BP026 Angled Highlighter Brush / Koyudo BP High Class Series

This little, ordinary looking Koyudo brush is a surprising find. It is perfect for blush, contouring and highlighting (it's named the highlighter brush). It is especially great for those hard to pick up powder formulas or light shades as it picks up enough with one swipe because it is dyed goat, so remember to use a light hand. It allows for build up of products fast, and it can handle most formulas, except I wouldn't use creams with it as it is dyed goat hair, though you can use it however you want, the recommendation is to avoid cream products to extend the life of your dyed goat hair bristles. The softness of this brush is listed as a 7/10 and I would say it isn't that soft out of the box, it takes a couple washes to start feeling that soft, but then my skin is sensitive and softness is subjective. I love this brush and highly recommend you get it while you still can because it is discontinued and once stock runs out, it will be gone

it is the worst hair quality brush i have ever bought on CDjapan, very rough, the feeling is like they cut the bristle at the end, I don't like to use it on my face, so poor quality for japanese made natural hair brush, shouldn't like this.

I use this brush both for contouring and blushes. Because it has a quite a sharp slanted side, it can apply a bit harshly and hard to blend if you are too heavy handed. It took me a bit of learning to use it well, now i use it in sweeping motion to apply blushes (with the flat surface area sweeping my face rather than the thin side). For contour, I only use this to apply the powder, and use another brush to blend it out. On the plus side, it is really affordable for a natural hair brush and the hair is so soft and comfortable!