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If you opt for vegan makeup, why accept less from your makeup brushes?
The Pretty In Pink Brush Set by Illuminate contains four vegan brushes
Quick Take
These pretty vegan brushes cover the bases for your facial makeup needs. An ideal set for novices and experts alike, they do powders, creams, liquid, highlight and contour, blending and application. Blends smoothly without streaking. Bristles are soft to the touch and tightly packed. No shedding.
Bristles are fluffy and soft but firm enough to precisely pack and deliver powder, cream or liquid product
WHAT IT ISThe Illuminate Pretty in Pink Brush set is a set of four hand-crafted, vegan brushes.
The Pretty in Pink Brushes have long tapered handles. They have a nice grip and weight that makes them easy to keep a steady hand while using them.
The brush set includes:
The set has long easy to grip handles.
I particularly like the angled contouring brush. It is stiff enough with just enough bend to get right into the hollow and define with precision. The bristles are soft and not scratchy. It works with powder or cream blushes and contours and gets the placement right the first time. If you have a hard time getting blush or cheek contour placed just where you want it, the Angled brush gets the job done.
Illuminate Pretty In Pink Brush Set Angled Contour Brush
The fan brush delivers a particularly precise, thin placement of product, just the right delicate touch for shimmery products like metallics or highlighters. Note the wispy bristle ends for a delicate kiss of product.
Wispy but well-packed fan brush bristles (top right), angled brush packed bristles (bottom right) and fluffy full tapered kabuki (left)
Wispy bristles on the fan brush
The brushes have well-packed bristles that don’t shed, even with excess blending. The bristles are fluffy and soft, but firm enough to precisely pack and deliver powder, cream or liquid product.
The components are solidly constructed.
soft, yet tightly packed bristles pick up powders well and blend
They are pink! Not only do these brushes look pretty on our vanity, but the bristles are soft, of good quality and don’t shed. The handles have a good long length to grip well and they each have a nice counterweight feel to balance.
Vegan brushes are a nice find for organic and clean & green beauty fans, or anyone who wants a superior brush set!
Each brush comes with a durable cover to keep it the bristles in top shape.
This is a great set for your contouring and highlighting needs. It has brushes for wet and cream product, loose and pan powders. A perfect go together for the Glow Up palettes, a collection of warm and cool highlight and contour shades.
Pretty In Pink Brushes paired with the Glow Up highlight and contour palettes.
The fan brush is ideal for highlight shade Adulting, the angled brush gets Goals right in the cheekbone hollow for contour
Brushes with Glow Up palettes
About the Illuminate BrandIlluminate believes in simple. They create easy-to-use, cruelty-free products that work for everyone from makeup rookies to completely-obsessed makeup enthusiasts.
The brand includes Illuminate by Ashley Tisdale Liquid Lipsticks, vegan brushes, cluster lashes, and beautifully coordinated and versatile palettes.
Find the Illuminate Pretty In Pink Brush Set at Illuminate Cosmetics
Easy to grip handles make makeup application a breeze for even a novice
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The Illuminate Pretty in Pink Brush set was submitted to Style Chicks for consideration purposes. All opinions and experiences are 100% our own.
Quality brushes are key to precise makeup application, especially around the eyes. Brushes are also more hygienic than dipping a finger or sponge repeatedly into a makeup jar or pan. But most of the time, the applicator brushes that come with makeup are low-quality, difficult to use, and deliver inferior results. They are in general, kind of awful. Quality brushes are hard to find and often pretty pricey, so we were pleased to find Miracos Makeup Essential Luxury Eye Brush Kit, consisting of four attractive, quality brushes with long, balanced handles in a lovely rose gold design.
From left to right: this luxury brush set includes the Miracos Makeup Eye Shadow Brush, the Blend Brush, the Dual-End Eyeliner & Brow Brush and the Flat Concealer Brush
This is a luxury brush set that can be useful to a novice makeup user or a makeup expert. The Miracos Makeup Essential Luxury Eye Brush Kit contains four luxury makeup brushes:
The rose gold tone is so pretty on my makeup table!
