Real Techniques Setting Brush vs Real Techniques Powder Brush

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

Which should you buy? Real Techniques Powder Brush costs about $2 more. Pick Real Techniques Setting Brush for the under-eye area. Pick Real Techniques Powder Brush for 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

TargetUltaAmazon

Real Techniques

Powder Brush

Large and loose, so it deposits a veil rather than a layer. For setting the areas that actually get shiny, which for most people is a band down the centre of the face and nothing else.

Worth knowing. Press and roll rather than sweep. Sweeping powder over wet foundation moves the foundation.

One brush, around $11. A matte finish, An affordable pick

TargetUltaAmazon

Side by side

  Real Techniques Setting Brush
One brush, around $9
Real Techniques Powder Brush
One brush, around $11
Pricearound $9around $11
SizeOne brushOne brush
Suited toThe under-eye area, An affordable pickA matte finish, An affordable pick
Only this oneThe under-eye areaA matte finish

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 Powder Brush?

Real Techniques Powder Brush costs about $2 more. Pick Real Techniques Setting Brush for the under-eye area. Pick Real Techniques Powder Brush for a matte finish.

Which is cheaper, Real Techniques Setting Brush or Real Techniques Powder Brush?

Real Techniques Setting Brush, at around $9 for One brush, against around $11 for One brush. Retail prices move, so check the retailer.

What do Real Techniques Setting Brush and Real Techniques Powder Brush have in common?

Both are applicators suited to an affordable pick.

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