So I guess today is brush day in the life and times of my blog :p
As you all know I love Le Metier de Beaute, but one area that I haven't really discussed are their makeup brushes. One interesting feature about them is that they're short. I personally like short brushes since they're easier to carry with you when you travel. My eye crease brush comes with a velvet pouch which makes it really nice to carry with you whether it's in your purse or luggage and it helps prevent it from fraying or it gets squashed if it sits in your bag.
Ok so onto the shape: it's tapered, dome like shape. The bristles are soft, but it maintains its shape really well. I tend to use this brush more often just because of its size. I do love my Shu #10, but it's a long brush and not the most travel friendly. It reminds me of a nice size in between the MAC 217 and the MAC 219. I've used the 217 for quite some time and it's a great brush, but it's slightly too floppy for my personal taste. I love the 219 for smudging and a defined crease, but it can be too defined of a crease at times. I feel like Goldilocks when it comes to this, it's too fluffy (217), it's not fluffy enough (219). I need that brush that's a nice in between.
Bristles and price: Pony and Goat hair. It's $45.
Onto the pretty photos:
Left to right:
MAC 224
MAC 219
Le Metier de Beaute Eye Crease Brush
MAC 217
Left to right:
MAC 224
MAC 219
Le Metier de Beaute Eye Crease Brush
MAC 217
Left to right:
Le Metier de Beaute Eye Crease Brush
MAC 217
To be fair, I've had this 217 for quite some time and I need to clean it. I do like the brush, but it's so much easier for me to blend with the Le Metier de Beaute one. See how it's shape is a nice in between the 219 and 217? I love the tapering of this brush. I own a lot of crease brushes (From MAC to Laura Mercier and Shu Uemura), but this one is my favorite one out of the bunch.
Is it worth buying: I think so, even if it's just for portable purposes, but I do think this one is great for blending, especially if you're like me and suck at it and tried many brushes and still suck. This brush makes it easier to blend and finally, a brush I can do a few quick strokes and I'm out the door.
Thanks for the review, I've been wanting to buy this brush for a few months now! Tim at the LMdB counter at Neimans in San Francisco used this brush on me and I LOVED it. He used it to apply Corinthian by dipping it straight down into the pan, tip first instead of using the side, and then pressing it into my crease the same way and blending out. It worked beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThat LMdB brush really does have a nice shape. I'm trying to find a new non-MAC 217 crease brush currently. I checked out the Trish McEvoy 29 brush, and it actually looks a lot like the LMdB one. A surprisingly good (and inexpensive) smaller tapered crease brush is the Sigma E45. Been really impressed with it. Another great post!! xxx
ReplyDeleteI've been curious about this one - lmdb's brushes felt really soft when the MA at my counter used them on me (I'm used to using mac brushes). Would you say this is one you'd reach for to blend in general or more for traveling purposes?
ReplyDeleteSparklehead: I'm glad you had a good experience with this brush. I like it too :)
ReplyDeleteRachel: I haven't seen that particular trish brush, but my experience with her brushes is that they are not bad, but there are better brushes out there for the price point. In terms of sigma, I've haven't tried any of their stuff. It's good to know other options though.
Katie: I use it for blending moreso than travel. I switch between this and the Shu natural 10. The Le Metier one is a bit more intuitive to use I think because it took me a while to know how to use the Shu #10.
I have just disovered Le Metier and love their products. great review. x
ReplyDeleteHey! Just discovered your blog! Have you tried Edward Bess' luxury eye brush? I quite like it as a less floppy/all-over-the place crease brush than the usual breed of crease brushes
ReplyDelete@Lakshmi: Hi and welcome to my blog :) No I haven't tried his eye crease brush, but I have played with his kabuki, which is really nice and soft. But to be fair, Too Faced's Kabuki is softer and much cheaper. It's good to know other options when it comes to other crease brushes :)
ReplyDeletemy counter finally had a sample brush to play with, oh my gosh i'm in love with how soft it is. :) great pics
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