The Real Techniques

I've shared with you multiple times my love for the brushes from Real Techniques. I'm not the girl that likes to spend a ton of brushes, I feel like if you find nice affordable ones that work well why dish out the big bucks on name brands. The Real Techniques are the perfect brushes. My collection almost exclusively consists of Real Techniques brushes, why you may ask? 3 words : Very affordable x Quality x functionality. This time around I got to try these 3 brushes : the Setting brush (7.99$) that's perfect for your under eye concealer, the Sculpting brush (13.99$) and the Retractable Bronzer brush (19.99$). How excited are you that you can now buy them at selected pharmacies (Uniprix, Brunet, Familiprix)?!

J'ai partagé avec vous plusieurs fois mon amour pour les brosses à maquillage de chez Real Techniques. Je ne suis pas le type de fille qui aime dépenser beaucoup sur des brosses à maquillage, alors je sens que lorsqu'on trouve une option pas cher, on ne veut pas vraiment dépenser une fortunes sur des brosses de marques. Les brosses de chez Real Techniques sont réellement parfaites. Présentement, ma collection se compose presque exclusivement de pinceaux de chez Real Techniques, pourquoi vous me demander? 3 mots : très abordable x qualité x fonctionnalité. J'ai eu la chance d'essayer trois pinceaux brosses: le pinceau de Setting (7.99$) qui est parfait pour votre anticernes, le pinceau de Sculpting (13.99$) et le pinceau Retractable Bronzer. À quel point êtes-vous excité de maintenant pouvoir les acheter dans certaines pharmacies (Uniprix, Brunet, Familiprix)?!

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New Nars Tools

This week, I was so excited to have the chance to try out the brand new NARS makeup brushes.

NARS is actual the first makeup luxury brand that I adventured in, after Chanel of course. I remember I bought my first powder foundation a couple of years ago. Since then, I have pretty much been a big NARS user, from their gorgeous Blushes to their Velvet Matte Lip Pencils which I die over. 

This time I dipped in their world of beauty tools and have been using their new NARS Artistry Brushes. This collection is included 16 gorgeous brushes and I tried 4 of them.

(#42 Blending Eyeshadow Brush, #41 Diffusing Brush, #11 Bronzing Powder Brush, #20 Blush Brush)

One thing I hate about brushes made with natural hair is the shedding. With these NARS Artistry brushes I really did not see any shedding happening. They apply the makeup impeccably and are so easy to clean. The NARS Blending Eyeshadow Brush (#42) has quickly become my go-to eyeshadow brush to swipe one color on the lid and quickly blend it out and you are out the door. 

I know these are not the cheapest brushes but if you want to invest in one piece, it's definitely worth it. 

Check them out at your nearest NARS counter.

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Review : Real Techniques Brushes

A couple of months ago I was on a mission to find the perfect brushes, I browsed the MAC counter, the Sephora collection and I finally found my answer on You Tube.

I found the best - quality brushes - and with an even better price that won’t break the bank, the Real Techniques brushes by Samantha Chapman.

Samantha Chapman is actually a makeup artist that has a channel on You Tube named Pixiwoo where she teaches different makeup tutorials. She teamed up with the Real Techniques company to offer the ladies affordable and good quality brushes that give a high-definition effect. The Real Techniques brushes range from foundation brushes to blush brush to eye precision brushes.

My first thought was : Are these made with synthetic hair ? As many of you don’t know, synthetic hair does not shed, or barely sheds compared to natural hair brushes such as the ones sold at MAC cosmetics. It’s kind of ironic because you pay an arm and a leg for a MAC brush and you end up finding parts of it on your makeup or on your face. Then and there, Real Techniques was an obvious choice for me.

The first pack of Real Techniques brushes that I ordered is the Core Collection. The Core Collection consists of 4 brushes : the buffing brush, the foundation brush, the contour brush and the detailer brush.

To be honest I ordered this collection for the buffing brush only. This brush is pure gold, it blends everything perfectly from your tinted moisturizer to your foundation to your mineral powder, and it’s a must for your collection. You may find this funny but it certainly also minimizes the time you allow to fixing your face in the morning, which means, you can hit the snooze button more often !!!

These brushes are not available in Canada just yet, but you can always place an order on Amazon.com or on Ebay,  The price differs from the sellers on Amazon and on Ebay but the Core Collection retails between 17.99$ to 19.99$ US dollars.

A bargain for what you get !

K

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