Showing posts with label makeup brushes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label makeup brushes. Show all posts

Monday, December 11, 2017

Seven Rouge Bunny Rouge Makeup Brushes That Can Help Perfect Your Holiday Look

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The right makeup brushes can give your beauty that something extra.



Have you ever noticed why some women seem to look impeccable when it comes to their makeup?  Despite using the same products, the results can be entirely different just because of application.  Today, I want to tell you about some new makeup brushes from luxury beauty brand, Rouge Bunny Rouge that can help perfect your look.

The Powder Brush (001) is soft, plush and made of goat hair with an oval-shaped head and a black wooden handle with matching ferrule.  The hairs do a great job of grabbing onto powder without causing a powder storm when tapping off the excess.  You will also find this brush handy when applying bronzer to highlighting powders.  This brush runs $54.00.

The Face Contour Brush (012) is another fantastic brush that is made of squirrel hair. The size of its brush head of dense, firmly packed hairs makes it well suited to pick up just enough contouring powder without overdoing it to simplify your application.  This brush goes for $56.00.  

The Highlighter Brush (014) is a versatile brush for using with powders and liquid formulas, being made of synthetic hairs.  It is doomed, but not as fluffy soft as the powder brush.  The hairs are dense enough for handling the powders but just as wonderful for more detailed closer work with liquid formulas.  It sells for $33.00

The Large Shader Brush (003) is for using with eye shadow that is made of pony hair with a flat head.  You can use it with eye shadow powders to wet formulas.  It maneuvers wells, keeps powder clinging so it doesn’t land into the eyes, and smooths either dry or wet shadow beautifully.  This brush retails for $26.00.

The Blender Brush (016) is an eyeshadow brush with a rounded head that has synthetic hairs and a longer black wooden handle.  This is excellent for blending and blurring out eye shadow for a speedier application.  This brush sells for $30.00.

The Eyeliner Brush (013) is ideal for lining the eyes with liquid liners for an extra fine line.  It has sable hairs and really does keep the line precise and thin.  This brush sells for $16.00.

The Shader Brush (015) has a foam rubber head with a long lotus wood handle for using with eye shadow powders.  I found that it collects the pigment quite well.  This brush retails for $12.00.

I loved adding these new Rouge Bunny Rouge #makeup brushes to my brush collection because they did give me beautiful results.  These beauty tools can also do the same for you or anyone on your holiday gift list.  My advice is to visit the company’s website and check out any of these makeup brushes!


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Monday, November 20, 2017

Earth Therapeutics Pure fx Charcoal Cosmetics Brush Set Review-- Keeping Your Face Safer From Collecting Bacteria

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This charcoal-technology also helps keep your brushes cleaner longer.



I’ll be frank with you.  I never heard of makeup brushes infused with charcoal in their bristles until I was asked if I wanted to try them out with this Earth Therapeutics Charcoal Cosmetics Brush Set.  Being that they have #antimicrobial properties due to how the purifying medicinal charcoal is infused into the bristles, I just couldn’t wait to get my hands on these.


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This really is an amazing value at $15.99. 


This set is five pieces that comes in a clear zippered case that has a contouring brush, stipple brush, blending brush, shadow brush, and an eyeliner brush.  The synthetic nylon bristles are extremely soft and laser cut for precision. Even sensitive complexions will welcome the feel of this bristle against the skin.  The brushes also pick up powders or liquids wonderfully for an effortless application.

Anyone really would love the benefits and quality of this $15.99 set because it truly is a bargain in my honest opinion. Those that suffer from acne or oily skin will especially appreciate #carbon pure technology in their makeup brushes for a fresher, cleaner application since the charcoal helps repel accompanying toxins and impurities from collecting that might transfer to your face.

Cleaning the brushes is a breeze as well.  Soap and water is all you need to care for them.

The assortment of brushes in this set are just as awesome.  The contouring brush is one of my favorites because it picks up the perfect amount over a current one that I have, but I love them all.   

Make it a point to pick up the Pure fx Cosmetic Brush Set with Charcoal Bristles for yourself and any beauty lover when making out your holiday gift list.  I guarantee it will be loved.  Check it out at Earth Therapeutics website.


