For months I've always walked past the make-up brushes in The body shop - well the make-up in there in general. I knew that The body shop was good for skincare products and etc but for some reason I have never shown the make-up range any interest. Until of course one of their sales popped up - it was some kind of ridiculous offer where if you spend £50 or more, you can get £25 off. Now that's a bloody bargain.
I thought I'd finally show some of their brushes some lovin' and got hold of the 'face & body' brush and the 'powder foundation' brush.
Now here's the verdict:
The Face & Body:
I fell in love with the feel of this. It is super soft and flexible and not too dense. A tad bit pricey for £16! I wanted something of this size for blusher since I have relatively large cheeks, and boy is this is perfect for that job. There's a slightly smaller believable too for those with normal-sized cheeks.
The powder foundation:
The lady at the make-up section of the store told me I can use this brush for setting my foundation as well as for powder foundation. Now I am not a powder foundation wearer, but recently I have enjoyed using my Ben nye Banana powder to set my face, in particular my under-eyes. Well let me just say that the lady lied. I can't tell you how it performs as a powder foundation brush, but I can say that as a setting brush it pretty much sucks. It is way too dense and not as soft as the face and body. I am probably being a little biased - however I can imagine it to perform good with a powder foundation. It can probably buff the powder into the skin nicely, unfortunately I wouldn't know. I blame the employee!
On an honest note, I wouldn't go back and purchase any more of these brushes again as they are simply too expensive. The quality is amazing and it is said to be cruelty-free which may explain why. However I am still yet to try more brushes such as the real techniques - I see that they are an amazing value for money!
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