Wednesday 18 January 2012

Real Techniques: Blush Brush, Stippling Brush & Core Collection

After my previous success with the Real Techniques travel essentials collection, I decided to order some more from the range. All the brushes have Taklon (synthetic) bristles.

The stippling brush (£10.99) is smaller than the likes of a MAC 187, the head is dense but undoubtedly soft.


Its great for liquid and powder foundations and also cream blush, It blends out any edges and buffs in the product making it one with the skin, there really is no work involved with this.

The blush brush (£9.99) is much larger than your average blusher brush, this is very soft with a medium density and a slightly tapered tip.

Due to the size I was expecting this to not pick up much product, and whilst it doesn't give a concentration of colour, I didn't feel the need to apply more swipes than I do with my other blush brushes.
It blends the colour in at the same time of application so is very quick. However, due to its size, it gives me a larger area of blush than I prefer, as a result of this I find I am using this more for powder and bronzer.

Lastly I bought the core collection (£20.99), it consists of 4 full-size brushes:

The Pointed Foundation Brush is smaller than the essential foundation brush, not as thick and the tip is more pointed. Its very good for detailed application such as for under eye/face concealer.

The Detailer Brush is very small, dense, slightly stiff but comfortable on the skin. With a slightly pointed tip this is great for spot/scar concealment as it really lays the product down exactly where you want it.

The Contour Brush has a slightly doomed, rounded shape. Though I seldom contour, this does fit well in the cheek hollows. I tend to use this for blusher (when I want a pop of colour on the apples on the cheeks) and highlighting.

The Buffing Brush is a rounded brush. Though dense, its very soft. It really works the product into the skin, leaving no streaks/edges and can achieve full coverage. It works well with liquid and powder foundations and I also like it for concentrated highlighting. Compared to the Multi Task brush this is a lot more smaller and more dense/firm.

Here are all my RT brushes, L-R: Detailer, Essential Foundation, Pointed Foundation, Contour, Buffing, Stippling, Blush, Multi-task and Domed Shadow.


Apart from the blusher brush being a tad too big, I can find no fault with these brushes. They are very easy to clean with a quick dry time, they also have rubberised handles to allow for easy gripping. They work tremendously well and I find myself reaching for them more and more.

I bought these from www.love-makeup.co.uk

10 comments:

  1. I love this range of brushes too, I am really pleased with the quality of them xx

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    1. Hi Georgia,
      It is really great to find an affordable brush range of such a good quality, I'm wondering if I should pick up their eye set as well now :) x

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  2. There you again, making me want things I didn't want before ;). I think they will have a stand at IMATS and after reading your review I know I'm going to have to pay them a visit! xx

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    1. Ha good, thats what I'm here for, to prise that money out of your hands ;)
      I do think you need some of these in your life.
      I was thinking about your ban and you could still get cheek things that could also be used on the eyes, couldn't you..just thinking about those Edward Bess quad royales xx

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  3. These look good, I like the look of the stippling brush...I actually have a secret crush on stippling brushes, especially denser ones! Anyway, one day you'll have to take a pic of your ENTIRE makeup brush collection so that we can all gawk and wonder! xxx

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    1. Hi Anna,
      You know I think this might be my only surviving stippling brush, the two MAC ones I had broke, the heads of them completly came loose so not sure how I managed that! I think I'd scare myself if I took a picture of my entire brush range and of course they would all have to be cleaned at the same time which would be an achievement in itself ;) xxx

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  4. Those look excellent in both form and function. I really do need to get my hands on a set, but over here they've only been available in Ulta stores and I don't have one conveniently nearby.

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    1. Hi Zuzu,
      Is there somewhere online you could order them from as I do think its worth you picking up some if you can x

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  5. These look and sound sooo soft and lovely, you definitely have me wanting them all! I have recently become a bit more brush obsessed then usual!

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    1. Hi Meeta,
      My brush collection has certainly grown since blogging ;) I think this is a line worth checking out x

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