer, not stored here.