Now I’m the kind of girl, when given the choice, would prefer to
spend money buying new makeup rather than makeup tools and brushes. My
collection of brushes is quite limited, however, amongst them is a real gem, my
Real Techniques stippling brush. For those of you who don’t know, Real Technqiues brushes are
the brainchild of makeup artist Samantha Chapman, who is one half of the Pixiwoo
sisters (beauty bloggers).

I absolutely love love love this brush! Prior to this brush
I used to apply my foundation with either my fingers or a traditional
foundation brush, you know the kind that looks like a paint brush (FYI I always
use liquid, cream or mousse foundations, never powder as I have normal to dry
skin). Whilst both of these methods produced satisfactory results the RT
stippling brush produces outstanding results! Yes that’s right outstanding, I’m
talking A* kind of results.
Now don’t get me wrong if you’re happy using your fingers or a traditional foundation brush then that’s great for you but I always found that the traditional foundation brush would often leave streaks on my face which I would then have to smooth out with my fingers. When using my fingers alone, I always felt under pressure to apply the foundation quickly so that it could all be blended before it dried which took the pleasure out of the process and left me with foundation stained fingers.
Now don’t get me wrong if you’re happy using your fingers or a traditional foundation brush then that’s great for you but I always found that the traditional foundation brush would often leave streaks on my face which I would then have to smooth out with my fingers. When using my fingers alone, I always felt under pressure to apply the foundation quickly so that it could all be blended before it dried which took the pleasure out of the process and left me with foundation stained fingers.
One of the great benefits of the RT stippling brush is that
I find myself using less foundation and getting a much better result. This duo
fibre brush has the softest synthetic taklon bristles and is cruelty free :o) I
use the brush by gently tapping it into a bit of foundation on the back of my
hand. This way the longer bristles pick the foundation up but not the shorter
ones yet all the bristles work together to cover my skin with a light and even
layer of foundation. I use stippling motions, sometimes mixed with a bit of
buffing, to apply my foundation, resulting in an incredibly flawless and even
coverage that has an air brushed like finish without looking cakey.
This brush applies cream blush like a dream. It creates a diffused, air brushed look where the edges of the blush just fade and blend seamlessly into my skin/foundation with no harsh edges. I love this look and can never quite manage to achieve this effect when using my fingers. This brush can also be used to apply powder products, however, I don’t like to use it in this way as I feel the ‘spikey’ effect of the bristles causes the powder to go on a bit patchy and requires me to concentrate a bit more on blending. I just get a much better effect by using a powder specific brush. I mean let’s be realistic I can’t expect this one brush to do ‘everything’ just ‘lots’ of things ;o)
This little gem is one of my most favourite brushes. It
allows me to use less product but achieve the ‘high definition, pixel perfect’
results thus making my products last longer and saving me money along the way.
In fact, I was sooo impressed by this brush that a week later I went and bought
a second one, just in case the first one ever got lost. Now that’s a real
testament as to how great this brush really is!
Have you used this brush? What at your thoughts? Do you have a 'gem' of a makeup brush? If so, do share as to which one it is :o)
Love Sheen xxx
My verdict: 5/5
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(Note: I purchased these brushes with my own money)
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(Note: I purchased these brushes with my own money)
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