Each Miracos Makeup brush is a metallic, shiny rose gold tone and bears a simple yet elegant M insignia logo. The brushes are well-made with bristles that hold up to use and to washing without shedding. The bristles are soft on the delicate eye area but contoured well enough to get the job done.
Miracos Eyeshadow blender brush head closeup view
LONG BALANCED HANDLES: Something I especially like about this Miracos Makeup set is the long, easy to grip handles that are just heavy enough to be weighted well for use, but not uncomfortable in my hand. There is an ergonomic bend to the curve for ease of grip.
Each Miracos brush has a long handle with a sloping curve inward for easy grip and balance during use
The Dual-End Eyeliner & Brow brush is intended for use on the eyebrows and creating a soft eyeliner line. One side has a large quality spoolie brow brush.
HOW I USE IT: I use the spoolie end of the brow brush both to generally groom my brows and to best apply brow product.
I find this brush down technique highly useful for filling in my arch and tail and getting a natural look that creates a strong, youthful and even brow but not full on obviously fake Joan Crawford Mommy Dearest brows.
Spoolies are also useful for applying a bit of gel or hairspray to the brows to keep them in place. In a pinch, they are also useful for combing through dry mascara for any unexpected clumps.
Spoolie end of the Miracos Makeup Dual-Ended Eyebrow and Liner Brush
The other side of the Dual-End Eyeliner & Brow Brush is an angled liner brush. The bristles are slightly stiff but not too hard for delicate skin. The angle is sharp and the bristles come to a tidy thin line for precise product application. I like how thin a line it creates and how I can place eyeliner or brow product exactly where I want it. I like it for a soft line on the lower lid.
Super-precise angled tip is soft but stiff enough to load product
2. Miracos Flat Concealer Brush
I have been guilty of sticking my finger in a pot of concealer and likely contaminating the whole thing, which is especially bad around the eye area or any blemish you are intending on concealing.
So I especially like that this Flat Concealer Brush has lots of bristles but a good contoured taper to it to get in just where you need to conceal and not get excess concealer all around the spot. It is also flat which helps me angle into position, and to tap it lightly on the skin and not rub, which is something I tend to do with my fingers, stretching my skin AND just moving product around instead of setting it in place.
The Miracos Makeup Flat Concealer Brush works with creamy thick concealers or liquid to apply and blend a thin, precise layer of coverage.
HOW I USE IT: This Flat Concealer Brush gets very nice thin layers of a liquid or creamy concealing product down on the skin without streaks. I find this useful for actual concealer placement, and especially useful for pre-concealing color corrective concealers, such as a light peach shade for purple undertone dark undereye circles, or a green tint for red acne blotches.
The Flat Concealer Brush is ideal for applying a very thin layer of pre-concealing color correcting tone such as this peach tone concealer that conceals dark circles and makes the eye look wide awake, but a thin coat is key!
Close up of using the brush to apply peach corrective concealer to an area of discoloration on the skin. Use on dark circles, acne blemishes, discoloration or small bruises to conceal.
I find the coverage of this brush, using both the thin tip and flat edge to create layers of concealer that are well blended and very buildable which makes the brush highly versatile for lighter or heavier concealer coverage needs.
3. EYESHADOW BRUSHES: The Eye Shadow Brush and Blend Brush
The eyeshadow brushes: Eye Shadow Brush and Blend Brush
Nice long handles make applying eyeshadow easy even for a novice
There are two eyeshadow brushes in this set, an Eye Shadow Brush, and a Blend Brush. The Eye Shadow Brush is seen above at the left, it is the one to use to apply color in a “packing” application on the crease. The other brush on the right is the Blend Brush, which is to blend and use on the entire eye for a base shade. This is especially useful for a smokey eye look. The brushes are soft but defined enough that color goes where I want it.
