Tuesday, April 1, 2014

eBay Makeup Brushes

   I have been wanting to get new brushes set for a while but sigma brush seem to be pricey but it's still cheaper than Mac brush. I own mini travel brushes from Mac (stripping brush, angle blush brush, eyeshadow brush, and crease brush) but for some reason I just don't really use it as much as other brushes I bought from drugstore, may be I'm the only one who doesn't like it.  

   Well, I was searching on website and came across royal care cosmetic. There brushes look nice at the great price. In my mind, I think there must be a place that sale the same quality brushes at cheaper price like from a factory cost. So I venture it on eBay and I found the brushes of my dream. Seller is from China (yesido_us) and he has a good price compare to others with the best communication. 

   As my understand, most makeup brushes made in China and this seller bought it directly from factory and sale it to us cheaper price than any third party. They have an option to print to logo on it also. The price they sale possibly will be grade B or C of quality as I think grade A would sale for brand name one.  I was suppose to get the set that have no logo on but this is the only set left and have logo on so it's doesn't matter anyway. I got 10 makeup brushes for around $14 with free shipping and here how it looks like when I get it. 

 
   It came in the plastic bag and come to my surprise the logo on the brushes are "Jessup" that most people review on YouTube. That make my conclusion right most brushes come from the same factory but different logo on it. 

   Each brush came with individual plastic wrap and only face brushes came with brush guard. Here is eye brushes. 


   The bristle look nice and soft but you may need to trim some out as it is hand made and some bristle might be longer than others. As you can see in the picture, my last brush on the right is shorter than other that explain me why price is cheaper and it's definitely B grade.  For the money, it's not a big deal at all. 

   Eye brushes have flat top, angle flat top, round, angle round, and pointed kabuki. 

 
   Here is my face brushes. It's about the same size and you need to trim the bristle a little bit also. It'soft like eyes brushes. 


   As the picture from L to R: flat top, angel flat top, round, angle round, and pointed taped kabuki. 


   Flat top and angle flat top have the same dense that is not too dense but about right and firm. They are dense enough when I stiff it on top of my hand, it doesn't bend easily that make a nice application. 


   Round kabuki is the most dense and firm out of all that make it's easily for buffing. Angle round kabuki is less stiff and more flexible than round kabuki one that make it easily to glide on blush and bronzer or blending around the nose and under eyes as it's soft and cushion. 


   Pointed taped kabuki has a nice shape I like. It's dense at the base but flexible at the tip that make its firm enough to use around the area that hard to reach. Nose or under eyes are also good to use this. If you use Ben Nye powder, this is the best brush for pack in power under eyes and nose because of the taped shape and how flexible it's. 
   

   All the brushes should be cleaned before using as it is hand made and chemical treated on bristle so you make sure all dirt and chemical smell are gone all. The brushes are actually dry faster than I thought. I washed it at night and it was dry around 6 am. It's soft to touch on my skin and flat top glide on my makeup so well. Pointed kabuki eyes brush is small enough to reach around the nose so well and flat top kabuki eyes brush is good to set power under eyes. I love it. Angle round kabuki face brush blend blush really good make it so natural. It's the first time that I don't look like I have blush painted on my cheek. I'm very happy with this set and thinking to get more later. If you can afford $14, go ahead and buy it. You can save the rest of money for something else. 


   Thanks for reading, happy me 😊😊!!!