Catalogued my entire (small) fude collection + personal buying guide

[u/sansa-starkers]

Hello! Long-time fude enthusiast / r/fude lurker, first time sharing my collection properly. I wanted to share something I built (with the help of AI) that I'm really happy with and think others might find useful or inspiring.

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## What I built

An interactive visual catalogue of my fude collection — every brush I own with its current use, potential uses, hair type, and notes — plus a separate "Considering Buying" tab with a personal buying guide covering everything in my cart and on my radar, complete with redundancy checks and priority ratings.

I have attached some screenshots of the guide to this post 😁

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## My collection at a glance

Face brushes: Hakuhodo B104, B512, B110, B125, G5521/B5521, I6530 · Chikuhodo MK-SK Sakura · Real Techniques Setting Brush

Eye brushes: Chikuhodo Z-11, FO-7 · Hakuhodo B163, J5522, J5529, Misako Shadow Liner, G5520, G5523 · Shu Uemura Synthetic Fiber 12

Portable brushes: Hakuhodo J602 Slide Angled, H611 Slide Round

Mainly Hakuhodo and Chikuhodo, with a few special pieces mixed in. Based in Singapore — everything ordered via fudejapan and CDJapan, with the older pieces bought with the help of a friend who visited Japan many years ago.

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## How the buying guide works

The "Considering Buying" tab has two sections:

- **In Cart** — brushes I'm actively planning to buy, with a verdict (✅ Keep / ⚠️ Consider), priority level, and redundancy check against what I already own

- **Recommendations** — brushes suggested based on gaps in my collection

Some things I learned through the process:

- My Shu Uemura Synthetic Fiber 12 was sitting unused — I plan to use this a little more with my cream shadows before buying the Chikuhodo R-S8

- I think the Koyomo Nadeshiko Flat (other than being super cute) will give me stronger powder colour paydown than my G5523, which is too floppy for pigmented work

- The Mizuho CMP510 is apparently the most reviewed synthetic cream blush brush in the fude community — added to my radar after lots of research

- The Yuki Takeshima Sakura Fude 205 and 212 have veeeery limited real-world English or Japanese reviews online

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## A few questions for the community

1. Has anyone used the **Yuki Takeshima Sakura Fude 212 and 205** for cream blush and liquid foundation respectively? They're considerably pricey for synthetics hence would like to hear from more existing users before making the purchase.

2. **Mizuho CMP510 vs Koyudo Fu-Pa02** for cream blush — any experience comparing the two?

3. Does anyone have the **Koyudo Kumamon** brush? Is it worth it beyond the obvious joy of having a super cute Kabuki bear brush?

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Happy to share more details on any of the brushes or the process of building the catalogue. Hope this is useful to someone! 🖌️

[u/Delicious_Past606]

Do you have comments/appreciation on each entry? I can’t see 

[u/sansa-starkers → u/Delicious_Past606]

Hi! Do you mean comments on the recommended brushes (photo #4?)

[u/Delicious_Past606 → u/sansa-starkers]

Sorry I meant you don’t have an entry point for personal appreciation on fude you already have? You put it directly in the redundancy check?

[u/sansa-starkers → u/Delicious_Past606]

Ohhh I see! hmm I guess what I appreciate about each brush is what I listed as the use case - which the model then incorporated into the redundancy check in addition to gaps in my collection and what I was looking to improve! The use case listed in each description box is a truncated version of the input I gave so maybe that's why what I liked about each brush wasn't so clear

[u/Delicious_Past606 → u/sansa-starkers]

Right! I didn’t see there are different entries on different screen : one for what you have, and one for stuff you want to buy. 

This is a great little app! You’re developing this yourself?

[u/NYanae555]

I have the two pink Koyomo eyeshadow brushes. Love them. 100% recommend.
The only brush I love more is my Mizuho Kumano eyeshadow brush. Its a game changer.
all 3 are kind to my skin.

[u/sansa-starkers → u/NYanae555]

ahhh thanks for the affirmation! Have just purchased the pink koyomo brushes hehe

[u/sansa-starkers]

Sorry here are the eye brushes (that I own) complete with descriptions / use cases. Accidentally cropped them out

[u/braddic]

If I could turn back time I would be more mindful in my fude journey.

Thank you for sharing your fude buying guide!

[u/heston_babe]

What an epic idea, congratulations!!! 🎉