Make up brushes

Hello Everyone!

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about my desk(to see that post click here) and I showed you guys my Zoeva brushes. However, I didnt really get a chance to show them all to you. So I thought I'd do a little bit about these amazing brushes.

Apologies about the dirty brushes on this photo, I had taken this after I used them this morning! 

I never used to use makeup brushes and never really saw the point in them, that was until I saw a youtube tutorial that Zoella had created. She had mentioned these brushes a couple of times before, but after a while I got curious as to what the fuss was about. So I checked out the Zoeva website and had a browse at all of their products.

They are pricey but, I think that when it comes to brushes, you get what you pay for. The quality of these brushes is amazing and I can't fault it.

This is the set that I bought, the classic face set this costs 60.00 EUR*. I love this as, even though this  goes without saying, it has all you need for your face when applying makeup. You have a brush for; foundation, pressed powder, blusher, highlighter, stippling brush and concealer.

I bought this along with the brow line brush and the cream shader separately. 

This is the 322 Brow Line brush, I don't really use this much any more as I've made the swap from powder to an eyebrow pencil. This brush is perfect for doing your brow line as it has very short bristles that make filling in those brows very easy! If you're anything like me and struggle with doing your eyebrows then what more could you want? 

332/Brow Line Brush - 6.80*

This is the 106 powder brush, I use this for my pressed powder. Its quite a wide brush and distributes the powder evenly over my face. I'm really happy with this brush as it's ridiculously soft and does exactly what I need it to.

106/ Powder - 12.80*

This is the 102/ Silk finish brush. If you've watched any of Zoella's makeup tutorials you'll more than likely see her using this for her foundation. It's a brilliant brush that allows the foundation to be smoothly applied onto your face giving a 'silk finish'. I use this in a buffing motion when putting foundation on and it's amazing. I love this brush, it really is the best for foundation, I have tried other branded foundation brushes and to me they don't compare to this.

102/ Silk Finish - 12.80*

The 127/ Luxe Sheer cheek, this another favourite used by Zoella. This is for your powder blusher. The angle on this brush is to help define your cheek bones. By blending in your blusher you can really get those cheeks to stand out using this brush. It's fantastic if you just want to add a little bit of colour to your cheeks as this brush is stupidly soft so when you apply powder lightly it gives a subtle colour to your cheek.

127/ Luxe Sheer Cheek - 12.80*

The 122/ Petite Stippling Brush. I use this for my cream blushers. This is fantastic for applying these blushers as it doesn't put too much product on the brush. Dabbing product onto my face using this gives my cheeks an instant glow, especially over winter I'll be using this to give myself the cold rosey red cheeks. 

122/Petite Stippling - 9.80*

The 142/ Concealer Buffer. This brush is so lovely to use for your concealer, I use this brush to cover my dark circles. The brush itself is small and soft, perfect for covering up those pesky imperfections!

142/ Concealer Buffer - 8.80*

The 105/ Luxe Highlight Brush.

I haven't really used this brush properly since I got the set as I still haven't found a highlighter that I like that's in my price range (oh the joys of being on an apprentice wage!) I can't wait to try this out properly when I do find a highlighter I like and can afford. 

105/ Luxe Highlight - 12.80*

The 233/ Cream Shader.

This brush is perfect for when I'm applying eye shadows. I recently bought the Bourjois Paris Colour edition 24h eye shadows that are a cream to powder eye shadow. I find it a lot easier to use this brush to apply these eye shadows than using my fingers like I normally would have. It's great for blending eye shadows to give a smokey look too. I'm so happy I bought this brush!

233/ Cream Shader - 7.80*

So those are currently the makeup brushes that I am using. I do plan to buy quite a few more, but for the time being I'm more than happy with these. 

Have you tried any Zoeva brushes?

Give me your recommendations for future purchases!

Sophie

x

*Note that the prices are in euros as this is a German company and you do need to pay for shipping.

My desk

Hello Everyone!

I'm feeling a little bit better today, so I thought I'd do a post about my desk as I don't have the energy to do a massive post on individual items today. So sorry for that, but here you go...

I don't have a massive desk in my room, I have a huge three door wardrobe and a big framed bed which takes up the majority of space. My room is the garage conversion so even though there is a lot of space, there's not much room to put loads of furniture in it. I bought this desk from IKEA just over a year ago and it cost me around £30. It has a pull out drawer underneath the top of the desk and has a space at the back for cables to feed through which is perfect for my laptop.

        

I was bought this little Tinkerbell keyring charm 5 years ago, it only broke off of my keys last year and did not want to throw her away. So now she lives on my mirror. I think it's just a sweet little thing to remind me of my favourite place in the world: Disney (yes that includes Florida, Paris and California - although I'm still yet to go to the California one!)

        

This is my make up box that I use for everyday use, I have another one of these in a larger size which holds the rest of my makeup. I bought this from the range earlier this year for around £5. It's just so pretty and girly with the butterfly on the front and I love that it has a clasp too, it's just completely different from other people's makeup boxes'bags. That's why I love it so much.

        

Just to show you what my makeup box currently holds. I am going to do a seperate post on what is actually in it at the moment so I'm sorry but I'm going to keep you waiting on that one!

        

On the right I have all my favourite lipsticks and hand creams. If you want to see what Lipsticks these are then please click here. I will also do a post about my other hand creams too.

        

These are my Zoeva makeup brushes and my Elemis Rehydrating Ginseng Toner.

All of my family and friends will know how much I love the Zoeva brushes range. They are by far my favourite brand of brushes. I've tried real techniques before but they just don't come close to Zoeva in my opinion. At the moment I really need to clean these brushes as they're kind of covered in make up at the moment - apologies to all the other beauty bloggers that currently want to kill me right now! I'll do another post on these brushes very soon!

The Elemis rehydrating toner is amazing, I've had this just over a year and use it to spritz on my face after cleansing and when I have a make up free day. It's very refreshing and makes my skin feel so good afterwards! I definitely recommend it. I bought it from my local Dove Spa after having a facial there, it was recommended to me by the beautician and before I bought it I was rather iffy, but now I'm so glad I bought it!

Sophie

X