Chantal Elizabeth

So for after months of not blogging I finally have a new post to share with you! I recently bought some new makeup brushes with my Superdrug points (which btw took an age to build up!) as I realised that I had virtually no face brushes apart from a powder brush that I use everyday and for a while now I've wanted to try applying my base products with brushes to see how they compare to applying without them. I decided to buy one concealer brush, one foundation brush and a small setting brush to set my under eye concealer all from Real Techniques.

The Expert Concealer Brush  is the perfect brush for applying your under eye concealer with, especially if you have big dark under eye circles like me as the brush fits into your socket so you can cover all of the area that needs covering. The way I apply it is to swipe the concealer from the applicator first, then get my brush to pat in the concealer into the skin-don't swipe otherwise you'll just sheer out everything which stops you from covering the dark circle! Once I've done one under eye I then powder that under eye straight away to avoid any creasing and then I move onto the other eye. I'm so impressed with this brush and have since bought another one as I wanted a backup. I highly recommed you get it, it's brilliant.

The Setting Brush is another one I cannot recommend highly enough as it picks up the right amount of powder that you need to set under the eye, but without making the area look cakey so it's a must- have for anyone who needs to set powder to prevent creasing. It's also useful to powder your nose with (if you pardon the expression) as that area can easily look over powdered too, so this brush is perfect for that.

The Brush Crush 301 Complexion Brush is one of the newest releases from Real Techniques and comes in this stunning unicorn style purple and gold design, it's very pretty! But aside from looking pretty it does a good job at applying foundation or concealer too (if you just use concealer and not foundation for your base). You can either use a patting, stippling or a sweeping motion depending on the coverage you want. I like a medium coverage so I use a mixture of patting and swiping the foundation into my skin and that seems to work for me. I wouldn't say this is a totally essential brush to have, however it does make the foundation application much quicker than if you were to just use your fingers to blend everything in. 

I saw this little brush set in Superdrug and I just had to pick it up. It comes packed with three mini brushes from the Real Techniques collection. There's the mini face brush, the mini shading brush and the mini foundation brush. My idea is to take these brushes with me when I'm travelling or when I have to reapply my makeup on the go. I'm going to use the mini face brush as my powder brush as it can actually pick up plenty of product even though it is small. The mini shading brush will be my on the go eye shadow brush to pack the colour onto my eyes quickly but I think I'm going to use the mini foundation brush as a brush to blend in my concealer as I find it a bit too small to use for my normal foundation application. However that doesn't matter too much as most of the time I put my foundation on using my fingers anyway. In terms of strength the brushes last well when washed as none of the bristles have fallen out so far, which I know wouldn't have happened anyway because Real Techniques brushes are such great quality. They perform so well for affordable makeup brushes. I really recommend these brushes a lot as they perform brilliantly well and they are the perfect size to pop in your bag wherever you are heading off to.