I probably wouldn't use this brush for blush. I think it might be to full for blush and apply to more than just your cheek area. I have Sephora's angled brush for blush and I really like it. :-)

I love this brush, I don't know about the other one though. Because of Sephoras excellent return policy buy them both and keep the one you want. Return the other. Hope this helps

I have two of these and I use one for a setting powder ( if I wear a liquid makeup), and the other I use for my powder foundation.. what I use is a pressed mineral powder and it works well but you might want a brush with a firmer head if you are using loose minerals. but hey give it a go! there is a sephora mineral brush and its great I think its #45. lot of luck!

Although brush cleaner is always recommended, I use the Sephora spray for quick cleans, but I, too, like the gentle cleansers to clean my brushes every week to ten days. This brush will last you a long time. If you invest in a good brush and take care of it, I find they don't "shed" as much. Hope that helps.

I use #50 with a pressed mineral powder foundation and it works very well. I imagine it would work quite well with loose powder as well. It is very soft. Nice quality.

Yes, although as a personal preference I prefer #41 for loose powder with it's bigger,fuller brush head in order to achieve a more delicate, airbrushed finish. This brush will definitely work with both powder forms however, the deposit of powder will be more concentrated. You could always use powder brush# 41 to dust off any excess powder if you need too.

Which one is better depends on your goal. The black-handled professionnel #45 is a dense, soft, almost ball-shaped brush that deposits a lot of product for a fuller coverage. The silver-handled professional platinum #50 is a far wider, longer, domed-on-one-side, flat-on-the-other soft brush (altho' not as flat the platinum #47). Its more chisel-shape deposits a medium or light-medium amount of product.

So what kind of coverage do you want? If you're using a loose mineral powder like a BE with bismuth oxy, you'll need to do a lot of buffing. For the BE the black #45 will give you heavy coverage in 1 coat, and then you can buff with it. Its smaller head gets nicely into the corners of your nostrils and fits easily into the lid of the powder jar.

The #50 is better for mineral powders that don't require so much buffing, like a Jane Iredale, or other makeup without bismuth oxy. Because it's wider, it fits only into the deluxe size powder jar lids. I use a makeup palette for all my makeup anyway, so I don't have any issues with this, but you might.

You really can't buff with the platinum #50. You'd use a flocked sponge instead for that buffing or excess-removal step.

In general I find the lightest mineral coverage comes with the black #50 kabuki, then the platinum #50, then the Airbomb or platinum #55 (yes I've tried the HD brush with my mineral foundation), then the flat-head black #43, then the black #45, and finally, a flocked sponge gives the heaviest coverage of all.

So think about the kind of mineral powder you have, the amount of coverage you want that day, and how much time you have. You can achieve heavy coverage with this platinum #50, but it would take layering. And layering takes time.

So if you want a 1-swipe & quick-buff heavy coverage, go with black #45. Otherwise, use this one for light-medium coverage. As you can tell, I have several brushes for my minerals, and my choice depends on what look I want or how much time I have on any given day.

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