High quality makeup brushes for a fraction of the price!

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to my first ever blog post, which is a review on the very affordable Makeup brushes by the brand Spectrum. They are sold on the Irish website http://www.beautymatters.ie/

First a quick word on the beautymatters, I am so happy I found this website!
They sell Everything from Crest 3D whitening strips (Which seem to be only available to purchase in the States) To Becca cosmetics, a makeup brand taking the world by storm, especially with its new collaboration with the Queen of highlight Jaclyn Hill.

(If you don't know who she is, YouTube her and thank me later!) 

Its offering hard to find products to Irish consumers and in very quick delivery time!

I'm sure i ordered my brushes late last Thursday night, and they arrived Tuesday morning!

So lets get into the brushes!
I am BLOWN AWAAAY by these beauties! The baby pink handle and ombre hairs that fade an ice blue to a deep purple are so eye catching and unique. But they're not just a pretty face! and need i say anything about the price? all under 12 euros. I KNOWW.

The quality is second to none. They have a nice weighted balanced handle gives you good control when you're applying your makeup, the brushes are the softest I have ever felt, and they leave a FLAWLESS result! very comparable to the Real Techniques brushes which i love, but a lot cheaper.. and pinker.

Lets get into some further detail on all six brushes, starting with the eye brushes i purchased.

I am also going to add photos of the brushes taken by myself and the professional pictures, so you can see they really do come exactly how they are shown on the website :)

• Happy Medium Fluffy Shader €5.99

This brush is a great all-in-one! you can use it in the crease, to blend, or my favourite use- which is packing on colour to the lid.

•  Pretty as Petal Tulip Eye Contour €5.99

This brush is going to be your blending bestie! It's a key tool in creating a subtle or strong smokey eye. It blends out shadow so softly but keeps it looking very crisp. It makes blending a breeze! Unfortunately this brush seems to be sold out on the website! So the picture I've posted above is the "Blending Friend Tall Tapered Blender" It's the same price and will pretty much do the same job!

• Draw Me Pretty Fluffy Pencil €4.85

This little beauty has to be my pick of the litter! This particular brush might be the smallest but it undoubtedly leaves the biggest effect. It small dense bristles get right into your crease, makes it seem like you've spent about 3 days blending, when you've only spent about 30 seconds! You can use this brush to give the effect of a cut crease, teamed with a strong wing, It's one of the most popular eye looks at the moment, and this brush will help you achieve it easily! 

• Short 'n' Sweet Smudge €4.85

This little one does exactly what it says on the tin! This is going to smudge and smoke out your lower lash line like nooobodies business! It's very dense so it really picks up the product and really nicely smokes it out! the bristles are nice and short so it will distribute the shadow evenly and compact, don't worry you won't end up looking like Taylor Momsen post Gossip Girl, even though who would really complain about looking like her!

• Flawless Finish Tulip Powder €10.75

Next we have the only powder brush you shall ever need, I previously used the Real Techniques expert face brush to apply my face powder, its very dense and almost applies powder like a Kabuki brush, which will naturally put a bit more product on your face, but i never complained as i do like a fuller coverage. I used this guy this morning, a little apprehensive because its not very dense i thought maybe i wouldn't get great coverage with it, but i was very wrong! Using this brush with my MAC Studio Fix Powder made my skin look flawless! and not in a heavy,cake-face way. It distributes the powder so finely and evenly that it nearly makes your skin look airbrushed, i was honestly shocked. End result i ended up using a lot less product as this didn't steal any of my powder, it just blended it all evenly onto my face! Love!

• Contour Queen Flat Top Contour €10.75

Last but certainly not least we have, The Contour Queen. LITERALLY. I honestly nearly cried when i saw this one arrive yesterday morning. It really needs no words. For the price this is an absolute steal. It just makes contouring a breeze, no more sucking in your cheeks, you can place this right at the top of your cheekbone and blend it down, and leaves a nice defined contour, but not sharp or harsh! It blends the powder so softly and evenly, and again like the other brushes it doesn't steal any product. So you don't have to keep re-dipping into your pan and chancing over-doing it. This brush is great for people who are not too confident with contouring. The flat top makes it a breeze to achieve. Even full blown professionals would benefit to having this brush in their kit!

I hope you enjoyed this review!
It's my first ever post and I'm really happy i could do it on such affordable but great quality products!
If you do decide to purchase these i hope you enjoy them just as much as i do!

Till' the next time!

Kelsey 

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