Hi Guys!
Today I'm going to be discussing my new purchase from Amazon, which as you can probably guess by the title is a new set of brushes. Recently I've developed a new love for make up brushes and my collection is growing very quickly, but I just couldn't resist buying these!
The set includes a total of 12 different eye shadow brushes, ranging from fluffy blending brushes to a fine eyeliner brush. They are sold by a Chinese brand called Tonsee, and they cost me £2.88 with £1.50 delivery charge, so they are super affordable! I have purchased a few things now from the brand Tonsee, and overall I've been really impressed with the things I've bought.
So the brushes arrived in a padded envelope. Inside the envelope was this plastic packaging which stopped them from rolling around.
And this is the brushes out of the packet! Recently I have been loving the rose gold look on eeeverything,so these brushes definitely appealed to me! They also had the option of white handles with a rose gold ferrule, but I loved the look of the black handle against the rose gold.
So these are the blending brushes from the set. There are four white bristle blending brushes, which have a range of size and density, and then one sort of duo-fiber blending brush. Can I just say now that the duo-fiber brush is absolutely huge! This is definitely one of my favourite brushes to use, as its great for not only blending out shadows but for setting primers quickly as well as adding large dusting of colours on simple make up days.
These four little guys can be used to pack on eyeshadow, and are really good for placing shimmery shadows on the lid. The first two brushes in the picture are very dense, where as the other two are flatter and thinner (if that makes any sense... it makes sense in my head). I already own loads of these types of brushes, so at the moment they are not wowing me. However, with further use I may change my mind about them!
So these brushes are the 'Others'... There is a fine eyeliner brush, an angled brush and a pencil brush. The pencil brush is my absolute favourite in the whole set. I've owned both the other brushes previously but I've never had a pencil brush and I've fallen in love with it!
However...
On to the negatives. Thankfully, the list of negatives is very short. Out of a set of 12 brushes, two brushes came with visible imperfections.
One of the blending brushes came with a few hairs (bristles? Not sure of the correct terminology here) sticking out away from the rest of the brush. However, this is easily fixable by trimming these hairs out of place, and this will not affect the performance of the brush in my opinion.
Now they eyeliner brush came with the little plastic cap on. It seems like at some point the cap has been forced on with a few of the bristles bent in the wrong direction, which has separated from the rest of the bristles. I feel like this could affect the usage of the brush, as it's going to affect the way eyeliner is applied.
The final negative is that the brushes do have a faint smell of glue, which isn't that unusual for cheaper brushes (in my experience).
My overall thoughts on these brushes are that I'm really happy with the set, especially for the price I paid! I can't remember the exact wait for delivery but it wasn't too long which makes it even better. Apart from the few minor negatives I've mentioned, I am actually really impressed with these brushes and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them!
Okay so this turned out to be a really long post! If you have made it to the end thank you so much for reading! Please leave your thoughts and comments below, as always it is appreciated! xx