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Friday, March 10, 2017

Rouge Bunny Rouge Spring 2017 Face Products Review + Swatches–To Refresh and Rejuvenate Your Beauty!

**Disclaimer:  This post has been compensated through a free product (s) or monetary payment.  Opinions are solely mine. All links are "no-follow" links.**


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Rouge Bunny Rouge Spring 2017 face products 

If you want to give your beauty a boost this spring, you can always count on luxury beauty brand, Rouge Bunny Rouge, to help your face bloom through their skin-pleasing cosmetic formulas and mastery of colors. Today, I wanted to share my experience with a few of their face products with the Milk Aquarelle Liquid Foundation ($57), Cheeks in Bloom Blush Wand ($31), Loves Lights Highlighting Powder ($48), Diaphanous Impalpable Finishing Powder ($43), Powder Brush ($54), and Foundation Brush ($35).

Saturday, September 24, 2016

The Six Most Indispensable Eye Brushes You’ll Want to Own!

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The key for perfecting a look revolves around the tools you use.



In my opinion, the right eye brushes are a necessity if you want to be happy with the look of your makeup. Here are six of the most basic ones I believe everyone should have for help in creating stunning eyes.

The first one that is critical is a concealer brush.  I honestly don’t know how I ever survived before without one for the difference it makes for hard to reach eye areas.  Look for a tapered, flat brush with a fine tip for the best results.  One with a larger head is harder to work with when trying to access the eyes inner corners. Make sure the brush you select is firm, but not so hard that it will irritate that fragile skin of the eye area.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

How to Determine the Best Quality Makeup Brushes!


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Price alone does not determine quality of your makeup brushes.  You need to know what to look for before buying.


The right makeup brushes can do more for your face than you might give them credit for.  They can boost the beauty of eyes, enhance bone structure, hide imperfections to finishing your overall look in a way that turns into sheer makeup artistry.  Before you buy, let me share some helpful tips on how to tell a quality brush whether natural hair or synthetic.

The first thing you want to do is examine how the brush feels against your skin.  A great  brush is one that has hairs that almost seem to caress your complexion as they touch your face.  On the same note, you want to avoid any that may feel a bit coarse.  This is a warning sign of an inferior brush.

Monday, June 13, 2016

What You Need to Know About Natural Bristle Makeup Brushes That Can Help Before You Buy


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A well-dressed face needs the right tools to help get the look you want.


Despite the best cosmetics you may have on hand, if don’t have the right tools to help perfect your application, then you are cheating yourself from looking even better as well as risking contamination to those expensive products when fingers are all you use.  Thus, a quality set of makeup brushes can help take those cosmetics one step further and practically alter your appearance in whatever way you wish when you know what you are looking for.
  
Natural bristle brushes can have goat, squirrel, pony, badger, sable or a combination of hairs and fall in all price ranges.   However, the more luxurious ones are usually the most costly ones of pure sable or blue squirrel.  Why are these so pricey?

The reason those particular hairs are so desired is due to how well their graduated pattern of hairs cling to powders that much easier.  Their cuticles have the ability to best absorb those types of cosmetics for ideal transfer to your face or eyes like any true makeup artist!

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

How to Look Fresher Instead of Overly Matte When Using Loose Face Powder!

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Using the correct brush is the key.  

Whenever you think of using loose face powder, your first thought always runs to grabbing a big, fluffy powder brush to apply it with.  However, it can have a tendency to leave the skin overly matte looking and dry by delivering too much powder as you dust it on.   Therefore, you may be wondering what else can you do than keep dusting more off?

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Pur Minerals Brushes Review--Perfecting Body, Contour Blending and Blurring Powder Brushes

**Disclaimer:  This post has been compensated through a free product (s) or monetary payment.  Opinions are solely mine. All links are "no-follow" links.**

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Pur Minerals Contour Blending Brush


We all know the value of having the right makeup brushes to use with different products to gain a more polished application. Depending on your needs, you can accumulate quite a few in your search for ones that will please you in the job they do and their quality goes.  Recently, PR sent me three of the Pur Minerals synthetic haired brushes to review, which I was thrilled to try since I had never sampled any of their brushes before these showed up.  

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Do You Want a Better Way to Minimize Facial Redness?

