The popular brushes by Real Techniques from Samantha Chapman of the best make-up artist duo of YouTube Pixiwoo has finally reached my doorstep. I have never been so excited as to finally try them out myself. I have purchased The Core Collection, the Starter Kit, and the separately sold Stippling brush, Expert face brush, Setting brush, Blush brush, Shading brush and Fine liner brush.
If I could describe them in short: I wish I could keep on doing my make-up all day long just so I could feel the soft brushes on my face all the time! They are so soft and lovely, I would not want to use any other brushes ever again. I will go through my thoughts about them one by one.
- The Core Collection Kit
Contour brush: great for contouring or bronzing, or putting a bit of blush on your cheeks. Doesn't leave streaks of colour but rather blends it out nicely.
Pointed foundation brush: if you like applying your foundation with a flat brush like that, then it's really great. It's not too big so it gives precision. Also lovely for blending out your undereye concealer.
Detailer brush: great for covering up spots and blemishes with your concealer. Also makes an excellent lip brush.
Buffing brush: my favourite to apply foundation, of any consistency. It blends everything out so nicely, it makes a difference even with cheaper foundations. Also great to blend out your contour and blush after their application for smoother finish.
The Core Collection Kit is great for getting the main brushes for your face make-up application. I purchased it first to try out the quality of the Real Techniques brushes before deciding if to purchase other brushes.
- The Starter Kit
Deluxe crease brush: a round dense brush great for using in your crease if you have larger eyelids. Also very nice for applying your concealer both under the eyes and on your blemishes, it blends the concealer out perfectly.
Base shadow brush: very soft and fluffy, so blends the eyeshadows like a dream, also nice to apply a wash of colour over your eyelid since it's not completely round.
Accent brush: small, short and flat - great for smudging!
Pixel-point eyeliner brush: I would agree with the opinion of the most that it is too thick for gel or liquid eyeliner. However I found use of it when applying highlighter around your tear duct or under your brows. Also, if you want to conceal some pixel point blemishes, it's great too.
Brow brush: thicker than most angled brushes, but still great for eyebrows, it takes less time to fill them in, but you get less precision, especially if your eyebrows are really thin.
Overall, the Starter Kit is a great selection of eye brushes. However, a brush thin enough for eyeliner and one for packing on an eyeshadow colour on the lid are sold separately and are not included in this set.
- Separate brushes
Fine liner brush: thin enough for precise application of gel or liquid eyeliner.
Shading brush: flat and dense, great for applying colour all over the eyelids or in the outer corner.
Blush brush: big and fluffy, a great face brush. Nice for applying powder blush, bronzer or just powdering your whole face.
Setting brush: similar to contour brush but less dense and more narrow, it's great to just set your foundation with powder when you want precision, like only powdering your nose, forehead or setting that concealer under your eyes.
Expert face brush: similar to buffing brush but smaller and flatter, also great for foundation.
Stippling brush: my favourite Real Techniques brush. Great for any foundation, cream or powder blush, highlighter, blending in your face make-up together, and just feels so nice when touching your face!
My collection is not complete, but from the brushes I've tried, I would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for brushes of professional quality and reasonable price. Good brushes do make a difference!
Thank you for reading and I hope it has been helpful!
Until next time,
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