BDellium Make Up Brushes

A little while ago I discovered a makeup brush brand that I fell in love with : ) Yes, I know.. I fall in love ALOT when it comes to beauty products but these really were a great find!

BDellium tools make synthetic vegan brushes that are 100% cruelty free and they pride themselves on that.

I originally came across BDellium on twitter and after reading up on them I decided to buy one of their brushes to see what I thought. They have so many to choose from! But at the time I wanted to try a new foundation brush, so I purchased the 953 duo fiber brush from their Maestro Series. I've been racking my brain to try and remember where I bought it from, but I honestly can't remember! I just did a google search at the time and found a UK stockist. It cost around £11.

953 Duo Fiber brush

I've used this a lot since I bought it and I absolutely love it. It gives a lovely finish when applying liquid foundation but I've recently been using it to apply my Chanel Soleil tan (cream bronzer) and I've also used it with cream blush and it's just perfect! It blends so easily and creates a really professional finish : )

I decided to purchase more brushes as I was so pleased with the 953 and I wanted to try something from their Green Bamboo Series... For the simple reason they looked so cute! I haven't got any green brushes so why not try something a bit different?
I decided on the 955 Finishing brush (for foundation) and the 957 Precision Cheek Kabuki brush from CutECOsmetics. They arrived super quickly (yay to CutECOsmetics!) and I can't describe how soft these brushes are, they're such great quality and the fact that they're cruelty free makes them an even better buy.
I'd totally recommend having a browse on the CutECOsmetics website, they only sell eco-friendly, cruelty free products and they have sooooo many goodies to choose from : )

BDellium Green Bamboo 955 Finishing

Brush £10.95 CutECOsmetics

                         BDellium Green Bamboo 957 Precision Cheek
                              Kabuki brush £12.95 CutECOsmetics

Green Bamboo Brush Descriptions

"The Finishing Brush creates the perfect light finish whilst being suitable for blending both face powders or water-based foundations."

I've been using this to apply my foundation and it does an excellent job. It creates a light, airbrushed effect and I'll definately be alternating this with my favourite foundation tool - the beauty blender : )

"The Precision Cheek brush has an extra soft and dense flat bristled head for a professional blushing effect. Ideal for application with liquid, cream or various powder products."

I've only used this one with powder blush and it blends beautifully. It's so soft but like the description says, dense so you can really blend in the product.

My BDellium collection is pretty small right now, but I fully intend to keep adding to it and branch out to some eye brushes as well! I should also mention that they're super easy to clean. I leave them to dry over night (they don't really need that long) and in the morning they're ready to use and are as soft as they were brand new.

I'd recommended this fantastic brand to anyone looking for great quality brushes but not wanting to pay MAC prices! These brushes are just as good.

What are your favourite brush brands? And is it important to you that your brushes are cruelty free?

NARS Albatross & Chihuahua

So excited to be writing this post! I recently purchased my very first Nars products from ASOS : ) Yes I was a Nars virgin! But not anymore, I'm now the proud owner of arguably the best highlighter I've ever seen and a gorgeous lipgloss.

Nars Highlighter in Albatross £20.50 bought here 

Nars Lipgloss in Chihuahua £17.50 bought here

 

The reason I haven't owned anything by Nars until now is mostly down to the price, it's a very expensive brand and I could never really justify it. Also, living in Cornwall makes it difficult as we don't have a Nars counter.... we don't even have a MAC counter! We're very behind in the beauty world, the nearest Nars stockist is about 3 hours away so even if I wanted to make a purchase I couldn't try before buying, which put me off.

Anyway after reading endless blog reviews and generally hearing great things about certain Nars products, I started adding things to my stupidly big beauty wishlist and these 2 particular items were at the top of said list! I recently sold some unwanted makeup on ebay and decided to treat myself (at least that way I could justify spending the money!)

Nars Albatross

The first thing I desperately wanted, no question about it, was Albatross. A gorgeous gold, shimmery highlighter. I haven't ever owned a decent, high end highlighting product (Benefit's High Beam is about as good as it got for me) and I had my eye on a couple from MAC, but after reading so many rave reviews like Melissa's at Pretty Little Obsessions I decided this was the one for me. It's pricey but let me assure you, if you make the splurge you won't be disappointed!

It gives the most beautiful soft shimmer to your cheeks and honestly it's just gorgeous! I can't say enough amazing things about this product. You barely need any on your brush, a little goes a long way... I'll admit I was dubious when it arrived and I opened it up to find a light cream colour powder that didn't seem to have a hint of gold shimmer, but the minute you apply it, your cheeks just glow! I could go on and on about this product, but I'll stop here... ; )

Nars Chihuahua

The other product I knew I wanted was a lipgloss. I've read some excellent reviews on Nars lipsticks and glosses and I wanted an everyday colour so I could really get my money's worth as soon as it arrived. It was a tough competition between Turkish Delight, probably Nars's most famous shade (worn by the likes of Kim Kardashian) or Chihuahua. I decided against Turkish Delight, thinking it was probably a bit too light for my skin tone...

Nars Turkish Delight

I'm fair skinned and although I love creamy light pink/nude shades such as that one, I'm not sure I'd reach for it everyday... especially with winter round the corner (where I look even paler if that's possible!) So I went for Chihuahua, a darker rose pink shade that's much closer to my natural lip colour.

It's gorgeous! Really creamy, glossy and natural! Everything you'd want from a lipgloss. It's perfect for daytime use which is exactly what I wanted. Like most lip glosses it doesn't last that long once applied, so needs to be reapplied quite often but that's the only bad point. I'd like to try it over a similar lipstick and I'd definately like to invest in a couple more shades from Nars! I may even buy Turkish Delight to try at some point.

I bought both of these products from ASOS, they have a lovely little range of Nars products available : )

What are your favourite Nars products?