Brush reviews and rankings are probably some of my favourite videos to watch and wow, Sofia, no one could put more effort or detail or useful information into a video than you. Thank you! ❤One of the reasons why your brush reviews are so helpful is because you give detailed reasons as to why a particular brush works for you, what your skin type and face shape/size is and what your preferences are. This is crucial for anyone else out there trying to decide what will work for them and where to invest their hard-earned money. Brushes are so, so individual and so many factors come into play when choosing what is right for *you*. This is also why I, and so many people, are such fans of Sonia G's brushes. I love that Sonia says she creates her brushes to fill gaps in her own or our collections. She seems to look at brushes creatively and with an open-mind, offering so many possibilities for different purposes, preferences, face shapes and sizes. Best of all, she puts so, so much effort into giving exhaustive descriptions for each of her brushes, offering details (often on her blog) such as density, measurements, raw materials, weight that I have seen no other creator or brand do. Nothing, nothing is hidden or left unsaid. It's the same level of detail you put into your videos actually! Just out of interest, I wonder if you have tried the Hinoki Set? Out of all of my brushes, the Hinoki brushes are probably two of my most-used; not a day goes by that I don't reach for them. Not only is the craftsmanship exquisite (those handles with the crane illustrations and beautiful grain! 😍) but they are some of the most versatile, multi-purpose brushes I own. They are quite opposite in many ways (except softness - those saikoho bristles!) with one having a beautiful density and strength for blending and buffing and the other being as soft, light and airy as a bunny's tail, but I love them equally and I find them so surprisingly useful and unique in my collection.
Thank you so much for your feedback and thoughtful comment! I completely agree, the attention to detail of the design really shines through in her brushes. I haven’t tried the Hanoki set but I will take your rec and check it out!!
I love the Sonia G Mini Base for cream blush or liquid highlights. I am a teeny tiny human and most brushes are massive for my face, so I love this brush!
Ooohhh! I love this so much!!! I wanted to up my fude face brush collection so I made lists for Christmas time after watching your recent Fude Beauty video…and then went ahead and bought them right now! 😬 My heart was in the right place, but my face craved squirrel and fox bristles asap😂 (And now I’m obsessed with them.) But I adore Sonia G face brushes. I honestly love all the ones I have. I’ve never gotten a whole set, just brushes here and there. I am waiting patiently for the Fusion Soft Concealer to come back in stock. I like the Sheer Buffer a lot. I have a heavy hand and a light skin tone so most of her wispy brushes that are “sheer” or “soft” become my favorites. The Fundamental Classic Cheek is on its way to me as I type as well as the Smooth Buffer! I’m so glad you love them! I picked well! The Soft Cheek is my favorite blush brush of all time. I have 2…and I love the Mini Cheek, too. I have combo oily skin and I really like the Inochige Pro for setting my face with loose powder. I don’t tend to like huge brushes, but because of the shape you can be very specific with placement. It’s also so soft. I’ve used it for finishing powder, too, but I prefer the soft cheek for that. I tried to get the Lotus Detail for highlighter but it’s not on Beautylish anymore-even as out of stock! 😢 Most of her Lotus brushes are gone.
It's always interesting to hear different people's preferences! I would rank my Sonia G face brushes similarly to you (the first two I never even bought as they're too large for me), but then the cheek brushes I would rank in the exact opposite order 😂 I love the Soft Buffer (Face Two) for blush, it has perfect density, shape and size for me!
I love how you made sure to state that a lot of this is preference and face / feature size (I know I have quite small features so a lot of brushes that are an HG for someone else don’t work as well for me)- I know @bobmindset has compared brush preferences to hair style preferences
Lotus Base is better than Jumbo Base and Classic Base for me as it can apply the foundation...thinner? better for cream foundation. And I can use it twice before need to wash it.
