As a beauty blogger I'm set for makeup brushes. I have 4 full set's of brushes on rotation. I mainly use two
Purple Power set's by
*Furless (
an Australian Vegan Friendly and Cruelty Free makeup and brush company). I like support Australian brand's. My Furless post is
here (
from my old blog) and also a synthetic 4 piece Face set by
XO Beauty is mentioned
here.
This
Zoeva set caught my eye (
I'm like a Magpie for anything Rose Gold) when
EssieButton mentioned this set in one of her videos (
a few month's ago) so I investigated Zoeva further to make sure this set fit in with my preference using synthetic and cruelty free brushes only.
Zoeva are a German company who also make cruelty free makeup. I like rose gold detail's, how many brushes you get in the set, as well as the brush holder clutch style bag. I decided to splurge on a set so I could retire older one-off brushes from ELF etc. and give my Furless PP set's a bit of a rest.
The
Rose Golden Luxury Set consist's of 8 synthetic makeup brushes, they come in a cute clutch style bag detailed with Rose Gold zip as well as an outer draw string dust bag which is also nice.
The Rose Golden set cost's EUR65.00 shipping (
shipping Internationally) EUR65 is approximately NZ$102 so not too pricey. I think for the amount of brushes you get it's worth investing in quality brushes that will last - as long as you look after them. I took this set to Sydney with me and I used them everyday and it was my first time using them.
My favourite's are the two eyeshadow brushes (
eyeshadow application and a blending brush) and I used for foundation and blush and liked the density and quality of the brushes I used. I haven't used all of them yet namely the angled eye brush and the tapered eyeshadow brush.
Eye brushes (
above)
Blending, Eyeshadow, Eyeliner and tapered Eyeshadow brushes
Zoeva Face brushes
Foundation, Blush/Powder Brush, Concealer and Angled Brush The Face brushes I used were the Foundation and Blush/Power Brushes. I thought more of the Blush/Powder brush than the Foundation brush (
I was using Lioele BB cream) and it took a while to blend, but I think it was because of the product and not the brush so I'll next use the foundation brush with a liquid foundation next to see if I like the result's of the foundation brush next time. I don't contour often but now it's Spring I'll be using the angled brush with my NYC Sunny Bronzer and see how it goes and I also have a couple of other bronzer's I want to start using.
I definitely recommend this Zoeva set but if your looking for synthetic and cruelty free makeup brushes closer to home (
Australia and New Zealand) that are great quality and affordable, then I recommend Furless and I've included a link above.
I'm not sure I'd splash my cash on Zoeva cruelty free makeup but if I do I'll let you know.
In the past I've tried animal (
goat hair) and (
for me) I thought they picked up too much product. I find synthetic brushes give me precision and pick up just the right amount of product without having to tap too much product away, which if you think about it is a waste of product.
Which brand of brushes do you use, do you have a full set of brushes by the same brand, or do you use single brushes from different brand's? Do you prefer synthetic or animal hair brushes? DisclosureThis post isn't Sponsored. I bought the Zoeva brushes with my own money. All opinion's are 100% honest and are in my own word's and photograph's.
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