Work has been piling up and since I’m starting to find my work shovel hitting the bottom (that means I’ve worked hard and paved wide inroads in backlog of paperwork – yay me!) I felt it was time for some personal rewards! 😀
First off, this is what came in the mail yesterday! Yet another brush I know, but not just any brush.
This is the by now infamous Flat Top brush from Everyday Minerals – touted as THE PERFECT BRUSH for mineral foundation or any foundation for that matter. So of course, I had to see what all the hype is about. 😛
The Everyday Minerals flat top brush has soft synthetic bristles yet the brush head is packed densely so what you have is a soft yet dense brush. I can see why girls are loving this little darling – not only is it cute (it barely fits into the palm of my hand!) it looks serviceable and feels lovely on the skin – not scratchy at all.
I’m going to be taking this baby on a test run soon and we can expect reviews after that. The Everyday Minerals Flat Top brush retails for RM38 on Loving Minerals (or US$10 on Everyday Minerals’ site) and is always sold out due to its popularity, so make sure you stalk them for your flat top brush!
I’ve also picked up a couple of Smashbox Fusion Soft Lights powders in Gossamer and Dimension which came in the mail today.
I’ve never tried Smashbox before and these looked pretty 😛 Besides they are blush or blush/highlighters so of course I was taken in.
And now, back to the grindstone…
beetrice says
January 13, 2009 at 4:31 pmI’m lemming the gossamer just because of the colour…let me know how that turns out!
plue says
January 13, 2009 at 6:14 pmooh! flat top! 😀 i love it! it’s so soft! i want to buy brush guard to safe guard them. i am travelling quite a bit i notice 😛
and smashbox! 😀 waiting for your review!
ParisB says
January 13, 2009 at 6:30 pmHiya Beetrice: I’ll definitely have a review coming out soon 🙂
ParisB says
January 13, 2009 at 6:31 pmHiya Plue: The flat top feels lovely and the smashbox too! Stay tuned 🙂
Nikki says
January 13, 2009 at 7:14 pmyay!! I got saw excited for you when I saw the photo of the FT Brush! Your face deserves the FT brush! My ultimate fave for mmu ! 🙂
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 9:55 amHey Nikki! Everyone loves it so, I’m glad I got it. I’m more likely to use it for non-MMU though.
geekchic says
January 13, 2009 at 7:31 pmFunny you blogged this today. I just gave mine a good clean today. One thing to keep in mind though, this blasted thing takes an eternity to dry because the bristles are so tightly-packed!
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 9:55 amHiya Geekchic: I’d read about this too – the pain in waiting for it to try – hair dryer maybe? LOL
Amanda says
January 13, 2009 at 8:46 pmSmashbox Fusion Soft Lights are great! I love Dusk 😉 My other bronzer/blush/highlighter favourite is Too Faced Beach Bunny.
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 9:57 amHiya Amanda: Really? Its the first time I’m trying Smashbox and these were too pretty to pass up LOL I’d heard a lot about Too Faced Beach Bunny too. No access unfortunately
Connie says
January 13, 2009 at 10:40 pmEDM Flat Top Brush! One of my favourite brushes of all time! Ooh… those Smashbox blush look too lovely to use!
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 9:57 amHey Connie: I agree. I wanted to swatch the blushes but balked haha…
jojoba says
January 14, 2009 at 6:52 amgirl, we are really different now. I wouldn’t have picked those two. LOL. But it’s OK because then we can read about different products!!! I still can’t see myself usinf a flat tiop brush again.
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 9:59 amHi jojoba: Probably but I’m a sucker for trying new things – I like flat tops, why don’t you like them? They work a treat for my blush.
rinnah says
January 14, 2009 at 8:16 amAh, now I know why you twitted about a brush overload. *wink wink*
The Smashbox highlighters look perfectly gorgeous! I can’t wait to read how they turn out. 🙂
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 10:00 amHiya Rinnah: And this isn’t the last of it by a long shot! Overload!!
prettybeautiful says
January 14, 2009 at 9:02 amwill be waiting for ur brush review, i need a foundation brush badly. *sigh* need to contribute to economy again. lol. love the colors of gossamer <3. do a swatch soon!
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 10:00 amHi prettybeautiful: Which sorts of foundation do you use? At least if the EDM flat top works, its a cheap investment! 😉 I’ll swatch the blushes soon… hopefully… maybe hehee
a.min says
January 14, 2009 at 10:31 amOooo…tell me about the brush!!! cos it catch my eyes sooo much n the price…oh god! it is cheap!
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 10:57 amHi A.min: Review on the brush will come soon due to overwhelming demand LOL
Syen says
January 14, 2009 at 1:00 pmOooh.. you got the EM Flat Top Brush too. I like it very much too, uber soft. But I think I don’t reach for it as much as my Bobbi kabuki, since I don’t use mineral makeup that much. Kahani on the other haannd… hehe…
And I also have one Smashbox Fusion Soft Lights! Mine’s Intermix. Will wait for your reviews. =)
ParisB says
January 14, 2009 at 2:53 pmHey Syen: I don’t own the Bobbi kabuki so I can’t compare but I will compare it with other kabukis I do own. Ah! You have Intermix! That was the other one that caught my eye.
dweam says
January 14, 2009 at 11:29 pmI love the EDM flat top brush too! I think it gives a great coverage of your mineral foundation! Your skin looks flawless after that!
And like you said, it’s dense and picks up foundation wonderfully.
Enjoy it! Im definitely going to stock up on my brushes!
ParisB says
January 15, 2009 at 10:15 amHey dweam, I’ll be sure to update when I have tried it! Especially with foundations other than mineral ones.
prettybeautiful says
January 15, 2009 at 9:11 ami have mineral foundation, i have BB, liquid foundation and compact powder too. i guess this one is one for all? hehehe
ParisB says
January 15, 2009 at 10:15 amHi prettybeautiful, I’m hoping its a one for all – update will come
Tine says
January 16, 2009 at 6:00 pmYay you bought the flat top brush! So soft, isn’t it? Even though I don’t use mineral makeup anymore, I still use this as my blush brush. Can’t contour, of course, but just to give the apple of the cheeks some colour, that works just fine 🙂