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A big synthetic brush can be your best friend.


Rosacea can be frustrating to deal with when attempting to minimize that redness.  Though I don’t personally have this condition, I know the difficulty it presents because my mother has it to contend with. However, she has found some great tricks when using color-correcting bases that she wanted me to share with others dealing with the same problem.

When she first started using a color-correcting product, she always used to put it on with her fingers.  Afterwards, she mentioned that it seemed to make the redness more noticeable.  Of course, the heat of her fingers as she worked that makeup in was what made the problem worse.  Then, I made a suggestion for her to try a synthetic brush.

My first thought was a foundation brush.  You would assume it would be ideal for this purpose, but it went on a bit too heavy in spots.  Finally, it hit us.  We just needed to use a bigger brush like a powder brush to apply the product.

If you want to minimize that redness with makeup and be happier with the results, you will improve your coverage if you try using a synthetic powder brush to apply it.  This size of brush really makes this sort of coverage so much better.

Another tip that honestly helps is Reviva Lab’s Spider Vein & Rosacea Day Cream with vitamin P.  (By the way, I don’t gain financially for telling you this, but what I do gain is helping you in the same way this product helped my mother).  It really lightens the red color and improves the texture of the skin while protecting with SPF.  In fact, it might even help you use less makeup to cover it as well.

Sometimes, the simplest changes can often help the most.  So here's to you staying beautiful instead of miserable!


Thursday, July 16, 2015

Review: IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores Pressed Finishing Powder

**Disclaimer:  This post has been compensated through a free product (s) or monetary payment.  Opinions are solely mine. All links are "no-follow" links.**
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IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores Pressed Finishing Powder


With my love affair of Bye Bye Pores Loose Finishing Powder from IT Cosmetics, I was thrilled when I heard they developed a pressed form of that fabulous, award-winning product because it does give a sensational finish for minimizing pores and setting makeup.  Pressed form meant that I could better stash it in my handbag for touch ups!

When I was sent this new pressed form, I also received their Heavenly Luxe Wand Ball Powder Brush, which I have used before and adore for powder application.  What I found once I tried this airbrush silk pressed anti-aging finishing powder didn’t disappoint me.


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IT Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe Wand Ball Powder Brush works great with this powder for the gorgeous look that you're after. 

The consistency of this translucent powder is silky with just a slight touch of beige tint to it.  Just like the original, it features IT Cosmetics marvelous anti-aging ingredients like peptides, collagen, silk, and antioxidants in this formula.  

This pressed powder does come with a sponge, but I recommend brushing with your powder brush instead for the perfect finish.  For me, the sponge made the powder cake in a few spots so I will also pack my Heavenly Luxe Wand Ball Powder Brush inside the plastic cylinder it arrived in just for that purpose.  

I still prefer starting my day with the loose version and touching up later with the pressed form.  However, I plan on keeping both always stocked in my makeup bag.

Bye Bye Pores Pressed Finishing Powder is available at IT Cosmetics, QVC or ULTA so do look into it because you’ll appreciate what it can do for your complexion! 

*Disclaimer: Free product was provided to facilitate this review--not my opinion.* 

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Review: IT Cosmetics NEW CC + Vitality Brightening Creme Blush with Angled Radiance Brush to Dazzle Like You Were Born to!

Disclaimer:  This post is based on a free product provided by a company as a press sample so that I may offer my own  opinion, which may be the same or differ from yours.
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IT Cosmetics CC+ Vitality Brightening Creme Blush


IT Cosmetics really does understand how to enhance a woman’s beauty and work with an aging face.  With their new CC+ Vitality Brightening Creme Blush and Angled Radiance Brush for application that I have been using, you can’t help but notice how fresh and genuine of a glow emerges while fading some years off a face in the process.

This blush comes in only one universal shade called Naturally Pretty, an innocent pink that reminds me of an infant’s cheek with its tender flush.  Regardless of your coloring, I think this particular tone of the creme blush shade can compliment all complexions from how this illuminating influx of healthy color manages to seep through the skin. 

You do have an advantage of picking up just enough of this creamy blush with how well this airy, angled brush captures this smooth spreading pigment.  If you need more, you just need to dip your brush in again for another round of pigment.