Thank you so much, Sofia!! I have the Lotus collection so it was nice to see a number of those brushes here. I have the sheer buffer and the base pro (I think that’s what it’s called?) too. I’m at work but I will take a closer look tonight to see what I need to add. It’s really helpful when you describe how you use these and with which kinds of products (ie cream/liquid vs powder). Thank you so so much!!!❤❤❤❤
Can’t believe my top Sonia G picks are same as yours in each of these categories. Its crazy but I will admit that I have 2 of each of your (and my) top picks. 🤣 This is such a wonderful video, I wish I had this at my disposal when I got into SG’s brushes a few years ago. Great job, Sophia 👌👍
You are fantastic! Thank you for what you do and how you give us such great information and detail. You rock Sofia! This was excelente for me as I was a bit hesitant in deciding what brush to buy from Sonia’s fundamental series. 😊❤
loved your ranking!! my faves- face pro, master face, buffer pro, smooth buffer, hinoki brush 1, classic base, jumbo base honorable mention inochige pro, less used but it's cute!
Sofia, thank you SOOO much for this review!! 🤗 I’m new to Sonia G/ Fude brushes in general and have been going back and forth on which brushes are the most bang for your buck so to speak. This is so helpful for those of us who may be on a tight budget or low buy and can’t always afford the full sets. Thank you! ❤
Never thought to use the buffer for bronzer, I’ve only used it for finishing powders or if I get heavy handed with my blush. This is my favorite brush of all her brushes I have. I bought the Fusion set and I’m sorry I bought them cause I don’t use cream products, thought I would tried a cream blush but just not for me. I’m trying the classic base today for my foundation. I usually don’t buy sets anymore, I like to buy individual ones. Excellent video, do you have a video for her eye brushes? Have a blessed and Happy Easter.❤
It’s interesting that you don’t have Sky series brushes to rank. I bought them first because they were advertised for smaller faces. The Sky Worker Fan is the worst I’ve bought from Sonia G (not soft at all). I tend to place powder bronzer with the Niji Pro and buff it out with the Jumbo Bronzer. I also enjoy using the Lotus Base for cream bronzer. Definitely didn’t need the fundamental series. But they are softer than the Sky series worker fan. I look forward to your eye brush break down!
What brush would you recommend for buffing so i dont have blush and bronzer lines? I was thinking the sonia g smooth buffer or buffer pro but the smooth buffer is put of stock
I love a good brush video! I really enjoy my Sonia g face brushes. If I had to chose only one face brush brand, it would be Hakuhodo though I think Sonia G has the edge on eye brushes. Hakuhodo can also be far more expensive. I think Sonia G’s line is so special because she brings very practical and well thought out shapes and bristle mixes to perform everyday tasks. She makes work horse brushes with beautiful handles and does it at a relatively affordable price (for fude). To me the stand outs from Sonia’s line are definitely the Fusion series. I actually am head over heels in love with the lotus fan for foundation. I love how it wraps around all my features. I love it for cream contour as well. The soft cheek is one of my all time favorite blush brushes. It’s pure magic for making even the most pigmented blushes buildable. The Niji pro is perfect for those hard to pick up Charlotte Tilbury face palates and other hard pressed powders. I love the mini cheek, worker fan and detail and designer pro brushes. I love small brushes. I really enjoy the smooth buffer as well because it’s just a little smaller. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these videos!
Oh I’m sorry I missed this! I think the more densely packed dyed goat brushes pick up product really well. For example the Fundamental Fan M or the old sculpt 3 from Sonia G. I also have the J210 from Hakuhodo or S5521GH that really grabs hard pressed stuff. For Synthetic the BK 106 picks up product really well too! These are the ones I grab for when the product is extra tricky to pick up!
