Last month I bought some more brushes from iherb, so I gave them a good try and here is the review.
Physician's Formula, Inc., Mineral Wear, Airbrushing Kabuki Brush
Brush itself is small, light and compact (2,3 in tall, 2in in diameter), fits nicely in hand. Bristles are soft and very dense. If you press them, you can feel the resistance, they don't splay.
Brush is made out 2 pieces. Outer metalic blue shell, and inside the flat top kabuki. Outer shell actually keeps bristles from splaying, and gives them the short appearance. The shell and inside ferule are firmly glued together.
Brush is easy to clean and dries fast. It's best to dry it in upright position, on a flat apsorbing surface (paper towel, cloth).
Price: 10,51$ on iherb.com.
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| Outer shell, inside ferule |
Ecotools smudge brush
I like ET brushes a lot. I have tried most of them and I was very pleased with them, both quality and pricewise.
I've been wanting this brush for a while. But I'm not to happy with it.
As all ET brushes, bristles are synthetic, but not as soft as others. Brush has a pointed tip, unlike most pencil/smudge brushes, which is the biggest reason I bought it. Brush also has sharpener on the end, that can be closed, which is very handy.
Bristles are dense, but not very flexible. They can be little scratchy on sensetive eyes. It doesn't pick up shadow very well, so for less pigmented ES, you would need to repeat application several times.
Brush can be used for smudging, both pencil and eyeshadows, or it can be used for applying shadow in crease, outer V, or on lower lashes.
The sharpener is not glued very well to the brush, it can be removed easily, but it won't fall off by itself. It's tightly attached. I personaly like that. It's easier to clean the sharpener, and without the sharpener, brush fits in smaller bags.
Sharpener has a cap, and can be closed to keep shavings inside, untill thrown away.
Dimensions: total lenght of the brush 6,3in, bristle lenght 0,39in, sharpener 1,77in.
Price: 3,5$ on iherb.com.
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| sharpener with cap opened |
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| sahrpener without cap |
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| L to R: ES applied once; poorly pigmented ES, few applications; ES smudge; eyepencil smudged |
Real Techniques powder brush
I actually got this brush by mistake, I ordered the wrong brush.
At first I wasn't too impressed, but more I use it more I like it :)
Brush is rather big and bristles are dense but fluffy. It's padle shaped, even though it's so dense it looks almost round.
As all other RT brush, bristles are super soft plush taklon. It picks up a lot of product, and doesn't absorb any, all is transfed to skin. There is no fallout or it is minimum.
As all other individual brushes, it can stand on flat surfaces.
Price: 9.99$ on iherb.com
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| Ecotools powder brush, RT powder brush |
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| RT powder brush, Ecotools powder brush |
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| RT powder brush, RT blush brush |
Have you tried any of these brushes and waht you think of them :)
