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The Makeup Brush Collective Part 3: Brushes I use for Blush

January 13, 2017 Paris B 6 Comments

I hope you’ve found the Makeup Brush Collective Part 1 and Part 2 helpful or at least enjoyable! In Part 3, and the final part, I show you the brushes I use most often and the types of brushes I use for cheeks. While in this category there’s usually reference to bronzer, blush and highlighter, I only really use blush the most often. So, I’ll only show you that. I don’t use bronzer, and highlighter is used only sparingly.

The Makeup Brush Collective: Brushes I use for blush

Blush is a weakness of mine, and you’d think that this would be the category where I own or use the most brushes. Well, you’d be wrong actually, because I’d actually worked out quite quickly what worked and what didn’t for me, and what sort of brush I preferred! Also, I’m not very experimental when it comes with blush LOL!

Don’t forget, you have to tell me what your favourite blush brushes are too! 😀

The Makeup Brush Collective Part 2 : Brushes I use for Eye Makeup

January 11, 2017 Paris B 10 Comments

We follow on from Part 1 of the Brush Collective (where I showed you my preferred brushes for face makeup) and head to the brushes I use for eye makeup. This is rather lengthy, as there is a lot for me to show you! Not because I’m showing off, but because I use different types of brushes for different applications and there are different brushes in each category.

I was never good at applying eye makeup. I actually started out using my fingers (which I still use in a pinch especially with cream eyeshadow sticks). Over the years however, with a lot of experimentation, I’d worked out the type of brushes I liked to use for a specific purpose, simply to make my life easier. I’m no professional makeup artist and I’m not even very good at doing eye makeup, so if you’re just like me, then these suggestions may help you get that one step closer to better looking eyeshadow application 🙂

If you want to look flawless in super high definition you will need the Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Foundation

May 2, 2016 Paris B 16 Comments

About 2 years back, I showed you what was then one of my favourite liquid foundations for a flawless finish. Last year, this foundation was reformulated. Do you realise how frustrating that is? Knowing that something you love might not be the same again?!

The foundation in question is the Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation, which I was told is now formulated to be so camera perfect, it is perfect for 4K TVs, which are even more high definition than HD. What this does then is supposed to be invisible on super high definition screens, so it doesn’t look like you’re wearing makeup, it looks like you just have flawless skin. We are only just getting to grips with HD and we now have to contend with 4K? Needless to say, I can’t keep up with technology, and I don’t even watch HD TV! LOL So much for looking flawless eh? 😛

My primary concern wasn’t to do with how flawless this foundation would make me look, but was more of whether the Make Up For Ever Ultra HD foundation would remain a favourite of mine.

The value-for-money Make Up For Ever 9 Artist Shadow Palette is worth every penny!

August 24, 2015 Paris B 20 Comments

A little while ago, I professed my love for this rather under-rated brand of eyeshadows, but showed you some colours that were a little hard to wear. Electric blue anyone?

While the individual eyeshadow pans allow you to mix and match to your fancy, if you are anything like me, you’d prefer a pre-made palette. Let someone else do all the thinking eh? I just want a combination of colours that work together!

Enter the Make Up For Ever 9 Artist Shadow Palette for Fall 2015, a sturdy compact of 9 eyeshadows that comes in 2 colour combinations – Artist Palette 1 (Nudes you Need) and Artist Palette 2 (Colours you Crave). As the names imply, Artist Palette 1 is a combination of neutral and nude shades and Artist Palette 2 has a combination of fun, bright colours.

So, you’re probably wondering which one ended up in my hands? The ‘oh so boring, not another’ neutral palette or the ‘oh what fun, let’s see what we can do with it’ bright palette? 😀

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