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IT Cosmetics Angled Radiance Brush helps better deliver that amazing glow.


With my dry complexion, I loved how the CC+ Creme Blush made my cheeks beam to look dewy and so angelic while keeping that beautiful look intact for hours.  The glow was more natural appearing than a powder with how thoroughly it merged with my complexion.  


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Here is a swatch of IT Cosmetics CC+ Vitality Brightening Creme Blush.

Thanks to IT Cosmetics amazing anti-aging technology that also hydrates with ingredients like with peptides, hydrolyzed collagen, niacin, algae, silk, anti-Oxidants, and Drops of Light Technology for brightening, this CC+ Creme Blush does a better job of distracting the eye from those fine lines and creases while it colors.  I call that remarkable.

Take it from this IT Cosmetics girl, try this CC+ Vitality Brightening Creme Blush ($24) and the Angled Radiance Brush ($48) and start subtracting some time of your face as well!   This one will be a keeper.

*Disclaimer:  This is my own honest opinion.  A free product was provided solely to facilitate this review.*

Monday, May 4, 2015

Review: Doll 10 Beauty’s NEW BlendSmart Rotating Makeup Brush System

Disclaimer:  This post is based on a free product provided by a company as a press sample so that I may offer my own  opinion, which may be the same or differ from yours.

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Here is Doll 10 Beauty's NEW BlendSmart Rotating Makeup Brush System.


I never really thought much about using an automatic makeup brush until I got invited to try the new Doll 10 Beauty’s BlendSmart Rotating Makeup Brush System.  After all, how much better could a rotating brush head that can spin 360 degrees to deliver 190 revolutions per minute be to my synthetic-haired foundation brush?  I didn’t think I would be that impressed by this system, but I was wrong.


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Doll 10 BlendSmart Foundation Brush
Once I assembled my brush, loaded its lithium battery and turned it on, the difference those constantly rotating bristles made on my skin as I moved it side to side over the dots of foundation I applied was incredible.  The brush blends and smooths the foundation effortlessly with such precision that the skin looks more flawless without any chance of streaking or buildup.

The only tricky part using the Doll 10 BlendSmart Brush involved maneuvering over the nose area.  I did avoid the eye area as recommended because even though the brush hairs are soft, I didn’t want to get to close in case my hand would slip or a hair would work itself free.

The company also has another brush head that you can buy to interchange with this system for doing Powder and Blush, which is a nice option.

If you want to save time and still apply your makeup like a pro, you would like Doll 10 Beauty’s BlendSmart Rotating Makeup Brush System ($59.98) at QVC and QVC.com.
Check it out, ladies!   


*Disclaimer:  Free products were provided to facilitate this review--not my opinion.*

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Review: IT Cosmetics CC+ Radiance Vitality Brightening Creme Disc and Airbrush Creme Brush

**Disclaimer:  This post has been compensated through a free product (s) or monetary payment.  Opinions are solely mine. All links are "no-follow" links.**

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IT Cosmetics CC+ Vitality Brightening Creme Disc 


I couldn’t imagine IT Cosmetics topping their Vitality Brightening Anti-Aging Face Disc when they developed a cream form with their CC+ Radiance Vitality Brightening Creme Disc, but I have to admit my new found obsession with this giant compact for delivering an even more natural, dewy look to my dry skin than you might expect from makeup.

Inside this compact that is enriched with anti-aging ingredients such as hydrolyzed collagen, hyaluronic acid, peptides, acai, antioxidants, and green tea, to treat as well as color, is a gorgeous natural pink color correcting anti-aging creme blush, a creme matte bronzer in a light tan, and Hello Light Creme Illuminator.


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IT Cosmetics Airbrush Creme Brush has uniquely spaced hairs to its angled design that helps performance.

When you take the Airbrush Creme Brush to this compact, its design is made specifically to pick up not as much product than some of your other brushes so it can leave your face with more of an airbrushed finish.  I did have my foundation, concealer, mascara, shadow, and liner already on before I began.

What worked the best for me was starting with the creamy illuminator this time to keep the brush from building up too much color then following with the bronzer and blush. This saved me from getting any of the darker shades in areas that needed highlighting.  The effect was pure beaming light without any glitter or shimmer pouring onto the skin.

