Sorry the post is a little late today guys, technical issues over at MadeFromBeauty! Anyway, moving on from disastrous Apple updates and on with the post…
I am over run with makeup, but brushes is where things get a little sparse in my collection. Apart from my several Real Techniques brushes, I don’t actually have many other brushes. As I’m not in a position to spend a lot on brushes (if only Bobbi Brown!) I thought I would give Zoeva brushes a go.
I picked up two shape brushes I have been eyeing up for a while, a pencil brush and a contour brush. The pencil brush I picked up is the 230 Pencil Brush, and I must say it wasn’t quite what I was after. I was looking for a brush that I could use on my bottom lash line to really smoke out shadows. Even though this brush has a great shape, pointed for really getting into those lashes, it is too stiff for me to use under my eye. I find that trying to use it I end up just really dragging the skin under my eyes all over the place and have a really hard time defusing the colour under the eye. I think I will now only be using this one to smoke out liner along the top lash line. I am pretty sure I should have picked up the 223 Petit Eye Blender Brush or something similar for under the eye work.
The next brush I ordered was the 109 Luxe Face Paint brush for contouring under the cheekbones. I am pretty impressed with this brush! Before the recent release of the Real Techniques Bold Metals 301 Flat Contour brush, to get a brush this sort of shape in the UK you were looking at the Nars Kabuki Ita Brush, which although beautiful, is a little steep at nearly £50! So when I saw this Zoeva brush I snapped it up, and I’m really glad I did. At the moment I have only used this brush with powder contour products, but I cannot wait to try it out with cream products such as my Chanel Soleil Tan de Chanel. I was really really impressed with the softness of this brush and the blendability it lends to everything it touches, I would definitely recommend it.
So a bit hit and miss with my first venture into Zoeva brushes, and its left me wanting to try more from their line up. There is no denying that the quality of the brushes, for the price, is exceptional and, aside from Real Techniques, Zoeva is the only affordable brand that I’ve tried that makes brushes worth their salt!
Next up on my list are the 101 Luxe Face Definer Brush and 228 Crease Brush. Let me know if you’ve tried either of these brushes from Zoeva, or if you think there are any I might like in their collection below!
Sam