Hi beauty’s!
My jaw dropped when I saw the first pics of the Real Techniques Bold Metals collection a while ago so I think you can imagine my crazy amounts of excitement when I got them after so long...
To state the obvious, these brushes are gorgeous – they’re serious works of art.
There are gold brushes for base, rose gold brushes to finish and silver brushes for the eyes. All of the brushes have a square cut handle which means that they don’t roll over the place and they are really easy to hold.
Each brush is synthetic with white bristles. What impressed me most when I first picked up these brushes was how weighty they feel – they’re definitely not flimsy and they feel really expensive (as they should).
In the base category there is two brushes, the 100 Arched Powder* and the 101 Triangle Foundation Brush*.
The Arched Powder brush is a really large, soft and fluffy powder brush and might just be one of my favorites from the range. It picks up just the right amount of powder to brush all over the face and makes the job easy because it’s so big.
I’m not quite as big of a fan of the Triangle Foundation brush, purely because the shape is not something that I’m familiar with. The flat edge works well for applying liquid all over and the more angled side gets in around the nose but the bristles are a little too stiff and almost plastic-y for me to reach for this one regularly.
It’s worth a try if you’re more familiar with traditional foundation brushes, however, because the problems I have with this one stem mostly from my unfamiliarity with the shape.
For adding the finishing touches to the face there’s the 300 Tapered Blush* and the 301 Flat Contour*.
The Tapered Blush brush is actually smaller than I expected but apparently Sam and Nic, the creators, suggest using it more for highlighter. I’m a huge fan of this fairly dense brush from detailed highlighter application. It picks up quite a bit of product but still blends powder out really seamlessly.
I was very excited for the 301 Flat Contour and it definitely met my expectations. Again, it’s very dense and picks up a LOT of product so it’s important to work lightly with it but it does a really great job at sculpting cheekbones and actually blending it out well, which is often the problem for brushes like this.
There’s three brushes in the silver eye range – the 200 Oval Shadow Brush*, 201 Pointed Smudge Brush* and the 202 Angled Liner Brush*.
The Oval Shadow Brush is fairly large but still soft and I’ve been enjoying it for applying both cream and powder eye shadows all over the lid.
The Pointed Smudge Brush is tapered to a point and fairly dense, it’s great for applying colour and blending it out into the crease.
The Angled Liner Brush is just your standard, essential eyeliner brush, it’s a good classic brush to have but it’s probably not worth buying.
My favorites from the bunch are the 100 Arched Powder and the 301 Flat Contour brush as I find that they’re the most unique to my collection. But overall, the entire range impressed me.
I’ll admit, these are basically the most expensive brushes I own but they are really well made and a step above the regular Real Techniques brand. If there’s a brush in the bunch that would fill a hole in your makeup brush stash then it’s definitely one for your Birthday or Christmas list or for those days when you want to splurge.
To state the obvious, these brushes are gorgeous – they’re serious works of art.
There are gold brushes for base, rose gold brushes to finish and silver brushes for the eyes. All of the brushes have a square cut handle which means that they don’t roll over the place and they are really easy to hold.
Each brush is synthetic with white bristles. What impressed me most when I first picked up these brushes was how weighty they feel – they’re definitely not flimsy and they feel really expensive (as they should).
In the base category there is two brushes, the 100 Arched Powder* and the 101 Triangle Foundation Brush*.
The Arched Powder brush is a really large, soft and fluffy powder brush and might just be one of my favorites from the range. It picks up just the right amount of powder to brush all over the face and makes the job easy because it’s so big.
I’m not quite as big of a fan of the Triangle Foundation brush, purely because the shape is not something that I’m familiar with. The flat edge works well for applying liquid all over and the more angled side gets in around the nose but the bristles are a little too stiff and almost plastic-y for me to reach for this one regularly.
It’s worth a try if you’re more familiar with traditional foundation brushes, however, because the problems I have with this one stem mostly from my unfamiliarity with the shape.
For adding the finishing touches to the face there’s the 300 Tapered Blush* and the 301 Flat Contour*.
The Tapered Blush brush is actually smaller than I expected but apparently Sam and Nic, the creators, suggest using it more for highlighter. I’m a huge fan of this fairly dense brush from detailed highlighter application. It picks up quite a bit of product but still blends powder out really seamlessly.
I was very excited for the 301 Flat Contour and it definitely met my expectations. Again, it’s very dense and picks up a LOT of product so it’s important to work lightly with it but it does a really great job at sculpting cheekbones and actually blending it out well, which is often the problem for brushes like this.
There’s three brushes in the silver eye range – the 200 Oval Shadow Brush*, 201 Pointed Smudge Brush* and the 202 Angled Liner Brush*.
The Oval Shadow Brush is fairly large but still soft and I’ve been enjoying it for applying both cream and powder eye shadows all over the lid.
The Pointed Smudge Brush is tapered to a point and fairly dense, it’s great for applying colour and blending it out into the crease.
The Angled Liner Brush is just your standard, essential eyeliner brush, it’s a good classic brush to have but it’s probably not worth buying.
My favorites from the bunch are the 100 Arched Powder and the 301 Flat Contour brush as I find that they’re the most unique to my collection. But overall, the entire range impressed me.
I’ll admit, these are basically the most expensive brushes I own but they are really well made and a step above the regular Real Techniques brand. If there’s a brush in the bunch that would fill a hole in your makeup brush stash then it’s definitely one for your Birthday or Christmas list or for those days when you want to splurge.
Do any of these beauties take your fancy? Which would be your first pick?
Stay Toned !
XOXO
luka
No comments:
Post a Comment