Love for Brushes

[AMK721]

I'm developing a love for brushes of all kinds.  I bought a few higher end brushes and they are amazing.  They are incredibly soft and my makeup glides on like a dream.  There are so many interesting shapes. I am really interested in creating a beautiful brush collection.  Show your brushes and share any cleaning and storage tips and let us know which ones are your favorites.

[WinglessOne]

@Salliestar  If that really is this year’s LNY Chikuhodo/Beautylish brush (hasn’t been posted to Beautylish US yet), it’s heckin’ adorable! I wasn’t going to buy one this year (trying to buy fewer brushes overall this year), but how am I supposed to resist that? 💜 

And yeah, I wouldn’t expect Chikuhodo to release any brush shape except a standard powder for Lunar New Year. I love Chikuhodo, but I can understand wanting a different shape of annual brush for once. I think they stick with the powder shape partly because it’s one most people will use or want. By contrast, Koyudo’s LNY brushes are always in different shapes; this year’s is a kabuki. Not that I recommend collecting yet another set of annual brushes 😅 but I’m just sayin’. 

[WinglessOne]

Ahem…

Screenshot of Sonia G. Sunset Cranes brush set at Beautylish’s website.

For anyone who missed out on the Sonia G. Sunset Cranes today (Beautylish released it in 2 separate drops today): Sonia has said on her Instagram that this set will be available again in January or February. So, be sure to add (or re-add) yourself to Beautylish’s email notifications for it. 

Yeah, Beautylish’s site was slow/glitchy as heck this morning: I tried the morning drop right at 10 AM PT and Beautylish’s site completely froze up: the checkout page wouldn’t even load for 5 minutes. I’m not the only person who had this problem, so I suspect there was a bot flood and/or the number of available sets was VERY small. As I told Beautylish’s customer service rep when I complained via chat afterward, not even Pat McGrath’s site has ever lagged that badly for me during a limited edition drop. Naturally the rep reminded me that Beautylish doesn’t reserve in-cart items and if an item sells out before I checkout then there’s nothing they can do and yeah whatever but see, the problem wasn’t that I was too slow—I had that set in cart between 10:00 and 10:01 AM PT and went directly to checkout—it was that the site malfunctioned. 😒 

But the rep did tell me about the second afternoon drop. So I tried again at 4 PM PT and got through checkout, and now my order shows as “confirmed,” hooray! I hope other folks who tried again this afternoon were successful, too! If not, the set’s coming back a  third  fourth* and (according to Sonia) final time in January or February. I sincerely wish you good luck if you try again at that time! 

And hey, wouldn’t it be funny if a set wound up in a Lucky Bag in January? 🙃 

*EDIT: really a fourth time, since today’s two drops were second and third chances after the initial launch. 

[TraceyEB]

@WinglessOne, I'm glad you were able to get your hands on this special set! The artwork is stunning! I did not try to get a set and am a bit relieved not to be in the fray you described.

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @TraceyEB ! It was terrible this morning, and I’m sure customer service got lots of complaints. I’ve never seen a Sonia G. brush set sell out that fast (within 1-2 minutes), and the site issues made it all worse. Normally I’d skip a release like this just to avoid the inevitable craziness. But cranes are symbolically very special to me, especially this year for various reasons. So I had to try getting this set. But yeah, you dodged a lot of frustration! 

[Mochapj]

 Upcoming Koyudo year of the dragon brush

[makeitup305]

Cross post from the November hauls thread

I had been wondering about these 2 brushes for concealer since they're so hyped online. So far, I like them both. They need a bath though.

let me know if anyone wants comparisons to other rephr, Sonia G or Wayne Goss. This is the brushes freshly washed after receiving them.

[Dana7477]

@makeitup305 

Which brush do you prefer for your concealer? Being a woman with aging skin, I'm always looking for a smooth and seamless application, I use both liquid and creams. I already own the BK beauty brush, and it's decent, but I'm not gonna lie I am not in love with it the way I expected to be. Have you ever tried any brushes by Anisa

[Dana7477]

@makeitup305 Thank you, I'll have to try the Sephora Collection brush. My former favourite was the Mac detailed concealer brush, but sadly, it was discontinued also.

Spoiler

[makeitup305]

@Dana7477 I haven't tried Anisa, but I've been tempted by their products. I usually go for a denser, rounder brush like the Sonia G. Mini Base or something like the SEPHORA COLLECTION PRO Concealer Brush #57  which is a little smaller. Some of my favorites are now discontinued. 

[danielledanielle]

Sigh.  My wallet 💸💸

My guess is the Fundamental Eye Set. 🤦🏽‍♀️

In the blog post below, she mentioned the set, Worker Two and a Three are a part of this

[Georgiiiaaa]

Those look so great! @danielledanielle 

[danielledanielle]

Thank you @Georgiiiaaa ! I ended up getting Pencil L and Crease M.  🤌🏽🤌🏽🙌🏽

[danielledanielle]

Sonia wrote a whole dissertation on her blog Sweet Makeup Temptations, if anyone's interested.

 

 

[WinglessOne]

@danielledanielle  Exactly my reaction when I got that email. Well, prefaced by “really, Sonia?” 🫠 

I’ll wait til the set’s brushes are available for individual purchase, and then I’ll pick which one(s) I truly need. Something tells me that’ll include all of the new brush shapes. Sigh. UPDATE: Beautylish texted me about pre-ordering and I totally caved. 🤦‍♀️ 

[danielledanielle]

🤣🤦🏽‍♀️ Oh no!! Well, look forward to your thoughts on these, too @WinglessOne 

[itsfi]

😍😍😍 vs 💸💸💸 

@danielledanielle 

[danielledanielle]

I know.  I knoooooow @itsfi 

Maybe... MAYBE..I have all the brushes/brush shapes included and I can walk away safely???  😶😶

[itsfi]

But do you? Do you really have all the brushes or brush shapes @danielledanielle?!! How would you really know?! 🤔 

[danielledanielle]

I need to believe I do, but I DON'T @itsfi 🤣😭😭

[itsfi]

I mean, don’t you want to be suuure @danielledanielle??!! 😇 😈 

[danielledanielle]

Temptress! @itsfi