I followed Jamie Kern’s chart on the back of the box and applied in the middle of my forehead, the top of brows, the corners of eyes, under the eyes, the top of the cheekbones, the center of the nose, my cupid’s bow, and to the center of the chin. 

Usually I contour first when using my normal brushes, but I did my contouring next.  I do have a fair complexion with yellow undertones.  In the compact, this tan shade looked a bit dark but that brush caught just enough to warm up my skin not overpower it with too much of a tan color.  If you’re darker, you just may need to apply more but for my skin, I was happy with less than more.

As to the pink creme blush, it promises instant health with a shade of pink that is so flattering for practically all skin tones.  

The magic of this compact is how once everything is blended, it has the power to brighten and color the face with a realistic sort of healthy glow that is as close to natural beauty.  This product also can look fresh for many hours of wear without diminishing. Perhaps, those with oily complexions may have different results, but this is my experience as one with dry skin.

My advice is check IT Cosmetics CC+ Radiance Vitality Brightening Creme Disc and the Airbrush Creme Brush, especially if your skin is dry because this is something you got to try.  You can also find these products on Ulta and QVC.com. 


Thursday, December 11, 2014

Fab Beauty Find!--BECCA Holiday Collection One Perfecting Brush in Limited Edition Gold (Review)

Disclaimer: This post is based on a free product provided by a company as a press sample so that I may offer my own opinion, which may be the same or differ from yours.
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BECCA One Perfecting Brush in Limited Edition Gold

A great gift for any beauty lover that hates cluttering up her vanity with too many makeup brushes is BECCA’s Holiday Collection One Perfecting Brush in Limited Edition Gold ($49) that I have been playing with since it arrived a few days ago.  With this very attractive brush you can switch from liquids like your foundation, primer, cream blushes, concealer to dry powder cosmetics like bronzers, finishing powders and highlighters without blinking an eye.


The natural hair bristles are packed in a 3.5 inch horizontal design with flat edges.  I liked how nicely this brush smoothed my primer and then doubled for spreading my liquid foundation to save me time.  The way this brush covered in a few sweeps practically hid all the pores.  

I think my favorite part about the One Perfecting Brush is how adaptable it is to your needs and the various techniques you use to apply cosmetics like blending or stippling for instance.

I must admit it did shed some hairs the first few times I used it, which the company says is natural on their website.  I haven’t noticed more lately so I am pleased because I do like all the tasks and maneuvering that I can do with it. 

Have you gotten your pretty hands on one of these brushes yet?  You can find the BECCA Holiday Collection One Perfecting Brush at Sephora and ULTA Beauty stores and at Sephora.com and ULTA.com.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

For a Flawless Look Every Time I Am Loving IT Brushes for ULTA Your Superheroes and Multi-Taskers Brush Sets! (Review)

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When you want to get a flawless look every time, the right tools like a great set of makeup brushes can help you do it.  Good brushes are essential for smoothing and blending cosmetics, otherwise, your makeup will look obvious instead of natural.  If you are looking to buy some wonderful makeup brushes, you are going to love the two sets I received of IT Brushes for ULTA with their Superheroes and Multi-Taskers Brush Sets.

Both sets are fabulous and compact in a faux leather case whether you travel with it in your handbag to the office, vacation, or leave on your vanity.  They also feature luxurious brushes with soft bristles that feel comfortable when holding, which is important when trying to recreate a certain look that you're after.  Furthermore, there is no animal cruelty involved because these use synthetic fiber hairs that are both antimicrobial and antibacterial.  

The Multi-Taskers Travel Set ($48) is really handy with five nice brushes that you depend on for face and eyes every day.  This set includes one for powder and another for foundation. You also get three dual end brushes consisting of a liner & brow brush, a crease & concealer brush, and the all-over eye shadow brush & smudger.  You might say this is comparable to having eight unique tools in one set.  This is a $90 value if purchased separately.
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This is the Multi-Taskers Set that has five brushes.
On the other hand, the Superheroes Travel Set ($50) is another fine choice with six full size brushes for face and eyes.  You get their unstoppable powder brush, a seamless foundation brush for applying cream and liquids, an effortless crease brush, a smoothing concealer brush, an absolute shadow brush, and a dual-sided flawless liner & brow brush that will amount to a $100 value, if you bought each separately.
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The Superheroes Set 


You can’t go wrong with either set or any of IT’s brushes because they are functional and hold up through time.  The only thing that I wish the company would come out with next is a lip brush, preferably one that can be capped.   Do check these IT Brushes for Ulta for yourself or any beauty lover when making out your holiday gift list!

