L-R: Italian badger flat top bronzer, Deluxe buffer brush, Chisel fluff/Pointed Crease Duet, Italian badger round crease, Mini-contour
These brushes from
Coastal Scents have been the talk of online makeup forums and YouTube videos lately. I got these brushes a couple of weeks ago but it is only now that I've had a chance to write my experience with these brushes. First of all, the obvious appeal of these brushes is that they are dirt-cheap. These are wholesale prices that the company is offering to the public. People now rely on reviews of bloggers/vloggers to find out if these tools are a godsend or just too good to be true. There are a few things we should discuss first before venturing to give a review. First of all, we have to differentiate these brushes from the branded ones like
MAC (the regular long-handled, not the SE brushes),
Shu Uemura, or
Bobbi Brown. The branded brushes are almost guaranteed to be high-quality, top notch tools, mainly because the makeup companies have their names on the line; they charge a lot for these products, so they better deliver. With lower-priced tools, you can either find a treasure - like a brush that works as great or even better than the high-priced brands, OR you can find a dud as well, which is not surprising given the price. The treasures are definitely keepers, though. How often do you find a brush that is so cheap it's almost free, and yet works just as good or even better than its high-priced counterpart? I found this concept to be true with
Coastal Scents brushes.
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