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Monday 21 May 2012

Brush Review: Real Techniques



Blusher Brush



Stippling Brush



Shading Brush


I have really neglected my blogging recently so I thought it was time to get my backside into gear and get some posts done, starting with these fantastic Real techniques Brushes by Samantha Chapman of Pixiwoo! I can't express my love for these brushes too much they are just brilliant and I am desperate to get more of them!

The brushes are made with Taklon Bristles and therefore are 100% cruelty free and are the softest bristles on make-up brushes you will find, just absolutely lovely on your skin, and as they are synthetic absolutely perfect for applying cream products to your skin as well as powder products. The handles come in a colour coded system, bronze/gold for base products, purple for eye products and pink/red for finishing touches which I think is a great idea as it makes them easy to locate in your brush pot.

These brushes are available to buy online and you can find out more about them on the website and also Sam Chapman shows you how to create different looks using the brushes on the website as well which is brilliant if you are new to make-up brushes!

I bought my three brushes from Boots in the MetroCentre and got them as they were 3 for 2 which was an absolute bargain and for the 3 brushes it worked out at around £21 which I didn't think was bad. All brushes I have found fantastic for applying my make-up, the stippling brush gives an absolute flawless finish to your foundation and I have also used it for cream blush, while the blusher brush is perfect for either blusher or contouring, the shading brush is perfect for either concealer or eyeshadow and it has been perfect for applying my Chanel Emerville cream eyeshadow.

All in all fantastic products and I totally recommend them to anyone either starting out with brushes or someone who is wanting to expand their brush collection.

You can also check out my youtube channel at SBSparkleDust where I talk about these brushes in both a haul video and my April favourites :-)!




Thursday 3 May 2012

New Channel on YouTube

I have been totally bad at blogging on here lately because I have been setting up a new YouTube channel as a way to branch out further into the make-up blog/vlog world :-). My channel is mainly for make-up reviews, hauls and a couple of fun videos as well so hopefully you will all like to check it out, if you do my channel is called SBSparkledust. I named it slightly different as I wanted a nod to my blog on here so I added SB to the front but I wanted to differentiate between the two and I like sparkly things so that's where sparkledust came from.

Anyway do please check it out and I have lots of upcoming reviews on my blog here so watch this space as they say :-)!

Tataa for now!

sxx