I love my new sheer buffer. It’s so nice. Your lashes seem to be getting longer every week. Are you using a lash serum? They look great. Love the brush review. 💖💄👄
Sofia! Thank you so much for this helpful video. Just ordered a few brushes! Thanks for your effort, love your chanel. It's been a few months since i found your channel and i told you you have the potential to be my new favorite channel and so you are! 😍
Hi Sofia! I loves this video, so helpful! I eas looking at the smooth buffer and wanted to know how you feel it compares to the BK beauty buffer bruahes? I can get both sizes for less than the Sonia G 🙂🤔
These have a more airy feel. The buffer brush from BK beauty is very jumbo so I use that for a quick bronzer application. I think the Sonia g ones are a little more versatile
Finally!🥳🥳🥳 Thank you very much for your effort to do such a great review. 🤗 For face I only have 2 brushes: Buffer Pro and Detail Pro (at your recommendation). Both of them are great and I plan to buy duplicates.😁 I also want to buy Smooth buffer. The reason I didn’t buy it yet is because I recently bought the sky eye set and a foundation brush. I am waiting for the fundamental set for eyes and I hope you will rank your eye brushes from Sonia G. 🙂 Have a great week and thank you again!💕 P.S. You didn’t say a word about Mt Fuji brush. 🙄
❤ been waiting for this video thank you!! Could you please share which sonia g cheek brush you recommend for the rms blushes? I find them kind of hard to pick up and I feel I cannot get the shine on? I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Thank you again you are the best ❤
Do you know when the next beautylish sale/gift card offer will be? For me the sculpt two was one of the first sonia g brushes that I ever got (in 2018) and never use it. I don't really have a need for this type of brush. Jumbo base is easily my most used/fav brush for foundation, then the jumbo blender for eyeshadow. Ive been trying to get the soft concealer for a while and it's always out of stock!
Sofia. I love love love watching your videos. I wish I found your videos earlier as I would save a lot of money lol. Can you pls recommend a good high end nose contour brush or just a good brush I can use for a perfect nose contour. Thank you love. ❤
I don't want to be a snob Alice but they don't event compare. I can't go back 😅 I would be honest with you if I thought otherwise! For synthetic brushes I go with BK Beauty or ESUM
@@aliceayisilu2447for sonia g brushes you should get them now! Beautylish's twice a year gift card event will be starting in a day. They don't have a separate black Friday sale
All Sonia g brushes are fantastic but the the top face brushes (imo) is the master face, face pro, buffer pro and the fusion face series. I’m surprised 2 of these are not in the list. They are available now and I would recommend picking them up bc they sell our fast and then take forever to come back. They are outstanding
I think it's just the master face that I don't have. The face pro, buffer pro, and fusion brushes are all featured 👍 I will take your rec and pick up the master face next time 😜
You will love it 😊 i watched it again, saw the Buffer pro, sorry must have missed it. I bought the sheer buffer and smooth buffer cause the pro was sold out for so long. As soon as it was available the day of the Fundamental series was launched..I jumped on it lol all 3 are so different and great.
Sofia, I love the review and tutorial. I just wished Sonia G would offer through you channel to try her brushes. Unfortunately would love to but too steep for me. Love your take though.
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The effort you put into this video does not go unnoticed! Thank you! Your brush videos are some of my favs - your descriptions are spot on ❤
Thank you so so much!
Brush reviews and rankings are probably some of my favourite videos to watch and wow, Sofia, no one could put more effort or detail or useful information into a video than you. Thank you! ❤One of the reasons why your brush reviews are so helpful is because you give detailed reasons as to why a particular brush works for you, what your skin type and face shape/size is and what your preferences are. This is crucial for anyone else out there trying to decide what will work for them and where to invest their hard-earned money. Brushes are so, so individual and so many factors come into play when choosing what is right for *you*. This is also why I, and so many people, are such fans of Sonia G's brushes. I love that Sonia says she creates her brushes to fill gaps in her own or our collections. She seems to look at brushes creatively and with an open-mind, offering so many possibilities for different purposes, preferences, face shapes and sizes. Best of all, she puts so, so much effort into giving exhaustive descriptions for each of her brushes, offering details (often on her blog) such as density, measurements, raw materials, weight that I have seen no other creator or brand do. Nothing, nothing is hidden or left unsaid. It's the same level of detail you put into your videos actually!
Just out of interest, I wonder if you have tried the Hinoki Set? Out of all of my brushes, the Hinoki brushes are probably two of my most-used; not a day goes by that I don't reach for them. Not only is the craftsmanship exquisite (those handles with the crane illustrations and beautiful grain! 😍) but they are some of the most versatile, multi-purpose brushes I own. They are quite opposite in many ways (except softness - those saikoho bristles!) with one having a beautiful density and strength for blending and buffing and the other being as soft, light and airy as a bunny's tail, but I love them equally and I find them so surprisingly useful and unique in my collection.
