The trusted hero for smoky eyes: Achieve highly pigmented looks by building and shading color on the lid. Ideal for pressed and loose powder eyeshadow. Works with cream eyeshadow, too.
I was skeptical that one brush could handle both my loose pigments and cream shadows, but this shader just blends them both out evenly without any patchiness. The bristles are dense enough to pack on color and then soften the edges for that perfect smoky look.
It picks up and blends powder shadow really well, though I wish it worked a bit more seamlessly with cream formulas. Still, for the price, it's a solid everyday brush for building up color on the lid.