*Disclaimer: Free products were provided to facilitate this review--not my opinion.*

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Meet Your New #BeautyBFF!--IT Brushes for ULTA 12 Must-Have Brushes (Review)

**Disclaimer:  This post has been compensated through a free product (s) or monetary payment.  Opinions are solely mine. All links are "no-follow" links.**
From the Airbrush Collection is the Essential Bronzer No. 114 ($26) on the left, then the Complexion Perfection No. 115 ($24) also from the Airbrush line in the middle with the All Over Powder No. 211 ($40) from the Live Beauty Full on the right.


Having quality and using specific brushes matter when applying cosmetics and do make all the difference in how your makeup goes on.  If you ask me, a company that makes excellent brushes is IT Cosmetics because their luxurious brushes are what I rely on to perfect my look. 

With that said, I have some exciting news to share.  IT Cosmetics teamed up with ULTA with three exclusive collections (Airbrush Essentials, Live Beauty Fully Inspired, and the Velvet Luxe) of their fabulous brushes! 

I received a sampling of each of those lines with their 12 Must-Have Brushes.  These are the essentials you need to do all your beauty tasks from working with foundations, powders, blushes, bronzers, concealers, eye shadows, eye liners, and brows to smooth, perfect, blend, and blur cosmetics with more precision like any makeup artist.  

I know once you try these brushes that they also will become your new #BeautyBFF!  Take a look at my photos and see for yourself how plush and well built these are.   

This second photo has on the left the OMG! Foundation No. 106 ($24) brush from the Airbrush Collection with Flawless Blush No. 227 ($28) in the middle from Live Beauty Fully and ending on the right with the Blurring Foundation No. 101 from the Airbrush Collection.

This third photo has two of my favorites from their Velvet  Luxe Collection with the LBD Foundation No. 302 ($38) on the left and the Soft Focus Sculpting No. 315 ($34) on the right.  They have a pampering feel!


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In this last photo, I want to show you these wonderful eye brushes.  The first two are from the Live Beauty Fully line.  Starting on the left is the Essential Concealer No. 212 ($22), then the Angled Liner/Brown No. 217 ($16) followed by the Precision Shadow No. 112 from the Airbrush Collection with the Blending Crease No. 105 ($14) also from the same Airbrush Collection.

Ladies, I can't stress enough how important it is to have great brushes like these to work with.  Once you use them yourself, you'll understand why I love my new  IT Brushes for ULTA so.  Check them out and thank me later!

*Disclaimer: Free products were provided to facilitate this review--not my opinion.*

Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Right Brushes Matter When You’re Striving for Makeup Perfection!

Just because you bought a new set of high-quality makeup brushes does not mean that you have all you need for creating your best work with your cosmetics.  What can make a true difference in helping you achieve perfection is the type of bristle that you are using for each individual task.

For instance, those luxurious natural bristles (sable, goat, pony, or squirrel) are meant for using with powder-based cosmetics like blush, powder, and eye shadow since their softer bristles are better for blending for a more natural look.

On the other hand, brushes with synthetic bristles are what you want for using with your cream concealers, gel liners, and lip products.  That extra bit of stiffness in the bristle gives you more accurate control when applying.

Do look at your tools and consider the brushes you have and the ones you need because your face can only benefit!

Friday, April 18, 2014

How to Keep Your Makeup Brushes in the Best Shape Possible!

Cleaning your makeup brushes is important if you want those expensive tools to last and best enhance your beauty. Otherwise, makeup does accumulate on the soft, quality bristles that can affect their performance if not done regularly.

Your complexion can also suffer since neglected makeup brushes harbor bacteria, which can cause your perfect skin to break out. Therefore, you need to make it a point to schedule time once a week to washing them.

