Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Real Techniques 'Bold Metals' // Review and First Impressions
Wednesday, July 22, 2015As you all know, Real Techniques released a brand new set of brushes in the guise of their 'Bold Metals' Collection. 7 brushe...
As you all know, Real Techniques released a brand new set of brushes in the guise of their 'Bold Metals' Collection. 7 brushes that are described as premium brushes aimed at professional makeup artists and makeup fanatics. The brushes come in three colours, GOLD, SILVER & ROSE GOLD.
The new collection includes;
(GOLD)
100 Arched Powder
101 Triangle Foundation
(SILVER)
200 Oval Shadow
201 Pointed Crease
202 Angled Liner
(ROSE GOLD)
300 Tapered Blush
301 Flat Contour
Definitely much more expensive than most other brushes available in Boots (where these are exclusive to) that don't belong to a brand with it's own counter.
When queried about this and the price point, the Pixiwoo girls reiterated that these are premium brushes being sold at the pharmacy / drug store for accessibility!
What I also discovered thanks to the release of these brushes is that Real Techniques is in fact an American brand and not British as I had previously assumed. Also it was not co-founded by the Pixiwoo girls, but rather it was a pre-existing brand that hired Sam & Nic Chapman to be 'co-creators' and basically the faces of the brand. Good call for Real Techniques!
The point of this however is that means that the brushes have to be imported into the UK & Ireland from the US which again adds to the prices, explaining why they are much more affordable over that side of the pond.
The brushes themselves are quite beautiful to look at and feel lovely in the hand thanks to them being weighted at the ferrule and tapered towards the tip of the handles.
A couple of the brushes are also quite unique in design, particularly the triangle foundation brush and the flat contour brush, though this doesn't necessarily mean great things for the actual application of product with the brushes.
