Real Technique’s Powder Brush - £12.99 at Boots
Since Samantha Chapman –one part of Pixiwoo- released her own make up brush line Real Techniques I have become a woman obsessed. On the day of release I checked every aisle in Boots, I began to panic as I began to realize that there were in fact, no brushes. Surely there’d be some sort of stand with a lovely display of shiny new brushes? Even the staff had little information for me –how could they not be more excited? Anyway, after almost giving up, there they were, on the lower shelf underneath Ecotools Brushes. One core set, one eye brush left and a few kabuki brushes left.
A few weeks later and I own the core set, the stippling brush and now the powder brush. I knew the panic would be worth it –my face looks hellish good. I’m sure you’ve read a million reviews of the stippling brush and the buffing brush –found in the core set- so I will not bore you with another one –unless you want one that is- but I thought the powder brush deserved a review as it’s gotten lost in the hype.
I think that the requirements of a powder brush are pretty basic in my eyes, it needs to be big, fluffy and soft; and this one ticks all three boxes. In the past I’ve just used my cheap bronzing brush to apply my powder after foundation, I never thought powder a very big deal to be honest. Since using this one though I’ve noticed a difference in my face. I use to dust my face with my translucent powder and also to just buff my makeup into my skin after my long make up process is done. It really does help make my makeup look silky smooth.
If you haven’t already tried the Real Technique’s brushes I say go try them as soon as you can. They’re relatively inexpensive –comparing them to Mac or other posh brushes- and the quality is amazing. All the brushes are multi-use so you don’t necessarily have to use the eye brushes for example on your eyes, in fact the Pixiwoo sisters often use the dome shadow brush –which can be found in the Travel Essentials set- for concealer. Whatever you find works best, go with it.
The Real Techniques brushes can now be found in all major Boots stores in store and online.