Blender Brush packed with light metallic copper shadow to blend a smoky metallic eye. I can use shimmery metallic shades without fallout because the brush holds product well
Color loads well onto these brushes, they hold product without dropping powder debris onto my cheek and undereye area.
HOW I USE IT: I use the Eye Shadow Brush for darker, intense, or brighter colors that can be messy, because I can control how much product goes on my crease and exactly where it goes.
The Eye Shadow Brush is precise enough to perform an eye makeup trick for heavy or sagging lids: By tapping it all along the contour of my crease, but just above the crease, it provides a little bit of lift to the eye, as the crease seems higher. It can also be used the traditional way of aiming for the crease itself and moving back and forth inside the crease, windshield wiper style. Blend with the brush on the right.
Even I can do a smokey eye look with these brushes because they don’t have product fallout during application.
I like being able to wear darker and deeper, moody shades and metallics like these, but I hate when they get all over my eye and fallout onto my cheeks. These brushes reduce fallout, making for easier application. I am excited to try these rich plum and copper tones in the fall!
Makeup application is so much easier, precise, and hygienic with a good set of brushes. These four brushes together make for much easier makeup application as well as better results. My makeup looks more natural because it is precisely applied and better blended. I love the long handles for better control and they are also sleek and attractive. The brushes withstand washing and hold product well. An excellent addition to the makeup bag of eye makeup novices and ninjas alike!
Miracos Makeup LIMITED EDITION: Essential Luxury Eye Brush Kit
The other day my dermatologist was showing the latest feature of her skin analysis machine: the bacteria analyzer. There is both good and bad bacteria on everyone’s face, and she was impressed at how low my bad bacteria score was. There are a lot of ways that bacteria gets on your face: touching your face with your hands, not changing out your pillowcase enough, but a big one is dirty makeup brushes. Keeping your makeup brushes clean is a huge step towards keeping bad bacteria off your face, and keeping your skin clear. That is why we love the Lammcou Makeup Brush Cleaner.
A good set of makeup brushes can be a big investment, and many cleaning methods can be rough on the fine hairs of a brush. Lammcou understands this and has developed a system to thoroughly wash and dry your brushes using only mild soap and water.
Here’s how it works best for us:
1) Find the collar that properly fits your makeup brush and insert the end of the brush handle into the collar. Attach it to the MiraCleaner.
2) Fill the bowl halfway with soap and water.
3) Insert the brush into the soapy water and turn on the brush cleaner. Choose the level of power you want depending on how much and what kind of product are on the bristles and how delicate the brush is.
4) Keep the brush in the water for ten seconds, and then turn the brush cleaner to check if the brush is clean. If it isn’t, put it back in the water and clean for another five seconds.
5) Once the brush is clean, take it out of the water and press the power button again to dry it. My fluffy blush brush was dry in less than 15 seconds.
What I really love about how fast this device works is that I can use a brush for one product, like foundation, and then I can clean it and use the same brush for a different product, like liquid blush, in the same sitting. This makes the Lammcou Makeup Brush Cleaner an ideal device for travel and destination weddings if packing space is at a premium and you can’t bring all of your brushes.
It is also fantastic for cleaning off an eyeshadow brush if you are blending several colors together. I love using the deeper shades in any of my Urban Decay Naked Palettes, but then there is dark eyeshadow on my brush when I want to use one of the lighter highlight colors. This brush cleaner gets the dark color off fast and cleans the brush so you don’t cross contaminate between pans.
Watch how easy it is to wash and clean your brushes:
Style Chicks received the Lammcou Makeup Brush Cleaner in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.
