I never used to be a brush geek in any way at all and to be honest, I still cringe at the price of some brushes. There are very decent alternatives to the ultra expensive brushes (Crown and Real Techniques spring to mind) but now that I understand brush geekery a bit better (being welded to NARS, Wayne Goss, Artis and Chanel which are ALL expensive) I do now know the thrill of a quality blender. But, they’re not essential. I could live (unwillingly) without.
So, Makeup Revolution’s offering of 9 pieces for £20 is pretty good. But, you’re not getting NARS. They’re synthetic hair but nicely packed, with plenty of fluffery where needed and sharp where not. For my own use, the white tipped blush brush is by far the most useful and not dissimilar to something I already have and use a lot – now that I’m trying a few more powder blushes, this fine hair tip type that doesn’t pack on colour but gently wafts it on is all kinds of useful. I haven’t worked my way through them all (the only one I didn’t like the feel of particularly is the foundation brush) but have used the blush brush and the edged eye brush.
I know that many Revolution fans have been pushing for a brush set, so it’s HERE now! Other than in my own palette, I haven’t used Revolution brushes before so I have some experimenting still to do.
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I picked up a Make Up Revolution brush set at Christmas and am really enjoying using them. As you say they’re not on par with the higher end brands but I’ve found a couple of good ones in my selection that I’m using regularly.
Victoria
FlorenceandMary.com
After years of using my fingers, I tried the beauty blender… Now I’ve ventured into brushes after finding what can only be freebies in a clean out session and enjoying it. I’ve now ordered a big selection off eBay last weekend and I’m excited to see what arrives – the thoughts of spending €85 on a real techniques set was too scary. I’d be interested to see these make up revolution ones in action
Brushes are so expensive, but these seem really reasonable! Will be adding them to my very long wishlist
nicoleannx.blogspot.co.uk
I love MAC brushes but hate the price. I love that these are affordable.
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