It’s time for another instalment of your favourite segment: Love it or Fuck it!
This time was going to just be about makeup brushes, but I have another product to review. Can’t have none of that orderly nonsense, can we?
Let’s start off with the Ecotools Airbrush Concealer Brush (okay, calm down everyone! You’re too excited…)
As you’re all aware, I love, love, LOVE my MOMMA Semi-Matte Mineral Base at the moment. However I am currently the queen of break outs, and I need a tiny bit extra coverage on my raging zits. I thought I would give this little eco-friendly guy a try, as the claims sounded promising:
“Completely cover problem areas with this brush and your concealer! Lightly smooth under eyes to hide dark circles and use for spot treatment. The bristles buff your concealer into your skin for an airbrushed look. For added versatility, use with your daily tinted moisturiser.”
I will say, this brush is very good at packing a bunch of mineral powder on my acne! I’m assuming that it was made for liquid concealer, so the fact that it can dust over my problem areas with my preferred foundation is a nice touch! However I can’t build the product up to super-full-on-photoshop-in-real-life-coverage using this brush, but personally I’m not too bothered by this.
Here is a little before and after extravaganza for your pleasure:
Before:
After:
As you can see, I’ve achieved pretty decent coverage with the mineral foundation alone. I’m hoping to buy MOMMA’s cream concealer soon to dab over extra red areas, but I may have completely figured this brush out by then!
This brush is $7.99 full price, which isn’t half bad.
Verdict: Love it, but only as a friend.
Moving on to Australis’ Contouring and Highlighting Brush!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this brush was offered as a free gift if you bought one of the new contour kits at Priceline. My experience with the first kit was an absolute nightmare, so I was chuffed when I found a supposedly ‘broken’ version of this brush for ten buckeroos at Big W. The only claims for this brush could be found on the packaging, which stated:
“Effortlessly define and sculpt your features”
Short and to the point, I suppose?
Now, please don’t hurt me, but I don’t use this brush in the way it is intended. The angled ‘contouring’ side is now my blush brush, and the ‘highlighting’ side is now actually my contouring brush! For blush, I find it is much quicker to use a light hand with this angled brush then to stipple the product on for hours as I was doing previously. I still get my natural, glowy look that I adore so I really cannot complain! I haven’t got a ton of experience with contouring, but I was able to do it effortlessly with the first use of this dense highlighting brush. To me, it looks like a rounded version of the flat contour brushes that have taken the beauty world by storm. I’m looking forward to giving it a go with the new contouring product I will be buying in the coming weeks!
Verdict: Love it, would go on a second date.
We’ve reached the final product! Time to have a little chat about Essense Soo Glow Cream to Powder Highlighter in the shade Look on the Bright Side.
I had very high hopes for this highlighter. It’s extremely pale, its yellow-toned, it gave other beauty bloggers an amazing glow…sadly, this was not the case for me.
Here are the claims made:
“Glamour glow! The new highlighter conjures a beautiful shimmer. Its creamy texture turns into a velvety, powdery formula upon application. Easy to apply with your fingers, it sets gorgeous accents on your cheekbones, underneath the brows or in the inner corners of your eyes.”
Let me start by saying that it does live up to its creamy texture, but it’s a very weird formula. I could not even work it into my bare skin, let alone my foundation. I tried it with numerous brushes, I tries dabbing it on with my fingers…and without fail I would get this disgusting, flaky film on top of my skin without fail. I know that it may be to do with my mineral foundation, but I would achieve a similar consistency without any makeup on as well.
Essence, why do you hurt me like this? I thought we were pals, comrades, bffls, if you will…
Verdict: Fuck it, and not in the nice way.
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| Into the Bin of Sadness with you. |
That is the end of this instalment of Love it or Fuck it! Let me know if there are any products you would like me to try out for the next round.
♡ Until next time ♡
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