As I mentioned in an earlier post about caring for your makeup brushes, I like to use baby shampoo to wash mine in. Of course, you use a more expensive professional brush cleaner to give you the same results. However, the only advantage of going that route is this type of cleaner makes your brushes dry faster than with the cheaper baby shampoo.

What I recently found helpful was a trick I learned from a friend of mine who happens to be a makeup artist. She suggested that after washing my brushes that I should use a small amount of a light, leave in hair conditioner directly after and allow it to remain for about minute before rinsing out.

Once you finish rinsing the conditioner away, you gently squeeze to get rid extra moisture before reshaping the bristles with your hands. Lay your brushes on a clean towel and let them dry.

I was surprised at how much better my brushes with those bristles with natural hairs turned out. Do try this on your own high-end makeup brushes and prepare to be amazed at how new they will look again.
 

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Rev Up Your Look With New Makeup Brushes--#CrownBrush HD Set (Review)

Disclaimer:  This post is based on a free product provided by a company as a press sample so that I may offer my own  opinion, which may be the same or differ from yours.
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Crown Brush 6-Piece HD Cosmetic Brush Set


It is my opinion that a woman can never have enough makeup brushes to keep herself looking good.  Therefore, when I had the chance to review the #CrownBrush  6-Piece HD Cosmetic Brush Set from iFabbo, I signed up to see how they would be.

My set came in a white vinyl zippered case that folded neatly for traveling or packing in your handbag.  Inside, there was a mirror, which was handy for seeing your work and a pair of tweezers besides the six brushes.  The brushes included were: Tapered Blush Brush, Pro Powder Brush, Deluxe Contour Brush, Crease Blender Brush, Chisel Shadow Brush, and a Detail Liner Brush.

These brushes were soft and constructed of high grade synthetic fibers.  If you are watching your budget, this is quite a great set to pick up for $27.95.  Although these aren't the plushiest ones money can buy, these brushes were still very nice to work with.  You will find the right brush in this set for whatever cosmetic you need to use without any problems.

I always think it is convenient to have an extra set of makeup brushes to leave in your handbag instead of constantly packing from makeup bag or vanity.  If you are in the market for new makeup brushes, I suggest checking for this HD Set on #CrownBrush.

*Disclaimer:  A free product was provided to facilitate this review--not my opinion.*

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

I Know What Gift She Would Like--IT Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe 7-Piece Micro-Airbrush Blurring Brush Collection With Stand (Review)

Disclaimer:  This post is based on free products provided by a company as a press sample so that I may offer my own  opinion, which may be the same or differ from yours.
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Heavenly Luxe 7-Piece Micro-Airbrush Blurring Brush Collection



Consider your face a canvas that you, the artist, will bring to life.  If you use the wrong tools like poor quality brushes with insufficient hair counts or bristles that might just fall out as you work, you will not paint a pretty picture.  On the other hand, if you have a complete set of various sizes of plush, soft brushes with extremely high hair counts like IT Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe 7-Piece Micro-Airbrush Blurring Brush Collection With Stand that I received for this review, then your makeup application will be more flawless since they were designed to blur away imperfections.

You get seven full-size silver-like brushes that include an Airbrush Powder Brush (for all powders), Angled Complexion Brush (for bronzer and blush), Flawless Foundation Brush, (for working with all forms of foundation from liquid, powder, to creams), Eyeliner & Eyebrow Brush, Eyeshadow Crease Brush, All-Over Eyeshadow Brush, and Blurring Concealer Brush, (for hiding flaws).  This collection even comes with a great stand to keep them upright on your vanity for handy use instead of hunting for them every morning in your makeup bag.

Normally this set retails for $254 at  IT Cosmetics.  However, this is the perfect time to buy this collection because for a limited time you can snag the Heavenly Luxe 7-Piece Micro-Airbrush Blurring Brush Collection for just $59.50 on QVC.com for you or for holiday gift giving!  This set comes gift-giving ready with gorgeous silver box, bow and gift tag.  

Take it from me, but this set is a steal.  I would hate for you to miss out because these are beautiful brushes so do check this out and be merry!

*Disclaimer:  A free product was provided to facilitate this review--not my opinion.*