Thank you so much for your feedback and thoughtful comment! I completely agree, the attention to detail of the design really shines through in her brushes. I haven’t tried the Hanoki set but I will take your rec and check it out!!
I love the Sonia G Mini Base for cream blush or liquid highlights. I am a teeny tiny human and most brushes are massive for my face, so I love this brush!
Haha love it!
Me too ! I love smaller one
Ooohhh! I love this so much!!! I wanted to up my fude face brush collection so I made lists for Christmas time after watching your recent Fude Beauty video…and then went ahead and bought them right now! 😬 My heart was in the right place, but my face craved squirrel and fox bristles asap😂 (And now I’m obsessed with them.)
But I adore Sonia G face brushes. I honestly love all the ones I have. I’ve never gotten a whole set, just brushes here and there.
I am waiting patiently for the Fusion Soft Concealer to come back in stock. I like the Sheer Buffer a lot. I have a heavy hand and a light skin tone so most of her wispy brushes that are “sheer” or “soft” become my favorites.
The Fundamental Classic Cheek is on its way to me as I type as well as the Smooth Buffer! I’m so glad you love them! I picked well!
The Soft Cheek is my favorite blush brush of all time. I have 2…and I love the Mini Cheek, too.
I have combo oily skin and I really like the Inochige Pro for setting my face with loose powder. I don’t tend to like huge brushes, but because of the shape you can be very specific with placement. It’s also so soft. I’ve used it for finishing powder, too, but I prefer the soft cheek for that.
I tried to get the Lotus Detail for highlighter but it’s not on Beautylish anymore-even as out of stock! 😢 Most of her Lotus brushes are gone.
The Inochige pro is one that I still need to get!
It's always interesting to hear different people's preferences! I would rank my Sonia G face brushes similarly to you (the first two I never even bought as they're too large for me), but then the cheek brushes I would rank in the exact opposite order 😂 I love the Soft Buffer (Face Two) for blush, it has perfect density, shape and size for me!
Thanks for sharing!!
I love how you made sure to state that a lot of this is preference and face / feature size (I know I have quite small features so a lot of brushes that are an HG for someone else don’t work as well for me)- I know @bobmindset has compared brush preferences to hair style preferences
Thank you for the feedback!
Lotus Base is better than Jumbo Base and Classic Base for me as it can apply the foundation...thinner? better for cream foundation. And I can use it twice before need to wash it.
Thank you so much, Sofia!! I have the Lotus collection so it was nice to see a number of those brushes here. I have the sheer buffer and the base pro (I think that’s what it’s called?) too. I’m at work but I will take a closer look tonight to see what I need to add. It’s really helpful when you describe how you use these and with which kinds of products (ie cream/liquid vs powder). Thank you so so much!!!❤❤❤❤
You are so welcome! You have some great brushes in your collection it sounds like
I need a video ranking her eye brushes!! So good!
Can’t believe my top Sonia G picks are same as yours in each of these categories. Its crazy but I will admit that I have 2 of each of your (and my) top picks. 🤣
This is such a wonderful video, I wish I had this at my disposal when I got into SG’s brushes a few years ago. Great job, Sophia 👌👍
Haha love that!! We have similar taste ;)
Thanks so much. Great to see size comparisons in (almost) real life. My mini cheek is a little dried out. How would you suggest reviving it?
You are fantastic! Thank you for what you do and how you give us such great information and detail. You rock Sofia! This was excelente for me as I was a bit hesitant in deciding what brush to buy from Sonia’s fundamental series. 😊❤
You are so welcome! 😊
loved your ranking!!
my faves- face pro, master face, buffer pro, smooth buffer, hinoki brush 1, classic base, jumbo base
honorable mention inochige pro, less used but it's cute!
Thank you for sharing your ranking! 💕
Sofia, thank you SOOO much for this review!! 🤗 I’m new to Sonia G/ Fude brushes in general and have been going back and forth on which brushes are the most bang for your buck so to speak. This is so helpful for those of us who may be on a tight budget or low buy and can’t always afford the full sets. Thank you! ❤
I am so glad!! yes this is designed exactly for that!
