PLATINUM BEAUTY - MAKEUP BRUSHES

http://www.platinumbeauty.com.au So you probably own at least one set of makeup brushes. You have your favourites, you know those 3 or 4 you reach for every single time you put on your makeup? How great are the quality of your brushes though? Could be better? Softer? Less hairs falling out of them? I know personally for me that stray hair which falls out of my blush brush every! single! day! I could definitely live without! Using a fresh, clean, brand new makeup brush is always a nice feeling and if you're after that kind of satisfaction in your daily makeup routine at the moment, then let me temp you with these modern, gun metal grey, shiny new, sooooft good quality brushes, available ever so conveniently as you do you grocery shop at where else but your local Woolies! There are 5 of these beauties in the Platinum collection and each with it's own essential role to play. Let me run you through each of the 4 which I have been using in my collection over the past few months. Contour Eye Brush This tapered brush is perfect for creating definition and shadows to your eye's crease. Blend your shadow into this area and blend with these super smooth, soft hairs. Within a few strokes I have found my shadow to blend effortlessly, even when I use my cheaper branded makeup! RRP $10.00 Eye Shadow Brush Aside from the Blush Brush (which I will talk about soon!) this Eye Shadow Brush is my most used brush! If your budget is tight, then you could probably get away with skipping on the Contour Eye Brush and just using this one to complete your all over eye look. I still prefer to use both of these for creating a more defined eye and precise definition, however this brush with a little practice can do it all. The hairs on this brush are slightly shorter and the shape is more rounded. This makes it easy to pack on your desired shadow shade all over the base of your lid. Then using your Contour Eye Brush (or this one if you brush off the excess shadow shade before changing colours for contouring) blending in your usual slightly darker shade into the crease and then highlighting along the brow bone, inner corner of the eye and where ever else you feel helps you eyes to really pop and look larger and more awake. RRP $10.00 Base Blending Brush We all have our own preference when it comes to how we choose to apply foundation. For years I just found it so much quicker and easier to just use my (clean!) fingers. This method works amazingly well because there is no chance of leaving behind brush strokes and everything is blended and spread out well and evenly from the warmth in my fingers. I do still use this method on occasion, however since discovering the magic of the trusty makeup sponge, I pretty much apply my liquid this way. So how does this Base Blending Brush come into it? Well generally I will use this brush with my loose powder to set my liquid foundation as it seems to blend the powder out all over my face instead of it just sitting where it lands so to speak. However this brush is also designed to use with liquid foundation to blend everything out nice and smoothly and gives quite a flawless finish in the few times I have given this method a try. RRP $15.00 Blush Brush This brush is super light and nicely fluffy and just perfect for applying blush! The hairs on this brush seem to just pick up the right amount of product to apply to the apples of my cheeks which I then sweet slightly upwards towards my cheekbones. Then naturally following up with a little bit of highlight. Everyone loves highlight right now! Including me, obvs! RRP $19.00 - - - The 5th brush in this collection which I haven't yet had the chance to try is the Platinum Power Brush. As the name suggests, this is to use to apply your powder foundation, setting powder and banana powder, etc! RRP $20.00