For all of the gift with purchase cosmetic cases that we have accumulated over the years, none of them really fit the bill when it comes to carrying skincare and makeup essentials for overnight trips or emergency mid-day makeup overhauls. A makeup bag needs to be compact enough to fit into an overnight bag, satchel, gym bag or to stash away in my desk drawer, yet still roomy enough to hold the essentials including a small brush or comb, an eyelash curler, a few vital palettes, dry shampoo, some hand lotion as well as the makeup essentials. And it needs to be sturdy. And durable. And preferably attractive without drawing excess attention if I need to haul to the ladies room for an emergency quick-fix. These needs are all met in the OLPR Leather Goods Co. Leather Dopp Kit. Dopp Kits are not just for the boys, they are darn useful for an on-the-go lady to hold all your go-to glam stuff in one convenient case.
Want a sturdy makeup bag that doesn’t wear out and the zipper doesn’t break? The OLPR Leather Goods Co. Brown Leather Dopp Kit easily holds lipstick, an eyelash curler, full-size lotions, hand cream, powders, and hair care products safely and lasts for years.
A standout feature of the OLPR Leather Goods Co. Brown Leather Dopp Kit is the leather itself, a soft, supple leather with a rich grain that will come to patina to a nice finish without signs of damaged wear.
Made of Full-Grain Horween Chromexcel Leather that wears beautifully over time and is durable for years to come
The leather has a suede inner feel to the inside of the case.
Beautiful look and feel to the inside finish
Each OLPR Leather Goods Co. Brown Leather Dopp Kit is made to order, and it shows. The leather is bound well so that it does not pull or wear unevenly, the stitching is impeccable.
Quality stitching on each piece
Side view detailing
The pull tab is generous and easy to maneuver.
Sturdy zipper and pull
The metal elements and zipper are of sturdy construction and an attractive oversize look that adds to the aesthetic.
Stitching and zipper closeup
The size is generous, at 7.5″ x 3.5″ x 3.5″, and has some give to fold in the traditional rectangle shape or shape taller to hold larger items.
For the purposes of scale, when folded up, the case can hold a 2.8 ounce cream pump bottle of lotion or cream(the white bottle to the left), a hairspray styling product mini (the orange pump to the right), an full size makeup up palette such as Urban Decay Naked Palette square (seen peeking out of the bottom), several smaller bottles and tubes of makeup, an eyelash curler, lipstick, gloss, and hand cream (Bliss blue tube) with room to spare. When used in the traditional square shape, it can hold several more compact shorter items. I like the ability to carry my pricer eyelash curlers such as Shiseido, Shu Uemura, Surratt or Kevyn Aucoin curlers (seen between the white bottle and blue tube) without crushing their delicate shape as can happen in some makeup bags.
Stuff the bag with full-size skin care products and odd-shaped items like eyelash curlers, and it still closes without crushing them contents
This bag also fits the traditional Dopp bag uses of overnight travel products such as mini travel size shampoo and conditioner, full-size soap, deodorant, toothpaste, razors, and brushes.
PERSONALIZATION: The OLPR Leather Goods Co. Leather Dopp Kit can be personalized for free with up to five letters, ideal for a monogram, initials or a name or nickname. How about giving it as a groomsmen or bridesmaids gift for a destination wedding, or monogram it with “BRIDE”, “GROOM”, “DAD”, “MOM” or GRAD?
Personalize your bag with up to five letters, a monogram, single letter, title or short name.
Unlike the endless GWP makeup bags we accumulate over time, this bag is an investment that will last for years and wear beautifully. A highly attractive leather Dopp kit of excellent construction and materials that is worthy of carrying the makeup collection of a beauty connoisseur and keeping it safe and secure, ideal for travel, the gym, for an overnight bag, or to keep all the essentials like dry shampoo, makeup, spare toothbrush and paste and other essentials in your desk. If you carry expensive skin care products with you when you travel, this Dopp bag can keep them safe and secure. Makes for a lovely gift!
Find the OLPR Leather Goods Co. Brown Leather Dopp Kit at https://olpr.com/product/chestnut-leather-dopp-kit/
Style Chicks received the OLPR Leather Goods Co. Brown Leather Dopp Kit in exchange for our unbiased review and received compensation for our time and effort. However, our experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% ours.