@@PatchuliK Ohh thank you!! I really appreciate the advice! This is very helpful!
Never thought to use the buffer for bronzer, I’ve only used it for finishing powders or if I get heavy handed with my blush. This is my favorite brush of all her brushes I have. I bought the Fusion set and I’m sorry I bought them cause I don’t use cream products, thought I would tried a cream blush but just not for me. I’m trying the classic base today for my foundation. I usually don’t buy sets anymore, I like to buy individual ones. Excellent video, do you have a video for her eye brushes? Have a blessed and Happy Easter.❤
It’s interesting that you don’t have Sky series brushes to rank. I bought them first because they were advertised for smaller faces. The Sky Worker Fan is the worst I’ve bought from Sonia G (not soft at all). I tend to place powder bronzer with the Niji Pro and buff it out with the Jumbo Bronzer. I also enjoy using the Lotus Base for cream bronzer. Definitely didn’t need the fundamental series. But they are softer than the Sky series worker fan. I look forward to your eye brush break down!
I haven't bought most of the brushes as a set so I never picked up anything from the Sky Series. Unfortunately a lot of them are often out of stock :)
What brush would you recommend for buffing so i dont have blush and bronzer lines? I was thinking the sonia g smooth buffer or buffer pro but the smooth buffer is put of stock
I love my Sonia G brushes. This was an awesome breakdown and uses for the brushes. Great job ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 🤗
I love a good brush video! I really enjoy my Sonia g face brushes. If I had to chose only one face brush brand, it would be Hakuhodo though I think Sonia G has the edge on eye brushes. Hakuhodo can also be far more expensive. I think Sonia G’s line is so special because she brings very practical and well thought out shapes and bristle mixes to perform everyday tasks. She makes work horse brushes with beautiful handles and does it at a relatively affordable price (for fude). To me the stand outs from Sonia’s line are definitely the Fusion series. I actually am head over heels in love with the lotus fan for foundation. I love how it wraps around all my features. I love it for cream contour as well. The soft cheek is one of my all time favorite blush brushes. It’s pure magic for making even the most pigmented blushes buildable. The Niji pro is perfect for those hard to pick up Charlotte Tilbury face palates and other hard pressed powders. I love the mini cheek, worker fan and detail and designer pro brushes. I love small brushes. I really enjoy the smooth buffer as well because it’s just a little smaller. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these videos!
Thank you for sharing!!
What are smaller brushes are good for baked blushes / bronzers?
Oh I’m sorry I missed this! I think the more densely packed dyed goat brushes pick up product really well. For example the Fundamental Fan M or the old sculpt 3 from Sonia G. I also have the J210 from Hakuhodo or S5521GH that really grabs hard pressed stuff. For Synthetic the BK 106 picks up product really well too! These are the ones I grab for when the product is extra tricky to pick up!
Omg YESSSSSSS been waiting for this, checking every day 🤣 so excited for this! 💗
Haha yay that makes me feel so fulfilled to hear that 😊
Thank youuuu, this was so helpful!!
Yay so glad!
Thank you! I’m gonna buy the smooth buffer ❤
I love my new sheer buffer. It’s so nice. Your lashes seem to be getting longer every week. Are you using a lash serum? They look great. Love the brush review. 💖💄👄
Yes I usually use a lash serum!
Sofia! Thank you so much for this helpful video. Just ordered a few brushes! Thanks for your effort, love your chanel. It's been a few months since i found your channel and i told you you have the potential to be my new favorite channel and so you are! 😍
Aw I am so glad! Appreciate you!
Hi Sofia! I loves this video, so helpful! I eas looking at the smooth buffer and wanted to know how you feel it compares to the BK beauty buffer bruahes? I can get both sizes for less than the Sonia G 🙂🤔
These have a more airy feel. The buffer brush from BK beauty is very jumbo so I use that for a quick bronzer application. I think the Sonia g ones are a little more versatile
Finally!🥳🥳🥳 Thank you very much for your effort to do such a great review. 🤗 For face I only have 2 brushes: Buffer Pro and Detail Pro (at your recommendation). Both of them are great and I plan to buy duplicates.😁 I also want to buy Smooth buffer. The reason I didn’t buy it yet is because I recently bought the sky eye set and a foundation brush.
