EcoTools makeup brushes are one of the softest brushes I have come across (much softer than sigma). Made from synthetic haired bristles which makes it cruelty fee, ferrules are made from recycled aluminum and bamboo handles.
Because the brushes bristles are made from synthetic hairs they can be used for cream, liquid, gel and powder products.
Brush Run Down:
Blend Brush: This brush is like an oversized basic laying down eye brush with a pointed tip, but it is fluffy, not so much that it loses it shape but fluffy enough you can blend out harsh lines with it. I actually really love this brush, I use it all the time, my main use is I use it to set my under eye concealer, because it's on the bigger side it works great to cover a large area to set the concealer and because I like to pat my powder to set my concealer rather than swipe, this brush is perfect. It is fluffy and a little dense so you can use it to blend out colours a bit and it's great for highlighting your brow bone. Plus this brush is so soft like all the others in the set.
My Recommended Uses:
Setting concealer, highlighting the brow bone, blending out harsh eyeshadow lines, soft blending and placing colours in the crease with the tip, applying concealer, placing colours on the lid (not for small eyes)
Pros:
1. Very soft
2. Very versatile
3. Does many jobs well e.g setting concealer, blending etc
4. Slightly dense, so not flimsy
5. Great quality
Cons:
1. Can't be used by everyone as a lid brush
Rating:
10 out of 10
Crease Brush: This brush is pretty dense but very soft too. Great for applying colour to the crease and blending it out, wonderful shape for highlighting because of the angle, great for applying concealer, this brush blends really well. This brush again has so many uses and again great quality.
My Recommended Uses: blending out concealer, placing colour or blending out colour in the crease, applying colour to the lid, highlighting the brow bone, contouring your nose, highlighting your cupid's bow or top of your cheek bones
Pros:
1. Soft and dense
2. Blends good
3. Versatile
4. Good size (not too small or big)
5. Great quality
Cons:
None!
Rating:
10 out of 10
Highlight Brush: To me this brush is like a small crease brush, it is so soft, dense with a little bit of fluffiness. Wonderful brush this is, again so, so many uses, placing and blending out colour in the crease, love this for blending concealer under the eyes and blending out colour on the lower lash line. My new, and another one of may favourite uses for this brush is highlighting specifically the inner corner of the eye, it picks up a great amount of colour and blends it out great and is the perfect size and shape. There are too many uses for this brush that I love, dare I say you could do a whole eye look with just this brush, that's right I said it. At first I was a little bummed it wasn't a bit bigger and more fluffy
BUT technically it is supposed to be a
highlight brush, and I do really love it.
My Recommended Uses:
blending and placing colour in the crease, highlighting - inner corner of the eyes, cupid's bow, brow bone, contouring your nose, blending concealer especially under the eyes, putting colour on your lid, blending colour out on the lash line
Pros:
1. Soft and dense and a little fluffy
2. Good size for people with smaller eyes
3. Versatile
4. Great quality
Cons:
1. It doesn't completely replace a fluffy crease brush
Rating:
10 out of 10
Shade Brush: This is a petite brush that I personally like best for placing and blending colour on the lower lash line (you can also use it for the upper lash line). You can spot conceal with this brush and highlight small areas like your cupids bow or the inner corner of your eye. It is soft and dense like the other brushes and is not scratchy so it's good for your lash line. I don't use this for a lot, not because it isn't good but I just prefer it for the lash line mostly.
My Recommended Uses: placing and blending on the lash line, small area/ selected area eyeshadow placement, can be used as a lip brush , small area highlighting, spot concealing and small area concealing
Pros:
1. Soft and dense enough
2. Can be used by any eye shape for the lash line
3. Good quality
4. Blend small areas
Cons:
1. Can be a little small or some eye make-up needs
Rating:
8 out of 10
Smudge Brush: This is a very petite pencil brush, it's really soft, dense but still gives. I basically use this mostly for lash line work because of it's softness it works nice to place colour and blend on the lash line, I do wish it was just a touch bigger but still works great. This brush doesn't have as many uses as the other brushes but still good.
My Recommended Uses: Lash line colour placement and blending, spot concealing, filling in the eyebrows for a more natural look and you could also use this for your lips
Pros:
1. Soft and not scratchy
2. Blends nicely
Cons:
1. Wish it was a tad bigger
Rating:
8 out of 10
PRICE
RRP: $19.95 AUD
Of course it is considerably more expensive in Australia than America (surprise surprise), I did get mine at priceline because I was unaware at that time about
www.iherb.com if I had known I would have definitely brought it from
www.iherb.com instead. For anyone interested in this I would recommend getting it from
www.iherb.com but not everyone wants to order online so then I would say wait for a special at priceline because they sometimes have 15% off ecotools, not that it's not worth $20 but why pay $20 when you could pay less?
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I Recommended for: Beginners; A wonderful little eye kit to start off with, to practice with and once make-up skills are improved, it is still very useful. People in need of synthetic bristle brushes. Fans of other ecotools brushes. Anyone who wants to expand their eye brush set.
My only critic is that I do feel like this eye set isn't complete because I would have loved if ecotools included a fluffy blending brush for the crease, yes they did include a "crease brush" (angled brush) and although I really do love it and it is a wonderful brush I just don't think any eye brush set is complete without a fluffy blending brush. Another brush I think could be used in this kit is a basic laying down colour brush, yes their is a brush like that which is the "blend brush" but it is quite big so some people will not be able to use this brush to pack on eyeshadow onto the lid.
That said I really do love this set, at first when I got the set it really bothered me that those 2 brushes weren't included (keep in mind this was my first eye brush set) so I felt like I was lacking a brush I needed but in all honesty you can totally get away with the "crease brush" for blending or even the "blend brush" or "highlight brush", I have come to appreciated the set more after letting go of me wanting a fluffy blending brush for this set.
My thoughts summed up
These brushes are such great quality and the more I have used them, the more I love them. I love how these brushes are so versatile you have so many different uses for each brush (especially the 3 biggest brushes). They don't take long to dry and the bristles dry great, they don't flare out or loose their shape, they basically look the same as when I first bought them.
BE CAREFUL when washing these brushes though because they are travel size the ferrule is so small, it is easy to accidental get water in it and on the brush so just take care when washing them. That said none of these brushes have ever shed (at least nothing I can remember) and they are easy to clean. Great to travel with or even put in your bag for touch ups. I absolutely recommend this, I actually have grown to love it more and more. Overall a great little kit that can be put to good use because of the brushes versatility and great quality brushes. If I had to compare it to sigma I would say ecotools are much better quality.
