Hey everyone, welcome back to my blog!
I had an idea to start a new collection of blog posts where I focus on a different beauty brand each time. It could be a skincare, hair or make up brand and as you can tell today I will be reviewing and sharing my thoughts on the Real Techniques brushes by Sam and Nic Chapman. Let's get started...
What are Real Techniques?
So, Real Techniques are a very popular brand of make up brushes found in most drugstores in the UK. I am pretty sure they sell them in shops in the US too but I am not sure as I haven't been there. Sam and Nic from the youtube channel 'Pixiwoo' had always loved make up when they were younger and in 2011 launched a range of high quality brushes to allow people to apply their make up a whole lot easier.
Prices
So the Real Techniques range in price quite a lot* but here is a simple price guide:
Bold metals single brush: (Boots) £10 - £25
Single brush: (Superdrug/Boots) £5.99 - £13.99
Set: (Superdrug) £20.99
Mini brushes set: (Superdrug) £7.99
Limited edition set: (Boots) £23.99
*You may find Real Techniques in the reduced section of TK Maxx so you can get them cheaper there;)
Pros
- You get good quality brushes for a good price.
- Most of the brushes are really soft.
- I really like how they have colour coded the metal part of the brush so you know what it's for (orange = base, purple = eyes, pink = finish).
- They are really easy to use.
- They are drugstore so are great for teenagers/beginners.
- If you buy a set you get a brush holder which is good for travel.
- The writing on the metal part can rub away quite easily.
- Because the ombre section is white it is really obvious when they're dirty.
- They are good prices but I think they range a little too much for each single brush.
- It is soooooo soft!
- It's really big so that makes it easy to buff powder round your face.
- The packaging doesn't rub off this one.
- I think it was £9.99 in TX Maxx because I got it reduced.
Blush brush:
- Fits the apples of your cheeks perfectly.
- Blends super pigmented blusher really well.
- I tried contouring with this but it didn't work too well as this brush is not angled. However, this is great for buffing bronzer round your face.
- All the writing on mine has rubbed off :(
- It is really soft and easy to clean.
- It was £9.99 which is really good for the quality.
Deluxe crease brush:
- I got this in a set with four other eye brushes.
- It has soft bristles.
- It is quite big so it's a bit hard to fit in your crease.
- Gets dirty very easily.
- Good for blending your finished eye shadow look together and eye shadow in the crease.
- Again I got it in the eye set.
- The bristles are sooo soft.
- It fits your eyelid perfectly and blends all the colours together.
- The writing rubbed off a bit.
- Not particularly soft but it is really firm.
- I use it for eye shadow along the bottom lashes and for blending white shadow in my inner corner
- This brush came in my eye set as well.
Fine liner brush:
- Not soft and quite scratchy
- It goes a bit frayed at the edges so you can't do a really precise eye liner look.
- I like to use it for a more smokey eye look.
- This came with my eye starter set too.
Brow brush:
- I really recommend this for beginners in filling in your eyebrows because it is so easy to brush the eye shadow through your brows hairs and gives a natural look
- It came in the eye set again.
- It doesn't get very dirty.
- It's quite soft and firm.
Overall, I really like Real Techniques and I recommend them to anyone starting out in make up or teenagers looking for good quality good price brushes.
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See you in my next post:)
Cookie Bow (Jess) x
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