I am waiting for the fundamental set for eyes and I hope you will rank your eye brushes from Sonia G. 🙂
Have a great week and thank you again!💕
P.S. You didn’t say a word about Mt Fuji brush. 🙄
Oh wow I forgot the Mount Fuji brush because it’s on display in my room 😅
❤ been waiting for this video thank you!! Could you please share which sonia g cheek brush you recommend for the rms blushes? I find them kind of hard to pick up and I feel I cannot get the shine on? I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Thank you again you are the best ❤
I love to use the smooth buffer for those! You can also try the Niji pro
This video was sooo helpful but sooo dangerous haha I now have any of these brushes that are currently available in my cart haha xx
Super helpful thank you.
That was AMAZING 🙌❤️
I'm so glad!!
Thank you, thank you!!! So appreciated!
This video is incredibleeeeee! I just had a baby and this was the first video I watched after adding all the videos I missed in the last 10 days 😂
Waiting for this video! Can’t wait to watch it!
Enjoy!
This was so helpful. Thank you
So glad!
Do you know when the next beautylish sale/gift card offer will be?
For me the sculpt two was one of the first sonia g brushes that I ever got (in 2018) and never use it. I don't really have a need for this type of brush.
Jumbo base is easily my most used/fav brush for foundation, then the jumbo blender for eyeshadow. Ive been trying to get the soft concealer for a while and it's always out of stock!
I think they have one sale in March and then another one in October!
I clicked so fast! lol Thank you ❤
Yay!
Same!! ❤️
Me too! Watching now!!! 🎉
Looking forward to your choices
Yay I’m exited SG ❤the best brushes
This video is a god send
Sofia. I love love love watching your videos. I wish I found your videos earlier as I would save a lot of money lol. Can you pls recommend a good high end nose contour brush or just a good brush I can use for a perfect nose contour. Thank you love. ❤
Welcome! Im so glad! The concealer brushes in the Sonia Fusion series I think are great for that use!
How much different are the Sonia G brushes from sigma? I remember back in the day Sigma brushes were super popular 😅
I don't want to be a snob Alice but they don't event compare. I can't go back 😅 I would be honest with you if I thought otherwise! For synthetic brushes I go with BK Beauty or ESUM
Thanks for the reply. I will wait till Black Friday / holidays and then invest in a Sonia G brush!
@@aliceayisilu2447for sonia g brushes you should get them now! Beautylish's twice a year gift card event will be starting in a day. They don't have a separate black Friday sale
All Sonia g brushes are fantastic but the the top face brushes (imo) is the master face, face pro, buffer pro and the fusion face series. I’m surprised 2 of these are not in the list. They are available now and I would recommend picking them up bc they sell our fast and then take forever to come back. They are outstanding
I think it's just the master face that I don't have. The face pro, buffer pro, and fusion brushes are all featured 👍 I will take your rec and pick up the master face next time 😜
You will love it 😊 i watched it again, saw the Buffer pro, sorry must have missed it. I bought the sheer buffer and smooth buffer cause the pro was sold out for so long. As soon as it was available the day of the Fundamental series was launched..I jumped on it lol all 3 are so different and great.
Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
I’m wondering if there is a cruelty-free (synthetic hair) dupe for the Sonia G. Buffer brush, anybody know?
I don't personally have one in my collection. But I do like the BK beauty and ESUM ones
I just ordered some smaller brushes from Japan after watching one of your vlogs (Bisyoso!) after realizing most of my brushes are too big for my face.
Yay I hope you love them!
Sonia g jumbo base is my jam
Sofia, I love the review and tutorial. I just wished Sonia G would offer through you channel to try her brushes. Unfortunately would love to but too steep for me. Love your take though.
Thanks for sharing!!
Great vid ❤
Thanks 😁
Omg if I had that many, I’d be in heaven. Holy crap. I’m so jealous. I wish I could have more. I hate my wallet. Ugh 😂😂😂😂😮
Definitely collected these over a long span of time :) the beauty is that you can do so much with just a few brushes!
Damn they’re expensive they are magical or something