Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday! Today I'm sharing with you a haul/review on some new makeup brushes that I received for Christmas (Thanks Dad!). Now, I was not previously aware of the Beauty Prestige line, so when I was gifted this set over Christmas I was very excited to give them a try!
This year Costco has released a new Limited Edition brush set from Beauty Prestige. In years past Kirkland was the brand of brushes that were offered for the holiday season at Costco. I had never tried the Kirkland brushes so unfortunately I can't compare these to those, but I thought I'd share with you my overall thoughts.
This set comes with six brushes and a travel brush case that features a magnetic closure. The set includes a large powder brush, a dense blending brush, an all over shadow brush, a tapered eye blending brush, a smudge brush, and an angled eyeliner brush. Now, I was not able to identify the material used for the bristles in the pamphlet that comes included with this set nor on the boxing itself, but after closer examination these appear to be synthetic. The handles are wood stained and very sturdy. The ferrules also appear to be well secured into the brush handle as well, so no worries about these breaking off.
The full powder brush is ideal for face powders. The brush itself is well constructed, soft and has enough "give" so you know that you will receive a flawless application of product. Also, when used on the skin, it is not scratch nor was there any shedding.
The blending brush is perfect for applying bronzers and blushes. Unlike your typical blush brush, this individual brush is shaped without any edges so it makes it very easy to buff and blend out products and colors seamlessly. Because of it's unique shape, this brush can also be used to contour and highlight your face while also giving you the ability to blend out the products so that the application is flawless, and eliminates any degree of hard edges that may result were you to accidentally use a heavy hand.
The all over shadow brush is perfect for packing on eyeshadow all over the lid, or from lid to brow bone. This brush features soft and fluffy bristles and just the right shape for product application. To give you a point of reference, this brush somewhat reminds me of the Sigma E60 large shader mostly because of the size, however it has a lot more bristles and is much fluffier.
The tapered eye blending brush can be used to blend out colors, to softly apply color along the crease and it can also be to give a soft wash of color on the lid or from lid to brow bone. The shape of this brush features bristles that are softly tapered creating a subtle dome shape.
The fifth brush included is the smudge brush. This brush has short and dense bristles that are soft and not scratchy. Using this brush you to apply or smudge/blend out color from products such as kohl liners, darkly pigmented shadows and/or gel liners and then smudge them out to add a smoky effect to your look. Though the overall brush is short and densely packed, it does provide just the slightest bit of play to it. It is not as densely packed and firm as the Sigma E20 short shader brush. Also when compared side by side, the Sigma E20 brush does appear thinner than the BP brush.
Finally the Angled liner brush has soft synthetic bristles with an angled cut making this a very versatile brush. Due to its synthetic fibers, you can use this brush to apply powder, gel and liquid products. Use this to define your lash line using your method and product of choice (powder, gel, liquid). You can also use this to apply brow products to help fill in your brows where and if needed.
So to really put these guys to the test, the very, VERY first thing I did when I got these home (after oohing and ahhing over them of course), was take them straight to the sink to see how they would fare after a deep cleaning.
Overall, I was really impressed. The only, and I mean ONLY brush that shed a few bristles was the large powder brush. However, I have to let you know that the shedding was minimal (as you can see in the picture below). I did not see any dye running off while these guys were being scrubbed, and I have to tell you, I wasn't exactly being super careful when washing them either. I was really wanting to test them out and see how they would hold up to a pretty intense deep cleaning, and I think they did quite well.
As for now though, I'm waiting for these guys to fully dry off and then I plan on taking them out for their first test drive. I'll make sure to come back again and finish this review for you ladies to let you know how they held up with product application, but for now..... I'm pretty impressed.
What beauty gifts did you receive over the holidays? Was there an item that you were happily surprised to receive? Was there a product that you just can't wait to play with? Please let me know! I'd love to hear from you!
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