I picked up the ELF brushes a few months ago when they were
having a free delivery weekend. I didn't expect much, if I'm honest - I'll
never forget when Wayne Goss said you should skimp on make up and spend on
brushes. I had that in mind when I placed them in my basket but nonetheless, I
clicked the checkout button.
Laura asked me to review the brushes
as she'd seen that I'd used them in my brush cleaning post - so you can thank her if you find this post
useful :)
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ELF Professional Blending Eye Brush
Currently £1.50 from ELF, click here to be directed to the site.
This brush is domed and perfect for crease-work. It gets right
into the socket of your eye and is small enough for keeping colour in the right
place! Because of its domed shape, it distributes the shadow in a direct place
and the brush works itself at blending. I wouldn't personally use this to apply
eyeshadow as I feel it works best as a blender (as the name suggests) as it
doesn't tend to pick up much colour, but I really recommend it.
ELF Stipple Brush
Currently £3.75 from ELF, click here to be directed to the site.
One of my favourite brushes of all time and certainly my
favourite of my ELF collection is the Stipple brush. I use this everyday for
applying my cream blusher and it blends the product so, so beautifully. It
gives the most natural finish and best of all, it doesn't move your foundation
around your face. I also really enjoy the synthetic brushes to apply cream products and a plus with
this one is that you can see when it needs washing!
ELF Professional Eyeshadow Brush
Currently £1.50 from ELF, click here to be directed to the site.
If you want a light application of eyeshadow, this is the brush
to go for - it doesn't pick up much pigment but it might suit you if you like
the subtle look. Even though it's called the professional eyeshadow brush, it
is fluffy enough to be used as a crease or blending brush but I prefer to use
it as a shadow brush when I'm applying powder shadow on top of a cream shadow.
Of all of the ELF brushes, this one wow's me the least, but I still use
it as it's in my collection and works fine. I just think there are better
brushes for the job!
ELF Kabuki Face Brush
Currently £6 from ELF, click here to be directed to the site.
This really is the softest brush I've ever come
across. I love the way it feels on my face and makes applying powder a breeze -
it only picks up a light dusting of the powder and is so big that it
distributes it evenly on your face, ensuring you're not left with a cakey
patch. Because of its size, it really doesn't take long to apply your powder as
it covers most of your face in a few sweeps. I would, however, steer clear of
using this for blush as I can imagine it would add the colour to a larger
surface area than intended - not good.
That's just the lowdown on my opinions of the ELF brushes. Cheap,
cheerful and not bad quality. I reach for the face brushes everyday and I do prefer them to the eye brushes. I will be venturing into Real Techniques eye brushes soon as I've heard great things about them - it's probably worth spending that little bit more to know that the quality is tip top, but these ELF brushes a nice little starter set to add to your kit.
*I just wanted to add that a friend of mine has just purchased a few of the ELF brushes and the bristles on some of the eye brushes feel completely different to mine - they feel sharp, which is rather strange. I guess it's hit and miss with some of the brushes?!
*I just wanted to add that a friend of mine has just purchased a few of the ELF brushes and the bristles on some of the eye brushes feel completely different to mine - they feel sharp, which is rather strange. I guess it's hit and miss with some of the brushes?!
What do you think of the ELF brushes?
Daniela
