First Impressions - Oval Brushes

Oval Brushes

Oval brushes, or artist brushes, are made from thousands of different size strands to create a dense seamless brush. Watching YouTubers like Laura Lee I have wanted to purchase a set to see for myself if they are as good as they look and are raved about. Most companies now have a set or a few of these brushes from unbranded ones like the ones I purchased or Mac and Anastasia Beverly Hills so prices range from under $10 to over $300 for a set. Since I only really purchased these for the blog I thought I would just get some cheap unbranded ones from eBay as they should be relatively the same as the branded ones and a lot cheaper! These have a 2 year warranty, which is really good as I have had a friend who brought a Mac one and it snapped while she was using it then it took a while to be able to afford a replacement.

First use of the brushes was they seemed to absorb some of the foundation (it's a shame but happens with other brushes as well) but feels smooth. I used the largest brush for my foundation and I did find that getting into the harder to reach places (inner corners of my eyes then along my eyebrows) I had to change to the smaller brushes. I dabbed foundation over my face then used this brush to provide full coverage and blend it in to my skin ready for the next steps. For my contour I used my usual Sleek medium contour palette with the brush in the centre of the photograph to shape under my cheek bones to make it more defined. I didn't find that it worked that well so I had to use my usual Zoeva 112 Face Curve brush to make it really pop. I found these brushes really hard to do smaller details like the contouring (I'm not sure if it is just because it was a powder contour so I will try it again with a cream in a later post) or eye shadow as I couldn't blend very well with it.

Overall these are nice brushes, they are fun to use every now and then but I wouldn't just use these brushes on their own. Maybe it will just need some getting used to but I will give them a go and update you later on with if there is a hack to using them better and getting a better pay out.


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